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Apostar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to bet, wager”.
Below are all of the conjugations for apostar in Spanish, in all three moods (indicative/indicativo, subjunctive/subjunctivo and imperative/imperativo) and all of the tenses, for each pronoun.
The vosotros pronoun is mainly used in mainland Spain, and is the informal second-person plural – it could be considered the Spanish version of “y’all”. It is rarely found in Latin America, where ustedes is used instead.
The vos form is used instead of tú in some Spanish speaking countries of South America, especially the Southern Cone (e.g. Argentina and Uruguay) and has a different conjugation.
| English Infinitive | to bet, wager |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | apostar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está apostando) and past continuous (estaba apostando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. begging).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he apostado and hubiera apostado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have begged).
| Gerundio / Gerund | apostando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | apostado |
The basic form of speech, el indicativo is used for making statements, talking about facts, events and things that are certain and objective.
The present tense is as it sounds – it’s for talking about things that are currently going on, which are habitual, or which generally exist. In English, this would be “I beg” or “they beg”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | aposto |
| Tú | apostas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | aposta |
| Nosotros / as | apostamos |
| Vosotros / as | apostáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | apostan |
| Vos | apostás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I begged” or “she begged” in English.
In Spanish, there are two past tenses where just one is used in English; the pretérite infefinido is typically used to refer to a concrete, specific moment in time.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | aposté | I begged |
| Tú | apostaste | You begged |
| Él / Ella / Usted | apostó | He / she / you begged |
| Nosotros / as | apostamos | We begged |
| Vosotros / as | apostasteis | You begged |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | apostaron | They / you begged |
| Vos | apostaste | You begged |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was begging” or “she was begging” in English, and is typically used to describe things and set a scene, talk about events without a specific timeframe, or talk about habitual events or states in the past.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | apostaba | I was begging |
| Tú | apostabas | You were begging |
| Él / Ella / Usted | apostaba | He was / she was / you were begging |
| Nosotros / as | apostábamos | We were begging |
| Vosotros / as | apostabais | You were begging |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | apostaban | They / you were begging |
| Vos | apostabas | You were begging |
The perfect tense is for talking about things which happened in the past but are still related to the present or continue into the present.
In English, these use the auxiliary verbs ‘have’ and ‘has’ – i.e. “I have begged” and “she has begged”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he apostado | I have begged |
| Tú | has apostado | You have begged |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha apostado | He has / she has / you have begged |
| Nosotros / as | hemos apostado | We have begged |
| Vosotros / as | habéis apostado | You have begged |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han apostado | They / you have begged |
| Vos | has apostado | You have begged |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would beg” or “she would beg”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | apostaría | I would beg |
| Tú | apostarías | You would beg |
| Él / Ella / Usted | apostaría | He / she / you would beg |
| Nosotros / as | apostaríamos | We would beg |
| Vosotros / as | apostaríais | You would beg |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | apostarían | They / you would beg |
| Vos | apostarías | You would beg |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will beg” or “they will beg”.
It is more commonly used for making a hypothesis about the present. To talk about the future, Spanish speakers frequently use “ir + a + infinivo”, e.g. “van a apostar” means “They are going to beg”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | apostaré | I will beg |
| Tú | apostarás | You will beg |
| Él / Ella / Usted | apostará | He / she / you will beg |
| Nosotros / as | apostaremos | We will beg |
| Vosotros / as | apostaréis | You will beg |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | apostarán | They / you will beg |
| Vos | apostarás | You will beg |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | aposte |
| Tú | apostes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | aposte |
| Nosotros / as | apostemos |
| Vosotros / as | apostéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | aposten |
| Vos | apostes |
There are two ways to form the imperfect subjunctive.
The first option sees verbs ending in -era (for -er and -ir verbs) and -ara (for -ar verbs), while the second sees verbs ending in -ese (for -er and -ir verbs) and -ase (for -ar verbs).
There is no difference between these two forms, and Spanish speakers use them interchangeably.
| Pronoun | Spanish era/ara | Spanish ese/ase |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | apostara | apostase |
| Tú | apostaras | apostase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | apostara | apostase |
| Nosotros / as | apostáramos | apostásemos |
| Vosotros / as | apostarais | apostaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | apostaran | apostasen |
| Vos | apostaras | apostase |
The future subjunctive is no longer used in modern-day Spanish, apart from in literary and legal contexts, and there is no need to learn it.
It is formed the same as the past/imperfect subjunctive, but with -e endings instead of -a endings.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | apostare |
| Tú | apostares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | apostare |
| Nosotros / as | apostáremos |
| Vosotros / as | apostareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | apostaren |
| Vos | apostares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “beg!” and “don’t beg!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | aposta | no apostes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | aposte | no aposte |
| Nosotros / as | apostemos | no apostemos |
| Vosotros / as | apostad | no apostéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | aposten | no aposten |
| Vos | apostá | no apostes |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya apostado |
| Tú | hayas apostado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya apostado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos apostado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis apostado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan apostado |
| Vos | hayas apostado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera apostado / hubiese apostado |
| Tú | hubieras apostado / hubieses apostado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera apostado / hubiese apostado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos apostado / hubiésemos apostado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais apostado / hubieseis apostado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran apostado / hubiesen apostado |
| Vos | hubieras apostado / hubieses apostado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere apostado |
| Tú | hubieres apostado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere apostado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos apostado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis apostado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren apostado |
| Vos | hubieres apostado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté apostando |
| Tú | estés apostando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté apostando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos apostando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis apostando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén apostando |
| Vos | estés apostando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera apostando / estuviese apostando |
| Tú | estuvieras apostando / estuvieses apostando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera apostando / estuviese apostando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos apostando / estuviésamos apostando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais apostando / estuvieseis apostando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera apostando / estuviese apostando |
| Vos | estuvieras apostando / estuvieses apostando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere apostando |
| Tú | estuvieres apostando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere apostando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos apostando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis apostando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere apostando |
| Vos | estuvieres apostando |
Voseo is the practice of using ‘vos’ instead of ‘tú’ as the second-person singular pronoun, and is common throughout much of South America.
There are various versions of ‘voseo’ used throughout the Spanish-speaking world. The conjugations for the most common type – used throughout Argentina, parts of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguya and Uruguay are below.
The present indicative (presente de indicativo) and affirmative imperative (imperativo) have different conjugations from the tú form, while all other tenses generally use the tú form.
| Tense | Vos Conjugation |
|---|---|
| Present Indicative Presente de Indicativo | Vos apostás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos apostaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos apostabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos apostarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos apostarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos apostes |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos apostaras / Vos apostase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos apostá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no apostes |