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Apreciar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to appreciate, value, to (hold in) esteem”.
Below are all of the conjugations for apreciar 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 appreciate, value, to (hold in) esteem |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | apreciar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está apreciando) and past continuous (estaba apreciando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. appreciating).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he apreciado and hubiera apreciado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have appreciated).
| Gerundio / Gerund | apreciando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | apreciado |
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 appreciate” or “they appreciate”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | aprecio |
| Tú | aprecias |
| Él / Ella / Usted | aprecia |
| Nosotros / as | apreciamos |
| Vosotros / as | apreciáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | aprecian |
| Vos | apreciás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I appreciated” or “she appreciated” 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 | aprecié | I appreciated |
| Tú | apreciaste | You appreciated |
| Él / Ella / Usted | apreció | He / she / you appreciated |
| Nosotros / as | apreciamos | We appreciated |
| Vosotros / as | apreciasteis | You appreciated |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | apreciaron | They / you appreciated |
| Vos | apreciaste | You appreciated |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was appreciating” or “she was appreciating” 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 | apreciaba | I was appreciating |
| Tú | apreciabas | You were appreciating |
| Él / Ella / Usted | apreciaba | He was / she was / you were appreciating |
| Nosotros / as | apreciábamos | We were appreciating |
| Vosotros / as | apreciabais | You were appreciating |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | apreciaban | They / you were appreciating |
| Vos | apreciabas | You were appreciating |
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 appreciated” and “she has appreciated”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he apreciado | I have appreciated |
| Tú | has apreciado | You have appreciated |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha apreciado | He has / she has / you have appreciated |
| Nosotros / as | hemos apreciado | We have appreciated |
| Vosotros / as | habéis apreciado | You have appreciated |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han apreciado | They / you have appreciated |
| Vos | has apreciado | You have appreciated |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would appreciate” or “she would appreciate”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | apreciaría | I would appreciate |
| Tú | apreciarías | You would appreciate |
| Él / Ella / Usted | apreciaría | He / she / you would appreciate |
| Nosotros / as | apreciaríamos | We would appreciate |
| Vosotros / as | apreciaríais | You would appreciate |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | apreciarían | They / you would appreciate |
| Vos | apreciarías | You would appreciate |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will appreciate” or “they will appreciate”.
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 apreciar” means “They are going to appreciate”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | apreciaré | I will appreciate |
| Tú | apreciarás | You will appreciate |
| Él / Ella / Usted | apreciará | He / she / you will appreciate |
| Nosotros / as | apreciaremos | We will appreciate |
| Vosotros / as | apreciaréis | You will appreciate |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | apreciarán | They / you will appreciate |
| Vos | apreciarás | You will appreciate |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | aprecie |
| Tú | aprecies |
| Él / Ella / Usted | aprecie |
| Nosotros / as | apreciemos |
| Vosotros / as | apreciéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | aprecien |
| Vos | aprecies |
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 | apreciara | apreciase |
| Tú | apreciaras | apreciase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | apreciara | apreciase |
| Nosotros / as | apreciáramos | apreciásemos |
| Vosotros / as | apreciarais | apreciaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | apreciaran | apreciasen |
| Vos | apreciaras | apreciase |
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 | apreciare |
| Tú | apreciares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | apreciare |
| Nosotros / as | apreciáremos |
| Vosotros / as | apreciareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | apreciaren |
| Vos | apreciares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “appreciate!” and “don’t appreciate!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | aprecia | no aprecies |
| Él / Ella / Usted | aprecie | no aprecie |
| Nosotros / as | apreciemos | no apreciemos |
| Vosotros / as | apreciad | no apreciéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | aprecien | no aprecien |
| Vos | apreciá | no aprecies |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya apreciado |
| Tú | hayas apreciado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya apreciado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos apreciado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis apreciado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan apreciado |
| Vos | hayas apreciado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera apreciado / hubiese apreciado |
| Tú | hubieras apreciado / hubieses apreciado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera apreciado / hubiese apreciado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos apreciado / hubiésemos apreciado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais apreciado / hubieseis apreciado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran apreciado / hubiesen apreciado |
| Vos | hubieras apreciado / hubieses apreciado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere apreciado |
| Tú | hubieres apreciado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere apreciado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos apreciado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis apreciado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren apreciado |
| Vos | hubieres apreciado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté apreciando |
| Tú | estés apreciando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté apreciando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos apreciando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis apreciando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén apreciando |
| Vos | estés apreciando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera apreciando / estuviese apreciando |
| Tú | estuvieras apreciando / estuvieses apreciando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera apreciando / estuviese apreciando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos apreciando / estuviésamos apreciando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais apreciando / estuvieseis apreciando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera apreciando / estuviese apreciando |
| Vos | estuvieras apreciando / estuvieses apreciando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere apreciando |
| Tú | estuvieres apreciando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere apreciando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos apreciando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis apreciando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere apreciando |
| Vos | estuvieres apreciando |
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 apreciás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos apreciaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos apreciabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos apreciarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos apreciarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos aprecies |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos apreciaras / Vos apreciase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos apreciá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no aprecies |