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Asediar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to pester, harass”.
Below are all of the conjugations for asediar 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 pester, harass |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | asediar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está asediando) and past continuous (estaba asediando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. pestering).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he asediado and hubiera asediado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have pestered).
| Gerundio / Gerund | asediando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | asediado |
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 pester” or “they pester”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | asedio |
| Tú | asedias |
| Él / Ella / Usted | asedia |
| Nosotros / as | asediamos |
| Vosotros / as | asediáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | asedian |
| Vos | asedias |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I pestered” or “she pestered” 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 | asedié | I pestered |
| Tú | asediaste | You pestered |
| Él / Ella / Usted | asedió | He / she / you pestered |
| Nosotros / as | asediamos | We pestered |
| Vosotros / as | asediasteis | You pestered |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | asediaron | They / you pestered |
| Vos | asediaste | You pestered |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was pestering” or “she was pestering” 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 | asediaba | I was pestering |
| Tú | asediabas | You were pestering |
| Él / Ella / Usted | asediaba | He was / she was / you were pestering |
| Nosotros / as | asediábamos | We were pestering |
| Vosotros / as | asediabais | You were pestering |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | asediaban | They / you were pestering |
| Vos | asediabas | You were pestering |
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 pestered” and “she has pestered”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he asediado | I have pestered |
| Tú | has asediado | You have pestered |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha asediado | He has / she has / you have pestered |
| Nosotros / as | hemos asediado | We have pestered |
| Vosotros / as | habéis asediado | You have pestered |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han asediado | They / you have pestered |
| Vos | has asediado | You have pestered |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would pester” or “she would pester”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | asediaría | I would pester |
| Tú | asediarías | You would pester |
| Él / Ella / Usted | asediaría | He / she / you would pester |
| Nosotros / as | asediaríamos | We would pester |
| Vosotros / as | asediaríais | You would pester |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | asediarían | They / you would pester |
| Vos | asediarías | You would pester |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will pester” or “they will pester”.
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 asediar” means “They are going to pester”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | asediaré | I will pester |
| Tú | asediarás | You will pester |
| Él / Ella / Usted | asediará | He / she / you will pester |
| Nosotros / as | asediaremos | We will pester |
| Vosotros / as | asediaréis | You will pester |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | asediarán | They / you will pester |
| Vos | asediarás | You will pester |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | asedie |
| Tú | asedies |
| Él / Ella / Usted | asedie |
| Nosotros / as | asediemos |
| Vosotros / as | asediéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | asedien |
| Vos | asedies |
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 | asediara | asediase |
| Tú | asediaras | asediase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | asediara | asediase |
| Nosotros / as | asediáramos | asediásemos |
| Vosotros / as | asediarais | asediaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | asediaran | asediasen |
| Vos | asediaras | asediase |
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 | asediare |
| Tú | asediares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | asediare |
| Nosotros / as | asediáremos |
| Vosotros / as | asediareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | asediaren |
| Vos | asediares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “pester!” and “don’t pester!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | asedia | no asedies |
| Él / Ella / Usted | asedie | no asedie |
| Nosotros / as | asediemos | no asediemos |
| Vosotros / as | asediad | no asediéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | asedien | no asedien |
| Vos | asediá | no asedies |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya asediado |
| Tú | hayas asediado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya asediado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos asediado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis asediado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan asediado |
| Vos | hayas asediado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera asediado / hubiese asediado |
| Tú | hubieras asediado / hubieses asediado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera asediado / hubiese asediado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos asediado / hubiésemos asediado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais asediado / hubieseis asediado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran asediado / hubiesen asediado |
| Vos | hubieras asediado / hubieses asediado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere asediado |
| Tú | hubieres asediado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere asediado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos asediado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis asediado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren asediado |
| Vos | hubieres asediado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté asediando |
| Tú | estés asediando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté asediando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos asediando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis asediando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén asediando |
| Vos | estés asediando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera asediando / estuviese asediando |
| Tú | estuvieras asediando / estuvieses asediando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera asediando / estuviese asediando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos asediando / estuviésamos asediando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais asediando / estuvieseis asediando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera asediando / estuviese asediando |
| Vos | estuvieras asediando / estuvieses asediando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere asediando |
| Tú | estuvieres asediando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere asediando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos asediando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis asediando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere asediando |
| Vos | estuvieres asediando |
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 asedias |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos asediaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos asediabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos asediarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos asediarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos asedies |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos asediaras / Vos asediase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos asediá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no asedies |