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Coincidir is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to coincide, agree”.
Below are all of the conjugations for coincidir 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 coincide, agree |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | coincidir |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está coincidiendo) and past continuous (estaba coincidiendo). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. coinciding).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he coincidido and hubiera coincidido. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have coincided).
| Gerundio / Gerund | coincidiendo |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | coincidido |
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 coincide” or “they coincide”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | coincido |
| Tú | coincides |
| Él / Ella / Usted | coincide |
| Nosotros / as | coincidimos |
| Vosotros / as | coincidís |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | coinciden |
| Vos | coincidís |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I coincided” or “she coincided” 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 | coincidí | I coincided |
| Tú | coincidiste | You coincided |
| Él / Ella / Usted | coincidió | He / she / you coincided |
| Nosotros / as | coincidimos | We coincided |
| Vosotros / as | coincidisteis | You coincided |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | coincidieron | They / you coincided |
| Vos | coincidiste | You coincided |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was coinciding” or “she was coinciding” 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 | coincidía | I was coinciding |
| Tú | coincidías | You were coinciding |
| Él / Ella / Usted | coincidía | He was / she was / you were coinciding |
| Nosotros / as | coincidíamos | We were coinciding |
| Vosotros / as | coincidíais | You were coinciding |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | coincidían | They / you were coinciding |
| Vos | coincidías | You were coinciding |
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 coincided” and “she has coincided”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he coincidido | I have coincided |
| Tú | has coincidido | You have coincided |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha coincidido | He has / she has / you have coincided |
| Nosotros / as | hemos coincidido | We have coincided |
| Vosotros / as | habéis coincidido | You have coincided |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han coincidido | They / you have coincided |
| Vos | has coincidido | You have coincided |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would coincide” or “she would coincide”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | coincidiría | I would coincide |
| Tú | coincidirías | You would coincide |
| Él / Ella / Usted | coincidiría | He / she / you would coincide |
| Nosotros / as | coincidiríamos | We would coincide |
| Vosotros / as | coincidiríais | You would coincide |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | coincidirían | They / you would coincide |
| Vos | coincidirías | You would coincide |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will coincide” or “they will coincide”.
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 coincidir” means “They are going to coincide”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | coincidiré | I will coincide |
| Tú | coincidirás | You will coincide |
| Él / Ella / Usted | coincidirá | He / she / you will coincide |
| Nosotros / as | coincidiremos | We will coincide |
| Vosotros / as | coincidiréis | You will coincide |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | coincidirán | They / you will coincide |
| Vos | coincidirás | You will coincide |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | coincida |
| Tú | coincidas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | coincida |
| Nosotros / as | coincidamos |
| Vosotros / as | coincidáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | coincidan |
| Vos | coincidas |
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 | coincidiera | coincidiese |
| Tú | coincidieras | coincidiese |
| Él / Ella / Usted | coincidiera | coincidiese |
| Nosotros / as | coincidiéramos | coincidiésemos |
| Vosotros / as | coincidierais | coincidieseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | coincidieran | coincidiesen |
| Vos | coincidieras | coincidiese |
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 | coincidiere |
| Tú | coincidieres |
| Él / Ella / Usted | coincidiera |
| Nosotros / as | coincidiéremos |
| Vosotros / as | coincidiereis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | coincidieren |
| Vos | coincidieres |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “coincide!” and “don’t coincide!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | coincide | no coincidas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | coincida | no coincida |
| Nosotros / as | coincidamos | no coincidamos |
| Vosotros / as | coincidid | no coincidáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | coincidan | no coincidan |
| Vos | coincidí | no coincidas |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya coincidido |
| Tú | hayas coincidido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya coincidido |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos coincidido |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis coincidido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan coincidido |
| Vos | hayas coincidido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera coincidido / hubiese coincidido |
| Tú | hubieras coincidido / hubieses coincidido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera coincidido / hubiese coincidido |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos coincidido / hubiésemos coincidido |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais coincidido / hubieseis coincidido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran coincidido / hubiesen coincidido |
| Vos | hubieras coincidido / hubieses coincidido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere coincidido |
| Tú | hubieres coincidido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere coincidido |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos coincidido |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis coincidido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren coincidido |
| Vos | hubieres coincidido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté coincidiendo |
| Tú | estés coincidiendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté coincidiendo |
| Nosotros / as | estemos coincidiendo |
| Vosotros / as | estéis coincidiendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén coincidiendo |
| Vos | estés coincidiendo |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera coincidiendo / estuviese coincidiendo |
| Tú | estuvieras coincidiendo / estuvieses coincidiendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera coincidiendo / estuviese coincidiendo |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos coincidiendo / estuviésamos coincidiendo |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais coincidiendo / estuvieseis coincidiendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera coincidiendo / estuviese coincidiendo |
| Vos | estuvieras coincidiendo / estuvieses coincidiendo |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere coincidiendo |
| Tú | estuvieres coincidiendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere coincidiendo |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos coincidiendo |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis coincidiendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere coincidiendo |
| Vos | estuvieres coincidiendo |
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 coincidís |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos coincidiste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos coincidías |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos coincidirías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos coincidirás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos coincidas |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos coincidieras / Vos coincidiese |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos coincidí |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no coincidas |