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Compartir is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to share, divide”.
Below are all of the conjugations for compartir 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 share, divide |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | compartir |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está compartiendo) and past continuous (estaba compartiendo). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. sharing).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he compartido and hubiera compartido. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have shared).
| Gerundio / Gerund | compartiendo |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | compartido |
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 share” or “they share”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | comparto |
| Tú | compartes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | comparte |
| Nosotros / as | compartimos |
| Vosotros / as | compartís |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | comparten |
| Vos | compartís |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I shared” or “she shared” 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 | compartí | I shared |
| Tú | compartiste | You shared |
| Él / Ella / Usted | compartió | He / she / you shared |
| Nosotros / as | compartimos | We shared |
| Vosotros / as | compartisteis | You shared |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | compartieron | They / you shared |
| Vos | compartiste | You shared |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was sharing” or “she was sharing” 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 | compartía | I was sharing |
| Tú | compartías | You were sharing |
| Él / Ella / Usted | compartía | He was / she was / you were sharing |
| Nosotros / as | compartíamos | We were sharing |
| Vosotros / as | compartíais | You were sharing |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | compartían | They / you were sharing |
| Vos | compartías | You were sharing |
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 shared” and “she has shared”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he compartido | I have shared |
| Tú | has compartido | You have shared |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha compartido | He has / she has / you have shared |
| Nosotros / as | hemos compartido | We have shared |
| Vosotros / as | habéis compartido | You have shared |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han compartido | They / you have shared |
| Vos | has compartido | You have shared |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would share” or “she would share”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | compartiría | I would share |
| Tú | compartirías | You would share |
| Él / Ella / Usted | compartiría | He / she / you would share |
| Nosotros / as | compartiríamos | We would share |
| Vosotros / as | compartiríais | You would share |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | compartirían | They / you would share |
| Vos | compartirías | You would share |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will share” or “they will share”.
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 compartir” means “They are going to share”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | compartiré | I will share |
| Tú | compartirás | You will share |
| Él / Ella / Usted | compartirá | He / she / you will share |
| Nosotros / as | compartiremos | We will share |
| Vosotros / as | compartiréis | You will share |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | compartirán | They / you will share |
| Vos | compartirás | You will share |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | comparta |
| Tú | compartas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | comparta |
| Nosotros / as | compartamos |
| Vosotros / as | compartáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | compartan |
| Vos | compartas |
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 | compartiera | compartiese |
| Tú | compartieras | compartiese |
| Él / Ella / Usted | compartiera | compartiese |
| Nosotros / as | compartiéramos | compartiésemos |
| Vosotros / as | compartierais | compartieseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | compartieran | compartiesen |
| Vos | compartieras | compartiese |
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 | compartiere |
| Tú | compartieres |
| Él / Ella / Usted | compartiera |
| Nosotros / as | compartiéremos |
| Vosotros / as | compartiereis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | compartieren |
| Vos | compartieres |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “share!” and “don’t share!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | comparte | no compartas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | comparta | no comparta |
| Nosotros / as | compartamos | no compartamos |
| Vosotros / as | compartid | no compartáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | compartan | no compartan |
| Vos | compartí | no compartas |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya compartido |
| Tú | hayas compartido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya compartido |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos compartido |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis compartido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan compartido |
| Vos | hayas compartido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera compartido / hubiese compartido |
| Tú | hubieras compartido / hubieses compartido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera compartido / hubiese compartido |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos compartido / hubiésemos compartido |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais compartido / hubieseis compartido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran compartido / hubiesen compartido |
| Vos | hubieras compartido / hubieses compartido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere compartido |
| Tú | hubieres compartido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere compartido |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos compartido |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis compartido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren compartido |
| Vos | hubieres compartido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté compartiendo |
| Tú | estés compartiendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté compartiendo |
| Nosotros / as | estemos compartiendo |
| Vosotros / as | estéis compartiendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén compartiendo |
| Vos | estés compartiendo |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera compartiendo / estuviese compartiendo |
| Tú | estuvieras compartiendo / estuvieses compartiendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera compartiendo / estuviese compartiendo |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos compartiendo / estuviésamos compartiendo |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais compartiendo / estuvieseis compartiendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera compartiendo / estuviese compartiendo |
| Vos | estuvieras compartiendo / estuvieses compartiendo |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere compartiendo |
| Tú | estuvieres compartiendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere compartiendo |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos compartiendo |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis compartiendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere compartiendo |
| Vos | estuvieres compartiendo |
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 compartís |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos compartiste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos compartías |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos compartirías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos compartirás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos compartas |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos compartieras / Vos compartiese |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos compartí |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no compartas |