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Completar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to complete, finish”.
Below are all of the conjugations for completar 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 complete, finish |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | completar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está completando) and past continuous (estaba completando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. completing).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he completado and hubiera completado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have completed).
| Gerundio / Gerund | completando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | completado |
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 complete” or “they complete”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | completo |
| Tú | completas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | completa |
| Nosotros / as | completamos |
| Vosotros / as | completáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | completan |
| Vos | completás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I completed” or “she completed” 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 | completé | I completed |
| Tú | completaste | You completed |
| Él / Ella / Usted | completó | He / she / you completed |
| Nosotros / as | completamos | We completed |
| Vosotros / as | completasteis | You completed |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | completaron | They / you completed |
| Vos | completaste | You completed |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was completing” or “she was completing” 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 | completaba | I was completing |
| Tú | completabas | You were completing |
| Él / Ella / Usted | completaba | He was / she was / you were completing |
| Nosotros / as | completábamos | We were completing |
| Vosotros / as | completabais | You were completing |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | completaban | They / you were completing |
| Vos | completabas | You were completing |
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 completed” and “she has completed”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he completado | I have completed |
| Tú | has completado | You have completed |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha completado | He has / she has / you have completed |
| Nosotros / as | hemos completado | We have completed |
| Vosotros / as | habéis completado | You have completed |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han completado | They / you have completed |
| Vos | has completado | You have completed |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would complete” or “she would complete”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | completaría | I would complete |
| Tú | completarías | You would complete |
| Él / Ella / Usted | completaría | He / she / you would complete |
| Nosotros / as | completaríamos | We would complete |
| Vosotros / as | completaríais | You would complete |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | completarían | They / you would complete |
| Vos | completarías | You would complete |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will complete” or “they will complete”.
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 completar” means “They are going to complete”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | completaré | I will complete |
| Tú | completarás | You will complete |
| Él / Ella / Usted | completará | He / she / you will complete |
| Nosotros / as | completaremos | We will complete |
| Vosotros / as | completaréis | You will complete |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | completarán | They / you will complete |
| Vos | completarás | You will complete |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | complete |
| Tú | completes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | complete |
| Nosotros / as | completemos |
| Vosotros / as | completéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | completen |
| Vos | completes |
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 | completara | completase |
| Tú | completaras | completase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | completara | completase |
| Nosotros / as | completáramos | completásemos |
| Vosotros / as | completarais | completaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | completaran | completasen |
| Vos | completaras | completase |
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 | completare |
| Tú | completares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | completare |
| Nosotros / as | completáremos |
| Vosotros / as | completareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | completaren |
| Vos | completares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “complete!” and “don’t complete!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | completa | no completes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | complete | no complete |
| Nosotros / as | completemos | no completemos |
| Vosotros / as | completad | no completéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | completen | no completen |
| Vos | completá | no completes |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya completado |
| Tú | hayas completado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya completado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos completado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis completado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan completado |
| Vos | hayas completado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera completado / hubiese completado |
| Tú | hubieras completado / hubieses completado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera completado / hubiese completado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos completado / hubiésemos completado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais completado / hubieseis completado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran completado / hubiesen completado |
| Vos | hubieras completado / hubieses completado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere completado |
| Tú | hubieres completado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere completado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos completado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis completado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren completado |
| Vos | hubieres completado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté completando |
| Tú | estés completando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté completando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos completando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis completando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén completando |
| Vos | estés completando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera completando / estuviese completando |
| Tú | estuvieras completando / estuvieses completando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera completando / estuviese completando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos completando / estuviésamos completando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais completando / estuvieseis completando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera completando / estuviese completando |
| Vos | estuvieras completando / estuvieses completando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere completando |
| Tú | estuvieres completando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere completando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos completando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis completando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere completando |
| Vos | estuvieres completando |
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 completás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos completaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos completabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos completarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos completarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos completes |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos completaras / Vos completase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos completá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no completes |