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Concebir is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to conceive, become pregnant, imagine, formulate”.
Below are all of the conjugations for concebir 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 conceive, become pregnant, imagine, formulate |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | concebir |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está concibiendo) and past continuous (estaba concibiendo). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. conceiving).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he concebido and hubiera concebido. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have conceived).
| Gerundio / Gerund | concibiendo |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | concebido |
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 conceive” or “they conceive”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | concibo |
| Tú | concibes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | concibe |
| Nosotros / as | concebimos |
| Vosotros / as | concebís |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | conciben |
| Vos | concebís |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I conceived” or “she conceived” 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 | concebí | I conceived |
| Tú | concebiste | You conceived |
| Él / Ella / Usted | concibió | He / she / you conceived |
| Nosotros / as | concebimos | We conceived |
| Vosotros / as | concebisteis | You conceived |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | concibieron | They / you conceived |
| Vos | concebiste | You conceived |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was conceiving” or “she was conceiving” 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 | concebía | I was conceiving |
| Tú | concebías | You were conceiving |
| Él / Ella / Usted | concebía | He was / she was / you were conceiving |
| Nosotros / as | concebíamos | We were conceiving |
| Vosotros / as | concebíais | You were conceiving |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | concebían | They / you were conceiving |
| Vos | concebías | You were conceiving |
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 conceived” and “she has conceived”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he concebido | I have conceived |
| Tú | has concebido | You have conceived |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha concebido | He has / she has / you have conceived |
| Nosotros / as | hemos concebido | We have conceived |
| Vosotros / as | habéis concebido | You have conceived |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han concebido | They / you have conceived |
| Vos | has concebido | You have conceived |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would conceive” or “she would conceive”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | concebiría | I would conceive |
| Tú | concebirías | You would conceive |
| Él / Ella / Usted | concebiría | He / she / you would conceive |
| Nosotros / as | concebiríamos | We would conceive |
| Vosotros / as | concebiríais | You would conceive |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | concebirían | They / you would conceive |
| Vos | concebirías | You would conceive |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will conceive” or “they will conceive”.
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 concebir” means “They are going to conceive”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | concebiré | I will conceive |
| Tú | concebirás | You will conceive |
| Él / Ella / Usted | concebirá | He / she / you will conceive |
| Nosotros / as | concebiremos | We will conceive |
| Vosotros / as | concebiréis | You will conceive |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | concebirán | They / you will conceive |
| Vos | concebirás | You will conceive |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | conciba |
| Tú | concibas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | conciba |
| Nosotros / as | concibamos |
| Vosotros / as | concibáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | conciban |
| Vos | concibas |
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 | concibiera | concibiese |
| Tú | concibieras | concibiese |
| Él / Ella / Usted | concibiera | concibiese |
| Nosotros / as | concibiéramos | concibiésemos |
| Vosotros / as | concibierais | concibieseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | concibieran | concibiesen |
| Vos | concibieras | concibiese |
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 | concibiere |
| Tú | concibieres |
| Él / Ella / Usted | concibiera |
| Nosotros / as | concibiéremos |
| Vosotros / as | concibiereis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | concibieren |
| Vos | concibieres |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “conceive!” and “don’t conceive!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | concibe | no concibas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | conciba | no conciba |
| Nosotros / as | concibamos | no concibamos |
| Vosotros / as | concebid | no concibáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | conciban | no conciban |
| Vos | concebí | no concibas |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya concebido |
| Tú | hayas concebido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya concebido |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos concebido |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis concebido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan concebido |
| Vos | hayas concebido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera concebido / hubiese concebido |
| Tú | hubieras concebido / hubieses concebido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera concebido / hubiese concebido |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos concebido / hubiésemos concebido |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais concebido / hubieseis concebido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran concebido / hubiesen concebido |
| Vos | hubieras concebido / hubieses concebido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere concebido |
| Tú | hubieres concebido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere concebido |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos concebido |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis concebido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren concebido |
| Vos | hubieres concebido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté concibiendo |
| Tú | estés concibiendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté concibiendo |
| Nosotros / as | estemos concibiendo |
| Vosotros / as | estéis concibiendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén concibiendo |
| Vos | estés concibiendo |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera concibiendo / estuviese concibiendo |
| Tú | estuvieras concibiendo / estuvieses concibiendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera concibiendo / estuviese concibiendo |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos concibiendo / estuviésamos concibiendo |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais concibiendo / estuvieseis concibiendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera concibiendo / estuviese concibiendo |
| Vos | estuvieras concibiendo / estuvieses concibiendo |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere concibiendo |
| Tú | estuvieres concibiendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere concibiendo |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos concibiendo |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis concibiendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere concibiendo |
| Vos | estuvieres concibiendo |
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 concebís |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos concebiste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos concebías |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos concebirías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos concebirás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos concibas |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos concibieras / Vos concibiese |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos concebí |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no concibas |