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Conceder is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to grant, admit, agree upon”.
Below are all of the conjugations for conceder 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 grant, admit, agree upon |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | conceder |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está concediendo) and past continuous (estaba concediendo). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. granting).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he concedido and hubiera concedido. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have granted).
| Gerundio / Gerund | concediendo |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | concedido |
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 grant” or “they grant”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | concedo |
| Tú | concedes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | concede |
| Nosotros / as | concedemos |
| Vosotros / as | concedéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | conceden |
| Vos | concedés |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I granted” or “she granted” 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 | concedí | I granted |
| Tú | concediste | You granted |
| Él / Ella / Usted | concedió | He / she / you granted |
| Nosotros / as | concedimos | We granted |
| Vosotros / as | concedisteis | You granted |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | concedieron | They / you granted |
| Vos | concediste | You granted |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was granting” or “she was granting” 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 | concedía | I was granting |
| Tú | concedías | You were granting |
| Él / Ella / Usted | concedía | He was / she was / you were granting |
| Nosotros / as | concedíamos | We were granting |
| Vosotros / as | concedíais | You were granting |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | concedían | They / you were granting |
| Vos | concedías | You were granting |
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 granted” and “she has granted”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he concedido | I have granted |
| Tú | has concedido | You have granted |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha concedido | He has / she has / you have granted |
| Nosotros / as | hemos concedido | We have granted |
| Vosotros / as | habéis concedido | You have granted |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han concedido | They / you have granted |
| Vos | has concedido | You have granted |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would grant” or “she would grant”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | concedería | I would grant |
| Tú | concederías | You would grant |
| Él / Ella / Usted | concedería | He / she / you would grant |
| Nosotros / as | concederíamos | We would grant |
| Vosotros / as | concederíais | You would grant |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | concederían | They / you would grant |
| Vos | concederías | You would grant |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will grant” or “they will grant”.
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 conceder” means “They are going to grant”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | concederé | I will grant |
| Tú | concederás | You will grant |
| Él / Ella / Usted | concederá | He / she / you will grant |
| Nosotros / as | concederemos | We will grant |
| Vosotros / as | concederéis | You will grant |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | concederán | They / you will grant |
| Vos | concederás | You will grant |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | conceda |
| Tú | concedas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | conceda |
| Nosotros / as | concedamos |
| Vosotros / as | concedáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | concedan |
| Vos | concedas |
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 | concediera | concediese |
| Tú | concedieras | concediese |
| Él / Ella / Usted | concediera | concediese |
| Nosotros / as | concediéramos | concediésemos |
| Vosotros / as | concedierais | concedieseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | concedieran | concediesen |
| Vos | concedieras | concediese |
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 | concediere |
| Tú | concedieres |
| Él / Ella / Usted | concediere |
| Nosotros / as | concediéremos |
| Vosotros / as | concediereis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | concedieren |
| Vos | concedieres |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “grant!” and “don’t grant!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | concede | no concedas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | conceda | no conceda |
| Nosotros / as | concedamos | no concedamos |
| Vosotros / as | conceded | no concedáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | concedan | no concedan |
| Vos | concedé | no concedas |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya concedido |
| Tú | hayas concedido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya concedido |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos concedido |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis concedido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan concedido |
| Vos | hayas concedido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera concedido / hubiese concedido |
| Tú | hubieras concedido / hubieses concedido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera concedido / hubiese concedido |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos concedido / hubiésemos concedido |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais concedido / hubieseis concedido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran concedido / hubiesen concedido |
| Vos | hubieras concedido / hubieses concedido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere concedido |
| Tú | hubieres concedido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere concedido |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos concedido |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis concedido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren concedido |
| Vos | hubieres concedido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté concediendo |
| Tú | estés concediendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté concediendo |
| Nosotros / as | estemos concediendo |
| Vosotros / as | estéis concediendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén concediendo |
| Vos | estés concediendo |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera concediendo / estuviese concediendo |
| Tú | estuvieras concediendo / estuvieses concediendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera concediendo / estuviese concediendo |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos concediendo / estuviésamos concediendo |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais concediendo / estuvieseis concediendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera concediendo / estuviese concediendo |
| Vos | estuvieras concediendo / estuvieses concediendo |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere concediendo |
| Tú | estuvieres concediendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere concediendo |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos concediendo |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis concediendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere concediendo |
| Vos | estuvieres concediendo |
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 concedés |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos concediste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos concedías |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos concederías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos concederás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos concedas |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos concedieras / Vos concediese |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos concedé |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no concedas |