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Condenar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to condemn, sentence”.
Below are all of the conjugations for condenar 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 condemn, sentence |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | condenar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está condenando) and past continuous (estaba condenando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. condemning).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he condenado and hubiera condenado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have condemned).
| Gerundio / Gerund | condenando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | condenado |
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 condemn” or “they condemn”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | condeno |
| Tú | condenas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | condena |
| Nosotros / as | condenamos |
| Vosotros / as | condenáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | condenan |
| Vos | condenás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I condemned” or “she condemned” 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 | condené | I condemned |
| Tú | condenaste | You condemned |
| Él / Ella / Usted | condenó | He / she / you condemned |
| Nosotros / as | condenamos | We condemned |
| Vosotros / as | condenasteis | You condemned |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | condenaron | They / you condemned |
| Vos | condenaste | You condemned |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was condemning” or “she was condemning” 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 | condenaba | I was condemning |
| Tú | condenabas | You were condemning |
| Él / Ella / Usted | condenaba | He was / she was / you were condemning |
| Nosotros / as | condenábamos | We were condemning |
| Vosotros / as | condenabais | You were condemning |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | condenaban | They / you were condemning |
| Vos | condenabas | You were condemning |
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 condemned” and “she has condemned”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he condenado | I have condemned |
| Tú | has condenado | You have condemned |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha condenado | He has / she has / you have condemned |
| Nosotros / as | hemos condenado | We have condemned |
| Vosotros / as | habéis condenado | You have condemned |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han condenado | They / you have condemned |
| Vos | has condenado | You have condemned |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would condemn” or “she would condemn”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | condenaría | I would condemn |
| Tú | condenarías | You would condemn |
| Él / Ella / Usted | condenaría | He / she / you would condemn |
| Nosotros / as | condenaríamos | We would condemn |
| Vosotros / as | condenaríais | You would condemn |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | condenarían | They / you would condemn |
| Vos | condenarías | You would condemn |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will condemn” or “they will condemn”.
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 condenar” means “They are going to condemn”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | condenaré | I will condemn |
| Tú | condenarás | You will condemn |
| Él / Ella / Usted | condenará | He / she / you will condemn |
| Nosotros / as | condenaremos | We will condemn |
| Vosotros / as | condenaréis | You will condemn |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | condenarán | They / you will condemn |
| Vos | condenarás | You will condemn |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | condene |
| Tú | condenes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | condene |
| Nosotros / as | condenemos |
| Vosotros / as | condenéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | condenen |
| Vos | condenes |
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 | condenara | condenase |
| Tú | condenaras | condenase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | condenara | condenase |
| Nosotros / as | condenáramos | condenásemos |
| Vosotros / as | condenarais | condenaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | condenaran | condenasen |
| Vos | condenaras | condenase |
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 | condenare |
| Tú | condenares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | condenare |
| Nosotros / as | condenáremos |
| Vosotros / as | condenareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | condenaren |
| Vos | condenares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “condemn!” and “don’t condemn!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | condena | no condenes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | condene | no condene |
| Nosotros / as | condenemos | no condenemos |
| Vosotros / as | condenad | no condenéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | condenen | no condenen |
| Vos | condená | no condenes |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya condenado |
| Tú | hayas condenado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya condenado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos condenado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis condenado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan condenado |
| Vos | hayas condenado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera condenado / hubiese condenado |
| Tú | hubieras condenado / hubieses condenado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera condenado / hubiese condenado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos condenado / hubiésemos condenado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais condenado / hubieseis condenado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran condenado / hubiesen condenado |
| Vos | hubieras condenado / hubieses condenado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere condenado |
| Tú | hubieres condenado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere condenado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos condenado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis condenado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren condenado |
| Vos | hubieres condenado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté condenando |
| Tú | estés condenando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté condenando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos condenando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis condenando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén condenando |
| Vos | estés condenando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera condenando / estuviese condenando |
| Tú | estuvieras condenando / estuvieses condenando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera condenando / estuviese condenando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos condenando / estuviésamos condenando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais condenando / estuvieseis condenando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera condenando / estuviese condenando |
| Vos | estuvieras condenando / estuvieses condenando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere condenando |
| Tú | estuvieres condenando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere condenando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos condenando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis condenando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere condenando |
| Vos | estuvieres condenando |
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 condenás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos condenaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos condenabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos condenarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos condenarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos condenes |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos condenaras / Vos condenase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos condená |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no condenes |