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Connotar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to connote, imply”.
Below are all of the conjugations for connotar 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 connote, imply |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | connotar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está connotando) and past continuous (estaba connotando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. connoting).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he connotado and hubiera connotado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have connoted).
| Gerundio / Gerund | connotando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | connotado |
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 connote” or “they connote”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | connoto |
| Tú | connotas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | connota |
| Nosotros / as | connotamos |
| Vosotros / as | connotáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | connotan |
| Vos | connotás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I connoted” or “she connoted” 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 | connoté | I connoted |
| Tú | connotaste | You connoted |
| Él / Ella / Usted | connotó | He / she / you connoted |
| Nosotros / as | connotamos | We connoted |
| Vosotros / as | connotasteis | You connoted |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | connotaron | They / you connoted |
| Vos | connotaste | You connoted |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was connoting” or “she was connoting” 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 | connotaba | I was connoting |
| Tú | connotabas | You were connoting |
| Él / Ella / Usted | connotaba | He was / she was / you were connoting |
| Nosotros / as | connotábamos | We were connoting |
| Vosotros / as | connotabais | You were connoting |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | connotaban | They / you were connoting |
| Vos | connotabas | You were connoting |
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 connoted” and “she has connoted”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he connotado | I have connoted |
| Tú | has connotado | You have connoted |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha connotado | He has / she has / you have connoted |
| Nosotros / as | hemos connotado | We have connoted |
| Vosotros / as | habéis connotado | You have connoted |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han connotado | They / you have connoted |
| Vos | has connotado | You have connoted |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would connote” or “she would connote”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | connotaría | I would connote |
| Tú | connotarías | You would connote |
| Él / Ella / Usted | connotaría | He / she / you would connote |
| Nosotros / as | connotaríamos | We would connote |
| Vosotros / as | connotaríais | You would connote |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | connotarían | They / you would connote |
| Vos | connotarías | You would connote |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will connote” or “they will connote”.
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 connotar” means “They are going to connote”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | connotaré | I will connote |
| Tú | connotarás | You will connote |
| Él / Ella / Usted | connotará | He / she / you will connote |
| Nosotros / as | connotaremos | We will connote |
| Vosotros / as | connotaréis | You will connote |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | connotarán | They / you will connote |
| Vos | connotarás | You will connote |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | connote |
| Tú | connotes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | connote |
| Nosotros / as | connotemos |
| Vosotros / as | connotéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | connoten |
| Vos | connotes |
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 | connotara | connotase |
| Tú | connotaras | connotase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | connotara | connotase |
| Nosotros / as | connotáramos | connotásemos |
| Vosotros / as | connotarais | connotaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | connotaran | connotasen |
| Vos | connotaras | connotase |
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 | connotare |
| Tú | connotares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | connotare |
| Nosotros / as | connotáremos |
| Vosotros / as | connotareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | connotaren |
| Vos | connotares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “connote!” and “don’t connote!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | connota | no connotes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | connote | no connote |
| Nosotros / as | connotemos | no connotemos |
| Vosotros / as | connotad | no connotéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | connoten | no connoten |
| Vos | connotá | no connotes |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya connotado |
| Tú | hayas connotado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya connotado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos connotado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis connotado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan connotado |
| Vos | hayas connotado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera connotado / hubiese connotado |
| Tú | hubieras connotado / hubieses connotado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera connotado / hubiese connotado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos connotado / hubiésemos connotado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais connotado / hubieseis connotado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran connotado / hubiesen connotado |
| Vos | hubieras connotado / hubieses connotado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere connotado |
| Tú | hubieres connotado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere connotado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos connotado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis connotado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren connotado |
| Vos | hubieres connotado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté connotando |
| Tú | estés connotando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté connotando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos connotando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis connotando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén connotando |
| Vos | estés connotando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera connotando / estuviese connotando |
| Tú | estuvieras connotando / estuvieses connotando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera connotando / estuviese connotando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos connotando / estuviésamos connotando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais connotando / estuvieseis connotando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera connotando / estuviese connotando |
| Vos | estuvieras connotando / estuvieses connotando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere connotando |
| Tú | estuvieres connotando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere connotando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos connotando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis connotando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere connotando |
| Vos | estuvieres connotando |
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 connotás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos connotaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos connotabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos connotarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos connotarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos connotes |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos connotaras / Vos connotase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos connotá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no connotes |