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Convidar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to invite, treat”.
Below are all of the conjugations for convidar 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 invite, treat |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | convidar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está convidando) and past continuous (estaba convidando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. inviting).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he convidado and hubiera convidado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have invited).
| Gerundio / Gerund | convidando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | convidado |
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 invite” or “they invite”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | convido |
| Tú | convidas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | convida |
| Nosotros / as | convidamos |
| Vosotros / as | convidáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | convidan |
| Vos | convidás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I invited” or “she invited” 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 | convidé | I invited |
| Tú | convidaste | You invited |
| Él / Ella / Usted | convidó | He / she / you invited |
| Nosotros / as | convidamos | We invited |
| Vosotros / as | convidasteis | You invited |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | convidaron | They / you invited |
| Vos | convidaste | You invited |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was inviting” or “she was inviting” 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 | convidaba | I was inviting |
| Tú | convidabas | You were inviting |
| Él / Ella / Usted | convidaba | He was / she was / you were inviting |
| Nosotros / as | convidábamos | We were inviting |
| Vosotros / as | convidabais | You were inviting |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | convidaban | They / you were inviting |
| Vos | convidabas | You were inviting |
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 invited” and “she has invited”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he convidado | I have invited |
| Tú | has convidado | You have invited |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha convidado | He has / she has / you have invited |
| Nosotros / as | hemos convidado | We have invited |
| Vosotros / as | habéis convidado | You have invited |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han convidado | They / you have invited |
| Vos | has convidado | You have invited |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would invite” or “she would invite”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | convidaría | I would invite |
| Tú | convidarías | You would invite |
| Él / Ella / Usted | convidaría | He / she / you would invite |
| Nosotros / as | convidaríamos | We would invite |
| Vosotros / as | convidaríais | You would invite |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | convidarían | They / you would invite |
| Vos | convidarías | You would invite |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will invite” or “they will invite”.
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 convidar” means “They are going to invite”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | convidaré | I will invite |
| Tú | convidarás | You will invite |
| Él / Ella / Usted | convidará | He / she / you will invite |
| Nosotros / as | convidaremos | We will invite |
| Vosotros / as | convidaréis | You will invite |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | convidarán | They / you will invite |
| Vos | convidarás | You will invite |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | convide |
| Tú | convides |
| Él / Ella / Usted | convide |
| Nosotros / as | convidemos |
| Vosotros / as | convidéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | conviden |
| Vos | convides |
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 | convidara | convidase |
| Tú | convidaras | convidase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | convidara | convidase |
| Nosotros / as | convidáramos | convidásemos |
| Vosotros / as | convidarais | convidaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | convidaran | convidasen |
| Vos | convidaras | convidase |
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 | convidare |
| Tú | convidares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | convidare |
| Nosotros / as | convidáremos |
| Vosotros / as | convidareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | convidaren |
| Vos | convidares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “invite!” and “don’t invite!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | convida | no convides |
| Él / Ella / Usted | convide | no convide |
| Nosotros / as | convidemos | no convidemos |
| Vosotros / as | convidad | no convidéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | conviden | no conviden |
| Vos | convidá | no convides |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya convidado |
| Tú | hayas convidado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya convidado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos convidado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis convidado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan convidado |
| Vos | hayas convidado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera convidado / hubiese convidado |
| Tú | hubieras convidado / hubieses convidado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera convidado / hubiese convidado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos convidado / hubiésemos convidado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais convidado / hubieseis convidado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran convidado / hubiesen convidado |
| Vos | hubieras convidado / hubieses convidado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere convidado |
| Tú | hubieres convidado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere convidado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos convidado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis convidado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren convidado |
| Vos | hubieres convidado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté convidando |
| Tú | estés convidando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté convidando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos convidando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis convidando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén convidando |
| Vos | estés convidando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera convidando / estuviese convidando |
| Tú | estuvieras convidando / estuvieses convidando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera convidando / estuviese convidando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos convidando / estuviésamos convidando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais convidando / estuvieseis convidando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera convidando / estuviese convidando |
| Vos | estuvieras convidando / estuvieses convidando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere convidando |
| Tú | estuvieres convidando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere convidando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos convidando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis convidando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere convidando |
| Vos | estuvieres convidando |
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 convidás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos convidaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos convidabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos convidarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos convidarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos convides |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos convidaras / Vos convidase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos convidá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no convides |