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Corresponder is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to correspond, match, belong to”.
Below are all of the conjugations for corresponder 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 correspond, match, belong to |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | corresponder |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está correspondiendo) and past continuous (estaba correspondiendo). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. corresponding).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he correspondido and hubiera correspondido. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have corresponded).
| Gerundio / Gerund | correspondiendo |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | correspondido |
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 correspond” or “they correspond”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | correspondo |
| Tú | correspondes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | corresponde |
| Nosotros / as | correspondemos |
| Vosotros / as | correspondéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | corresponden |
| Vos | correspondés |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I corresponded” or “she corresponded” 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 | correspondí | I corresponded |
| Tú | correspondiste | You corresponded |
| Él / Ella / Usted | correspondió | He / she / you corresponded |
| Nosotros / as | correspondimos | We corresponded |
| Vosotros / as | correspondisteis | You corresponded |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | correspondieron | They / you corresponded |
| Vos | correspondiste | You corresponded |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was corresponding” or “she was corresponding” 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 | correspondía | I was corresponding |
| Tú | correspondías | You were corresponding |
| Él / Ella / Usted | correspondía | He was / she was / you were corresponding |
| Nosotros / as | correspondíamos | We were corresponding |
| Vosotros / as | correspondíais | You were corresponding |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | correspondían | They / you were corresponding |
| Vos | correspondías | You were corresponding |
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 corresponded” and “she has corresponded”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he correspondido | I have corresponded |
| Tú | has correspondido | You have corresponded |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha correspondido | He has / she has / you have corresponded |
| Nosotros / as | hemos correspondido | We have corresponded |
| Vosotros / as | habéis correspondido | You have corresponded |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han correspondido | They / you have corresponded |
| Vos | has correspondido | You have corresponded |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would correspond” or “she would correspond”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | correspondería | I would correspond |
| Tú | corresponderías | You would correspond |
| Él / Ella / Usted | correspondería | He / she / you would correspond |
| Nosotros / as | corresponderíamos | We would correspond |
| Vosotros / as | corresponderíais | You would correspond |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | corresponderían | They / you would correspond |
| Vos | corresponderías | You would correspond |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will correspond” or “they will correspond”.
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 corresponder” means “They are going to correspond”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | corresponderé | I will correspond |
| Tú | corresponderás | You will correspond |
| Él / Ella / Usted | corresponderá | He / she / you will correspond |
| Nosotros / as | corresponderemos | We will correspond |
| Vosotros / as | corresponderéis | You will correspond |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | corresponderán | They / you will correspond |
| Vos | corresponderás | You will correspond |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | corresponda |
| Tú | correspondas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | corresponda |
| Nosotros / as | correspondamos |
| Vosotros / as | correspondáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | correspondan |
| Vos | correspondas |
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 | correspondiera | correspondiese |
| Tú | correspondieras | correspondiese |
| Él / Ella / Usted | correspondiera | correspondiese |
| Nosotros / as | correspondiéramos | correspondiésemos |
| Vosotros / as | correspondierais | correspondieseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | correspondieran | correspondiesen |
| Vos | correspondieras | correspondiese |
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 | correspondiere |
| Tú | correspondieres |
| Él / Ella / Usted | correspondiere |
| Nosotros / as | correspondiéremos |
| Vosotros / as | correspondiereis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | correspondieren |
| Vos | correspondieres |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “correspond!” and “don’t correspond!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | corresponde | no correspondas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | corresponda | no corresponda |
| Nosotros / as | correspondamos | no correspondamos |
| Vosotros / as | corresponded | no correspondáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | correspondan | no correspondan |
| Vos | correspondé | no correspondas |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya correspondido |
| Tú | hayas correspondido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya correspondido |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos correspondido |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis correspondido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan correspondido |
| Vos | hayas correspondido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera correspondido / hubiese correspondido |
| Tú | hubieras correspondido / hubieses correspondido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera correspondido / hubiese correspondido |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos correspondido / hubiésemos correspondido |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais correspondido / hubieseis correspondido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran correspondido / hubiesen correspondido |
| Vos | hubieras correspondido / hubieses correspondido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere correspondido |
| Tú | hubieres correspondido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere correspondido |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos correspondido |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis correspondido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren correspondido |
| Vos | hubieres correspondido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté correspondiendo |
| Tú | estés correspondiendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté correspondiendo |
| Nosotros / as | estemos correspondiendo |
| Vosotros / as | estéis correspondiendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén correspondiendo |
| Vos | estés correspondiendo |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera correspondiendo / estuviese correspondiendo |
| Tú | estuvieras correspondiendo / estuvieses correspondiendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera correspondiendo / estuviese correspondiendo |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos correspondiendo / estuviésamos correspondiendo |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais correspondiendo / estuvieseis correspondiendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera correspondiendo / estuviese correspondiendo |
| Vos | estuvieras correspondiendo / estuvieses correspondiendo |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere correspondiendo |
| Tú | estuvieres correspondiendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere correspondiendo |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos correspondiendo |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis correspondiendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere correspondiendo |
| Vos | estuvieres correspondiendo |
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 correspondés |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos correspondiste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos correspondías |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos corresponderías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos corresponderás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos correspondas |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos correspondieras / Vos correspondiese |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos correspondé |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no correspondas |