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Crear is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to create”.
Below are all of the conjugations for crear 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 create |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | crear |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está creando) and past continuous (estaba creando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. creating).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he creado and hubiera creado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have created).
| Gerundio / Gerund | creando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | creado |
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 create” or “they create”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | creo |
| Tú | creas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | crea |
| Nosotros / as | creamos |
| Vosotros / as | creáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | crean |
| Vos | creás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I created” or “she created” 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 | creé | I created |
| Tú | creaste | You created |
| Él / Ella / Usted | creó | He / she / you created |
| Nosotros / as | creamos | We created |
| Vosotros / as | creasteis | You created |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | crearon | They / you created |
| Vos | creaste | You created |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was creating” or “she was creating” 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 | creaba | I was creating |
| Tú | creabas | You were creating |
| Él / Ella / Usted | creaba | He was / she was / you were creating |
| Nosotros / as | creábamos | We were creating |
| Vosotros / as | creabais | You were creating |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | creaban | They / you were creating |
| Vos | creabas | You were creating |
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 created” and “she has created”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he creado | I have created |
| Tú | has creado | You have created |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha creado | He has / she has / you have created |
| Nosotros / as | hemos creado | We have created |
| Vosotros / as | habéis creado | You have created |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han creado | They / you have created |
| Vos | has creado | You have created |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would create” or “she would create”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | crearía | I would create |
| Tú | crearías | You would create |
| Él / Ella / Usted | crearía | He / she / you would create |
| Nosotros / as | crearíamos | We would create |
| Vosotros / as | crearíais | You would create |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | crearían | They / you would create |
| Vos | crearías | You would create |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will create” or “they will create”.
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 crear” means “They are going to create”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | crearé | I will create |
| Tú | crearás | You will create |
| Él / Ella / Usted | creará | He / she / you will create |
| Nosotros / as | crearemos | We will create |
| Vosotros / as | crearéis | You will create |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | crearán | They / you will create |
| Vos | crearás | You will create |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | cree |
| Tú | crees |
| Él / Ella / Usted | cree |
| Nosotros / as | creemos |
| Vosotros / as | creéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | creen |
| Vos | crees |
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 | creara | crease |
| Tú | crearas | crease |
| Él / Ella / Usted | creara | crease |
| Nosotros / as | creáramos | creásemos |
| Vosotros / as | crearais | creaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | crearan | creasen |
| Vos | crearas | crease |
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 | creare |
| Tú | creares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | creare |
| Nosotros / as | creáremos |
| Vosotros / as | creareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | crearen |
| Vos | creares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “create!” and “don’t create!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | crea | no crees |
| Él / Ella / Usted | cree | no cree |
| Nosotros / as | creemos | no creemos |
| Vosotros / as | cread | no creéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | creen | no creen |
| Vos | creá | no crees |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya creado |
| Tú | hayas creado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya creado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos creado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis creado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan creado |
| Vos | hayas creado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera creado / hubiese creado |
| Tú | hubieras creado / hubieses creado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera creado / hubiese creado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos creado / hubiésemos creado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais creado / hubieseis creado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran creado / hubiesen creado |
| Vos | hubieras creado / hubieses creado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere creado |
| Tú | hubieres creado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere creado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos creado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis creado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren creado |
| Vos | hubieres creado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté creando |
| Tú | estés creando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté creando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos creando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis creando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén creando |
| Vos | estés creando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera creando / estuviese creando |
| Tú | estuvieras creando / estuvieses creando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera creando / estuviese creando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos creando / estuviésamos creando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais creando / estuvieseis creando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera creando / estuviese creando |
| Vos | estuvieras creando / estuvieses creando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere creando |
| Tú | estuvieres creando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere creando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos creando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis creando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere creando |
| Vos | estuvieres creando |
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 creás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos creaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos creabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos crearías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos crearás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos crees |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos crearas / Vos crease |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos creá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no crees |
