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Exhibir is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to exhibit, show display”.
Below are all of the conjugations for exhibir 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 exhibit, show display |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | exhibir |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está exhibiendo) and past continuous (estaba exhibiendo). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. exhibiting).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he exhibido and hubiera exhibido. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have exhibited).
| Gerundio / Gerund | exhibiendo |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | exhibido |
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 exhibit” or “they exhibit”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | exhibo |
| Tú | exhibes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | exhibe |
| Nosotros / as | exhibimos |
| Vosotros / as | exhibís |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | exhiben |
| Vos | exhibís |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I exhibited” or “she exhibited” 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 | exhibí | I exhibited |
| Tú | exhibiste | You exhibited |
| Él / Ella / Usted | exhibió | He / she / you exhibited |
| Nosotros / as | exhibimos | We exhibited |
| Vosotros / as | exhibisteis | You exhibited |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | exhibieron | They / you exhibited |
| Vos | exhibiste | You exhibited |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was exhibiting” or “she was exhibiting” 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 | exhibía | I was exhibiting |
| Tú | exhibías | You were exhibiting |
| Él / Ella / Usted | exhibía | He was / she was / you were exhibiting |
| Nosotros / as | exhibíamos | We were exhibiting |
| Vosotros / as | exhibíais | You were exhibiting |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | exhibían | They / you were exhibiting |
| Vos | exhibías | You were exhibiting |
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 exhibited” and “she has exhibited”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he exhibido | I have exhibited |
| Tú | has exhibido | You have exhibited |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha exhibido | He has / she has / you have exhibited |
| Nosotros / as | hemos exhibido | We have exhibited |
| Vosotros / as | habéis exhibido | You have exhibited |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han exhibido | They / you have exhibited |
| Vos | has exhibido | You have exhibited |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would exhibit” or “she would exhibit”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | exhibiría | I would exhibit |
| Tú | exhibirías | You would exhibit |
| Él / Ella / Usted | exhibiría | He / she / you would exhibit |
| Nosotros / as | exhibiríamos | We would exhibit |
| Vosotros / as | exhibiríais | You would exhibit |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | exhibirían | They / you would exhibit |
| Vos | exhibirías | You would exhibit |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will exhibit” or “they will exhibit”.
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 exhibir” means “They are going to exhibit”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | exhibiré | I will exhibit |
| Tú | exhibirás | You will exhibit |
| Él / Ella / Usted | exhibirá | He / she / you will exhibit |
| Nosotros / as | exhibiremos | We will exhibit |
| Vosotros / as | exhibiréis | You will exhibit |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | exhibirán | They / you will exhibit |
| Vos | exhibirás | You will exhibit |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | exhiba |
| Tú | exhibas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | exhiba |
| Nosotros / as | exhibamos |
| Vosotros / as | exhibáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | exhiban |
| Vos | exhibas |
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 | exhibiera | exhibiese |
| Tú | exhibieras | exhibiese |
| Él / Ella / Usted | exhibiera | exhibiese |
| Nosotros / as | exhibiéramos | exhibiésemos |
| Vosotros / as | exhibierais | exhibieseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | exhibieran | exhibiesen |
| Vos | exhibieras | exhibiese |
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 | exhibiere |
| Tú | exhibieres |
| Él / Ella / Usted | exhibiera |
| Nosotros / as | exhibiéremos |
| Vosotros / as | exhibiereis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | exhibieren |
| Vos | exhibieres |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “exhibit!” and “don’t exhibit!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | exhibe | no exhibas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | exhiba | no exhiba |
| Nosotros / as | exhibamos | no exhibamos |
| Vosotros / as | exhibid | no exhibáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | exhiban | no exhiban |
| Vos | exhibí | no exhibas |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya exhibido |
| Tú | hayas exhibido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya exhibido |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos exhibido |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis exhibido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan exhibido |
| Vos | hayas exhibido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera exhibido / hubiese exhibido |
| Tú | hubieras exhibido / hubieses exhibido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera exhibido / hubiese exhibido |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos exhibido / hubiésemos exhibido |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais exhibido / hubieseis exhibido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran exhibido / hubiesen exhibido |
| Vos | hubieras exhibido / hubieses exhibido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere exhibido |
| Tú | hubieres exhibido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere exhibido |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos exhibido |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis exhibido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren exhibido |
| Vos | hubieres exhibido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté exhibiendo |
| Tú | estés exhibiendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté exhibiendo |
| Nosotros / as | estemos exhibiendo |
| Vosotros / as | estéis exhibiendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén exhibiendo |
| Vos | estés exhibiendo |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera exhibiendo / estuviese exhibiendo |
| Tú | estuvieras exhibiendo / estuvieses exhibiendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera exhibiendo / estuviese exhibiendo |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos exhibiendo / estuviésamos exhibiendo |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais exhibiendo / estuvieseis exhibiendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera exhibiendo / estuviese exhibiendo |
| Vos | estuvieras exhibiendo / estuvieses exhibiendo |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere exhibiendo |
| Tú | estuvieres exhibiendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere exhibiendo |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos exhibiendo |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis exhibiendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere exhibiendo |
| Vos | estuvieres exhibiendo |
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 exhibís |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos exhibiste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos exhibías |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos exhibirías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos exhibirás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos exhibas |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos exhibieras / Vos exhibiese |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos exhibí |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no exhibas |