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Extender is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to extend, expand, enlarge”.
Below are all of the conjugations for extender 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 extend, expand, enlarge |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | extender |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está extendiendo) and past continuous (estaba extendiendo). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. extending).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he extendido and hubiera extendido. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have extended).
| Gerundio / Gerund | extendiendo |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | extendido |
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 extend” or “they extend”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | extiendo |
| Tú | extiendes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | extiende |
| Nosotros / as | extendemos |
| Vosotros / as | extendéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | extienden |
| Vos | extendés |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I extended” or “she extended” 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 | extendí | I extended |
| Tú | extendiste | You extended |
| Él / Ella / Usted | extendió | He / she / you extended |
| Nosotros / as | extendimos | We extended |
| Vosotros / as | extendisteis | You extended |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | extendieron | They / you extended |
| Vos | extendiste | You extended |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was extending” or “she was extending” 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 | extendía | I was extending |
| Tú | extendías | You were extending |
| Él / Ella / Usted | extendía | He was / she was / you were extending |
| Nosotros / as | extendíamos | We were extending |
| Vosotros / as | extendíais | You were extending |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | extendían | They / you were extending |
| Vos | extendías | You were extending |
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 extended” and “she has extended”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he extendido | I have extended |
| Tú | has extendido | You have extended |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha extendido | He has / she has / you have extended |
| Nosotros / as | hemos extendido | We have extended |
| Vosotros / as | habéis extendido | You have extended |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han extendido | They / you have extended |
| Vos | has extendido | You have extended |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would extend” or “she would extend”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | extendería | I would extend |
| Tú | extenderías | You would extend |
| Él / Ella / Usted | extendería | He / she / you would extend |
| Nosotros / as | extenderíamos | We would extend |
| Vosotros / as | extenderíais | You would extend |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | extenderían | They / you would extend |
| Vos | extenderías | You would extend |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will extend” or “they will extend”.
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 extender” means “They are going to extend”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | extenderé | I will extend |
| Tú | extenderás | You will extend |
| Él / Ella / Usted | extenderá | He / she / you will extend |
| Nosotros / as | extenderemos | We will extend |
| Vosotros / as | extenderéis | You will extend |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | extenderán | They / you will extend |
| Vos | extenderás | You will extend |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | extienda |
| Tú | extiendas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | extienda |
| Nosotros / as | extendamos |
| Vosotros / as | extendáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | extiendan |
| Vos | extiendas |
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 | extendiera | extendiese |
| Tú | extendieras | extendiese |
| Él / Ella / Usted | extendiera | extendiese |
| Nosotros / as | extendiéramos | extendiésemos |
| Vosotros / as | extendierais | extendieseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | extendieran | extendiesen |
| Vos | extendieras | extendiese |
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 | extendiere |
| Tú | extendieres |
| Él / Ella / Usted | extendiere |
| Nosotros / as | extendiéremos |
| Vosotros / as | extendiereis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | extendieren |
| Vos | extendieres |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “extend!” and “don’t extend!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | extiende | no extiendas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | extienda | no extienda |
| Nosotros / as | extendamos | no extendamos |
| Vosotros / as | extended | no extendáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | extiendan | no extiendan |
| Vos | extendé | no extiendas |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya extendido |
| Tú | hayas extendido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya extendido |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos extendido |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis extendido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan extendido |
| Vos | hayas extendido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera extendido / hubiese extendido |
| Tú | hubieras extendido / hubieses extendido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera extendido / hubiese extendido |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos extendido / hubiésemos extendido |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais extendido / hubieseis extendido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran extendido / hubiesen extendido |
| Vos | hubieras extendido / hubieses extendido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere extendido |
| Tú | hubieres extendido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere extendido |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos extendido |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis extendido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren extendido |
| Vos | hubieres extendido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté extendiendo |
| Tú | estés extendiendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté extendiendo |
| Nosotros / as | estemos extendiendo |
| Vosotros / as | estéis extendiendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén extendiendo |
| Vos | estés extendiendo |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera extendiendo / estuviese extendiendo |
| Tú | estuvieras extendiendo / estuvieses extendiendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera extendiendo / estuviese extendiendo |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos extendiendo / estuviésamos extendiendo |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais extendiendo / estuvieseis extendiendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera extendiendo / estuviese extendiendo |
| Vos | estuvieras extendiendo / estuvieses extendiendo |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere extendiendo |
| Tú | estuvieres extendiendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere extendiendo |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos extendiendo |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis extendiendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere extendiendo |
| Vos | estuvieres extendiendo |
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 extendés |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos extendiste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos extendías |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos extenderías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos extenderás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos extiendas |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos extendieras / Vos extendiese |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos extendé |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no extiendas |