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Fascinar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to be fascinated”.
Below are all of the conjugations for fascinar 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 be fascinated |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | fascinar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está fascinando) and past continuous (estaba fascinando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. was fascinated).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he been fascinated and hubiera been fascinated. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have being fascinated).
| Gerundio / Gerund | fascinando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | been fascinated |
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 be fascinated” or “they be fascinated”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | fascino |
| Tú | fascinas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | fascina |
| Nosotros / as | fascinamos |
| Vosotros / as | fascináis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | fascinan |
| Vos | fascinás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I be fascinated” or “she be fascinated” 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 | fasciné | I be fascinated |
| Tú | fascinaste | You be fascinated |
| Él / Ella / Usted | fascinó | He / she / you be fascinated |
| Nosotros / as | fascinamos | We be fascinated |
| Vosotros / as | fascinasteis | You be fascinated |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | fascinaron | They / you be fascinated |
| Vos | fascinaste | You be fascinated |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was was fascinated” or “she was was fascinated” 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 | fascinaba | I was was fascinated |
| Tú | fascinabas | You were was fascinated |
| Él / Ella / Usted | fascinaba | He was / she was / you were was fascinated |
| Nosotros / as | fascinábamos | We were was fascinated |
| Vosotros / as | fascinabais | You were was fascinated |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | fascinaban | They / you were was fascinated |
| Vos | fascinabas | You were was fascinated |
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 being fascinated” and “she has being fascinated”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he been fascinated | I have being fascinated |
| Tú | has been fascinated | You have being fascinated |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha been fascinated | He has / she has / you have being fascinated |
| Nosotros / as | hemos been fascinated | We have being fascinated |
| Vosotros / as | habéis been fascinated | You have being fascinated |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han been fascinated | They / you have being fascinated |
| Vos | has been fascinated | You have being fascinated |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would be fascinated” or “she would be fascinated”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | fascinaría | I would be fascinated |
| Tú | fascinarías | You would be fascinated |
| Él / Ella / Usted | fascinaría | He / she / you would be fascinated |
| Nosotros / as | fascinaríamos | We would be fascinated |
| Vosotros / as | fascinaríais | You would be fascinated |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | fascinarían | They / you would be fascinated |
| Vos | fascinarías | You would be fascinated |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will be fascinated” or “they will be fascinated”.
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 fascinar” means “They are going to be fascinated”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | fascinaré | I will be fascinated |
| Tú | fascinarás | You will be fascinated |
| Él / Ella / Usted | fascinará | He / she / you will be fascinated |
| Nosotros / as | fascinaremos | We will be fascinated |
| Vosotros / as | fascinaréis | You will be fascinated |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | fascinarán | They / you will be fascinated |
| Vos | fascinarás | You will be fascinated |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | fascine |
| Tú | fascines |
| Él / Ella / Usted | fascine |
| Nosotros / as | fascinemos |
| Vosotros / as | fascinéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | fascinen |
| Vos | fascines |
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 | fascinara | fascinase |
| Tú | fascinaras | fascinase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | fascinara | fascinase |
| Nosotros / as | fascináramos | fascinásemos |
| Vosotros / as | fascinarais | fascinaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | fascinaran | fascinasen |
| Vos | fascinaras | fascinase |
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 | fascinare |
| Tú | fascinares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | fascinare |
| Nosotros / as | fascináremos |
| Vosotros / as | fascinareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | fascinaren |
| Vos | fascinares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “be fascinated!” and “don’t be fascinated!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | fascina | no fascines |
| Él / Ella / Usted | fascine | no fascine |
| Nosotros / as | fascinemos | no fascinemos |
| Vosotros / as | fascinad | no fascinéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | fascinen | no fascinen |
| Vos | fasciná | no fascines |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya been fascinated |
| Tú | hayas been fascinated |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya been fascinated |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos been fascinated |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis been fascinated |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan been fascinated |
| Vos | hayas been fascinated |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera been fascinated / hubiese been fascinated |
| Tú | hubieras been fascinated / hubieses been fascinated |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera been fascinated / hubiese been fascinated |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos been fascinated / hubiésemos been fascinated |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais been fascinated / hubieseis been fascinated |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran been fascinated / hubiesen been fascinated |
| Vos | hubieras been fascinated / hubieses been fascinated |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere been fascinated |
| Tú | hubieres been fascinated |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere been fascinated |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos been fascinated |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis been fascinated |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren been fascinated |
| Vos | hubieres been fascinated |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté fascinando |
| Tú | estés fascinando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté fascinando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos fascinando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis fascinando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén fascinando |
| Vos | estés fascinando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera fascinando / estuviese fascinando |
| Tú | estuvieras fascinando / estuvieses fascinando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera fascinando / estuviese fascinando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos fascinando / estuviésamos fascinando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais fascinando / estuvieseis fascinando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera fascinando / estuviese fascinando |
| Vos | estuvieras fascinando / estuvieses fascinando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere fascinando |
| Tú | estuvieres fascinando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere fascinando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos fascinando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis fascinando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere fascinando |
| Vos | estuvieres fascinando |
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 fascinás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos fascinaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos fascinabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos fascinarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos fascinarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos fascines |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos fascinaras / Vos fascinase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos fasciná |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no fascines |