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Ofrecer is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to offer”.
Below are all of the conjugations for ofrecer 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 offer |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | ofrecer |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está ofreciendo) and past continuous (estaba ofreciendo). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. offering).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he ofrecido and hubiera ofrecido. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have offered).
| Gerundio / Gerund | ofreciendo |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | ofrecido |
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 offer” or “they offer”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | ofrezco |
| Tú | ofreces |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ofrece |
| Nosotros / as | ofrecemos |
| Vosotros / as | ofrecéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | ofrecen |
| Vos | ofrecés |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I offered” or “she offered” 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 | ofrecí | I offered |
| Tú | ofreciste | You offered |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ofreció | He / she / you offered |
| Nosotros / as | ofrecimos | We offered |
| Vosotros / as | ofrecisteis | You offered |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | ofrecieron | They / you offered |
| Vos | ofreciste | You offered |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was offering” or “she was offering” 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 | ofrecía | I was offering |
| Tú | ofrecías | You were offering |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ofrecía | He was / she was / you were offering |
| Nosotros / as | ofrecíamos | We were offering |
| Vosotros / as | ofrecíais | You were offering |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | ofrecían | They / you were offering |
| Vos | ofrecías | You were offering |
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 offered” and “she has offered”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he ofrecido | I have offered |
| Tú | has ofrecido | You have offered |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha ofrecido | He has / she has / you have offered |
| Nosotros / as | hemos ofrecido | We have offered |
| Vosotros / as | habéis ofrecido | You have offered |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han ofrecido | They / you have offered |
| Vos | has ofrecido | You have offered |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would offer” or “she would offer”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | ofrecería | I would offer |
| Tú | ofrecerías | You would offer |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ofrecería | He / she / you would offer |
| Nosotros / as | ofreceríamos | We would offer |
| Vosotros / as | ofreceríais | You would offer |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | ofrecerían | They / you would offer |
| Vos | ofrecerías | You would offer |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will offer” or “they will offer”.
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 ofrecer” means “They are going to offer”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | ofreceré | I will offer |
| Tú | ofrecerás | You will offer |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ofrecerá | He / she / you will offer |
| Nosotros / as | ofreceremos | We will offer |
| Vosotros / as | ofreceréis | You will offer |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | ofrecerán | They / you will offer |
| Vos | ofrecerás | You will offer |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | ofrezca |
| Tú | ofrezcas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ofrezca |
| Nosotros / as | ofrezcamos |
| Vosotros / as | ofrezcáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | ofrezcan |
| Vos | ofrezcas |
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 | ofreciera | ofreciese |
| Tú | ofrecieras | ofreciese |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ofreciera | ofreciese |
| Nosotros / as | ofreciéramos | ofreciésemos |
| Vosotros / as | ofrecierais | ofrecieseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | ofrecieran | ofreciesen |
| Vos | ofrecieras | ofreciese |
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 | ofreciere |
| Tú | ofrecieres |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ofreciere |
| Nosotros / as | ofreciéremos |
| Vosotros / as | ofreciereis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | ofrecieren |
| Vos | ofrecieres |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “offer!” and “don’t offer!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | ofrece | no ofrezcas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ofrezca | no ofrezca |
| Nosotros / as | ofrezcamos | no ofrezcamos |
| Vosotros / as | ofreced | no ofrezcáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | ofrezcan | no ofrezcan |
| Vos | ofrecé | no ofrezcas |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya ofrecido |
| Tú | hayas ofrecido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya ofrecido |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos ofrecido |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis ofrecido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan ofrecido |
| Vos | hayas ofrecido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera ofrecido / hubiese ofrecido |
| Tú | hubieras ofrecido / hubieses ofrecido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera ofrecido / hubiese ofrecido |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos ofrecido / hubiésemos ofrecido |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais ofrecido / hubieseis ofrecido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran ofrecido / hubiesen ofrecido |
| Vos | hubieras ofrecido / hubieses ofrecido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere ofrecido |
| Tú | hubieres ofrecido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere ofrecido |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos ofrecido |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis ofrecido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren ofrecido |
| Vos | hubieres ofrecido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté ofreciendo |
| Tú | estés ofreciendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté ofreciendo |
| Nosotros / as | estemos ofreciendo |
| Vosotros / as | estéis ofreciendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén ofreciendo |
| Vos | estés ofreciendo |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera ofreciendo / estuviese ofreciendo |
| Tú | estuvieras ofreciendo / estuvieses ofreciendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera ofreciendo / estuviese ofreciendo |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos ofreciendo / estuviésamos ofreciendo |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais ofreciendo / estuvieseis ofreciendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera ofreciendo / estuviese ofreciendo |
| Vos | estuvieras ofreciendo / estuvieses ofreciendo |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere ofreciendo |
| Tú | estuvieres ofreciendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere ofreciendo |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos ofreciendo |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis ofreciendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere ofreciendo |
| Vos | estuvieres ofreciendo |
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 ofrecés |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos ofreciste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos ofrecías |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos ofrecerías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos ofrecerás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos ofrezcas |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos ofrecieras / Vos ofreciese |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos ofrecé |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no ofrezcas |
