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Poner conjugation

Poner conjugation - to put

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Poner is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to put”.

Below are all of the conjugations for poner 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.

Poner Infinitive

English Infinitive to put
Spanish Infinitive poner

Poner Gerund and Past Participle

The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está poniendo) and past continuous (estaba poniendo). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. putting).

The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he puesto and hubiera puesto. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have put).

Gerundio / Gerund  poniendo
Participio / Past Participle  puesto

Poner Indicative Conjugations

The basic form of speech, el indicativo is used for making statements, talking about facts, events and things that are certain and objective.

Poner Presente / Present

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 put” or “they put”.

Pronoun Spanish
Yo pongo
pones
Él / Ella / Usted pone
Nosotros / as ponemos
Vosotros / as ponéis
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes ponen
Vos ponés

Poner Preterite / Pretérito Indefinido

Your simple past tense, e.g. “I put” or “she put” 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 puse I put
pusiste You put
Él / Ella / Usted puso He / she / you put
Nosotros / as pusimos We put
Vosotros / as pusisteis You put
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes pusieron They / you put
Vos pusiste You put

Poner Imperfect / Pretérito Imperfecto

The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was putting” or “she was putting” 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 ponía I was putting
ponías You were putting
Él / Ella / Usted ponía He was / she was / you were putting
Nosotros / as poníamos We were putting
Vosotros / as poníais You were putting
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes ponían They / you were putting
Vos ponías You were putting

Poner Perfect / Perfecto

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 put” and “she has put”.

Pronoun Spanish English
Yo he puesto I have put
has puesto You have put
Él / Ella / Usted ha puesto He has / she has / you have put
Nosotros / as hemos puesto We have put
Vosotros / as habéis puesto You have put
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes han puesto They / you have put
Vos has puesto You have put

Poner Conditional / Condicional

The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would put” or “she would put”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.

Pronoun Spanish Englush
Yo pondría I would put
pondrías You would put
Él / Ella / Usted pondría He / she / you would put
Nosotros / as pondríamos We would put
Vosotros / as pondríais You would put
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes pondrían They / you would put
Vos pondrías You would put

Poner Future / Futuro

The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will put” or “they will put”.

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 poner” means “They are going to put”.

Pronoun Spanish English
Yo pondré I will put
pondrás You will put
Él / Ella / Usted pondrá He / she / you will put
Nosotros / as pondremos We will put
Vosotros / as pondréis You will put
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes pondrán They / you will put
Vos pondrás You will put

Poner Subjunctive Conjugations

Poner Present Subjunctive / Presente de Subjuntivo

Pronoun Spanish
Yo ponga
pongas
Él / Ella / Usted ponga
Nosotros / as pongamos
Vosotros / as pongáis
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes pongan
Vos pongas

Poner Past Subjunctive / Imperfecto de Subjuntivo

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 pusiera pusiese
pusieras pusiese
Él / Ella / Usted pusiera pusiese
Nosotros / as pusiéramos pusiésemos
Vosotros / as pusierais pusieseis
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes pusieran pusiesen
Vos pusieras pusiese

Poner Future Subjunctive / Futuro de Subjuntivo

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 pusiere
pusieres
Él / Ella / Usted pusiere
Nosotros / as pusiéremos
Vosotros / as pusiereis
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes pusieren
Vos pusieres

Poner Imperative Conjugations

Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “put!” and “don’t put!”.

Pronoun Spanish Affirmative Spanish Negative
pon no pongas
Él / Ella / Usted ponga no ponga
Nosotros / as pongamos no pongamos
Vosotros / as poned no pongáis
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes pongan no pongan
Vos poné no pongas

Poner Compound Subjunctive Tenses

Poner Subjunctive Perfect

Pronoun Spanish
Yo haya puesto
hayas puesto
Él / Ella / Usted haya puesto
Nosotros / as hayamos puesto
Vosotros / as hayáis puesto
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes hayan puesto
Vos hayas puesto

Poner Subjunctive Past Perfect

Pronoun Spanish
Yo hubiera puesto / hubiese puesto
hubieras puesto / hubieses puesto
Él / Ella / Usted hubiera puesto / hubiese puesto
Nosotros / as hubiéramos puesto / hubiésemos puesto
Vosotros / as hubierais puesto / hubieseis puesto
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes hubieran puesto / hubiesen puesto
Vos hubieras puesto / hubieses puesto

Poner Subjunctive Future Perfect

Pronoun Spanish
Yo hubiere puesto
hubieres puesto
Él / Ella / Usted hubiere puesto
Nosotros / as hubiéremos puesto
Vosotros / as hubiereis puesto
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes hubieren puesto
Vos hubieres puesto

Poner Subjective Progressive Perfect

Pronoun Spanish
Yo esté poniendo
estés poniendo
Él / Ella / Usted esté poniendo
Nosotros / as estemos poniendo
Vosotros / as estéis poniendo
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes estén poniendo
Vos estés poniendo

Poner Subjunctive Past Progressive

Pronoun Spanish
Yo estuviera poniendo / estuviese poniendo
estuvieras poniendo / estuvieses poniendo
Él / Ella / Usted estuviera poniendo / estuviese poniendo
Nosotros / as estuviéramos poniendo / estuviésamos poniendo
Vosotros / as estuvierais poniendo / estuvieseis poniendo
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes estuviera poniendo / estuviese poniendo
Vos estuvieras poniendo / estuvieses poniendo

Poner Subjunctive Future Progressive

Pronoun Spanish
Yo estuviere poniendo
estuvieres poniendo
Él / Ella / Usted estuviere poniendo
Nosotros / as estuviéremos poniendo
Vosotros / as estuviereis poniendo
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes estuviere poniendo
Vos estuvieres poniendo

Poner Vos Conjugation

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.

TenseVos Conjugation
Present Indicative
Presente de Indicativo
Vos ponés
Simle Past / Preterite
Preterite de Indicativo
Vos pusiste
Imperfect Past
Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo
Vos ponías
Conditional
Condicional
Vos pondrías
Future
Futuro de Indicativo
Vos pondrás
Present Subjunctive
Presente de Subjunctivo
Vos pongas
Imperfect Subjunctive
Imperfecto de Subjunctivo
Vos pusieras / Vos pusiese
Affirmative Imperative
Imperativo
Vos poné
Negative Imperative
Imperativo Negativo
Vos no pongas

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