conmemorar — Spanish conjugation

to commemorate

Frequency#1225Regular

Indicative

Present (Presente) Regular

The present tense is the most versatile tense in Spanish. It covers actions happening right now, habitual actions, and even near-future plans. One form does the work of three English constructions.

Ella habla inglés — She speaks / is speaking English

PronounSpanishEnglish
yoconmemoroI commemorate
conmemorasyou commemorate
vosconmemorásyou commemorate
él/ella/Ud.conmemorahe/she/it commemorates
nosotrosconmemoramoswe commemorate
vosotrosconmemoráisyou (pl.) commemorate
ellos/ellas/Uds.conmemoranthey commemorate

Preterite (Pretérito indefinido) Regular

Used for completed past actions with a defined endpoint — a single event, a series of events, or an action that interrupted another. Common with time expressions like ayer, el lunes, una vez.

Ella habló de ti ayer — She spoke about you yesterday

PronounSpanishEnglish
yoconmemoréI commemorated
conmemorasteyou commemorated
vosconmemorasteyou commemorated
él/ella/Ud.conmemoróhe/she/it commemorated
nosotrosconmemoramoswe commemorated
vosotrosconmemorasteisyou (pl.) commemorated
ellos/ellas/Uds.conmemoraronthey commemorated

Imperfect (Pretérito imperfecto) Regular

Describes ongoing or habitual past states — what things were like, background context, what used to happen. Contrasts with the preterite which marks completed events.

Cuando era niño vivía en Valencia — When I was a child I lived in Valencia

PronounSpanish
yoconmemoraba
conmemorabas
vosconmemorabas
él/ella/Ud.conmemoraba
nosotrosconmemorábamos
vosotrosconmemorabais
ellos/ellas/Uds.conmemoraban

Conditional (Condicional) Regular

Expresses hypothetical actions, polite requests, and what would happen under certain conditions. Also used for reported speech about the future from a past perspective.

¿Podrías ayudarme? — Could you help me?

PronounSpanishEnglish
yoconmemoraríaI would commemorate
conmemoraríasyou would commemorate
vosconmemoraríasyou would commemorate
él/ella/Ud.conmemoraríahe/she/it would commemorate
nosotrosconmemoraríamoswe would commemorate
vosotrosconmemoraríaisyou (pl.) would commemorate
ellos/ellas/Uds.conmemoraríanthey would commemorate

Future (Futuro) Regular

Expresses future actions, predictions, and probability about the present. Formed with the full infinitive as stem for most verbs. In spoken Spanish, ir a + infinitive is often preferred for near future.

Ella hablará en conferencia mañana — She will speak at the conference tomorrow

PronounSpanishEnglish
yoconmemoraréI will commemorate
conmemorarásyou will commemorate
vosconmemorarásyou will commemorate
él/ella/Ud.conmemoraráhe/she/it will commemorate
nosotrosconmemoraremoswe will commemorate
vosotrosconmemoraréisyou (pl.) will commemorate
ellos/ellas/Uds.conmemoraránthey will commemorate

Present perfect (Pretérito perfecto) Regular

A compound past tense linking a past action to the present moment — something that has happened and still feels recent or relevant. More common in Spain than Latin America where preterite is preferred.

Hoy he hablado con el jefe — Today I have spoken with the boss

PronounSpanishEnglish
yohe conmemoradoI have commemorated
has conmemoradoyou have commemorated
voshas conmemoradoyou have commemorated
él/ella/Ud.ha conmemoradohe/she/it has commemorated
nosotroshemos conmemoradowe have commemorated
vosotroshabéis conmemoradoyou (pl.) have commemorated
ellos/ellas/Uds.han conmemoradothey have commemorated

Pluperfect (Pretérito pluscuamperfecto) Regular

The past of the past — describes an action that was already completed before another past event happened. Always implies a reference point in the past.

Ya había hablado cuando llegaste — She had already spoken when you arrived

PronounSpanishEnglish
yohabía conmemoradoI had commemorated
habías conmemoradoyou had commemorated
voshabías conmemoradoyou had commemorated
él/ella/Ud.había conmemoradohe/she/it had commemorated
nosotroshabíamos conmemoradowe had commemorated
vosotroshabíais conmemoradoyou (pl.) had commemorated
ellos/ellas/Uds.habían conmemoradothey had commemorated

Conditional perfect (Condicional perfecto) Regular

Expresses what would have happened — actions that were possible but did not occur, or regrets about the past. Formed with conditional of haber + past participle.

Habría hablado, pero no me dejaron — I would have spoken, but they did not let me

PronounSpanish
yohabría conmemorado
habrías conmemorado
voshabrías conmemorado
él/ella/Ud.habría conmemorado
nosotroshabríamos conmemorado
vosotroshabríais conmemorado
ellos/ellas/Uds.habrían conmemorado

Future perfect (Futuro perfecto) Regular

Describes an action that will have been completed by a certain point in the future, or expresses probability about a recent past action.

Para el lunes habré terminado — By Monday I will have finished

PronounSpanishEnglish
yohabré conmemoradoI will have commemorated
habrás conmemoradoyou will have commemorated
voshabrás conmemoradoyou will have commemorated
él/ella/Ud.habrá conmemoradohe/she/it will have commemorated
nosotroshabremos conmemoradowe will have commemorated
vosotroshabréis conmemoradoyou (pl.) will have commemorated
ellos/ellas/Uds.habrán conmemoradothey will have commemorated

Subjunctive

Present subjunctive (Subjuntivo presente) Regular

Used in subordinate clauses after expressions of desire, doubt, emotion, necessity, or impersonal statements. Triggered by a change of subject between the main and subordinate clause.

Espero que hable — I hope she speaks

PronounSpanish
yoconmemore
conmemores
vosconmemores
él/ella/Ud.conmemore
nosotrosconmemoremos
vosotrosconmemoréis
ellos/ellas/Uds.conmemoren

Imperfect subjunctive (-ra) (Subjuntivo imperfecto (-ra)) Regular

The past subjunctive used after past main verbs, in if-clauses with conditional, and for polite softening. The -ra form is more common in everyday speech than the -se form.

Si pudiera, lo haría — If I could, I would do it

PronounSpanish
yoconmemorara
conmemoraras
vosconmemoraras
él/ella/Ud.conmemorara
nosotrosconmemoráramos
vosotrosconmemorarais
ellos/ellas/Uds.conmemoraran

Imperfect subjunctive (-se) (Subjuntivo imperfecto (-se)) Regular

The alternative past subjunctive form. Interchangeable with -ra in most contexts but slightly more literary or formal. Both forms are grammatically correct in all regions.

Si pudiese, lo haría — If I could, I would do it

PronounSpanish
yoconmemorase
conmemorases
vosconmemorases
él/ella/Ud.conmemorase
nosotrosconmemorásemos
vosotrosconmemoraseis
ellos/ellas/Uds.conmemorasen

Perfect subjunctive (Pretérito perfecto de subjuntivo) Regular

A compound subjunctive that expresses completed actions in a subjunctive context — used after present or future main verbs expressing doubt, emotion or desire.

Dudo que ya haya llegado — I doubt she has already arrived

PronounSpanish
yohaya conmemorado
hayas conmemorado
voshayas conmemorado
él/ella/Ud.haya conmemorado
nosotroshayamos conmemorado
vosotroshayáis conmemorado
ellos/ellas/Uds.hayan conmemorado

Pluperfect subjunctive (Pluscuamperfecto de subjuntivo) Regular

Expresses what had happened in hypothetical or unreal past contexts — the subjunctive equivalent of the pluperfect. Common in contrary-to-fact past conditions.

Si hubiera hablado, lo habrían creído — If she had spoken, they would have believed her

PronounSpanish
yohubiera conmemorado
hubieras conmemorado
voshubieras conmemorado
él/ella/Ud.hubiera conmemorado
nosotroshubiéramos conmemorado
vosotroshubierais conmemorado
ellos/ellas/Uds.hubieran conmemorado

Other forms

Imperative (affirmative) (Imperativo afirmativo) Regular

Direct commands and instructions. The imperative only exists for tú, usted, nosotros, vosotros and ustedes — yo has no command form. Affirmative and negative forms use different conjugations.

Habla más despacio — Speak more slowly

PronounSpanish
conmemora
vosconmemorá
él/ella/Ud.conmemore
nosotrosconmemoremos
vosotrosconmemorad
ustedesconmemoren

Imperative (negative) (Imperativo negativo) Regular

Negative commands use the subjunctive forms for all persons. Formed with no + present subjunctive. This applies to all persons including tú where the affirmative uses a different form.

No hables tan rápido — Do not speak so fast

PronounSpanish
no conmemores
vosno conmemores
él/ella/Ud.no conmemore
nosotrosno conmemoremos
vosotrosno conmemoréis
ustedesno conmemoren

Present progressive (Presente progresivo) Regular

Emphasises that an action is happening right now at this very moment. Less common than in English since the present tense already covers ongoing actions in Spanish.

Estoy hablando contigo — I am speaking with you

PronounSpanish
yoestoy conmemorando
estás conmemorando
vosestás conmemorando
él/ella/Ud.está conmemorando
nosotrosestamos conmemorando
vosotrosestáis conmemorando
ellos/ellas/Uds.están conmemorando

Preterite progressive (Pretérito indefinido progresivo) Regular

Describes an action that was in progress throughout a completed past period. Uses the preterite of estar + gerund to emphasise the ongoing nature within a defined timeframe.

Estuvo hablando toda la tarde — He was talking all afternoon

PronounSpanish
yoestuve conmemorando
estuviste conmemorando
vosestuviste conmemorando
él/ella/Ud.estuvo conmemorando
nosotrosestuvimos conmemorando
vosotrosestuvisteis conmemorando
ellos/ellas/Uds.estuvieron conmemorando

Imperfect progressive (Pretérito imperfecto progresivo) Regular

Emphasises an ongoing background action using the imperfect of estar + gerund. Layered on top of the imperfect which already conveys continuity — used for extra emphasis on the progressive nature.

Estaba hablando cuando entró — I was speaking when he came in

PronounSpanish
yoestaba conmemorando
estabas conmemorando
vosestabas conmemorando
él/ella/Ud.estaba conmemorando
nosotrosestábamos conmemorando
vosotrosestabais conmemorando
ellos/ellas/Uds.estaban conmemorando

Conditional progressive (Condicional progresivo) Regular

Expresses what would be in progress under hypothetical conditions. Uses the conditional of estar + gerund. Less common but used for emphasis on the ongoing nature of a hypothetical action.

Estaría hablando ahora si pudiera — I would be speaking now if I could

PronounSpanish
yoestaría conmemorando
estarías conmemorando
vosestarías conmemorando
él/ella/Ud.estaría conmemorando
nosotrosestaríamos conmemorando
vosotrosestaríais conmemorando
ellos/ellas/Uds.estarían conmemorando

Future progressive (Futuro progresivo) Regular

Describes an action that will be in progress at a future point, or expresses probability about an ongoing present action. Uses the future of estar + gerund.

Mañana a esta hora estaré viajando — At this time tomorrow I will be travelling

PronounSpanish
yoestaré conmemorando
estarás conmemorando
vosestarás conmemorando
él/ella/Ud.estará conmemorando
nosotrosestaremos conmemorando
vosotrosestaréis conmemorando
ellos/ellas/Uds.estarán conmemorando