How to conjugate Aconsejar in Spanish
To advise, to suggest, to counsel Regular AR Verb
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Indicative tenses of Aconsejar
- Aconsejar in the Indicative Present
- Aconsejar in the Indicative Preterite
- Aconsejar in the Indicative Imperfect
- Aconsejar in the Indicative Present Continuous
- Aconsejar in the Indicative Informal Future
- Aconsejar in the Indicative Future
- Aconsejar in the Indicative Conditional
- Aconsejar in the Indicative Present Perfect
- Aconsejar in the Indicative Past Perfect
- Aconsejar in the Indicative Future Perfect
- Aconsejar in the Indicative Conditional Perfect
- Subjunctive tenses of Aconsejar
- Imperative tenses of Aconsejar
- Downloadable cheat sheet (PDF)
- Practice Aconsejar conjugations (free mobile app)
Introduction
Aconsejar is the Spanish verb for "to advise, to suggest, to counsel". It is a regular AR verb. Read on below to see how it is conjugated in the 18 major Spanish tenses!
Similar verbs to aconsejar include: asesorar, avisar, notificar, sugerir.
Item | Spanish | English |
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Infinitive | aconsejar | to advise, to suggest, to counsel |
Past participle | aconsejado | advised |
Gerund | aconsejando | advising |
Indicative Tenses of Aconsejar
Aconsejar in the Indicative Present
The Indicative Present of aconsejar is used to talk about situations, events or thoughts that are happening now or in the near future. It is also used to talk about facts and truths. For example, "aconsejo", meaning "I advise".
In Spanish, the Indicative Present is known as "El Presente".
Pronoun | Spanish | English |
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Yo | aconsejo | I advise |
Tú | aconsejas | you advise |
Ella / Él / Usted | aconseja | s/he advises, you (formal) advise |
Nosotras / Nosotros | aconsejamos | we advise |
Vosotras / Vosotros | aconsejáis | you (plural) advise |
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | aconsejan | they advise, |
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Aconsejar in the Indicative Preterite
The Indicative Preterite of aconsejar is used to talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time. For example, "aconsejé", meaning "I advised".
In Spanish, the Indicative Preterite is known as "El Pretérito Indefinido".
Pronoun | Spanish | English |
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Yo | aconsejé | I advised |
Tú | aconsejaste | you advised |
Ella / Él / Usted | aconsejó | s/he advised, you (formal) advised |
Nosotras / Nosotros | aconsejamos | we advised |
Vosotras / Vosotros | aconsejasteis | you (plural) advised |
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | aconsejaron | they advised, |
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Aconsejar in the Indicative Imperfect
The Indicative Imperfect of aconsejar is used to describe regular and repeated actions that happened in the past and descriptions of things you used to do. For example, "aconsejaba", meaning "I used to advise".
In Spanish, the Indicative Imperfect is known as "El Pretérito Imperfecto".
Pronoun | Spanish | English |
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Yo | aconsejaba | I used to advise |
Tú | aconsejabas | you used to advise |
Ella / Él / Usted | aconsejaba | s/he used to advise, you (formal) used to advise |
Nosotras / Nosotros | aconsejábamos | we used to advise |
Vosotras / Vosotros | aconsejabais | you (plural) used to advise |
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | aconsejaban | they used to advise, |
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Aconsejar in the Indicative Present Continuous
The Indicative Present Continuous of aconsejar is used to talk about something that is happening continuously or right now. For example, "estoy aconsejando", meaning "I am advising".
In Spanish, the Indicative Present Continuous is known as "El Presente Progresivo".
Pronoun | Spanish | English |
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Yo | estoy aconsejando | I am advising |
Tú | estás aconsejando | you are advising |
Ella / Él / Usted | está aconsejando | s/he is advising, you (formal) are advising |
Nosotras / Nosotros | estamos aconsejando | we are advising |
Vosotras / Vosotros | estáis aconsejando | you (plural) are advising |
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | están aconsejando | they are advising, |
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Aconsejar in the Indicative Informal Future
The Indicative Informal Future of aconsejar is used to talk about something that will happen in the future, especially in the near future. For example, "voy a aconsejar", meaning "I am going to advise".
In Spanish, the Indicative Informal Future is known as "El Futuro Próximo".
Pronoun | Spanish | English |
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Yo | voy a aconsejar | I am going to advise |
Tú | vas a aconsejar | you are going to advise |
Ella / Él / Usted | va a aconsejar | s/he is going to advise, you (formal) are going to advise |
Nosotras / Nosotros | vamos a aconsejar | we are going to advise |
Vosotras / Vosotros | vais a aconsejar | you (plural) are going to advise |
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | van a aconsejar | they are going to advise, |
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Aconsejar in the Indicative Future
The Indicative Future of aconsejar is used to talk about something that will happen in the future. For example, "aconsejaré", meaning "I will advise".
In Spanish, the Indicative Future is known as "El Futuro Simple".
Pronoun | Spanish | English |
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Yo | aconsejaré | I will advise |
Tú | aconsejarás | you will advise |
Ella / Él / Usted | aconsejará | s/he will advise, you (formal) will advise |
Nosotras / Nosotros | aconsejaremos | we will advise |
Vosotras / Vosotros | aconsejaréis | you (plural) will advise |
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | aconsejarán | they will advise, |
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Aconsejar in the Indicative Conditional
The Indicative Conditional of aconsejar is used to talk about something that may happen in the future, hypothesis and probabilities. For example, "aconsejaría", meaning "I would advise".
In Spanish, the Indicative Conditional is known as "El Condicional Simple".
Pronoun | Spanish | English |
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Yo | aconsejaría | I would advise |
Tú | aconsejarías | you would advise |
Ella / Él / Usted | aconsejaría | s/he would advise, you (formal) would advise |
Nosotras / Nosotros | aconsejaríamos | we would advise |
Vosotras / Vosotros | aconsejaríais | you (plural) would advise |
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | aconsejarían | they would advise, |
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Aconsejar in the Indicative Present Perfect
The Indicative Present Perfect of aconsejar is used to describe actions that started recently (in the past) and are still happening now or things that have been done recently. For example, "he aconsejado", meaning "I have advised".
In Spanish, the Indicative Present Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Perfecto".
Pronoun | Spanish | English |
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Yo | he aconsejado | I have advised |
Tú | has aconsejado | you have advised |
Ella / Él / Usted | ha aconsejado | s/he has advised, you (formal) have advised |
Nosotras / Nosotros | hemos aconsejado | we have advised |
Vosotras / Vosotros | habéis aconsejado | you (plural) have advised |
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | han aconsejado | they have advised, |
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Aconsejar in the Indicative Past Perfect
The Indicative Past Perfect of aconsejar is used to talk about actions that happened before another action in the past. For example, "había aconsejado", meaning "I had advised".
In Spanish, the Indicative Past Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto".
Pronoun | Spanish | English |
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Yo | había aconsejado | I had advised |
Tú | habías aconsejado | you had advised |
Ella / Él / Usted | había aconsejado | s/he had advised, you (formal) had advised |
Nosotras / Nosotros | habíamos aconsejado | we had advised |
Vosotras / Vosotros | habíais aconsejado | you (plural) had advised |
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | habían aconsejado | they had advised, |
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Aconsejar in the Indicative Future Perfect
The Indicative Future Perfect of aconsejar is used to talk about something that will have happened in the future after something else has already happened. For example, "habré aconsejado", meaning "I will have advised".
In Spanish, the Indicative Future Perfect is known as "El Futuro Perfecto".
Pronoun | Spanish | English |
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Yo | habré aconsejado | I will have advised |
Tú | habrás aconsejado | you will have advised |
Ella / Él / Usted | habrá aconsejado | s/he will have advised, you (formal) will have advised |
Nosotras / Nosotros | habremos aconsejado | we will have advised |
Vosotras / Vosotros | habréis aconsejado | you (plural) will have advised |
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | habrán aconsejado | they will have advised, |
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Aconsejar in the Indicative Conditional Perfect
The Indicative Conditional Perfect of aconsejar is used to talk about something that would have happened in the past but didn’t due to another action. For example, "habría aconsejado", meaning "I would have advised".
In Spanish, the Indicative Conditional Perfect is known as "El Condicional Perfecto".
Pronoun | Spanish | English |
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Yo | habría aconsejado | I would have advised |
Tú | habrías aconsejado | you would have advised |
Ella / Él / Usted | habría aconsejado | s/he would have advised, you (formal) would have advised |
Nosotras / Nosotros | habríamos aconsejado | we would have advised |
Vosotras / Vosotros | habríais aconsejado | you (plural) would have advised |
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | habrían aconsejado | they would have advised, |
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Subjunctive Tenses of Aconsejar
Aconsejar in the Subjunctive Present
The Subjunctive Present is used to talk about situations of uncertainty, or emotions such as wishes, desires and hopes. It differs from the indicative mood due to the uncertainty of the events which are being spoken about. For example, "aconseje", meaning "I advise".
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Present is known as "El Presente de Subjuntivo".
Pronoun | Spanish | English |
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Yo | aconseje | I advise |
Tú | aconsejes | you advise |
Ella / Él / Usted | aconseje | s/he advises, you (formal) advise |
Nosotras / Nosotros | aconsejemos | we advise |
Vosotras / Vosotros | aconsejéis | you (plural) advise |
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | aconsejen | they advise, |
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Aconsejar in the Subjunctive Imperfect
The Subjunctive Imperfect is used to speak about unlikely or uncertain events in the past or to cast an opinion (emotional) about something that happened in the past. For example, "aconsejara", meaning "I advised".
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Imperfect is known as "El Imperfecto Subjuntivo".
Pronoun | Spanish | English |
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Yo | aconsejara | I advised |
Tú | aconsejaras | you advised |
Ella / Él / Usted | aconsejara | s/he advised, you (formal) advised |
Nosotras / Nosotros | aconsejáramos | we advised |
Vosotras / Vosotros | aconsejarais | you (plural) advised |
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | aconsejaran | they advised, |
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Aconsejar in the Subjunctive Future
The Subjunctive Future is used to speak about hypothetical situations, and actions/events that may happen in the future. For example, "aconsejare", meaning "I will advise".
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Future is known as "El Futuro de Subjuntivo".
Pronoun | Spanish | English |
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Yo | aconsejare | I will advise |
Tú | aconsejares | you will advise |
Ella / Él / Usted | aconsejare | s/he will advise, you (formal) will advise |
Nosotras / Nosotros | aconsejáremos | we will advise |
Vosotras / Vosotros | aconsejareis | you (plural) will advise |
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | aconsejaren | they will advise, |
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Aconsejar in the Subjunctive Present Perfect
The Subjunctive Present Perfect is used to describe past actions or events that are still connected to the present day and to speak about an action that will have happened by a certain time in the future. For example, "haya aconsejado", meaning "I have advised".
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Present Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Perfecto de Subjuntivo".
Pronoun | Spanish | English |
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Yo | haya aconsejado | I have advised |
Tú | hayas aconsejado | you have advised |
Ella / Él / Usted | haya aconsejado | s/he has advised, you (formal) have advised |
Nosotras / Nosotros | hayamos aconsejado | we have advised |
Vosotras / Vosotros | hayáis aconsejado | you (plural) have advised |
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | hayan aconsejado | they have advised, |
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Aconsejar in the Subjunctive Past Perfect
The Subjunctive Past Perfect is used to speak about hypothetical situations, and actions/events that occurred before other actions/events in the past. For example, "hubiera aconsejado", meaning "I had advised".
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Past Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto de Subjuntivo".
Pronoun | Spanish | English |
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Yo | hubiera aconsejado | I had advised |
Tú | hubieras aconsejado | you had advised |
Ella / Él / Usted | hubiera aconsejado | s/he had advised, you (formal) had advised |
Nosotras / Nosotros | hubiéramos aconsejado | we had advised |
Vosotras / Vosotros | hubierais aconsejado | you (plural) had advised |
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | hubieran aconsejado | they had advised, |
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Aconsejar in the Subjunctive Future Perfect
The Subjunctive Future Perfect is used to speak about something that will have happened if a hypothetical situations occurs in the future. For example, "hubiere aconsejado", meaning "I will have advised".
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Future Perfect is known as "El Futuro Perfecto de Subjuntivo".
Pronoun | Spanish | English |
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Yo | hubiere aconsejado | I will have advised |
Tú | hubieres aconsejado | you will have advised |
Ella / Él / Usted | hubiere aconsejado | s/he will have advised, you (formal) will have advised |
Nosotras / Nosotros | hubiéremos aconsejado | we will have advised |
Vosotras / Vosotros | hubiereis aconsejado | you (plural) will have advised |
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | hubieren aconsejado | they will have advised, |
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Imperative Tenses of Aconsejar
Aconsejar in the Imperative Affirmative
The Imperative Affirmative is used to give orders and commands, to tell someone to do something. For example, "aconseje", meaning "(to you formal) advise!".
In Spanish, the Imperative Affirmative is known as "El Imperativo Afirmativo".
Pronoun | Spanish | English |
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Yo | - | - |
Tú | aconseja | (to you) advise! |
Ella / Él / Usted | aconseje | (to you formal) advise! |
Nosotras / Nosotros | aconsejemos | let's advise! |
Vosotras / Vosotros | aconsejad | (to you plural) advise! |
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | aconsejen | (to you plural formal) advise! |
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Aconsejar in the Imperative Negative
The Imperative Negative is used to give orders and commands, telling someone not to do something. For example, "no aconseje", meaning "(to you formal) don't advise!".
In Spanish, the Imperative Negative is known as "El Imperativo Negativo".
Pronoun | Spanish | English |
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Yo | - | - |
Tú | no aconsejes | (to you) don't advise! |
Ella / Él / Usted | no aconseje | (to you formal) don't advise! |
Nosotras / Nosotros | no aconsejemos | let's not advise! |
Vosotras / Vosotros | no aconsejéis | (to you plural) don't advise! |
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | no aconsejen | (to you plural formal) don't advise! |
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