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How to conjugate Atribuir in Spanish

atribuir to attribute, to assign Irregular Verb

At a glance: Atribuir (to attribute, to assign) is a irregular verb in Spanish. In the present tense: atribuyo, atribuyes, atribuye, atribuimos, atribuís, atribuyen. Yo, tú, ella/él and ellas/ellos add a y (atribuyo, atribuyes, atribuye, atribuyen); nosotros and vosotros are regular. It is also irregular in the preterite (atribuyó), subjunctive and gerund (atribuyendo).

Past participle
atribuido attributed
Gerund
atribuyendo attributing
Similar
adscribir, asignar, ceder
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Indicative tenses of Atribuir

Atribuir in the Indicative Present

The Indicative Present of atribuir 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, “atribuyo”, meaning “I attribute”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Present is known as "El Presente".

PronounSpanishEnglish
YoatribuyoI attribute
Túatribuyesyou attribute
Ella / Él / Ustedatribuyes/he attributes
Nosotras / Nosotrosatribuimoswe attribute
Vosotras / Vosotrosatribuísyou (plural) attribute
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesatribuyenthey attribute

How it’s built: Yo, tú, ella/él and ellas/ellos add a y (atribuyo, atribuyes, atribuye, atribuyen); nosotros and vosotros are regular.

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Atribuir in the Indicative Preterite

The Indicative Preterite of atribuir is used to talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time. For example, “atribuí”, meaning “I attributed”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Preterite is known as "El Pretérito Indefinido".

PronounSpanishEnglish
YoatribuíI attributed
Túatribuisteyou attributed
Ella / Él / Ustedatribuyós/he attributed
Nosotras / Nosotrosatribuimoswe attributed
Vosotras / Vosotrosatribuisteisyou (plural) attributed
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesatribuyeronthey attributed

How it’s built: Ella/Él and ellas/ellos change i to y (atribuyó, atribuyeron); the other forms are regular.

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Atribuir in the Indicative Imperfect

The Indicative Imperfect of atribuir is used to describe regular and repeated actions that happened in the past and descriptions of things you used to do. For example, “atribuía”, meaning “I used to attribute”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Imperfect is known as "El Pretérito Imperfecto".

PronounSpanishEnglish
YoatribuíaI used to attribute
Túatribuíasyou used to attribute
Ella / Él / Ustedatribuías/he used to attribute
Nosotras / Nosotrosatribuíamoswe used to attribute
Vosotras / Vosotrosatribuíaisyou (plural) used to attribute
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesatribuíanthey used to attribute

How it’s built: Regular: stem atribu- plus the -ir endings.

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Atribuir in the Indicative Present Continuous

The Indicative Present Continuous of atribuir is used to talk about something that is happening continuously or right now. For example, “estoy atribuyendo”, meaning “I am attributing”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Present Continuous is known as "El Presente Progresivo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yoestoy atribuyendoI am attributing
Túestás atribuyendoyou are attributing
Ella / Él / Ustedestá atribuyendos/he is attributing
Nosotras / Nosotrosestamos atribuyendowe are attributing
Vosotras / Vosotrosestáis atribuyendoyou (plural) are attributing
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesestán atribuyendothey are attributing

How it’s built: Estar in the present (estoy, estás, está, estamos, estáis, están) plus the irregular gerund atribuyendo.

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Atribuir in the Indicative Informal Future

The Indicative Informal Future of atribuir is used to talk about something that will happen in the future, especially in the near future. For example, “voy a atribuir”, meaning “I am going to attribute”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Informal Future is known as "El Futuro Próximo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yovoy a atribuirI am going to attribute
Túvas a atribuiryou are going to attribute
Ella / Él / Ustedva a atribuirs/he is going to attribute
Nosotras / Nosotrosvamos a atribuirwe are going to attribute
Vosotras / Vosotrosvais a atribuiryou (plural) are going to attribute
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesvan a atribuirthey are going to attribute

How it’s built: Ir in the present (voy, vas, va, vamos, vais, van), then a, then the infinitive atribuir.

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Atribuir in the Indicative Future

The Indicative Future of atribuir is used to talk about something that will happen in the future. For example, “atribuiré”, meaning “I will attribute”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Future is known as "El Futuro Simple".

PronounSpanishEnglish
YoatribuiréI will attribute
Túatribuirásyou will attribute
Ella / Él / Ustedatribuirás/he will attribute
Nosotras / Nosotrosatribuiremoswe will attribute
Vosotras / Vosotrosatribuiréisyou (plural) will attribute
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesatribuiránthey will attribute

How it’s built: Regular: the infinitive atribuir plus the future endings.

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Atribuir in the Indicative Conditional

The Indicative Conditional of atribuir is used to talk about something that may happen in the future, hypothesis and probabilities. For example, “atribuiría”, meaning “I would attribute”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Conditional is known as "El Condicional Simple".

PronounSpanishEnglish
YoatribuiríaI would attribute
Túatribuiríasyou would attribute
Ella / Él / Ustedatribuirías/he would attribute
Nosotras / Nosotrosatribuiríamoswe would attribute
Vosotras / Vosotrosatribuiríaisyou (plural) would attribute
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesatribuiríanthey would attribute

How it’s built: Regular: the infinitive atribuir plus the conditional endings.

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Atribuir in the Indicative Present Perfect

The Indicative Present Perfect of atribuir 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 atribuido”, meaning “I have attributed”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Present Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Perfecto".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohe atribuidoI have attributed
Túhas atribuidoyou have attributed
Ella / Él / Ustedha atribuidos/he has attributed
Nosotras / Nosotroshemos atribuidowe have attributed
Vosotras / Vosotroshabéis atribuidoyou (plural) have attributed
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshan atribuidothey have attributed

How it’s built: Haber in the present (he, has, ha, hemos, habéis, han) plus the past participle atribuido.

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Atribuir in the Indicative Past Perfect

The Indicative Past Perfect of atribuir is used to talk about actions that happened before another action in the past. For example, “había atribuido”, meaning “I had attributed”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Past Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohabía atribuidoI had attributed
Túhabías atribuidoyou had attributed
Ella / Él / Ustedhabía atribuidos/he had attributed
Nosotras / Nosotroshabíamos atribuidowe had attributed
Vosotras / Vosotroshabíais atribuidoyou (plural) had attributed
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshabían atribuidothey had attributed

How it’s built: Haber in the imperfect (había, habías, había, habíamos, habíais, habían) plus the past participle atribuido.

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Atribuir in the Indicative Future Perfect

The Indicative Future Perfect of atribuir is used to talk about something that will have happened in the future after something else has already happened. For example, “habré atribuido”, meaning “I will have attributed”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Future Perfect is known as "El Futuro Perfecto".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohabré atribuidoI will have attributed
Túhabrás atribuidoyou will have attributed
Ella / Él / Ustedhabrá atribuidos/he will have attributed
Nosotras / Nosotroshabremos atribuidowe will have attributed
Vosotras / Vosotroshabréis atribuidoyou (plural) will have attributed
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshabrán atribuidothey will have attributed

How it’s built: Haber in the future (habré, habrás, habrá, habremos, habréis, habrán) plus the past participle atribuido.

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Atribuir in the Indicative Conditional Perfect

The Indicative Conditional Perfect of atribuir is used to talk about something that would have happened in the past but didn’t due to another action. For example, “habría atribuido”, meaning “I would have attributed”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Conditional Perfect is known as "El Condicional Perfecto".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohabría atribuidoI would have attributed
Túhabrías atribuidoyou would have attributed
Ella / Él / Ustedhabría atribuidos/he would have attributed
Nosotras / Nosotroshabríamos atribuidowe would have attributed
Vosotras / Vosotroshabríais atribuidoyou (plural) would have attributed
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshabrían atribuidothey would have attributed

How it’s built: Haber in the conditional (habría, habrías, habría, habríamos, habríais, habrían) plus the past participle atribuido.

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Subjunctive tenses of Atribuir

Atribuir 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, “atribuya”, meaning “I attribute”.

In Spanish, the Subjunctive Present is known as "El Presente de Subjuntivo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
YoatribuyaI attribute
Túatribuyasyou attribute
Ella / Él / Ustedatribuyas/he attributes
Nosotras / Nosotrosatribuyamoswe attribute
Vosotras / Vosotrosatribuyáisyou (plural) attribute
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesatribuyanthey attribute

How it’s built: Every form follows the yo present, atribuyo (atribuya, atribuyas, atribuya, atribuyamos, atribuyáis, atribuyan).

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Atribuir 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, “atribuyera”, meaning “I attributed”.

In Spanish, the Subjunctive Imperfect is known as "El Imperfecto Subjuntivo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
YoatribuyeraI attributed
Túatribuyerasyou attributed
Ella / Él / Ustedatribuyeras/he attributed
Nosotras / Nosotrosatribuyéramoswe attributed
Vosotras / Vosotrosatribuyeraisyou (plural) attributed
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesatribuyeranthey attributed

How it’s built: Built on the irregular ellas/ellos preterite, atribuyeron: drop -ron and add the -ra endings; nosotros adds an accent (atribuyéramos).

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Atribuir 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, “atribuyere”, meaning “I will attribute”.

In Spanish, the Subjunctive Future is known as "El Futuro de Subjuntivo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
YoatribuyereI will attribute
Túatribuyeresyou will attribute
Ella / Él / Ustedatribuyeres/he will attribute
Nosotras / Nosotrosatribuyéremoswe will attribute
Vosotras / Vosotrosatribuyereisyou (plural) will attribute
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesatribuyerenthey will attribute

How it’s built: Built on the irregular ellas/ellos preterite, atribuyeron: drop -ron and add the -re endings; nosotros adds an accent (atribuyéremos).

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Atribuir 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 atribuido”, meaning “I have attributed”.

In Spanish, the Subjunctive Present Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Perfecto de Subjuntivo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohaya atribuidoI have attributed
Túhayas atribuidoyou have attributed
Ella / Él / Ustedhaya atribuidos/he has attributed
Nosotras / Nosotroshayamos atribuidowe have attributed
Vosotras / Vosotroshayáis atribuidoyou (plural) have attributed
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshayan atribuidothey have attributed

How it’s built: Haber in the subjunctive present (haya, hayas, haya, hayamos, hayáis, hayan) plus the past participle atribuido.

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Atribuir 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 atribuido”, meaning “I had attributed”.

In Spanish, the Subjunctive Past Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto de Subjuntivo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohubiera atribuidoI had attributed
Túhubieras atribuidoyou had attributed
Ella / Él / Ustedhubiera atribuidos/he had attributed
Nosotras / Nosotroshubiéramos atribuidowe had attributed
Vosotras / Vosotroshubierais atribuidoyou (plural) had attributed
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshubieran atribuidothey had attributed

How it’s built: Haber in the subjunctive imperfect (hubiera, hubieras, hubiera, hubiéramos, hubierais, hubieran) plus the past participle atribuido.

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Atribuir 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 atribuido”, meaning “I will have attributed”.

In Spanish, the Subjunctive Future Perfect is known as "El Futuro Perfecto de Subjuntivo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohubiere atribuidoI will have attributed
Túhubieres atribuidoyou will have attributed
Ella / Él / Ustedhubiere atribuidos/he will have attributed
Nosotras / Nosotroshubiéremos atribuidowe will have attributed
Vosotras / Vosotroshubiereis atribuidoyou (plural) will have attributed
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshubieren atribuidothey will have attributed

How it’s built: Haber in the subjunctive future (hubiere, hubieres, hubiere, hubiéremos, hubiereis, hubieren) plus the past participle atribuido.

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Imperative tenses of Atribuir

Atribuir in the Imperative Affirmative

The Imperative Affirmative is used to give orders and commands, to tell someone to do something. For example, “atribuya”, meaning “(to you formal) attribute!”.

In Spanish, the Imperative Affirmative is known as "El Imperativo Afirmativo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yo--
Túatribuye(to you) attribute!
Ella / Él / Ustedatribuya(to you formal) attribute!
Nosotras / Nosotrosatribuyamoslet's attribute!
Vosotras / Vosotrosatribuid(to you plural) attribute!
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesatribuyan(to you plural formal) attribute!

How it’s built: Tú takes the ella/él present (atribuye); usted, nosotros and ustedes take the subjunctive present (atribuya, atribuyamos, atribuyan); vosotros swaps the final r of the infinitive for a d (atribuid).

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Atribuir in the Imperative Negative

The Imperative Negative is used to give orders and commands, telling someone not to do something. For example, “no atribuya”, meaning “(to you formal) don't attribute!”.

In Spanish, the Imperative Negative is known as "El Imperativo Negativo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yo--
Túno atribuyas(to you) don't attribute!
Ella / Él / Ustedno atribuya(to you formal) don't attribute!
Nosotras / Nosotrosno atribuyamoslet's not attribute!
Vosotras / Vosotrosno atribuyáis(to you plural) don't attribute!
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesno atribuyan(to you plural formal) don't attribute!

How it’s built: No plus the subjunctive present: no atribuyas, no atribuya, no atribuyamos, no atribuyáis, no atribuyan.

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Frequently asked questions about Atribuir

Is atribuir a regular or irregular verb?

Atribuir is an irregular Spanish verb. In the present tense: yo, tú, ella/él and ellas/ellos add a y (atribuyo, atribuyes, atribuye, atribuyen); nosotros and vosotros are regular. It is also irregular in the preterite (atribuyó), subjunctive and gerund (atribuyendo).

How do you conjugate atribuir in the present tense (presente)?

In the present tense (presente), atribuir is conjugated as: yo atribuyo, tú atribuyes, él/ella/usted atribuye, nosotros atribuimos, vosotros atribuís, ellos/ellas/ustedes atribuyen. The present tense 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.

How do you conjugate atribuir in the preterite (pretérito indefinido)?

In the preterite (pretérito indefinido), atribuir is conjugated as: yo atribuí, tú atribuiste, él/ella/usted atribuyó, nosotros atribuimos, vosotros atribuisteis, ellos/ellas/ustedes atribuyeron. The preterite is used To talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time.

How do you conjugate atribuir in the imperfect (pretérito imperfecto)?

In the imperfect (pretérito imperfecto), atribuir is conjugated as: yo atribuía, tú atribuías, él/ella/usted atribuía, nosotros atribuíamos, vosotros atribuíais, ellos/ellas/ustedes atribuían. The imperfect is used To describe regular and repeated actions that happened in the past and descriptions of things you used to do.

How do you conjugate atribuir in the future tense (futuro simple)?

In the future tense (futuro simple), atribuir is conjugated as: yo atribuiré, tú atribuirás, él/ella/usted atribuirá, nosotros atribuiremos, vosotros atribuiréis, ellos/ellas/ustedes atribuirán. The future tense is used To talk about something that will happen in the future.

How do you conjugate atribuir in the present subjunctive (subjuntivo presente)?

In the present subjunctive (subjuntivo presente), atribuir is conjugated as: yo atribuya, tú atribuyas, él/ella/usted atribuya, nosotros atribuyamos, vosotros atribuyáis, ellos/ellas/ustedes atribuyan. The present subjunctive 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.


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