Ella Verbsefectuar to carry out, to make (a payment), to effect Irregular Verb
At a glance: Efectuar (to carry out, to make (a payment), to effect) is a irregular verb in Spanish. In the present tense: efectúo, efectúas, efectúa, efectuamos, efectuáis, efectúan. Yo, tú, ella/él and ellas/ellos change u to ú (efectúo, efectúas, efectúa, efectúan); nosotros and vosotros are regular. It is also irregular in the present subjunctive (efectúe).

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The Indicative Present of efectuar 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, “efectúo”, meaning “I carry out”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Present is known as "El Presente".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | efectúo | I carry out |
| Tú | efectúas | you carry out |
| Ella / Él / Usted | efectúa | s/he carries out |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | efectuamos | we carry out |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | efectuáis | you (plural) carry out |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | efectúan | they carry out |
How it’s built: Yo, tú, ella/él and ellas/ellos change u to ú (efectúo, efectúas, efectúa, efectúan); nosotros and vosotros are regular.
Letters in red show where a form differs from the regular pattern.
The Indicative Preterite of efectuar is used to talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time. For example, “efectué”, meaning “I carried out”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Preterite is known as "El Pretérito Indefinido".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | efectué | I carried out |
| Tú | efectuaste | you carried out |
| Ella / Él / Usted | efectuó | s/he carried out |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | efectuamos | we carried out |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | efectuasteis | you (plural) carried out |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | efectuaron | they carried out |
How it’s built: Regular: stem efectu- plus the -ar endings.
The Indicative Imperfect of efectuar is used to describe regular and repeated actions that happened in the past and descriptions of things you used to do. For example, “efectuaba”, meaning “I used to carry out”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Imperfect is known as "El Pretérito Imperfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | efectuaba | I used to carry out |
| Tú | efectuabas | you used to carry out |
| Ella / Él / Usted | efectuaba | s/he used to carry out |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | efectuábamos | we used to carry out |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | efectuabais | you (plural) used to carry out |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | efectuaban | they used to carry out |
How it’s built: Regular: stem efectu- plus the -ar endings.
The Indicative Present Continuous of efectuar is used to talk about something that is happening continuously or right now. For example, “estoy efectuando”, meaning “I am carrying out”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Present Continuous is known as "El Presente Progresivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | estoy efectuando | I am carrying out |
| Tú | estás efectuando | you are carrying out |
| Ella / Él / Usted | está efectuando | s/he is carrying out |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | estamos efectuando | we are carrying out |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | estáis efectuando | you (plural) are carrying out |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | están efectuando | they are carrying out |
How it’s built: Estar in the present (estoy, estás, está, estamos, estáis, están) plus the gerund efectuando.
The Indicative Informal Future of efectuar is used to talk about something that will happen in the future, especially in the near future. For example, “voy a efectuar”, meaning “I am going to carry out”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Informal Future is known as "El Futuro Próximo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | voy a efectuar | I am going to carry out |
| Tú | vas a efectuar | you are going to carry out |
| Ella / Él / Usted | va a efectuar | s/he is going to carry out |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | vamos a efectuar | we are going to carry out |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | vais a efectuar | you (plural) are going to carry out |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | van a efectuar | they are going to carry out |
How it’s built: Ir in the present (voy, vas, va, vamos, vais, van), then a, then the infinitive efectuar.
The Indicative Future of efectuar is used to talk about something that will happen in the future. For example, “efectuaré”, meaning “I will carry out”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Future is known as "El Futuro Simple".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | efectuaré | I will carry out |
| Tú | efectuarás | you will carry out |
| Ella / Él / Usted | efectuará | s/he will carry out |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | efectuaremos | we will carry out |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | efectuaréis | you (plural) will carry out |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | efectuarán | they will carry out |
How it’s built: Regular: the infinitive efectuar plus the future endings.
The Indicative Conditional of efectuar is used to talk about something that may happen in the future, hypothesis and probabilities. For example, “efectuaría”, meaning “I would carry out”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Conditional is known as "El Condicional Simple".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | efectuaría | I would carry out |
| Tú | efectuarías | you would carry out |
| Ella / Él / Usted | efectuaría | s/he would carry out |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | efectuaríamos | we would carry out |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | efectuaríais | you (plural) would carry out |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | efectuarían | they would carry out |
How it’s built: Regular: the infinitive efectuar plus the conditional endings.
The Indicative Present Perfect of efectuar 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 efectuado”, meaning “I have carried out”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Present Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Perfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he efectuado | I have carried out |
| Tú | has efectuado | you have carried out |
| Ella / Él / Usted | ha efectuado | s/he has carried out |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hemos efectuado | we have carried out |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habéis efectuado | you (plural) have carried out |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | han efectuado | they have carried out |
How it’s built: Haber in the present (he, has, ha, hemos, habéis, han) plus the past participle efectuado.
The Indicative Past Perfect of efectuar is used to talk about actions that happened before another action in the past. For example, “había efectuado”, meaning “I had carried out”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Past Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | había efectuado | I had carried out |
| Tú | habías efectuado | you had carried out |
| Ella / Él / Usted | había efectuado | s/he had carried out |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | habíamos efectuado | we had carried out |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habíais efectuado | you (plural) had carried out |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | habían efectuado | they had carried out |
How it’s built: Haber in the imperfect (había, habías, había, habíamos, habíais, habían) plus the past participle efectuado.
The Indicative Future Perfect of efectuar is used to talk about something that will have happened in the future after something else has already happened. For example, “habré efectuado”, meaning “I will have carried out”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Future Perfect is known as "El Futuro Perfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | habré efectuado | I will have carried out |
| Tú | habrás efectuado | you will have carried out |
| Ella / Él / Usted | habrá efectuado | s/he will have carried out |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | habremos efectuado | we will have carried out |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habréis efectuado | you (plural) will have carried out |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | habrán efectuado | they will have carried out |
How it’s built: Haber in the future (habré, habrás, habrá, habremos, habréis, habrán) plus the past participle efectuado.
The Indicative Conditional Perfect of efectuar is used to talk about something that would have happened in the past but didn’t due to another action. For example, “habría efectuado”, meaning “I would have carried out”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Conditional Perfect is known as "El Condicional Perfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | habría efectuado | I would have carried out |
| Tú | habrías efectuado | you would have carried out |
| Ella / Él / Usted | habría efectuado | s/he would have carried out |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | habríamos efectuado | we would have carried out |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habríais efectuado | you (plural) would have carried out |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | habrían efectuado | they would have carried out |
How it’s built: Haber in the conditional (habría, habrías, habría, habríamos, habríais, habrían) plus the past participle efectuado.
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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, “efectúe”, meaning “I carry out”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Present is known as "El Presente de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | efectúe | I carry out |
| Tú | efectúes | you carry out |
| Ella / Él / Usted | efectúe | s/he carries out |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | efectuemos | we carry out |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | efectuéis | you (plural) carry out |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | efectúen | they carry out |
How it’s built: Yo, tú, ella/él and ellas/ellos follow the yo present, efectúo (efectúe, efectúes, efectúe, efectúen); nosotros and vosotros are regular.
Letters in red show where a form differs from the regular pattern.
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, “efectuara”, meaning “I carried out”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Imperfect is known as "El Imperfecto Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | efectuara | I carried out |
| Tú | efectuaras | you carried out |
| Ella / Él / Usted | efectuara | s/he carried out |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | efectuáramos | we carried out |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | efectuarais | you (plural) carried out |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | efectuaran | they carried out |
How it’s built: Regular: the ellas/ellos preterite, efectuaron, without -ron, plus the -ra endings; nosotros adds an accent (efectuáramos).
The Subjunctive Future is used to speak about hypothetical situations, and actions/events that may happen in the future. For example, “efectuare”, meaning “I will carry out”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Future is known as "El Futuro de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | efectuare | I will carry out |
| Tú | efectuares | you will carry out |
| Ella / Él / Usted | efectuare | s/he will carry out |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | efectuáremos | we will carry out |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | efectuareis | you (plural) will carry out |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | efectuaren | they will carry out |
How it’s built: Regular: the ellas/ellos preterite, efectuaron, without -ron, plus the -re endings; nosotros adds an accent (efectuáremos).
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 efectuado”, meaning “I have carried out”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Present Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Perfecto de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | haya efectuado | I have carried out |
| Tú | hayas efectuado | you have carried out |
| Ella / Él / Usted | haya efectuado | s/he has carried out |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hayamos efectuado | we have carried out |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | hayáis efectuado | you (plural) have carried out |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | hayan efectuado | they have carried out |
How it’s built: Haber in the subjunctive present (haya, hayas, haya, hayamos, hayáis, hayan) plus the past participle efectuado.
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 efectuado”, meaning “I had carried out”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Past Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera efectuado | I had carried out |
| Tú | hubieras efectuado | you had carried out |
| Ella / Él / Usted | hubiera efectuado | s/he had carried out |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hubiéramos efectuado | we had carried out |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | hubierais efectuado | you (plural) had carried out |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | hubieran efectuado | they had carried out |
How it’s built: Haber in the subjunctive imperfect (hubiera, hubieras, hubiera, hubiéramos, hubierais, hubieran) plus the past participle efectuado.
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 efectuado”, meaning “I will have carried out”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Future Perfect is known as "El Futuro Perfecto de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere efectuado | I will have carried out |
| Tú | hubieres efectuado | you will have carried out |
| Ella / Él / Usted | hubiere efectuado | s/he will have carried out |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hubiéremos efectuado | we will have carried out |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | hubiereis efectuado | you (plural) will have carried out |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | hubieren efectuado | they will have carried out |
How it’s built: Haber in the subjunctive future (hubiere, hubieres, hubiere, hubiéremos, hubiereis, hubieren) plus the past participle efectuado.
The Imperative Affirmative is used to give orders and commands, to tell someone to do something. For example, “efectúe”, meaning “(to you formal) carry out!”.
In Spanish, the Imperative Affirmative is known as "El Imperativo Afirmativo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | - | - |
| Tú | efectúa | (to you) carry out! |
| Ella / Él / Usted | efectúe | (to you formal) carry out! |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | efectuemos | let's carry out! |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | efectuad | (to you plural) carry out! |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | efectúen | (to you plural formal) carry out! |
How it’s built: Tú takes the ella/él present (efectúa); usted, nosotros and ustedes take the subjunctive present (efectúe, efectuemos, efectúen); vosotros swaps the final r of the infinitive for a d (efectuad).
Letters in red show where a form differs from the regular pattern.
The Imperative Negative is used to give orders and commands, telling someone not to do something. For example, “no efectúe”, meaning “(to you formal) don't carry out!”.
In Spanish, the Imperative Negative is known as "El Imperativo Negativo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | - | - |
| Tú | no efectúes | (to you) don't carry out! |
| Ella / Él / Usted | no efectúe | (to you formal) don't carry out! |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | no efectuemos | let's not carry out! |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | no efectuéis | (to you plural) don't carry out! |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | no efectúen | (to you plural formal) don't carry out! |
How it’s built: No plus the subjunctive present: no efectúes, no efectúe, no efectuemos, no efectuéis, no efectúen.
Letters in red show where a form differs from the regular pattern.
Efectuar is an irregular Spanish verb. In the present tense: yo, tú, ella/él and ellas/ellos change u to ú (efectúo, efectúas, efectúa, efectúan); nosotros and vosotros are regular. It is also irregular in the present subjunctive (efectúe).
In the present tense (presente), efectuar is conjugated as: yo efectúo, tú efectúas, él/ella/usted efectúa, nosotros efectuamos, vosotros efectuáis, ellos/ellas/ustedes efectúan. 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.
In the preterite (pretérito indefinido), efectuar is conjugated as: yo efectué, tú efectuaste, él/ella/usted efectuó, nosotros efectuamos, vosotros efectuasteis, ellos/ellas/ustedes efectuaron. The preterite is used To talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time.
In the imperfect (pretérito imperfecto), efectuar is conjugated as: yo efectuaba, tú efectuabas, él/ella/usted efectuaba, nosotros efectuábamos, vosotros efectuabais, ellos/ellas/ustedes efectuaban. The imperfect is used To describe regular and repeated actions that happened in the past and descriptions of things you used to do.
In the future tense (futuro simple), efectuar is conjugated as: yo efectuaré, tú efectuarás, él/ella/usted efectuará, nosotros efectuaremos, vosotros efectuaréis, ellos/ellas/ustedes efectuarán. The future tense is used To talk about something that will happen in the future.
In the present subjunctive (subjuntivo presente), efectuar is conjugated as: yo efectúe, tú efectúes, él/ella/usted efectúe, nosotros efectuemos, vosotros efectuéis, ellos/ellas/ustedes efectúen. 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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