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SPANISH VERB

adjudicar

to allocate (a post)

  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: adjudicando
  • Past participle: adjudicado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

  1. yo I allocate
  2. tú you allocate
  3. usted, él, ella he/she allocates
  4. nosotros we allocate
  5. vosotros Spain you all allocate
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they allocate

Past

Pretérito indefinido · finished actions

  1. yo I allocated
  2. tú you allocated
  3. usted, él, ella he/she allocated
  4. nosotros we allocated
  5. vosotros Spain you all allocated
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they allocated

Imperfect

Pretérito imperfecto · “used to” and “was …ing”

  1. yo I used to allocate
  2. tú you used to allocate
  3. usted, él, ella he/she used to allocate
  4. nosotros we used to allocate
  5. vosotros Spain you all used to allocate
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they used to allocate

Future

Futuro · plans and promises; in speech, “voy a hablar” is just as common

  1. yo I will allocate
  2. tú you will allocate
  3. usted, él, ella he/she will allocate
  4. nosotros we will allocate
  5. vosotros Spain you all will allocate
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they will allocate

Conditional

Condicional · “would”

  1. yo I would allocate
  2. tú you would allocate
  3. usted, él, ella he/she would allocate
  4. nosotros we would allocate
  5. vosotros Spain you all would allocate
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they would allocate

Present subjunctive

Presente de subjuntivo · wishes, doubts, “que …”

  1. yo (that) I allocate
  2. tú (that) you allocate
  3. usted, él, ella (that) he/she allocate
  4. nosotros (that) we allocate
  5. vosotros Spain (that) you all allocate
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas (that) they allocate

Past subjunctive

Imperfecto de subjuntivo · “if I were”, “si …”

  1. yo (if) I allocated
  2. tú (if) you allocated
  3. usted, él, ella (if) he/she allocated
  4. nosotros (if) we allocated
  5. vosotros Spain (if) you all allocated
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas (if) they allocated

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders; a negative one uses the subjunctive (no hables)

  1. tú allocate!
  2. usted allocate! (formal)
  3. nosotros allocate! (let’s)
  4. vosotros Spain allocate! (all of you)
  5. ustedes allocate! (all of you)

How to use adjudicar

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present

    Cada junio adjudican las plazas de enfermería.

    Every June they allocate the nursing posts.

  2. Past

    Me adjudicaron una plaza en Bilbao, lejos de casa.

    They allocated me a post in Bilbao, far from home.

  3. Imperfect

    Antes adjudicaban los destinos por carta.

    They used to allocate the postings by letter.

  4. Future

    Mañana adjudicarán los destinos a las doce.

    Tomorrow they'll allocate the postings at noon.

  5. Conditional

    Yo adjudicaría las plazas solo por la nota.

    I'd allocate the posts by the mark alone.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Espero que te adjudiquen algo cerca de Sevilla.

    I hope they allocate you something near Seville.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Nerea rezaba para que le adjudicaran la Macarena.

    Nerea prayed they'd allocate her the Macarena hospital.

  8. Imperative

    Adjudicad las plazas por nota, sin excepciones.

    Allocate the posts by mark, no exceptions.

Good to know

  • In Spain public jobs are "plazas"; after the "oposiciones" the posts "se adjudican" by mark. "Adjudicarse" a prize is to win it.

Where you hear adjudicar

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

Spanish · Fluency Level 3

  • El ministerio adjudica las plazas por orden de la lista. The ministry allocates the posts in the order of the list.
  • A mí me adjudicaron Bilbao a las doce. They allocated me Bilbao at noon.
  • Mañana a las doce me van a adjudicar una plaza. Y todavía no sé cuál. Tomorrow at noon they're going to allocate me a post. And I still don't know which.
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