Aumentar Conjugation | How to Conjugate Aumentar in Spanish

Aumentar means “to increase,” “to enlarge,” or “to raise.” You will learn its fully regular -AR conjugation and its transitive, intransitive, and common quantity/level patterns.

Aumentar conjugation at a glance

Verb type: Regular AR. RAE gives aumento, aumentas, aumenta, aumentamos, aumentáis, aumentan. Its gerund aumentando and participle aumentado are regular.

Aumentar gerund, past participle, and infinitive

The infinitive names the verb, the gerund supports progressive constructions, and the past participle combines with haber in compound forms. The participle aumentado remains invariant in those compounds.

Form	Spanish	Natural English guide
Infinitive	aumentar	to increase / enlarge
Gerund	aumentando	increasing / enlarging
Past participle	aumentado	increased / enlarged

Aumentar meaning and essential uses

RAE records aumentar as transitive, intransitive, and pronominal. Transitively, it means making something larger or greater: Aumentamos el presupuesto. — “We increase the budget.”

Intransitively, the thing itself can increase: Los precios aumentan. — “Prices increase.” This distinction affects which noun is the grammatical subject but not the conjugation.

Aumentar regular conjugation pattern

The stem aument- remains unchanged throughout the core paradigm. Forms such as aumento, aumenté, and aumente take ordinary -AR endings.

There is no stem change, spelling alternation, irregular preterite stem, irregular future stem, irregular gerund, or irregular participle.

Aumentar indicative and periphrastic conjugations

Aumentar present tense conjugation

Present indicative (el presente de indicativo) — Use it for current situations, habits, facts, and contextually near-future reference. The table uses the verified paradigm.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	aumento	I increase / enlarge
Tú — you, singular informal	aumentas	you increase / enlarge
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	aumenta	he / she increases / enlarges; you increase / enlarge (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	aumentamos	we increase / enlarge
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	aumentáis	you increase / enlarge (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	aumentan	they increase / enlarge; you increase / enlarge (plural)

• Aumento el volumen un poco. — I increase the volume a little.

Aumentar preterite conjugation

Preterite (el pretérito perfecto simple / pretérito indefinido) — Use it for completed or bounded past events. The table uses the verified paradigm.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	aumenté	I increased / enlarged
Tú — you, singular informal	aumentaste	you increased / enlarged
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	aumentó	he / she increased / enlarged; you increased / enlarged (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	aumentamos	we increased / enlarged
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	aumentasteis	you increased / enlarged (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	aumentaron	they increased / enlarged; you increased / enlarged (plural)

• Ayer aumenté el presupuesto. — Yesterday I increased the budget.

Aumentar imperfect conjugation

Imperfect (el pretérito imperfecto) — Use it for habitual, descriptive, background, or ongoing past situations. Form it with the appropriate form of haber plus invariant aumentado.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	aumentaba	I used to increase / enlarge / was increasing / enlarging
Tú — you, singular informal	aumentabas	you used to increase / enlarge / were increasing / enlarging
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	aumentaba	he / she used to increase / enlarge / was increasing / enlarging; you used to increase / enlarge / were increasing / enlarging (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	aumentábamos	we used to increase / enlarge / were increasing / enlarging
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	aumentabais	you used to increase / enlarge / were increasing / enlarging (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	aumentaban	they used to increase / enlarge / were increasing / enlarging; you used to increase / enlarge / were increasing / enlarging (plural)

• Antes aumentábamos la producción cada verano. — We used to increase production every summer.

Aumentar present progressive

Present progressive — This verbal periphrasis focuses on an action or process in progress. Form it with present estar plus aumentando.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	estoy aumentando	I am increasing / enlarging
Tú — you, singular informal	estás aumentando	you are increasing / enlarging
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	está aumentando	he / she is increasing / enlarging; you are increasing / enlarging (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	estamos aumentando	we are increasing / enlarging
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	estáis aumentando	you are increasing / enlarging (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	están aumentando	they are increasing / enlarging; you are increasing / enlarging (plural)

• Los precios están aumentando. — Prices are increasing.

Aumentar near future conjugation

Near future — This verbal periphrasis expresses an intention, plan, or expected event. Form it with present ir + a + aumentar.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	voy a aumentar	I am going to increase / enlarge
Tú — you, singular informal	vas a aumentar	you are going to increase / enlarge
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	va a aumentar	he / she is going to increase / enlarge; you are going to increase / enlarge (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	vamos a aumentar	we are going to increase / enlarge
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	vais a aumentar	you are going to increase / enlarge (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	van a aumentar	they are going to increase / enlarge; you are going to increase / enlarge (plural)

• Voy a aumentar el tamaño del texto. — I am going to increase the text size.

Aumentar future tense conjugation

Simple future (el futuro simple) — Use it for future reference and, where useful, probability. The table uses the verified paradigm.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	aumentaré	I will increase / enlarge
Tú — you, singular informal	aumentarás	you will increase / enlarge
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	aumentará	he / she will increase / enlarge; you will increase / enlarge (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	aumentaremos	we will increase / enlarge
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	aumentaréis	you will increase / enlarge (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	aumentarán	they will increase / enlarge; you will increase / enlarge (plural)

• Aumentaremos la capacidad el próximo año. — We will increase capacity next year.

Aumentar conditional conjugation

Conditional (el condicional simple) — Use it for hypothetical outcomes, softened statements, or related conditional meanings. The table uses the verified paradigm.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	aumentaría	I would increase / enlarge
Tú — you, singular informal	aumentarías	you would increase / enlarge
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	aumentaría	he / she would increase / enlarge; you would increase / enlarge (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	aumentaríamos	we would increase / enlarge
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	aumentaríais	you would increase / enlarge (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	aumentarían	they would increase / enlarge; you would increase / enlarge (plural)

• Aumentaría el límite si fuera necesario. — I would increase the limit if necessary.

Aumentar present perfect conjugation

Present perfect (el pretérito perfecto compuesto) — Use it for completed events connected to a present reference frame; regional distribution varies. Form it with the appropriate form of haber plus invariant aumentado.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	he aumentado	I have increased / enlarged
Tú — you, singular informal	has aumentado	you have increased / enlarged
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	ha aumentado	he / she has increased / enlarged; you have increased / enlarged (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	hemos aumentado	we have increased / enlarged
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	habéis aumentado	you have increased / enlarged (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	han aumentado	they have increased / enlarged; you have increased / enlarged (plural)

• He aumentado la velocidad. — I have increased the speed.

Aumentar past perfect conjugation

Past perfect (el pretérito pluscuamperfecto) — Use it for an event completed before another past reference point. Form it with the appropriate form of haber plus invariant aumentado.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	había aumentado	I had increased / enlarged
Tú — you, singular informal	habías aumentado	you had increased / enlarged
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	había aumentado	he / she had increased / enlarged; you had increased / enlarged (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	habíamos aumentado	we had increased / enlarged
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	habíais aumentado	you had increased / enlarged (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	habían aumentado	they had increased / enlarged; you had increased / enlarged (plural)

• Ya habíamos aumentado el presupuesto. — We had already increased the budget.

Aumentar future perfect conjugation

Future perfect (el futuro perfecto) — Use it for an event expected to be completed before a future reference point. Form it with the appropriate form of haber plus invariant aumentado.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	habré aumentado	I will have increased / enlarged
Tú — you, singular informal	habrás aumentado	you will have increased / enlarged
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	habrá aumentado	he / she will have increased / enlarged; you will have increased / enlarged (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	habremos aumentado	we will have increased / enlarged
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	habréis aumentado	you will have increased / enlarged (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	habrán aumentado	they will have increased / enlarged; you will have increased / enlarged (plural)

• Para entonces habrán aumentado la capacidad. — By then they will have increased capacity.

Aumentar conditional perfect conjugation

Conditional perfect (el condicional compuesto) — Use it for a hypothetical completed outcome. Form it with the appropriate form of haber plus invariant aumentado.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	habría aumentado	I would have increased / enlarged
Tú — you, singular informal	habrías aumentado	you would have increased / enlarged
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	habría aumentado	he / she would have increased / enlarged; you would have increased / enlarged (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	habríamos aumentado	we would have increased / enlarged
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	habríais aumentado	you would have increased / enlarged (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	habrían aumentado	they would have increased / enlarged; you would have increased / enlarged (plural)

• Habría aumentado el precio menos. — I would have increased the price less.

Aumentar subjunctive conjugations

Aumentar present subjunctive conjugation

Present subjunctive (el presente de subjuntivo) — Use it in subordinate environments involving wishes, influence, emotion, doubt or denial, evaluation, necessity, possibility, or non-specific reference. The table uses the verified paradigm.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	aumente	that I increase / enlarge
Tú — you, singular informal	aumentes	that you increase / enlarge
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	aumente	that he / she increase / enlarge; that you increase / enlarge (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	aumentemos	that we increase / enlarge
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	aumentéis	that you increase / enlarge (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	aumenten	that they increase / enlarge; that you increase / enlarge (plural)

• Quiero que aumentes el volumen. — I want you to increase the volume.

Aumentar imperfect subjunctive conjugation

Imperfect subjunctive (el imperfecto de subjuntivo) — The main table uses the -ra series. The accepted -se series is also valid in many contexts and is demonstrated after the table. Form it with the appropriate form of haber plus invariant aumentado.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	aumentara	that I increased / enlarged
Tú — you, singular informal	aumentaras	that you increased / enlarged
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	aumentara	that he / she increased / enlarged; that you increased / enlarged (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	aumentáramos	that we increased / enlarged
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	aumentarais	that you increased / enlarged (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	aumentaran	that they increased / enlarged; that you increased / enlarged (plural)

• Preferían que aumentáramos la capacidad. — They preferred that we increase capacity.
• Era mejor que aumentases el tamaño gradualmente. — It was better for you to increase the size gradually.

Aumentar future subjunctive conjugation

Future subjunctive (el futuro de subjuntivo) — Rare in modern everyday Spanish. It survives mainly in formal, legal, proverbial, literary, or historical contexts. These rare forms are mainly formal, legal, proverbial, literary, or historical.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	aumentare	if / when I should increase / enlarge
Tú — you, singular informal	aumentares	if / when you should increase / enlarge
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	aumentare	if / when he / she should increase / enlarge; if / when you should increase / enlarge (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	aumentáremos	if / when we should increase / enlarge
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	aumentareis	if / when you should increase / enlarge (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	aumentaren	if / when they should increase / enlarge; if / when you should increase / enlarge (plural)

• Quien aumentare el límite deberá justificarlo. — Whoever should increase the limit must justify it.

Aumentar present perfect subjunctive conjugation

Present perfect subjunctive (el pretérito perfecto de subjuntivo) — Use it when a completed event appears inside a present- or future-oriented subjunctive environment. Form it with the appropriate form of haber plus invariant aumentado.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	haya aumentado	that I have increased / enlarged
Tú — you, singular informal	hayas aumentado	that you have increased / enlarged
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	haya aumentado	that he / she has increased / enlarged; that you have increased / enlarged (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	hayamos aumentado	that we have increased / enlarged
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	hayáis aumentado	that you have increased / enlarged (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	hayan aumentado	that they have increased / enlarged; that you have increased / enlarged (plural)

• Me alegra que hayas aumentado la cobertura. — I am glad that you increased coverage.

Aumentar past perfect subjunctive conjugation

Past perfect subjunctive (el pluscuamperfecto de subjuntivo) — The main table uses hubiera; hubiese is an accepted auxiliary alternative in many contexts and is demonstrated after the table. Form it with the appropriate form of haber plus invariant aumentado.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	hubiera aumentado	that I had increased / enlarged
Tú — you, singular informal	hubieras aumentado	that you had increased / enlarged
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	hubiera aumentado	that he / she had increased / enlarged; that you had increased / enlarged (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	hubiéramos aumentado	that we had increased / enlarged
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	hubierais aumentado	that you had increased / enlarged (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	hubieran aumentado	that they had increased / enlarged; that you had increased / enlarged (plural)

• Si hubiera aumentado el presupuesto, habría contratado más personal. — If I had increased the budget, I would have hired more staff.
• Si hubieses aumentado la velocidad, habrías llegado antes. — If you had increased the speed, you would have arrived earlier.

Aumentar future perfect subjunctive conjugation

Future perfect subjunctive (el futuro perfecto de subjuntivo) — Rare in modern everyday Spanish. Treat it as a formal or historical reference form, not an everyday conversational target. Form it with the appropriate form of haber plus invariant aumentado.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	hubiere aumentado	if / when I should have increased / enlarged
Tú — you, singular informal	hubieres aumentado	if / when you should have increased / enlarged
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	hubiere aumentado	if / when he / she should have increased / enlarged; if / when you should have increased / enlarged (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	hubiéremos aumentado	if / when we should have increased / enlarged
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	hubiereis aumentado	if / when you should have increased / enlarged (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	hubieren aumentado	if / when they should have increased / enlarged; if / when you should have increased / enlarged (plural)

• Si hubieren aumentado los límites, deberán registrarlo. — If they should have increased the limits, they must record it.

Aumentar imperative and commands

Commands address another person directly. The nosotros/nosotras row is a present-subjunctive form used with exhortative “let’s…” value.

Aumentar affirmative commands

Use the verified affirmative command forms for direct instructions when the target meaning supports them naturally.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Tú — you, singular informal	aumenta	increase
Usted — you, singular formal	aumente	increase (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we; let’s…	aumentemos	let’s increase
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	aumentad	increase (plural, mainly Spain)
Ustedes — you, plural	aumenten	increase (plural)

• Aumenta el volumen un poco. — Increase the volume a little.

Aumentar negative commands

Negative commands use subjunctive-based forms, with no before the verb.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Tú — you, singular informal	no aumentes	do not increase
Usted — you, singular formal	no aumente	do not increase (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we; let’s…	no aumentemos	let’s not increase
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	no aumentéis	do not increase (plural, mainly Spain)
Ustedes — you, plural	no aumenten	do not increase (plural)

• No aumentes la velocidad en esta zona. — Do not increase the speed in this area.

Common constructions with Aumentar

These patterns show sentence frames that materially affect how the target verb is used.

• aumentar algo. — to increase / enlarge something.
• algo aumenta. — something increases.
• aumentar en + amount / percentage. — to increase by an amount or percentage.
• aumentar hasta + level. — to increase up to a level.

Example sentences with Aumentar

These examples reinforce useful forms and contexts already taught in the lesson.

• Los precios aumentaron este mes. — Prices increased this month.
• Necesitamos aumentar la capacidad. — We need to increase capacity.
• La temperatura está aumentando. — The temperature is increasing.
• Espero que aumentes el tamaño de la imagen. — I hope you increase the image size.
• Han aumentado los costes. — Costs have increased.
• Aumenta la cantidad poco a poco. — Increase the amount little by little.

Regional and usage notes for Aumentar

The core tables retain tú, usted, vosotros/vosotras, and ustedes. Voseo changes some second-person singular forms where vos is used.

• Vos aumentás el volumen demasiado. — You increase the volume too much. (voseo)
• Aumentá la cantidad lentamente. — Increase the amount slowly. (affirmative vos command)

Aumentar is fully regular. The main learner distinction is syntactic: it can be transitive when someone increases something or intransitive when the subject itself increases.