Attend a Conference in Spanish

Quick Answer

¡Hola!Learn how to attend a conference in Spanish in this article and the lessons above! Specifically, learn how to do the following in Spanish:

• use vocabulary related to conferences and meetings

• translate the verb to meet into Spanish correctly

• use pero and sino

Vocabulary

Let's start off with the vocab words in these lessons!

Adjective

Spanish	English
definitivo	final

examples
Sabré el horario definitivo el lunes. I'll know the final schedule on Monday.

Adverb

Spanish	English
mutuamente	mutually, reciprocally, each other

examples
Se ayudarán mutuamente con la presentación. They are going to help each other with the presentation.

Nouns

Spanish	English
los apuntes	notes
el congreso	conference
el descanso	break
el estudio	study
el orador, la oradora	speaker
el organizador, la organizadora	organizer
el pabellón	stand
la ponencia	presentation
el póster	poster
la presentación	presentation
el taller	workshop
el vestíbulo	foyer

examples
Nos pasaremos los apuntes. We'll trade notes.
Se despedirán al acabar el congreso. They will say goodbye when the conference finishes.
Los organizadores tendrán un descanso mañana. The organizers will have a break tomorrow.

Verbs

In this skill, you learn the following verbs!

Despedirse

Despedirse(to say goodbye) is an -ir pronominal verb that is regular in the simple future.

Pronoun(s)	Conjugation	Translation	Notes
yo	me despediré	I will say goodbye
tú	te despedirás	you will say goodbye	informal singular you
vos	te despedirás	you will say goodbye	informal singular you (in parts of Latin America)
él, ella	se despedirá	he, she will say goodbye
usted	se despedirá	you will say goodbye	formal singular you
nosotros, nosotras	nos despediremos	we will say goodbye
vosotros, vosotras	os despediréis	you will say goodbye	informal plural you (in Spain)
ellos, ellas	se despedirán	they will say goodbye
ustedes	se despedirán	you will say goodbye	plural you (in Latin America), formal plural you (in Spain)

Intercambiarse

Intercambiarse(to exchange) is an -ar pronominal verb that is regular in the simple future.

Pronoun(s)	Conjugation	Translation	Notes
yo	me intercambiaré	I will exchange
tú	te intercambiarás	you will exchange	informal singular you
vos	te intercambiarás	you will exchange	informal singular you (in parts of Latin America)
él, ella	se intercambiará	he, she will exchange
usted	se intercambiará	you will exchange	formal singular you
nosotros, nosotras	nos intercambiaremos	we will exchange
vosotros, vosotras	os intercambiaréis	you will exchange	informal plural you (in Spain)
ellos, ellas	se intercambiarán	they will exchange
ustedes	se intercambiarán	you will exchange	plural you (in Latin America), formal plural you (in Spain)

Reunirse

Reunirse(to meet) is an -ir pronominal verb that is regular in the simple future.

Pronoun(s)	Conjugation	Translation	Notes
yo	me reuniré	I will meet
tú	te reunirás	you will meet	informal singular you
vos	te reunirás	you will meet	informal singular you (in parts of Latin America)
él, ella	se reunirá	he, she will meet
usted	se reunirá	you will meet	formal singular you
nosotros, nosotras	nos reuniremos	we will meet
vosotros, vosotras	os reuniréis	you will meet	informal plural you (in Spain)
ellos, ellas	se reunirán	they will meet
ustedes	se reunirán	you will meet	plural you (in Latin America), formal plural you (in Spain)

Turnarse

Turnarse(to take turns) is an -ar pronominal verb that is regular in the simple future.

Pronoun(s)	Conjugation	Translation	Notes
yo	me turnaré	I will take turns
tú	te turnarás	you will take turns	informal singular you
vos	te turnarás	you will take turns	informal singular you (in parts of Latin America)
él, ella	se turnará	he, she will take turns
usted	se turnará	you will take turns	formal singular you
nosotros, nosotras	nos turnaremos	we will take turns
vosotros, vosotras	os turnaréis	you will take turns	informal plural you (in Spain)
ellos, ellas	se turnarán	they will take turns
ustedes	se turnarán	you will take turns	plural you (in Latin America), formal plural you (in Spain)

The Simple Future

While the simple future is most often used to talk about what a person will do, it can also be used to talk about conjecture, possibilities, and probabilities in the present, make predictions about the future, and give solemn commands.

To conjugate regular verbs in the simple future tense, simply add the correct ending to the infinitive of the verb. All verb conjugations (-ar, -er, and -ir) have the same endings in the simple future tense, and we add these endings to irregular stems as well.

Spanish Simple Future Endings

Subject	Ending
yo	-é
tú, vos	-ás
usted, él, ella	-á
nosotros, nosotras	-emos
vosotros, vosotras	-éis
ustedes, ellos, ellas	-án

Spanish Simple Future Irregular Endings

The simple future has relatively few irregular verbs, and they fall into three distinct categories:

• those that drop the e or i from the infinitive ending and add a d

• those that simply drop the e or i from the infinitive ending

• those that don't follow any predictable pattern and must simply be memorized

In these lessons, you reviewed the following irregular verbs:

Infinitive	Simple Future Stem
caber	cabr-
hacer	har-
poder	podr-
poner	pondr-
querer	querr-
saber	sabr-
salir	saldr-
valer	valdr-
venir	vendr-

Remember, once you have the irregular stem of the verb, you simply add the simple future endings listed above!

Future Markers

Certain words and phrases indicate that we may need to use the simple future in Spanish. In this lesson, we saw the following future markers:

Spanish	English
el lunes	on Monday
este verano	this summer

Pero and Sino

Peroand sinomean but and are used to contrast two statements. However, sino is used to introduce an affirmation that contrasts a previous negative statement.

examples
No irán en tren, sino en avión. They're not going to go by train, but rather by plane.
Quiero ir a tu ponencia, pero es muy tarde. I want to go to your presentation, but it's very late.

Meet in Spanish

In this article, we saw different ways to say to meet in Spanish. Let’s take a look at these verbs!

Spanish	Meet as in…
conocerse	meet for the first time
reunirse	have a meeting or meet up

Quiz Yourself!

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Spanish Conversation

Fantastic! Let's put the grammar and vocab from above to the test in the following example of a conversation in Spanish.

Judit:

Este verano iremos a una conferencia. Iré a la conferencia en avión.

This summer we're going to go to a conference. I'm going to go to the conference by plane.

Carlos:

Sí. Yo también iré. Mis dos estudiantes presentarán un estudio. Harán una presentación de un póster.

Yes. I’m going to go too. My two students are going to present a study. They are going to present a poster.

Judit:

Quiero ir a tu ponencia, pero es muy tarde.

I want to go to your presentation, but it's very late.

Carlos:

Sabré el horario definitivo el lunes.

I'll know the final schedule on Monday.

Judit:

Podré asistir solo un día.

I'm going to be able to attend for just one day.

Carlos:

¡Valdrá la pena asistir!

It will be worth attending!

Want to learn more about how to attend a conference in Spanish? Check out the following articles!

• Conjunctions and Contractions

• Academic Titles in Spanish

• Irregular Simple Future Forms