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Encapricharse is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to become infatuated with, to take into one’s head to”.
It’s a reflexive verb, which means the subject performs the action upon themselves – e.g. “I wake myself”.
Reflexive verbs always carry a reflexive pronoun – me, te, se, nos or os – which is often placed before the conjugated verb (e.g. me encapricho) or after the infinitive (e.g. Él tiene que encapricharse).
Below are all of the conjugations for encapricharse in Spanish, in all three moods (indicative/indicativo, subjunctive/subjunctivo and imperative/imperativo) and all of the tenses, for each pronoun.
The vosotros pronoun is mainly used in mainland Spain, and is the informal second-person plural – it could be considered the Spanish version of “y’all”. It is rarely found in Latin America, where ustedes is used instead.
The vos form is used instead of tú in some Spanish speaking countries of South America, especially the Southern Cone (e.g. Argentina and Uruguay) and has a different conjugation.
| English Infinitive | to become infatuated with, to take into one’s head to |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | encapricharse |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está encaprichándose) and past continuous (estaba encaprichándose). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. becoming infatuated with).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he encaprichado and hubiera encaprichado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have become infatuated with).
| Gerundio / Gerund | encaprichándose |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | encaprichado |
The basic form of speech, el indicativo is used for making statements, talking about facts, events and things that are certain and objective.
The present tense is as it sounds – it’s for talking about things that are currently going on, which are habitual, or which generally exist. In English, this would be “I become infatuated with” or “they become infatuated with”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | me encapricho |
| Tú | te encaprichas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se encapricha |
| Nosotros / as | nos encaprichamos |
| Vosotros / as | os encapricháis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se encaprichan |
| Vos | te encaprichás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I became infatuated with” or “she became infatuated with” in English.
In Spanish, there are two past tenses where just one is used in English; the pretérite infefinido is typically used to refer to a concrete, specific moment in time.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me encapriché | I became infatuated with |
| Tú | te encaprichaste | You became infatuated with |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se encaprichó | He / she / you became infatuated with |
| Nosotros / as | nos encaprichamos | We became infatuated with |
| Vosotros / as | os encaprichasteis | You became infatuated with |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se encapricharon | They / you became infatuated with |
| Vos | te encaprichaste | You became infatuated with |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was becoming infatuated with” or “she was becoming infatuated with” in English, and is typically used to describe things and set a scene, talk about events without a specific timeframe, or talk about habitual events or states in the past.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me encaprichaba | I was becoming infatuated with |
| Tú | te encaprichabas | You were becoming infatuated with |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se encaprichaba | He was / she was / you were becoming infatuated with |
| Nosotros / as | nos encaprichábamos | We were becoming infatuated with |
| Vosotros / as | os encaprichabais | You were becoming infatuated with |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se encaprichaban | They / you were becoming infatuated with |
| Vos | te encaprichabas | You were becoming infatuated with |
The perfect tense is for talking about things which happened in the past but are still related to the present or continue into the present.
In English, these use the auxiliary verbs ‘have’ and ‘has’ – i.e. “I have become infatuated with” and “she has become infatuated with”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me he encaprichado | I have become infatuated with |
| Tú | te has encaprichado | You have become infatuated with |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se ha encaprichado | He has / she has / you have become infatuated with |
| Nosotros / as | nos hemos encaprichado | We have become infatuated with |
| Vosotros / as | os habéis encaprichado | You have become infatuated with |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se han encaprichado | They / you have become infatuated with |
| Vos | te has encaprichado | You have become infatuated with |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would become infatuated with” or “she would become infatuated with”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me encapricharía | I would become infatuated with |
| Tú | te encapricharías | You would become infatuated with |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se encapricharía | He / she / you would become infatuated with |
| Nosotros / as | nos encapricharíamos | We would become infatuated with |
| Vosotros / as | os encapricharíais | You would become infatuated with |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se encapricharían | They / you would become infatuated with |
| Vos | te encapricharías | You would become infatuated with |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will become infatuated with” or “they will become infatuated with”.
It is more commonly used for making a hypothesis about the present. To talk about the future, Spanish speakers frequently use “ir + a + infinivo”, e.g. “van a encapricharse” means “They are going to become infatuated with”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me encapricharé | I will become infatuated with |
| Tú | te encapricharás | You will become infatuated with |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se encaprichará | He / she / you will become infatuated with |
| Nosotros / as | nos encapricharemos | We will become infatuated with |
| Vosotros / as | os encapricharéis | You will become infatuated with |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se encapricharán | They / you will become infatuated with |
| Vos | te encapricharás | You will become infatuated with |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | me encapriche |
| Tú | te encapriches |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se encapriche |
| Nosotros / as | nos encaprichemos |
| Vosotros / as | os encaprichéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se encaprichen |
| Vos | te encapriches |
There are two ways to form the imperfect subjunctive.
The first option sees verbs ending in -era (for -er and -ir verbs) and -ara (for -ar verbs), while the second sees verbs ending in -ese (for -er and -ir verbs) and -ase (for -ar verbs).
There is no difference between these two forms, and Spanish speakers use them interchangeably.
| Pronoun | Spanish era/ara | Spanish ese/ase |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me encaprichara | me encaprichase |
| Tú | te encapricharas | me encaprichase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se encaprichara | se encaprichase |
| Nosotros / as | nos encapricháramos | nos encaprichásemos |
| Vosotros / as | os encapricharais | os encaprichaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se encapricharan | se encaprichasen |
| Vos | te encapricharas | me encaprichase |
The future subjunctive is no longer used in modern-day Spanish, apart from in literary and legal contexts, and there is no need to learn it.
It is formed the same as the past/imperfect subjunctive, but with -e endings instead of -a endings.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | me encaprichare |
| Tú | te encaprichares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se encaprichare |
| Nosotros / as | nos encapricháremos |
| Vosotros / as | os encaprichareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se encapricharen |
| Vos | te encaprichares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “become infatuated with!” and “don’t become infatuated with!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | encapríchate | no te encapriches |
| Él / Ella / Usted | encapríchese | no se encapriche |
| Nosotros / as | encaprichémonos | no nos encaprichemos |
| Vosotros / as | encaprichaos | no os encaprichéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | encapríchense | no se encaprichen |
| Vos | encaprichate | no te encapriches |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya encaprichado |
| Tú | hayas encaprichado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya encaprichado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos encaprichado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis encaprichado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan encaprichado |
| Vos | hayas encaprichado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera encaprichado / hubiese encaprichado |
| Tú | hubieras encaprichado / hubieses encaprichado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera encaprichado / hubiese encaprichado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos encaprichado / hubiésemos encaprichado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais encaprichado / hubieseis encaprichado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran encaprichado / hubiesen encaprichado |
| Vos | hubieras encaprichado / hubieses encaprichado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere encaprichado |
| Tú | hubieres encaprichado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere encaprichado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos encaprichado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis encaprichado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren encaprichado |
| Vos | hubieres encaprichado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté encaprichándose |
| Tú | estés encaprichándose |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté encaprichándose |
| Nosotros / as | estemos encaprichándose |
| Vosotros / as | estéis encaprichándose |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén encaprichándose |
| Vos | estés encaprichándose |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera encaprichándose / estuviese encaprichándose |
| Tú | estuvieras encaprichándose / estuvieses encaprichándose |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera encaprichándose / estuviese encaprichándose |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos encaprichándose / estuviésamos encaprichándose |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais encaprichándose / estuvieseis encaprichándose |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera encaprichándose / estuviese encaprichándose |
| Vos | estuvieras encaprichándose / estuvieses encaprichándose |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere encaprichándose |
| Tú | estuvieres encaprichándose |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere encaprichándose |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos encaprichándose |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis encaprichándose |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere encaprichándose |
| Vos | estuvieres encaprichándose |
Voseo is the practice of using ‘vos’ instead of ‘tú’ as the second-person singular pronoun, and is common throughout much of South America.
There are various versions of ‘voseo’ used throughout the Spanish-speaking world. The conjugations for the most common type – used throughout Argentina, parts of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguya and Uruguay are below.
The present indicative (presente de indicativo) and affirmative imperative (imperativo) have different conjugations from the tú form, while all other tenses generally use the tú form.
| Tense | Vos Conjugation |
|---|---|
| Present Indicative Presente de Indicativo | Vos te encaprichás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos te encaprichaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos te encaprichabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos te encapricharías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos te encapricharás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos te encapriches |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos te encapricharas / Vos me encaprichase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos encaprichate |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no te encapriches |