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Encariñarse conjugation

Encariñarse is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to become fond of”.

Reflexive Spanish Verbs

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 encariño) or after the infinitive (e.g. Él tiene que encariñarse).

Below are all of the conjugations for encariñarse 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.

Encariñarse Infinitive

English Infinitive	to become fond of
Spanish Infinitive	encariñarse

Encariñarse Gerund and Past Participle

The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está encariñándose) and past continuous (estaba encariñándose). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. becoming fond of).

The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he encariñado and hubiera encariñado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have become fond of).

Gerundio / Gerund	encariñándose
Participio / Past Participle	encariñado

Encariñarse Indicative Conjugations

The basic form of speech, el indicativo is used for making statements, talking about facts, events and things that are certain and objective.

Encariñarse Presente / Present

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 fond of” or “they become fond of”.

Pronoun	Spanish
Yo	me encariño
Tú	te encariñas
Él / Ella / Usted	se encariña
Nosotros / as	nos encariñamos
Vosotros / as	os encariñáis
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	se encariñan
Vos	te encariñás

Encariñarse Preterite / Pretérito Indefinido

Your simple past tense, e.g. “I became fond of” or “she became fond of” 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 encariñé	I became fond of
Tú	te encariñaste	You became fond of
Él / Ella / Usted	se encariñó	He / she / you became fond of
Nosotros / as	nos encariñamos	We became fond of
Vosotros / as	os encariñasteis	You became fond of
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	se encariñaron	They / you became fond of
Vos	te encariñaste	You became fond of

Encariñarse Imperfect / Pretérito Imperfecto

The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was becoming fond of” or “she was becoming fond of” 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 encariñaba	I was becoming fond of
Tú	te encariñabas	You were becoming fond of
Él / Ella / Usted	se encariñaba	He was / she was / you were becoming fond of
Nosotros / as	nos encariñábamos	We were becoming fond of
Vosotros / as	os encariñabais	You were becoming fond of
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	se encariñaban	They / you were becoming fond of
Vos	te encariñabas	You were becoming fond of

Encariñarse Perfect / Perfecto

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 fond of” and “she has become fond of”.

Pronoun	Spanish	English
Yo	me he encariñado	I have become fond of
Tú	te has encariñado	You have become fond of
Él / Ella / Usted	se ha encariñado	He has / she has / you have become fond of
Nosotros / as	nos hemos encariñado	We have become fond of
Vosotros / as	os habéis encariñado	You have become fond of
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	se han encariñado	They / you have become fond of
Vos	te has encariñado	You have become fond of

Encariñarse Conditional / Condicional

The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would become fond of” or “she would become fond of”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.

Pronoun	Spanish	Englush
Yo	me encariñaría	I would become fond of
Tú	te encariñarías	You would become fond of
Él / Ella / Usted	se encariñaría	He / she / you would become fond of
Nosotros / as	nos encariñaríamos	We would become fond of
Vosotros / as	os encariñaríais	You would become fond of
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	se encariñarían	They / you would become fond of
Vos	te encariñarías	You would become fond of

Encariñarse Future / Futuro

The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will become fond of” or “they will become fond of”.

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 encariñarse” means “They are going to become fond of”.

Pronoun	Spanish	English
Yo	me encariñaré	I will become fond of
Tú	te encariñarás	You will become fond of
Él / Ella / Usted	se encariñará	He / she / you will become fond of
Nosotros / as	nos encariñaremos	We will become fond of
Vosotros / as	os encariñaréis	You will become fond of
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	se encariñarán	They / you will become fond of
Vos	te encariñarás	You will become fond of

Encariñarse Subjunctive Conjugations

Encariñarse Present Subjunctive / Presente de Subjuntivo

Pronoun	Spanish
Yo	me encariñe
Tú	te encariñes
Él / Ella / Usted	se encariñe
Nosotros / as	nos encariñemos
Vosotros / as	os encariñéis
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	se encariñen
Vos	te encariñes

Encariñarse Past Subjunctive / Imperfecto de Subjuntivo

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 encariñara	me encariñase
Tú	te encariñaras	me encariñase
Él / Ella / Usted	se encariñara	se encariñase
Nosotros / as	nos encariñáramos	nos encariñásemos
Vosotros / as	os encariñarais	os encariñaseis
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	se encariñaran	se encariñasen
Vos	te encariñaras	me encariñase

Encariñarse Future Subjunctive / Futuro de Subjuntivo

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 encariñare
Tú	te encariñares
Él / Ella / Usted	se encariñare
Nosotros / as	nos encariñáremos
Vosotros / as	os encariñareis
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	se encariñaren
Vos	te encariñares

Encariñarse Imperative Conjugations

Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “become fond of!” and “don’t become fond of!”.

Pronoun	Spanish Affirmative	Spanish Negative
Tú	encaríñate	no te encariñes
Él / Ella / Usted	encaríñese	no se encariñe
Nosotros / as	encariñémonos	no nos encariñemos
Vosotros / as	encariñaos	no os encariñéis
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	encaríñense	no se encariñen
Vos	encariñate	no te encariñes

Encariñarse Compound Subjunctive Tenses

Encariñarse Subjunctive Perfect

Pronoun	Spanish
Yo	haya encariñado
Tú	hayas encariñado
Él / Ella / Usted	haya encariñado
Nosotros / as	hayamos encariñado
Vosotros / as	hayáis encariñado
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	hayan encariñado
Vos	hayas encariñado

Encariñarse Subjunctive Past Perfect

Pronoun	Spanish
Yo	hubiera encariñado / hubiese encariñado
Tú	hubieras encariñado / hubieses encariñado
Él / Ella / Usted	hubiera encariñado / hubiese encariñado
Nosotros / as	hubiéramos encariñado / hubiésemos encariñado
Vosotros / as	hubierais encariñado / hubieseis encariñado
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	hubieran encariñado / hubiesen encariñado
Vos	hubieras encariñado / hubieses encariñado

Encariñarse Subjunctive Future Perfect

Pronoun	Spanish
Yo	hubiere encariñado
Tú	hubieres encariñado
Él / Ella / Usted	hubiere encariñado
Nosotros / as	hubiéremos encariñado
Vosotros / as	hubiereis encariñado
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	hubieren encariñado
Vos	hubieres encariñado

Encariñarse Subjective Progressive Perfect

Pronoun	Spanish
Yo	esté encariñándose
Tú	estés encariñándose
Él / Ella / Usted	esté encariñándose
Nosotros / as	estemos encariñándose
Vosotros / as	estéis encariñándose
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	estén encariñándose
Vos	estés encariñándose

Encariñarse Subjunctive Past Progressive

Pronoun	Spanish
Yo	estuviera encariñándose / estuviese encariñándose
Tú	estuvieras encariñándose / estuvieses encariñándose
Él / Ella / Usted	estuviera encariñándose / estuviese encariñándose
Nosotros / as	estuviéramos encariñándose / estuviésamos encariñándose
Vosotros / as	estuvierais encariñándose / estuvieseis encariñándose
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	estuviera encariñándose / estuviese encariñándose
Vos	estuvieras encariñándose / estuvieses encariñándose

Encariñarse Subjunctive Future Progressive

Pronoun	Spanish
Yo	estuviere encariñándose
Tú	estuvieres encariñándose
Él / Ella / Usted	estuviere encariñándose
Nosotros / as	estuviéremos encariñándose
Vosotros / as	estuviereis encariñándose
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	estuviere encariñándose
Vos	estuvieres encariñándose

Encariñarse Vos Conjugation

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 encariñás
Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo	Vos te encariñaste
Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo	Vos te encariñabas
Conditional Condicional	Vos te encariñarías
Future Futuro de Indicativo	Vos te encariñarás
Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo	Vos te encariñes
Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo	Vos te encariñaras / Vos me encariñase
Affirmative Imperative Imperativo	Vos encariñate
Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo	Vos no te encariñes