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Enflaquecer is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to lose weight, slim down”.
Below are all of the conjugations for enflaquecer 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 lose weight, slim down |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | enflaquecer |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está enflaqueciendo) and past continuous (estaba enflaqueciendo). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. losing weight).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he enflaquecido and hubiera enflaquecido. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have lost weight).
| Gerundio / Gerund | enflaqueciendo |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | enflaquecido |
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 lose weight” or “they lose weight”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | enflaquezco |
| Tú | enflaqueces |
| Él / Ella / Usted | enflaquece |
| Nosotros / as | enflaquecemos |
| Vosotros / as | enflaquecéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | enflaquecen |
| Vos | enflaquecés |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I lost weight” or “she lost weight” 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 | enflaquecí | I lost weight |
| Tú | enflaqueciste | You lost weight |
| Él / Ella / Usted | enflaqueció | He / she / you lost weight |
| Nosotros / as | enflaquecimos | We lost weight |
| Vosotros / as | enflaquecisteis | You lost weight |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | enflaquecieron | They / you lost weight |
| Vos | enflaqueciste | You lost weight |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was losing weight” or “she was losing weight” 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 | enflaquecía | I was losing weight |
| Tú | enflaquecías | You were losing weight |
| Él / Ella / Usted | enflaquecía | He was / she was / you were losing weight |
| Nosotros / as | enflaquecíamos | We were losing weight |
| Vosotros / as | enflaquecíais | You were losing weight |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | enflaquecían | They / you were losing weight |
| Vos | enflaquecías | You were losing weight |
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 lost weight” and “she has lost weight”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he enflaquecido | I have lost weight |
| Tú | has enflaquecido | You have lost weight |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha enflaquecido | He has / she has / you have lost weight |
| Nosotros / as | hemos enflaquecido | We have lost weight |
| Vosotros / as | habéis enflaquecido | You have lost weight |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han enflaquecido | They / you have lost weight |
| Vos | has enflaquecido | You have lost weight |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would lose weight” or “she would lose weight”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | enflaquecería | I would lose weight |
| Tú | enflaquecerías | You would lose weight |
| Él / Ella / Usted | enflaquecería | He / she / you would lose weight |
| Nosotros / as | enflaqueceríamos | We would lose weight |
| Vosotros / as | enflaqueceríais | You would lose weight |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | enflaquecerían | They / you would lose weight |
| Vos | enflaquecerías | You would lose weight |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will lose weight” or “they will lose weight”.
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 enflaquecer” means “They are going to lose weight”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | enflaqueceré | I will lose weight |
| Tú | enflaquecerás | You will lose weight |
| Él / Ella / Usted | enflaquecerá | He / she / you will lose weight |
| Nosotros / as | enflaqueceremos | We will lose weight |
| Vosotros / as | enflaqueceréis | You will lose weight |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | enflaquecerán | They / you will lose weight |
| Vos | enflaquecerás | You will lose weight |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | enflaquezca |
| Tú | enflaquezcas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | enflaquezca |
| Nosotros / as | enflaquezcamos |
| Vosotros / as | enflaquezcáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | enflaquezcan |
| Vos | enflaquezcas |
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 | enflaqueciera | enflaqueciese |
| Tú | enflaquecieras | enflaqueciese |
| Él / Ella / Usted | enflaqueciera | enflaqueciese |
| Nosotros / as | enflaqueciéramos | enflaqueciésemos |
| Vosotros / as | enflaquecierais | enflaquecieseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | enflaquecieran | enflaqueciesen |
| Vos | enflaquecieras | enflaqueciese |
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 | enflaqueciere |
| Tú | enflaquecieres |
| Él / Ella / Usted | enflaqueciere |
| Nosotros / as | enflaqueciéremos |
| Vosotros / as | enflaqueciereis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | enflaquecieren |
| Vos | enflaquecieres |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “lose weight!” and “don’t lose weight!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | enflaquece | no enflaquezcas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | enflaquezca | no enflaquezca |
| Nosotros / as | enflaquezcamos | no enflaquezcamos |
| Vosotros / as | enflaqueced | no enflaquezcáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | enflaquezcan | no enflaquezcan |
| Vos | enflaquecé | no enflaquezcas |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya enflaquecido |
| Tú | hayas enflaquecido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya enflaquecido |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos enflaquecido |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis enflaquecido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan enflaquecido |
| Vos | hayas enflaquecido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera enflaquecido / hubiese enflaquecido |
| Tú | hubieras enflaquecido / hubieses enflaquecido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera enflaquecido / hubiese enflaquecido |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos enflaquecido / hubiésemos enflaquecido |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais enflaquecido / hubieseis enflaquecido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran enflaquecido / hubiesen enflaquecido |
| Vos | hubieras enflaquecido / hubieses enflaquecido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere enflaquecido |
| Tú | hubieres enflaquecido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere enflaquecido |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos enflaquecido |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis enflaquecido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren enflaquecido |
| Vos | hubieres enflaquecido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté enflaqueciendo |
| Tú | estés enflaqueciendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté enflaqueciendo |
| Nosotros / as | estemos enflaqueciendo |
| Vosotros / as | estéis enflaqueciendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén enflaqueciendo |
| Vos | estés enflaqueciendo |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera enflaqueciendo / estuviese enflaqueciendo |
| Tú | estuvieras enflaqueciendo / estuvieses enflaqueciendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera enflaqueciendo / estuviese enflaqueciendo |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos enflaqueciendo / estuviésamos enflaqueciendo |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais enflaqueciendo / estuvieseis enflaqueciendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera enflaqueciendo / estuviese enflaqueciendo |
| Vos | estuvieras enflaqueciendo / estuvieses enflaqueciendo |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere enflaqueciendo |
| Tú | estuvieres enflaqueciendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere enflaqueciendo |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos enflaqueciendo |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis enflaqueciendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere enflaqueciendo |
| Vos | estuvieres enflaqueciendo |
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 enflaquecés |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos enflaqueciste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos enflaquecías |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos enflaquecerías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos enflaquecerás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos enflaquezcas |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos enflaquecieras / Vos enflaqueciese |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos enflaquecé |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no enflaquezcas |