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Enganchar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to hook, latch”.
Below are all of the conjugations for enganchar 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 hook, latch |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | enganchar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está enganchando) and past continuous (estaba enganchando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. hooking).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he enganchado and hubiera enganchado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have hooked).
| Gerundio / Gerund | enganchando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | enganchado |
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 hook” or “they hook”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | engancho |
| Tú | enganchas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | engancha |
| Nosotros / as | enganchamos |
| Vosotros / as | engancháis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | enganchan |
| Vos | enganchás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I hooked” or “she hooked” 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 | enganché | I hooked |
| Tú | enganchaste | You hooked |
| Él / Ella / Usted | enganchó | He / she / you hooked |
| Nosotros / as | enganchamos | We hooked |
| Vosotros / as | enganchasteis | You hooked |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | engancharon | They / you hooked |
| Vos | enganchaste | You hooked |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was hooking” or “she was hooking” 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 | enganchaba | I was hooking |
| Tú | enganchabas | You were hooking |
| Él / Ella / Usted | enganchaba | He was / she was / you were hooking |
| Nosotros / as | enganchábamos | We were hooking |
| Vosotros / as | enganchabais | You were hooking |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | enganchaban | They / you were hooking |
| Vos | enganchabas | You were hooking |
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 hooked” and “she has hooked”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he enganchado | I have hooked |
| Tú | has enganchado | You have hooked |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha enganchado | He has / she has / you have hooked |
| Nosotros / as | hemos enganchado | We have hooked |
| Vosotros / as | habéis enganchado | You have hooked |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han enganchado | They / you have hooked |
| Vos | has enganchado | You have hooked |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would hook” or “she would hook”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | engancharía | I would hook |
| Tú | engancharías | You would hook |
| Él / Ella / Usted | engancharía | He / she / you would hook |
| Nosotros / as | engancharíamos | We would hook |
| Vosotros / as | engancharíais | You would hook |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | engancharían | They / you would hook |
| Vos | engancharías | You would hook |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will hook” or “they will hook”.
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 enganchar” means “They are going to hook”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | engancharé | I will hook |
| Tú | engancharás | You will hook |
| Él / Ella / Usted | enganchará | He / she / you will hook |
| Nosotros / as | engancharemos | We will hook |
| Vosotros / as | engancharéis | You will hook |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | engancharán | They / you will hook |
| Vos | engancharás | You will hook |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | enganche |
| Tú | enganches |
| Él / Ella / Usted | enganche |
| Nosotros / as | enganchemos |
| Vosotros / as | enganchéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | enganchen |
| Vos | enganches |
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 | enganchara | enganchase |
| Tú | engancharas | enganchase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | enganchara | enganchase |
| Nosotros / as | engancháramos | enganchásemos |
| Vosotros / as | engancharais | enganchaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | engancharan | enganchasen |
| Vos | engancharas | enganchase |
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 | enganchare |
| Tú | enganchares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | enganchare |
| Nosotros / as | engancháremos |
| Vosotros / as | enganchareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | engancharen |
| Vos | enganchares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “hook!” and “don’t hook!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | engancha | no enganches |
| Él / Ella / Usted | enganche | no enganche |
| Nosotros / as | enganchemos | no enganchemos |
| Vosotros / as | enganchad | no enganchéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | enganchen | no enganchen |
| Vos | enganchá | no enganches |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya enganchado |
| Tú | hayas enganchado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya enganchado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos enganchado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis enganchado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan enganchado |
| Vos | hayas enganchado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera enganchado / hubiese enganchado |
| Tú | hubieras enganchado / hubieses enganchado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera enganchado / hubiese enganchado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos enganchado / hubiésemos enganchado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais enganchado / hubieseis enganchado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran enganchado / hubiesen enganchado |
| Vos | hubieras enganchado / hubieses enganchado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere enganchado |
| Tú | hubieres enganchado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere enganchado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos enganchado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis enganchado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren enganchado |
| Vos | hubieres enganchado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté enganchando |
| Tú | estés enganchando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté enganchando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos enganchando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis enganchando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén enganchando |
| Vos | estés enganchando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera enganchando / estuviese enganchando |
| Tú | estuvieras enganchando / estuvieses enganchando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera enganchando / estuviese enganchando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos enganchando / estuviésamos enganchando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais enganchando / estuvieseis enganchando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera enganchando / estuviese enganchando |
| Vos | estuvieras enganchando / estuvieses enganchando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere enganchando |
| Tú | estuvieres enganchando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere enganchando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos enganchando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis enganchando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere enganchando |
| Vos | estuvieres enganchando |
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 enganchás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos enganchaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos enganchabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos engancharías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos engancharás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos enganches |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos engancharas / Vos enganchase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos enganchá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no enganches |