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Engrasar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to grease, oil”.
Below are all of the conjugations for engrasar 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 grease, oil |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | engrasar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está engrasando) and past continuous (estaba engrasando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. greasing).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he engrasado and hubiera engrasado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have greased).
| Gerundio / Gerund | engrasando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | engrasado |
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 grease” or “they grease”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | engraso |
| Tú | engrasas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | engrasa |
| Nosotros / as | engrasamos |
| Vosotros / as | engrasáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | engrasan |
| Vos | engrasás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I greased” or “she greased” 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 | engrasé | I greased |
| Tú | engrasaste | You greased |
| Él / Ella / Usted | engrasó | He / she / you greased |
| Nosotros / as | engrasamos | We greased |
| Vosotros / as | engrasasteis | You greased |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | engrasaron | They / you greased |
| Vos | engrasaste | You greased |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was greasing” or “she was greasing” 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 | engrasaba | I was greasing |
| Tú | engrasabas | You were greasing |
| Él / Ella / Usted | engrasaba | He was / she was / you were greasing |
| Nosotros / as | engrasábamos | We were greasing |
| Vosotros / as | engrasabais | You were greasing |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | engrasaban | They / you were greasing |
| Vos | engrasabas | You were greasing |
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 greased” and “she has greased”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he engrasado | I have greased |
| Tú | has engrasado | You have greased |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha engrasado | He has / she has / you have greased |
| Nosotros / as | hemos engrasado | We have greased |
| Vosotros / as | habéis engrasado | You have greased |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han engrasado | They / you have greased |
| Vos | has engrasado | You have greased |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would grease” or “she would grease”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | engrasaría | I would grease |
| Tú | engrasarías | You would grease |
| Él / Ella / Usted | engrasaría | He / she / you would grease |
| Nosotros / as | engrasaríamos | We would grease |
| Vosotros / as | engrasaríais | You would grease |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | engrasarían | They / you would grease |
| Vos | engrasarías | You would grease |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will grease” or “they will grease”.
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 engrasar” means “They are going to grease”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | engrasaré | I will grease |
| Tú | engrasarás | You will grease |
| Él / Ella / Usted | engrasará | He / she / you will grease |
| Nosotros / as | engrasaremos | We will grease |
| Vosotros / as | engrasaréis | You will grease |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | engrasarán | They / you will grease |
| Vos | engrasarás | You will grease |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | engrase |
| Tú | engrases |
| Él / Ella / Usted | engrase |
| Nosotros / as | engrasemos |
| Vosotros / as | engraséis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | engrasen |
| Vos | engrases |
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 | engrasara | engrasase |
| Tú | engrasaras | engrasase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | engrasara | engrasase |
| Nosotros / as | engrasáramos | engrasásemos |
| Vosotros / as | engrasarais | engrasaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | engrasaran | engrasasen |
| Vos | engrasaras | engrasase |
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 | engrasare |
| Tú | engrasares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | engrasare |
| Nosotros / as | engrasáremos |
| Vosotros / as | engrasareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | engrasaren |
| Vos | engrasares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “grease!” and “don’t grease!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | engrasa | no engrases |
| Él / Ella / Usted | engrase | no engrase |
| Nosotros / as | engrasemos | no engrasemos |
| Vosotros / as | engrasad | no engraséis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | engrasen | no engrasen |
| Vos | engrasá | no engrases |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya engrasado |
| Tú | hayas engrasado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya engrasado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos engrasado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis engrasado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan engrasado |
| Vos | hayas engrasado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera engrasado / hubiese engrasado |
| Tú | hubieras engrasado / hubieses engrasado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera engrasado / hubiese engrasado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos engrasado / hubiésemos engrasado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais engrasado / hubieseis engrasado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran engrasado / hubiesen engrasado |
| Vos | hubieras engrasado / hubieses engrasado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere engrasado |
| Tú | hubieres engrasado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere engrasado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos engrasado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis engrasado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren engrasado |
| Vos | hubieres engrasado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté engrasando |
| Tú | estés engrasando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté engrasando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos engrasando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis engrasando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén engrasando |
| Vos | estés engrasando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera engrasando / estuviese engrasando |
| Tú | estuvieras engrasando / estuvieses engrasando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera engrasando / estuviese engrasando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos engrasando / estuviésamos engrasando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais engrasando / estuvieseis engrasando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera engrasando / estuviese engrasando |
| Vos | estuvieras engrasando / estuvieses engrasando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere engrasando |
| Tú | estuvieres engrasando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere engrasando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos engrasando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis engrasando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere engrasando |
| Vos | estuvieres engrasando |
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 engrasás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos engrasaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos engrasabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos engrasarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos engrasarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos engrases |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos engrasaras / Vos engrasase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos engrasá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no engrases |