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Engreír is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to make conceited or vain, spoil”.
Below are all of the conjugations for engreír 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 make conceited or vain, spoil |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | engreír |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está engriendo) and past continuous (estaba engriendo). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. making conceited).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he engreído and hubiera engreído. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have made conceited).
| Gerundio / Gerund | engriendo |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | engreído |
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 make conceited” or “they make conceited”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | engrío |
| Tú | engríes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | engríe |
| Nosotros / as | engreímos |
| Vosotros / as | engreís |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | engríen |
| Vos | engreís |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I made conceited” or “she made conceited” 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 | engreí | I made conceited |
| Tú | engreíste | You made conceited |
| Él / Ella / Usted | engrió | He / she / you made conceited |
| Nosotros / as | engreímos | We made conceited |
| Vosotros / as | engreísteis | You made conceited |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | engrieron | They / you made conceited |
| Vos | engreíste | You made conceited |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was making conceited” or “she was making conceited” 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 | engreía | I was making conceited |
| Tú | engreías | You were making conceited |
| Él / Ella / Usted | engreía | He was / she was / you were making conceited |
| Nosotros / as | engreíamos | We were making conceited |
| Vosotros / as | engreíais | You were making conceited |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | engreían | They / you were making conceited |
| Vos | engreías | You were making conceited |
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 made conceited” and “she has made conceited”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he engreído | I have made conceited |
| Tú | has engreído | You have made conceited |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha engreído | He has / she has / you have made conceited |
| Nosotros / as | hemos engreído | We have made conceited |
| Vosotros / as | habéis engreído | You have made conceited |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han engreído | They / you have made conceited |
| Vos | has engreído | You have made conceited |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would make conceited” or “she would make conceited”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | engreiría | I would make conceited |
| Tú | engreirías | You would make conceited |
| Él / Ella / Usted | engreiría | He / she / you would make conceited |
| Nosotros / as | engreiríamos | We would make conceited |
| Vosotros / as | engreiríais | You would make conceited |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | engreirían | They / you would make conceited |
| Vos | engreirías | You would make conceited |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will make conceited” or “they will make conceited”.
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 engreír” means “They are going to make conceited”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | engreiré | I will make conceited |
| Tú | engreirás | You will make conceited |
| Él / Ella / Usted | engreirá | He / she / you will make conceited |
| Nosotros / as | engreiremos | We will make conceited |
| Vosotros / as | engreiréis | You will make conceited |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | engreirán | They / you will make conceited |
| Vos | engreirás | You will make conceited |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | engría |
| Tú | engrías |
| Él / Ella / Usted | engría |
| Nosotros / as | engríamos |
| Vosotros / as | engriáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | engrían |
| Vos | engrías |
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 | engriera | engriese |
| Tú | engrieras | engriese |
| Él / Ella / Usted | engriera | engriese |
| Nosotros / as | engriéramos | engriésemos |
| Vosotros / as | engrierais | engrieseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | engrieran | engriesen |
| Vos | engrieras | engriese |
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 | engriere |
| Tú | engrieres |
| Él / Ella / Usted | engriera |
| Nosotros / as | engriéremos |
| Vosotros / as | engriereis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | engrieren |
| Vos | engrieres |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “make conceited!” and “don’t make conceited!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | engríe | no engrías |
| Él / Ella / Usted | engría | no engría |
| Nosotros / as | engríamos | no engríamos |
| Vosotros / as | engreíd | no engriáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | engrían | no engrían |
| Vos | engreí | no engrías |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya engreído |
| Tú | hayas engreído |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya engreído |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos engreído |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis engreído |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan engreído |
| Vos | hayas engreído |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera engreído / hubiese engreído |
| Tú | hubieras engreído / hubieses engreído |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera engreído / hubiese engreído |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos engreído / hubiésemos engreído |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais engreído / hubieseis engreído |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran engreído / hubiesen engreído |
| Vos | hubieras engreído / hubieses engreído |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere engreído |
| Tú | hubieres engreído |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere engreído |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos engreído |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis engreído |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren engreído |
| Vos | hubieres engreído |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté engriendo |
| Tú | estés engriendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté engriendo |
| Nosotros / as | estemos engriendo |
| Vosotros / as | estéis engriendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén engriendo |
| Vos | estés engriendo |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera engriendo / estuviese engriendo |
| Tú | estuvieras engriendo / estuvieses engriendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera engriendo / estuviese engriendo |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos engriendo / estuviésamos engriendo |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais engriendo / estuvieseis engriendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera engriendo / estuviese engriendo |
| Vos | estuvieras engriendo / estuvieses engriendo |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere engriendo |
| Tú | estuvieres engriendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere engriendo |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos engriendo |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis engriendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere engriendo |
| Vos | estuvieres engriendo |
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 engreís |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos engreíste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos engreías |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos engreirías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos engreirás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos engrías |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos engrieras / Vos engriese |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos engreí |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no engrías |