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Enjabonar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to soap, wash, lather”.
Below are all of the conjugations for enjabonar 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 soap, wash, lather |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | enjabonar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está enjabonando) and past continuous (estaba enjabonando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. soaping).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he enjabonado and hubiera enjabonado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have soaped).
| Gerundio / Gerund | enjabonando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | enjabonado |
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 soap” or “they soap”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | enjabono |
| Tú | enjabonas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | enjabona |
| Nosotros / as | enjabonamos |
| Vosotros / as | enjabonáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | enjabonan |
| Vos | enjabonás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I soaped” or “she soaped” 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 | enjaboné | I soaped |
| Tú | enjabonaste | You soaped |
| Él / Ella / Usted | enjabonó | He / she / you soaped |
| Nosotros / as | enjabonamos | We soaped |
| Vosotros / as | enjabonasteis | You soaped |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | enjabonaron | They / you soaped |
| Vos | enjabonaste | You soaped |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was soaping” or “she was soaping” 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 | enjabonaba | I was soaping |
| Tú | enjabonabas | You were soaping |
| Él / Ella / Usted | enjabonaba | He was / she was / you were soaping |
| Nosotros / as | enjabonábamos | We were soaping |
| Vosotros / as | enjabonabais | You were soaping |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | enjabonaban | They / you were soaping |
| Vos | enjabonabas | You were soaping |
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 soaped” and “she has soaped”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he enjabonado | I have soaped |
| Tú | has enjabonado | You have soaped |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha enjabonado | He has / she has / you have soaped |
| Nosotros / as | hemos enjabonado | We have soaped |
| Vosotros / as | habéis enjabonado | You have soaped |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han enjabonado | They / you have soaped |
| Vos | has enjabonado | You have soaped |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would soap” or “she would soap”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | enjabonaría | I would soap |
| Tú | enjabonarías | You would soap |
| Él / Ella / Usted | enjabonaría | He / she / you would soap |
| Nosotros / as | enjabonaríamos | We would soap |
| Vosotros / as | enjabonaríais | You would soap |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | enjabonarían | They / you would soap |
| Vos | enjabonarías | You would soap |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will soap” or “they will soap”.
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 enjabonar” means “They are going to soap”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | enjabonaré | I will soap |
| Tú | enjabonarás | You will soap |
| Él / Ella / Usted | enjabonará | He / she / you will soap |
| Nosotros / as | enjabonaremos | We will soap |
| Vosotros / as | enjabonaréis | You will soap |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | enjabonarán | They / you will soap |
| Vos | enjabonarás | You will soap |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | enjabone |
| Tú | enjabones |
| Él / Ella / Usted | enjabone |
| Nosotros / as | enjabonemos |
| Vosotros / as | enjabonéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | enjabonen |
| Vos | enjabones |
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 | enjabonara | enjabonase |
| Tú | enjabonaras | enjabonase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | enjabonara | enjabonase |
| Nosotros / as | enjabonáramos | enjabonásemos |
| Vosotros / as | enjabonarais | enjabonaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | enjabonaran | enjabonasen |
| Vos | enjabonaras | enjabonase |
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 | enjabonare |
| Tú | enjabonares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | enjabonare |
| Nosotros / as | enjabonáremos |
| Vosotros / as | enjabonareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | enjabonaren |
| Vos | enjabonares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “soap!” and “don’t soap!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | enjabona | no enjabones |
| Él / Ella / Usted | enjabone | no enjabone |
| Nosotros / as | enjabonemos | no enjabonemos |
| Vosotros / as | enjabonad | no enjabonéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | enjabonen | no enjabonen |
| Vos | enjaboná | no enjabones |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya enjabonado |
| Tú | hayas enjabonado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya enjabonado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos enjabonado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis enjabonado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan enjabonado |
| Vos | hayas enjabonado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera enjabonado / hubiese enjabonado |
| Tú | hubieras enjabonado / hubieses enjabonado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera enjabonado / hubiese enjabonado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos enjabonado / hubiésemos enjabonado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais enjabonado / hubieseis enjabonado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran enjabonado / hubiesen enjabonado |
| Vos | hubieras enjabonado / hubieses enjabonado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere enjabonado |
| Tú | hubieres enjabonado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere enjabonado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos enjabonado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis enjabonado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren enjabonado |
| Vos | hubieres enjabonado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté enjabonando |
| Tú | estés enjabonando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté enjabonando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos enjabonando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis enjabonando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén enjabonando |
| Vos | estés enjabonando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera enjabonando / estuviese enjabonando |
| Tú | estuvieras enjabonando / estuvieses enjabonando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera enjabonando / estuviese enjabonando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos enjabonando / estuviésamos enjabonando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais enjabonando / estuvieseis enjabonando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera enjabonando / estuviese enjabonando |
| Vos | estuvieras enjabonando / estuvieses enjabonando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere enjabonando |
| Tú | estuvieres enjabonando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere enjabonando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos enjabonando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis enjabonando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere enjabonando |
| Vos | estuvieres enjabonando |
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 enjabonás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos enjabonaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos enjabonabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos enjabonarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos enjabonarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos enjabones |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos enjabonaras / Vos enjabonase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos enjaboná |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no enjabones |