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Enmarañar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to tangle up, entangle”.
Below are all of the conjugations for enmarañar 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 tangle up, entangle |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | enmarañar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está enmarañando) and past continuous (estaba enmarañando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. tangling up).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he enmarañado and hubiera enmarañado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have tangled up).
| Gerundio / Gerund | enmarañando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | enmarañado |
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 tangle up” or “they tangle up”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | enmaraño |
| Tú | enmarañas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | enmaraña |
| Nosotros / as | enmarañamos |
| Vosotros / as | enmarañáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | enmarañan |
| Vos | enmarañás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I tangled up” or “she tangled up” 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 | enmarañé | I tangled up |
| Tú | enmarañaste | You tangled up |
| Él / Ella / Usted | enmarañó | He / she / you tangled up |
| Nosotros / as | enmarañamos | We tangled up |
| Vosotros / as | enmarañasteis | You tangled up |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | enmarañaron | They / you tangled up |
| Vos | enmarañaste | You tangled up |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was tangling up” or “she was tangling up” 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 | enmarañaba | I was tangling up |
| Tú | enmarañabas | You were tangling up |
| Él / Ella / Usted | enmarañaba | He was / she was / you were tangling up |
| Nosotros / as | enmarañábamos | We were tangling up |
| Vosotros / as | enmarañabais | You were tangling up |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | enmarañaban | They / you were tangling up |
| Vos | enmarañabas | You were tangling up |
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 tangled up” and “she has tangled up”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he enmarañado | I have tangled up |
| Tú | has enmarañado | You have tangled up |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha enmarañado | He has / she has / you have tangled up |
| Nosotros / as | hemos enmarañado | We have tangled up |
| Vosotros / as | habéis enmarañado | You have tangled up |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han enmarañado | They / you have tangled up |
| Vos | has enmarañado | You have tangled up |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would tangle up” or “she would tangle up”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | enmarañaría | I would tangle up |
| Tú | enmarañarías | You would tangle up |
| Él / Ella / Usted | enmarañaría | He / she / you would tangle up |
| Nosotros / as | enmarañaríamos | We would tangle up |
| Vosotros / as | enmarañaríais | You would tangle up |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | enmarañarían | They / you would tangle up |
| Vos | enmarañarías | You would tangle up |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will tangle up” or “they will tangle up”.
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 enmarañar” means “They are going to tangle up”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | enmarañaré | I will tangle up |
| Tú | enmarañarás | You will tangle up |
| Él / Ella / Usted | enmarañará | He / she / you will tangle up |
| Nosotros / as | enmarañaremos | We will tangle up |
| Vosotros / as | enmarañaréis | You will tangle up |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | enmarañarán | They / you will tangle up |
| Vos | enmarañarás | You will tangle up |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | enmarañe |
| Tú | enmarañes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | enmarañe |
| Nosotros / as | enmarañemos |
| Vosotros / as | enmarañéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | enmarañen |
| Vos | enmarañes |
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 | enmarañara | enmarañase |
| Tú | enmarañaras | enmarañase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | enmarañara | enmarañase |
| Nosotros / as | enmarañáramos | enmarañásemos |
| Vosotros / as | enmarañarais | enmarañaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | enmarañaran | enmarañasen |
| Vos | enmarañaras | enmarañase |
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 | enmarañare |
| Tú | enmarañares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | enmarañare |
| Nosotros / as | enmarañáremos |
| Vosotros / as | enmarañareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | enmarañaren |
| Vos | enmarañares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “tangle up!” and “don’t tangle up!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | enmaraña | no enmarañes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | enmarañe | no enmarañe |
| Nosotros / as | enmarañemos | no enmarañemos |
| Vosotros / as | enmarañad | no enmarañéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | enmarañen | no enmarañen |
| Vos | enmarañá | no enmarañes |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya enmarañado |
| Tú | hayas enmarañado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya enmarañado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos enmarañado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis enmarañado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan enmarañado |
| Vos | hayas enmarañado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera enmarañado / hubiese enmarañado |
| Tú | hubieras enmarañado / hubieses enmarañado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera enmarañado / hubiese enmarañado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos enmarañado / hubiésemos enmarañado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais enmarañado / hubieseis enmarañado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran enmarañado / hubiesen enmarañado |
| Vos | hubieras enmarañado / hubieses enmarañado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere enmarañado |
| Tú | hubieres enmarañado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere enmarañado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos enmarañado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis enmarañado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren enmarañado |
| Vos | hubieres enmarañado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté enmarañando |
| Tú | estés enmarañando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté enmarañando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos enmarañando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis enmarañando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén enmarañando |
| Vos | estés enmarañando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera enmarañando / estuviese enmarañando |
| Tú | estuvieras enmarañando / estuvieses enmarañando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera enmarañando / estuviese enmarañando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos enmarañando / estuviésamos enmarañando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais enmarañando / estuvieseis enmarañando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera enmarañando / estuviese enmarañando |
| Vos | estuvieras enmarañando / estuvieses enmarañando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere enmarañando |
| Tú | estuvieres enmarañando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere enmarañando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos enmarañando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis enmarañando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere enmarañando |
| Vos | estuvieres enmarañando |
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 enmarañás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos enmarañaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos enmarañabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos enmarañarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos enmarañarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos enmarañes |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos enmarañaras / Vos enmarañase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos enmarañá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no enmarañes |