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Enrolar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to sign, enlist”.
Below are all of the conjugations for enrolar 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 sign, enlist |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | enrolar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está enrolando) and past continuous (estaba enrolando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. signing up).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he enrolado and hubiera enrolado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have signed up).
| Gerundio / Gerund | enrolando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | enrolado |
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 sign up” or “they sign up”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | enrolo |
| Tú | enrolas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | enrola |
| Nosotros / as | enrolamos |
| Vosotros / as | enroláis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | enrolan |
| Vos | enrolás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I signed up” or “she signed 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 | enrolé | I signed up |
| Tú | enrolaste | You signed up |
| Él / Ella / Usted | enroló | He / she / you signed up |
| Nosotros / as | enrolamos | We signed up |
| Vosotros / as | enrolasteis | You signed up |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | enrolaron | They / you signed up |
| Vos | enrolaste | You signed up |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was signing up” or “she was signing 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 | enrolaba | I was signing up |
| Tú | enrolabas | You were signing up |
| Él / Ella / Usted | enrolaba | He was / she was / you were signing up |
| Nosotros / as | enrolábamos | We were signing up |
| Vosotros / as | enrolabais | You were signing up |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | enrolaban | They / you were signing up |
| Vos | enrolabas | You were signing 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 signed up” and “she has signed up”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he enrolado | I have signed up |
| Tú | has enrolado | You have signed up |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha enrolado | He has / she has / you have signed up |
| Nosotros / as | hemos enrolado | We have signed up |
| Vosotros / as | habéis enrolado | You have signed up |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han enrolado | They / you have signed up |
| Vos | has enrolado | You have signed up |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would sign up” or “she would sign up”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | enrolaría | I would sign up |
| Tú | enrolarías | You would sign up |
| Él / Ella / Usted | enrolaría | He / she / you would sign up |
| Nosotros / as | enrolaríamos | We would sign up |
| Vosotros / as | enrolaríais | You would sign up |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | enrolarían | They / you would sign up |
| Vos | enrolarías | You would sign up |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will sign up” or “they will sign 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 enrolar” means “They are going to sign up”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | enrolaré | I will sign up |
| Tú | enrolarás | You will sign up |
| Él / Ella / Usted | enrolará | He / she / you will sign up |
| Nosotros / as | enrolaremos | We will sign up |
| Vosotros / as | enrolaréis | You will sign up |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | enrolarán | They / you will sign up |
| Vos | enrolarás | You will sign up |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | enrole |
| Tú | enroles |
| Él / Ella / Usted | enrole |
| Nosotros / as | enrolemos |
| Vosotros / as | enroléis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | enrolen |
| Vos | enroles |
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 | enrolara | enrolase |
| Tú | enrolaras | enrolase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | enrolara | enrolase |
| Nosotros / as | enroláramos | enrolásemos |
| Vosotros / as | enrolarais | enrolaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | enrolaran | enrolasen |
| Vos | enrolaras | enrolase |
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 | enrolare |
| Tú | enrolares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | enrolare |
| Nosotros / as | enroláremos |
| Vosotros / as | enrolareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | enrolaren |
| Vos | enrolares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “sign up!” and “don’t sign up!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | enrola | no enroles |
| Él / Ella / Usted | enrole | no enrole |
| Nosotros / as | enrolemos | no enrolemos |
| Vosotros / as | enrolad | no enroléis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | enrolen | no enrolen |
| Vos | enrolá | no enroles |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya enrolado |
| Tú | hayas enrolado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya enrolado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos enrolado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis enrolado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan enrolado |
| Vos | hayas enrolado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera enrolado / hubiese enrolado |
| Tú | hubieras enrolado / hubieses enrolado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera enrolado / hubiese enrolado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos enrolado / hubiésemos enrolado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais enrolado / hubieseis enrolado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran enrolado / hubiesen enrolado |
| Vos | hubieras enrolado / hubieses enrolado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere enrolado |
| Tú | hubieres enrolado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere enrolado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos enrolado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis enrolado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren enrolado |
| Vos | hubieres enrolado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté enrolando |
| Tú | estés enrolando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté enrolando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos enrolando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis enrolando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén enrolando |
| Vos | estés enrolando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera enrolando / estuviese enrolando |
| Tú | estuvieras enrolando / estuvieses enrolando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera enrolando / estuviese enrolando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos enrolando / estuviésamos enrolando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais enrolando / estuvieseis enrolando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera enrolando / estuviese enrolando |
| Vos | estuvieras enrolando / estuvieses enrolando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere enrolando |
| Tú | estuvieres enrolando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere enrolando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos enrolando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis enrolando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere enrolando |
| Vos | estuvieres enrolando |
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 enrolás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos enrolaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos enrolabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos enrolarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos enrolarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos enroles |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos enrolaras / Vos enrolase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos enrolá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no enroles |