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Enrollar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to wind, coil, roll up”.
Below are all of the conjugations for enrollar 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 wind, coil, roll up |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | enrollar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está enrollando) and past continuous (estaba enrollando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. rolling up).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he enrollado and hubiera enrollado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have rolled up).
| Gerundio / Gerund | enrollando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | enrollado |
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 roll up” or “they roll up”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | enrollo |
| Tú | enrollas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | enrolla |
| Nosotros / as | enrollamos |
| Vosotros / as | enrolláis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | enrollan |
| Vos | enrollás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I rolled up” or “she rolled 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 | enrollé | I rolled up |
| Tú | enrollaste | You rolled up |
| Él / Ella / Usted | enrolló | He / she / you rolled up |
| Nosotros / as | enrollamos | We rolled up |
| Vosotros / as | enrollasteis | You rolled up |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | enrollaron | They / you rolled up |
| Vos | enrollaste | You rolled up |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was rolling up” or “she was rolling 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 | enrollaba | I was rolling up |
| Tú | enrollabas | You were rolling up |
| Él / Ella / Usted | enrollaba | He was / she was / you were rolling up |
| Nosotros / as | enrollábamos | We were rolling up |
| Vosotros / as | enrollabais | You were rolling up |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | enrollaban | They / you were rolling up |
| Vos | enrollabas | You were rolling 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 rolled up” and “she has rolled up”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he enrollado | I have rolled up |
| Tú | has enrollado | You have rolled up |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha enrollado | He has / she has / you have rolled up |
| Nosotros / as | hemos enrollado | We have rolled up |
| Vosotros / as | habéis enrollado | You have rolled up |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han enrollado | They / you have rolled up |
| Vos | has enrollado | You have rolled up |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would roll up” or “she would roll up”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | enrollaría | I would roll up |
| Tú | enrollarías | You would roll up |
| Él / Ella / Usted | enrollaría | He / she / you would roll up |
| Nosotros / as | enrollaríamos | We would roll up |
| Vosotros / as | enrollaríais | You would roll up |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | enrollarían | They / you would roll up |
| Vos | enrollarías | You would roll up |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will roll up” or “they will roll 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 enrollar” means “They are going to roll up”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | enrollaré | I will roll up |
| Tú | enrollarás | You will roll up |
| Él / Ella / Usted | enrollará | He / she / you will roll up |
| Nosotros / as | enrollaremos | We will roll up |
| Vosotros / as | enrollaréis | You will roll up |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | enrollarán | They / you will roll up |
| Vos | enrollarás | You will roll up |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | enrolle |
| Tú | enrolles |
| Él / Ella / Usted | enrolle |
| Nosotros / as | enrollemos |
| Vosotros / as | enrolléis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | enrollen |
| Vos | enrolles |
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 | enrollara | enrollase |
| Tú | enrollaras | enrollase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | enrollara | enrollase |
| Nosotros / as | enrolláramos | enrollásemos |
| Vosotros / as | enrollarais | enrollaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | enrollaran | enrollasen |
| Vos | enrollaras | enrollase |
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 | enrollare |
| Tú | enrollares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | enrollare |
| Nosotros / as | enrolláremos |
| Vosotros / as | enrollareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | enrollaren |
| Vos | enrollares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “roll up!” and “don’t roll up!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | enrolla | no enrolles |
| Él / Ella / Usted | enrolle | no enrolle |
| Nosotros / as | enrollemos | no enrollemos |
| Vosotros / as | enrollad | no enrolléis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | enrollen | no enrollen |
| Vos | enrollá | no enrolles |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya enrollado |
| Tú | hayas enrollado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya enrollado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos enrollado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis enrollado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan enrollado |
| Vos | hayas enrollado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera enrollado / hubiese enrollado |
| Tú | hubieras enrollado / hubieses enrollado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera enrollado / hubiese enrollado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos enrollado / hubiésemos enrollado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais enrollado / hubieseis enrollado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran enrollado / hubiesen enrollado |
| Vos | hubieras enrollado / hubieses enrollado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere enrollado |
| Tú | hubieres enrollado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere enrollado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos enrollado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis enrollado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren enrollado |
| Vos | hubieres enrollado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté enrollando |
| Tú | estés enrollando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté enrollando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos enrollando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis enrollando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén enrollando |
| Vos | estés enrollando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera enrollando / estuviese enrollando |
| Tú | estuvieras enrollando / estuvieses enrollando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera enrollando / estuviese enrollando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos enrollando / estuviésamos enrollando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais enrollando / estuvieseis enrollando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera enrollando / estuviese enrollando |
| Vos | estuvieras enrollando / estuvieses enrollando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere enrollando |
| Tú | estuvieres enrollando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere enrollando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos enrollando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis enrollando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere enrollando |
| Vos | estuvieres enrollando |
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 enrollás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos enrollaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos enrollabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos enrollarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos enrollarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos enrolles |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos enrollaras / Vos enrollase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos enrollá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no enrolles |