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Intrincar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to tangle, involve”.
Below are all of the conjugations for intrincar 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, involve |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | intrincar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está intrincando) and past continuous (estaba intrincando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. tangling).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he intrincado and hubiera intrincado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have tangled).
| Gerundio / Gerund | intrincando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | intrincado |
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” or “they tangle”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | intrinco |
| Tú | intrincas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | intrinca |
| Nosotros / as | intrincamos |
| Vosotros / as | intrincáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | intrincan |
| Vos | intrincás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I tangled” or “she tangled” 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 | intrinqué | I tangled |
| Tú | intrincaste | You tangled |
| Él / Ella / Usted | intrincó | He / she / you tangled |
| Nosotros / as | intrincamos | We tangled |
| Vosotros / as | intrincasteis | You tangled |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | intrincaron | They / you tangled |
| Vos | intrincaste | You tangled |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was tangling” or “she was tangling” 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 | intrincaba | I was tangling |
| Tú | intrincabas | You were tangling |
| Él / Ella / Usted | intrincaba | He was / she was / you were tangling |
| Nosotros / as | intrincábamos | We were tangling |
| Vosotros / as | intrincabais | You were tangling |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | intrincaban | They / you were tangling |
| Vos | intrincabas | You were tangling |
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” and “she has tangled”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he intrincado | I have tangled |
| Tú | has intrincado | You have tangled |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha intrincado | He has / she has / you have tangled |
| Nosotros / as | hemos intrincado | We have tangled |
| Vosotros / as | habéis intrincado | You have tangled |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han intrincado | They / you have tangled |
| Vos | has intrincado | You have tangled |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would tangle” or “she would tangle”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | intrincaría | I would tangle |
| Tú | intrincarías | You would tangle |
| Él / Ella / Usted | intrincaría | He / she / you would tangle |
| Nosotros / as | intrincaríamos | We would tangle |
| Vosotros / as | intrincaríais | You would tangle |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | intrincarían | They / you would tangle |
| Vos | intrincarías | You would tangle |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will tangle” or “they will tangle”.
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 intrincar” means “They are going to tangle”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | intrincaré | I will tangle |
| Tú | intrincarás | You will tangle |
| Él / Ella / Usted | intrincará | He / she / you will tangle |
| Nosotros / as | intrincaremos | We will tangle |
| Vosotros / as | intrincaréis | You will tangle |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | intrincarán | They / you will tangle |
| Vos | intrincarás | You will tangle |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | intrinque |
| Tú | intrinques |
| Él / Ella / Usted | intrinque |
| Nosotros / as | intrinquemos |
| Vosotros / as | intrinquéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | intrinquen |
| Vos | intrinques |
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 | intrincara | intrincase |
| Tú | intrincaras | intrincase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | intrincara | intrincase |
| Nosotros / as | intrincáramos | intrincásemos |
| Vosotros / as | intrincarais | intrincaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | intrincaran | intrincasen |
| Vos | intrincaras | intrincase |
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 | intrincare |
| Tú | intrincares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | intrincare |
| Nosotros / as | intrincáremos |
| Vosotros / as | intrincareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | intrincaren |
| Vos | intrincares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “tangle!” and “don’t tangle!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | intrinca | no intrinques |
| Él / Ella / Usted | intrinque | no intrinque |
| Nosotros / as | intrinquemos | no intrinquemos |
| Vosotros / as | intrincad | no intrinquéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | intrinquen | no intrinquen |
| Vos | intrincá | no intrinques |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya intrincado |
| Tú | hayas intrincado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya intrincado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos intrincado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis intrincado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan intrincado |
| Vos | hayas intrincado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera intrincado / hubiese intrincado |
| Tú | hubieras intrincado / hubieses intrincado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera intrincado / hubiese intrincado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos intrincado / hubiésemos intrincado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais intrincado / hubieseis intrincado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran intrincado / hubiesen intrincado |
| Vos | hubieras intrincado / hubieses intrincado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere intrincado |
| Tú | hubieres intrincado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere intrincado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos intrincado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis intrincado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren intrincado |
| Vos | hubieres intrincado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté intrincando |
| Tú | estés intrincando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté intrincando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos intrincando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis intrincando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén intrincando |
| Vos | estés intrincando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera intrincando / estuviese intrincando |
| Tú | estuvieras intrincando / estuvieses intrincando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera intrincando / estuviese intrincando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos intrincando / estuviésamos intrincando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais intrincando / estuvieseis intrincando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera intrincando / estuviese intrincando |
| Vos | estuvieras intrincando / estuvieses intrincando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere intrincando |
| Tú | estuvieres intrincando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere intrincando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos intrincando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis intrincando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere intrincando |
| Vos | estuvieres intrincando |
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 intrincás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos intrincaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos intrincabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos intrincarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos intrincarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos intrinques |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos intrincaras / Vos intrincase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos intrincá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no intrinques |