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Encajar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to fit in, insert”.
Below are all of the conjugations for encajar 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 fit in, insert |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | encajar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está encajando) and past continuous (estaba encajando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. fitting in).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he encajado and hubiera encajado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have fit in).
| Gerundio / Gerund | encajando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | encajado |
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 fit in” or “they fit in”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | encajo |
| Tú | encajas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | encaja |
| Nosotros / as | encajamos |
| Vosotros / as | encajáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | encajan |
| Vos | encajás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I fit in” or “she fit in” 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 | encajé | I fit in |
| Tú | encajaste | You fit in |
| Él / Ella / Usted | encajó | He / she / you fit in |
| Nosotros / as | encajamos | We fit in |
| Vosotros / as | encajasteis | You fit in |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | encajaron | They / you fit in |
| Vos | encajaste | You fit in |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was fitting in” or “she was fitting in” 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 | encajaba | I was fitting in |
| Tú | encajabas | You were fitting in |
| Él / Ella / Usted | encajaba | He was / she was / you were fitting in |
| Nosotros / as | encajábamos | We were fitting in |
| Vosotros / as | encajabais | You were fitting in |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | encajaban | They / you were fitting in |
| Vos | encajabas | You were fitting in |
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 fit in” and “she has fit in”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he encajado | I have fit in |
| Tú | has encajado | You have fit in |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha encajado | He has / she has / you have fit in |
| Nosotros / as | hemos encajado | We have fit in |
| Vosotros / as | habéis encajado | You have fit in |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han encajado | They / you have fit in |
| Vos | has encajado | You have fit in |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would fit in” or “she would fit in”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | encajaría | I would fit in |
| Tú | encajarías | You would fit in |
| Él / Ella / Usted | encajaría | He / she / you would fit in |
| Nosotros / as | encajaríamos | We would fit in |
| Vosotros / as | encajaríais | You would fit in |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | encajarían | They / you would fit in |
| Vos | encajarías | You would fit in |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will fit in” or “they will fit in”.
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 encajar” means “They are going to fit in”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | encajaré | I will fit in |
| Tú | encajarás | You will fit in |
| Él / Ella / Usted | encajará | He / she / you will fit in |
| Nosotros / as | encajaremos | We will fit in |
| Vosotros / as | encajaréis | You will fit in |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | encajarán | They / you will fit in |
| Vos | encajarás | You will fit in |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | encaje |
| Tú | encajes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | encaje |
| Nosotros / as | encajemos |
| Vosotros / as | encajéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | encajen |
| Vos | encajes |
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 | encajara | encajase |
| Tú | encajaras | encajase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | encajara | encajase |
| Nosotros / as | encajáramos | encajásemos |
| Vosotros / as | encajarais | encajaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | encajaran | encajasen |
| Vos | encajaras | encajase |
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 | encajare |
| Tú | encajares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | encajare |
| Nosotros / as | encajáremos |
| Vosotros / as | encajareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | encajaren |
| Vos | encajares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “fit in!” and “don’t fit in!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | encaja | no encajes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | encaje | no encaje |
| Nosotros / as | encajemos | no encajemos |
| Vosotros / as | encajad | no encajéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | encajen | no encajen |
| Vos | encajá | no encajes |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya encajado |
| Tú | hayas encajado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya encajado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos encajado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis encajado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan encajado |
| Vos | hayas encajado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera encajado / hubiese encajado |
| Tú | hubieras encajado / hubieses encajado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera encajado / hubiese encajado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos encajado / hubiésemos encajado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais encajado / hubieseis encajado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran encajado / hubiesen encajado |
| Vos | hubieras encajado / hubieses encajado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere encajado |
| Tú | hubieres encajado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere encajado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos encajado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis encajado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren encajado |
| Vos | hubieres encajado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté encajando |
| Tú | estés encajando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté encajando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos encajando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis encajando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén encajando |
| Vos | estés encajando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera encajando / estuviese encajando |
| Tú | estuvieras encajando / estuvieses encajando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera encajando / estuviese encajando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos encajando / estuviésamos encajando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais encajando / estuvieseis encajando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera encajando / estuviese encajando |
| Vos | estuvieras encajando / estuvieses encajando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere encajando |
| Tú | estuvieres encajando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere encajando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos encajando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis encajando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere encajando |
| Vos | estuvieres encajando |
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 encajás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos encajaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos encajabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos encajarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos encajarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos encajes |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos encajaras / Vos encajase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos encajá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no encajes |