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Encantar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to like or love something, be delighted”.
Below are all of the conjugations for encantar 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 like or love something, be delighted |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | encantar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está encantando) and past continuous (estaba encantando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. liking or loving something).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he encantado and hubiera encantado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have liked or loved something).
| Gerundio / Gerund | encantando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | encantado |
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 like or love something” or “they like or love something”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | encanto |
| Tú | encantas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | encanta |
| Nosotros / as | encantamos |
| Vosotros / as | encantáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | encantan |
| Vos | encantás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I liked or loved something” or “she liked or loved something” 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 | encanté | I liked or loved something |
| Tú | encantaste | You liked or loved something |
| Él / Ella / Usted | encantó | He / she / you liked or loved something |
| Nosotros / as | encantamos | We liked or loved something |
| Vosotros / as | encantasteis | You liked or loved something |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | encantaron | They / you liked or loved something |
| Vos | encantaste | You liked or loved something |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was liking or loving something” or “she was liking or loving something” 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 | encantaba | I was liking or loving something |
| Tú | encantabas | You were liking or loving something |
| Él / Ella / Usted | encantaba | He was / she was / you were liking or loving something |
| Nosotros / as | encantábamos | We were liking or loving something |
| Vosotros / as | encantabais | You were liking or loving something |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | encantaban | They / you were liking or loving something |
| Vos | encantabas | You were liking or loving something |
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 liked or loved something” and “she has liked or loved something”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he encantado | I have liked or loved something |
| Tú | has encantado | You have liked or loved something |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha encantado | He has / she has / you have liked or loved something |
| Nosotros / as | hemos encantado | We have liked or loved something |
| Vosotros / as | habéis encantado | You have liked or loved something |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han encantado | They / you have liked or loved something |
| Vos | has encantado | You have liked or loved something |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would like or love something” or “she would like or love something”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | encantaría | I would like or love something |
| Tú | encantarías | You would like or love something |
| Él / Ella / Usted | encantaría | He / she / you would like or love something |
| Nosotros / as | encantaríamos | We would like or love something |
| Vosotros / as | encantaríais | You would like or love something |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | encantarían | They / you would like or love something |
| Vos | encantarías | You would like or love something |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will like or love something” or “they will like or love something”.
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 encantar” means “They are going to like or love something”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | encantaré | I will like or love something |
| Tú | encantarás | You will like or love something |
| Él / Ella / Usted | encantará | He / she / you will like or love something |
| Nosotros / as | encantaremos | We will like or love something |
| Vosotros / as | encantaréis | You will like or love something |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | encantarán | They / you will like or love something |
| Vos | encantarás | You will like or love something |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | encante |
| Tú | encantes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | encante |
| Nosotros / as | encantemos |
| Vosotros / as | encantéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | encanten |
| Vos | encantes |
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 | encantara | encantase |
| Tú | encantaras | encantase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | encantara | encantase |
| Nosotros / as | encantáramos | encantásemos |
| Vosotros / as | encantarais | encantaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | encantaran | encantasen |
| Vos | encantaras | encantase |
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 | encantare |
| Tú | encantares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | encantare |
| Nosotros / as | encantáremos |
| Vosotros / as | encantareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | encantaren |
| Vos | encantares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “like or love something!” and “don’t like or love something!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | encanta | no encantes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | encante | no encante |
| Nosotros / as | encantemos | no encantemos |
| Vosotros / as | encantad | no encantéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | encanten | no encanten |
| Vos | encantá | no encantes |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya encantado |
| Tú | hayas encantado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya encantado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos encantado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis encantado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan encantado |
| Vos | hayas encantado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera encantado / hubiese encantado |
| Tú | hubieras encantado / hubieses encantado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera encantado / hubiese encantado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos encantado / hubiésemos encantado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais encantado / hubieseis encantado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran encantado / hubiesen encantado |
| Vos | hubieras encantado / hubieses encantado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere encantado |
| Tú | hubieres encantado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere encantado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos encantado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis encantado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren encantado |
| Vos | hubieres encantado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté encantando |
| Tú | estés encantando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté encantando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos encantando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis encantando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén encantando |
| Vos | estés encantando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera encantando / estuviese encantando |
| Tú | estuvieras encantando / estuvieses encantando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera encantando / estuviese encantando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos encantando / estuviésamos encantando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais encantando / estuvieseis encantando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera encantando / estuviese encantando |
| Vos | estuvieras encantando / estuvieses encantando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere encantando |
| Tú | estuvieres encantando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere encantando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos encantando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis encantando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere encantando |
| Vos | estuvieres encantando |
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 encantás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos encantaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos encantabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos encantarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos encantarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos encantes |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos encantaras / Vos encantase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos encantá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no encantes |