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Encargar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to put in charge, entrust”.
Below are all of the conjugations for encargar 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 put in charge, entrust |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | encargar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está encargando) and past continuous (estaba encargando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. putting in charge).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he encargado and hubiera encargado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have put in charge).
| Gerundio / Gerund | encargando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | encargado |
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 put in charge” or “they put in charge”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | encargo |
| Tú | encargas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | encarga |
| Nosotros / as | encargamos |
| Vosotros / as | encargáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | encargan |
| Vos | encargás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I put in charge” or “she put in charge” 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 | encargué | I put in charge |
| Tú | encargaste | You put in charge |
| Él / Ella / Usted | encargó | He / she / you put in charge |
| Nosotros / as | encargamos | We put in charge |
| Vosotros / as | encargasteis | You put in charge |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | encargaron | They / you put in charge |
| Vos | encargaste | You put in charge |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was putting in charge” or “she was putting in charge” 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 | encargaba | I was putting in charge |
| Tú | encargabas | You were putting in charge |
| Él / Ella / Usted | encargaba | He was / she was / you were putting in charge |
| Nosotros / as | encargábamos | We were putting in charge |
| Vosotros / as | encargabais | You were putting in charge |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | encargaban | They / you were putting in charge |
| Vos | encargabas | You were putting in charge |
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 put in charge” and “she has put in charge”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he encargado | I have put in charge |
| Tú | has encargado | You have put in charge |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha encargado | He has / she has / you have put in charge |
| Nosotros / as | hemos encargado | We have put in charge |
| Vosotros / as | habéis encargado | You have put in charge |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han encargado | They / you have put in charge |
| Vos | has encargado | You have put in charge |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would put in charge” or “she would put in charge”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | encargaría | I would put in charge |
| Tú | encargarías | You would put in charge |
| Él / Ella / Usted | encargaría | He / she / you would put in charge |
| Nosotros / as | encargaríamos | We would put in charge |
| Vosotros / as | encargaríais | You would put in charge |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | encargarían | They / you would put in charge |
| Vos | encargarías | You would put in charge |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will put in charge” or “they will put in charge”.
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 encargar” means “They are going to put in charge”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | encargaré | I will put in charge |
| Tú | encargarás | You will put in charge |
| Él / Ella / Usted | encargará | He / she / you will put in charge |
| Nosotros / as | encargaremos | We will put in charge |
| Vosotros / as | encargaréis | You will put in charge |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | encargarán | They / you will put in charge |
| Vos | encargarás | You will put in charge |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | encargue |
| Tú | encargues |
| Él / Ella / Usted | encargue |
| Nosotros / as | encarguemos |
| Vosotros / as | encarguéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | encarguen |
| Vos | encargues |
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 | encargara | encargase |
| Tú | encargaras | encargase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | encargara | encargase |
| Nosotros / as | encargáramos | encargásemos |
| Vosotros / as | encargarais | encargaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | encargaran | encargasen |
| Vos | encargaras | encargase |
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 | encargare |
| Tú | encargares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | encargare |
| Nosotros / as | encargáremos |
| Vosotros / as | encargareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | encargaren |
| Vos | encargares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “put in charge!” and “don’t put in charge!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | encarga | no encargues |
| Él / Ella / Usted | encargue | no encargue |
| Nosotros / as | encarguemos | no encarguemos |
| Vosotros / as | encargad | no encarguéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | encarguen | no encarguen |
| Vos | encargá | no encargues |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya encargado |
| Tú | hayas encargado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya encargado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos encargado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis encargado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan encargado |
| Vos | hayas encargado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera encargado / hubiese encargado |
| Tú | hubieras encargado / hubieses encargado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera encargado / hubiese encargado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos encargado / hubiésemos encargado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais encargado / hubieseis encargado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran encargado / hubiesen encargado |
| Vos | hubieras encargado / hubieses encargado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere encargado |
| Tú | hubieres encargado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere encargado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos encargado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis encargado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren encargado |
| Vos | hubieres encargado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté encargando |
| Tú | estés encargando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté encargando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos encargando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis encargando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén encargando |
| Vos | estés encargando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera encargando / estuviese encargando |
| Tú | estuvieras encargando / estuvieses encargando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera encargando / estuviese encargando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos encargando / estuviésamos encargando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais encargando / estuvieseis encargando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera encargando / estuviese encargando |
| Vos | estuvieras encargando / estuvieses encargando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere encargando |
| Tú | estuvieres encargando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere encargando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos encargando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis encargando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere encargando |
| Vos | estuvieres encargando |
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 encargás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos encargaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos encargabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos encargarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos encargarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos encargues |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos encargaras / Vos encargase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos encargá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no encargues |