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Encauzar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to channel, guide, direct”.
Below are all of the conjugations for encauzar 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 channel, guide, direct |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | encauzar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está encauzando) and past continuous (estaba encauzando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. channeling).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he encauzado and hubiera encauzado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have channeled).
| Gerundio / Gerund | encauzando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | encauzado |
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 channel” or “they channel”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | encauzo |
| Tú | encauzas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | encauza |
| Nosotros / as | encauzamos |
| Vosotros / as | encauzáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | encauzan |
| Vos | encauzás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I channeled” or “she channeled” 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 | encaucé | I channeled |
| Tú | encauzaste | You channeled |
| Él / Ella / Usted | encauzó | He / she / you channeled |
| Nosotros / as | encauzamos | We channeled |
| Vosotros / as | encauzasteis | You channeled |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | encauzaron | They / you channeled |
| Vos | encauzaste | You channeled |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was channeling” or “she was channeling” 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 | encauzaba | I was channeling |
| Tú | encauzabas | You were channeling |
| Él / Ella / Usted | encauzaba | He was / she was / you were channeling |
| Nosotros / as | encauzábamos | We were channeling |
| Vosotros / as | encauzabais | You were channeling |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | encauzaban | They / you were channeling |
| Vos | encauzabas | You were channeling |
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 channeled” and “she has channeled”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he encauzado | I have channeled |
| Tú | has encauzado | You have channeled |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha encauzado | He has / she has / you have channeled |
| Nosotros / as | hemos encauzado | We have channeled |
| Vosotros / as | habéis encauzado | You have channeled |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han encauzado | They / you have channeled |
| Vos | has encauzado | You have channeled |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would channel” or “she would channel”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | encauzaría | I would channel |
| Tú | encauzarías | You would channel |
| Él / Ella / Usted | encauzaría | He / she / you would channel |
| Nosotros / as | encauzaríamos | We would channel |
| Vosotros / as | encauzaríais | You would channel |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | encauzarían | They / you would channel |
| Vos | encauzarías | You would channel |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will channel” or “they will channel”.
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 encauzar” means “They are going to channel”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | encauzaré | I will channel |
| Tú | encauzarás | You will channel |
| Él / Ella / Usted | encauzará | He / she / you will channel |
| Nosotros / as | encauzaremos | We will channel |
| Vosotros / as | encauzaréis | You will channel |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | encauzarán | They / you will channel |
| Vos | encauzarás | You will channel |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | encauce |
| Tú | encauces |
| Él / Ella / Usted | encauce |
| Nosotros / as | encaucemos |
| Vosotros / as | encaucéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | encaucen |
| Vos | encauces |
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 | encauzara | encauzase |
| Tú | encauzaras | encauzase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | encauzara | encauzase |
| Nosotros / as | encauzáramos | encauzásemos |
| Vosotros / as | encauzarais | encauzaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | encauzaran | encauzasen |
| Vos | encauzaras | encauzase |
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 | encauzare |
| Tú | encauzares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | encauzare |
| Nosotros / as | encauzáremos |
| Vosotros / as | encauzareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | encauzaren |
| Vos | encauzares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “channel!” and “don’t channel!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | encauza | no encauces |
| Él / Ella / Usted | encauce | no encauce |
| Nosotros / as | encaucemos | no encaucemos |
| Vosotros / as | encauzad | no encaucéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | encaucen | no encaucen |
| Vos | encauzá | no encauces |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya encauzado |
| Tú | hayas encauzado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya encauzado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos encauzado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis encauzado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan encauzado |
| Vos | hayas encauzado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera encauzado / hubiese encauzado |
| Tú | hubieras encauzado / hubieses encauzado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera encauzado / hubiese encauzado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos encauzado / hubiésemos encauzado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais encauzado / hubieseis encauzado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran encauzado / hubiesen encauzado |
| Vos | hubieras encauzado / hubieses encauzado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere encauzado |
| Tú | hubieres encauzado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere encauzado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos encauzado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis encauzado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren encauzado |
| Vos | hubieres encauzado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté encauzando |
| Tú | estés encauzando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté encauzando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos encauzando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis encauzando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén encauzando |
| Vos | estés encauzando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera encauzando / estuviese encauzando |
| Tú | estuvieras encauzando / estuvieses encauzando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera encauzando / estuviese encauzando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos encauzando / estuviésamos encauzando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais encauzando / estuvieseis encauzando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera encauzando / estuviese encauzando |
| Vos | estuvieras encauzando / estuvieses encauzando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere encauzando |
| Tú | estuvieres encauzando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere encauzando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos encauzando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis encauzando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere encauzando |
| Vos | estuvieres encauzando |
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 encauzás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos encauzaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos encauzabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos encauzarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos encauzarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos encauces |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos encauzaras / Vos encauzase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos encauzá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no encauces |