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Enderezar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to straighten”.
Below are all of the conjugations for enderezar 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 straighten |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | enderezar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está enderezando) and past continuous (estaba enderezando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. straightening).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he enderezado and hubiera enderezado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have straightened).
| Gerundio / Gerund | enderezando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | enderezado |
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 straighten” or “they straighten”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | enderezo |
| Tú | enderezas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | endereza |
| Nosotros / as | enderezamos |
| Vosotros / as | enderezáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | enderezan |
| Vos | enderezás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I straightened” or “she straightened” 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 | enderecé | I straightened |
| Tú | enderezaste | You straightened |
| Él / Ella / Usted | enderezó | He / she / you straightened |
| Nosotros / as | enderezamos | We straightened |
| Vosotros / as | enderezasteis | You straightened |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | enderezaron | They / you straightened |
| Vos | enderezaste | You straightened |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was straightening” or “she was straightening” 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 | enderezaba | I was straightening |
| Tú | enderezabas | You were straightening |
| Él / Ella / Usted | enderezaba | He was / she was / you were straightening |
| Nosotros / as | enderezábamos | We were straightening |
| Vosotros / as | enderezabais | You were straightening |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | enderezaban | They / you were straightening |
| Vos | enderezabas | You were straightening |
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 straightened” and “she has straightened”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he enderezado | I have straightened |
| Tú | has enderezado | You have straightened |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha enderezado | He has / she has / you have straightened |
| Nosotros / as | hemos enderezado | We have straightened |
| Vosotros / as | habéis enderezado | You have straightened |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han enderezado | They / you have straightened |
| Vos | has enderezado | You have straightened |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would straighten” or “she would straighten”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | enderezaría | I would straighten |
| Tú | enderezarías | You would straighten |
| Él / Ella / Usted | enderezaría | He / she / you would straighten |
| Nosotros / as | enderezaríamos | We would straighten |
| Vosotros / as | enderezaríais | You would straighten |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | enderezarían | They / you would straighten |
| Vos | enderezarías | You would straighten |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will straighten” or “they will straighten”.
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 enderezar” means “They are going to straighten”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | enderezaré | I will straighten |
| Tú | enderezarás | You will straighten |
| Él / Ella / Usted | enderezará | He / she / you will straighten |
| Nosotros / as | enderezaremos | We will straighten |
| Vosotros / as | enderezaréis | You will straighten |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | enderezarán | They / you will straighten |
| Vos | enderezarás | You will straighten |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | enderece |
| Tú | endereces |
| Él / Ella / Usted | enderece |
| Nosotros / as | enderecemos |
| Vosotros / as | enderecéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | enderecen |
| Vos | endereces |
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 | enderezara | enderezase |
| Tú | enderezaras | enderezase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | enderezara | enderezase |
| Nosotros / as | enderezáramos | enderezásemos |
| Vosotros / as | enderezarais | enderezaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | enderezaran | enderezasen |
| Vos | enderezaras | enderezase |
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 | enderezare |
| Tú | enderezares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | enderezare |
| Nosotros / as | enderezáremos |
| Vosotros / as | enderezareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | enderezaren |
| Vos | enderezares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “straighten!” and “don’t straighten!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | endereza | no endereces |
| Él / Ella / Usted | enderece | no enderece |
| Nosotros / as | enderecemos | no enderecemos |
| Vosotros / as | enderezad | no enderecéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | enderecen | no enderecen |
| Vos | enderezá | no endereces |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya enderezado |
| Tú | hayas enderezado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya enderezado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos enderezado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis enderezado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan enderezado |
| Vos | hayas enderezado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera enderezado / hubiese enderezado |
| Tú | hubieras enderezado / hubieses enderezado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera enderezado / hubiese enderezado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos enderezado / hubiésemos enderezado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais enderezado / hubieseis enderezado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran enderezado / hubiesen enderezado |
| Vos | hubieras enderezado / hubieses enderezado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere enderezado |
| Tú | hubieres enderezado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere enderezado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos enderezado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis enderezado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren enderezado |
| Vos | hubieres enderezado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté enderezando |
| Tú | estés enderezando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté enderezando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos enderezando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis enderezando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén enderezando |
| Vos | estés enderezando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera enderezando / estuviese enderezando |
| Tú | estuvieras enderezando / estuvieses enderezando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera enderezando / estuviese enderezando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos enderezando / estuviésamos enderezando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais enderezando / estuvieseis enderezando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera enderezando / estuviese enderezando |
| Vos | estuvieras enderezando / estuvieses enderezando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere enderezando |
| Tú | estuvieres enderezando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere enderezando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos enderezando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis enderezando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere enderezando |
| Vos | estuvieres enderezando |
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 enderezás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos enderezaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos enderezabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos enderezarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos enderezarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos endereces |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos enderezaras / Vos enderezase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos enderezá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no endereces |