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Engordar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to fatten, put on weight”.
Below are all of the conjugations for engordar 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 fatten, put on weight |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | engordar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está engordando) and past continuous (estaba engordando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. fattening).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he engordado and hubiera engordado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have fattened).
| Gerundio / Gerund | engordando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | engordado |
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 fatten” or “they fatten”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | engordo |
| Tú | engordas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | engorda |
| Nosotros / as | engordamos |
| Vosotros / as | engordáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | engordan |
| Vos | engordás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I fattened” or “she fattened” 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 | engordé | I fattened |
| Tú | engordaste | You fattened |
| Él / Ella / Usted | engordó | He / she / you fattened |
| Nosotros / as | engordamos | We fattened |
| Vosotros / as | engordasteis | You fattened |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | engordaron | They / you fattened |
| Vos | engordaste | You fattened |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was fattening” or “she was fattening” 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 | engordaba | I was fattening |
| Tú | engordabas | You were fattening |
| Él / Ella / Usted | engordaba | He was / she was / you were fattening |
| Nosotros / as | engordábamos | We were fattening |
| Vosotros / as | engordabais | You were fattening |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | engordaban | They / you were fattening |
| Vos | engordabas | You were fattening |
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 fattened” and “she has fattened”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he engordado | I have fattened |
| Tú | has engordado | You have fattened |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha engordado | He has / she has / you have fattened |
| Nosotros / as | hemos engordado | We have fattened |
| Vosotros / as | habéis engordado | You have fattened |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han engordado | They / you have fattened |
| Vos | has engordado | You have fattened |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would fatten” or “she would fatten”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | engordaría | I would fatten |
| Tú | engordarías | You would fatten |
| Él / Ella / Usted | engordaría | He / she / you would fatten |
| Nosotros / as | engordaríamos | We would fatten |
| Vosotros / as | engordaríais | You would fatten |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | engordarían | They / you would fatten |
| Vos | engordarías | You would fatten |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will fatten” or “they will fatten”.
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 engordar” means “They are going to fatten”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | engordaré | I will fatten |
| Tú | engordarás | You will fatten |
| Él / Ella / Usted | engordará | He / she / you will fatten |
| Nosotros / as | engordaremos | We will fatten |
| Vosotros / as | engordaréis | You will fatten |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | engordarán | They / you will fatten |
| Vos | engordarás | You will fatten |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | engorde |
| Tú | engordes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | engorde |
| Nosotros / as | engordemos |
| Vosotros / as | engordéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | engorden |
| Vos | engordes |
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 | engordara | engordase |
| Tú | engordaras | engordase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | engordara | engordase |
| Nosotros / as | engordáramos | engordásemos |
| Vosotros / as | engordarais | engordaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | engordaran | engordasen |
| Vos | engordaras | engordase |
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 | engordare |
| Tú | engordares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | engordare |
| Nosotros / as | engordáremos |
| Vosotros / as | engordareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | engordaren |
| Vos | engordares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “fatten!” and “don’t fatten!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | engorda | no engordes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | engorde | no engorde |
| Nosotros / as | engordemos | no engordemos |
| Vosotros / as | engordad | no engordéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | engorden | no engorden |
| Vos | engordá | no engordes |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya engordado |
| Tú | hayas engordado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya engordado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos engordado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis engordado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan engordado |
| Vos | hayas engordado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera engordado / hubiese engordado |
| Tú | hubieras engordado / hubieses engordado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera engordado / hubiese engordado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos engordado / hubiésemos engordado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais engordado / hubieseis engordado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran engordado / hubiesen engordado |
| Vos | hubieras engordado / hubieses engordado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere engordado |
| Tú | hubieres engordado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere engordado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos engordado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis engordado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren engordado |
| Vos | hubieres engordado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté engordando |
| Tú | estés engordando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté engordando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos engordando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis engordando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén engordando |
| Vos | estés engordando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera engordando / estuviese engordando |
| Tú | estuvieras engordando / estuvieses engordando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera engordando / estuviese engordando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos engordando / estuviésamos engordando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais engordando / estuvieseis engordando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera engordando / estuviese engordando |
| Vos | estuvieras engordando / estuvieses engordando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere engordando |
| Tú | estuvieres engordando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere engordando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos engordando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis engordando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere engordando |
| Vos | estuvieres engordando |
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 engordás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos engordaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos engordabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos engordarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos engordarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos engordes |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos engordaras / Vos engordase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos engordá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no engordes |