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Enjuagar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to rinse”.
Below are all of the conjugations for enjuagar 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 rinse |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | enjuagar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está enjuagando) and past continuous (estaba enjuagando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. rinsing).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he enjuagado and hubiera enjuagado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have rinsed).
| Gerundio / Gerund | enjuagando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | enjuagado |
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 rinse” or “they rinse”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | enjuago |
| Tú | enjuagas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | enjuaga |
| Nosotros / as | enjuagamos |
| Vosotros / as | enjuagáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | enjuagan |
| Vos | enjuagás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I rinsed” or “she rinsed” 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 | enjuagué | I rinsed |
| Tú | enjuagaste | You rinsed |
| Él / Ella / Usted | enjuagó | He / she / you rinsed |
| Nosotros / as | enjuagamos | We rinsed |
| Vosotros / as | enjuagasteis | You rinsed |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | enjuagaron | They / you rinsed |
| Vos | enjuagaste | You rinsed |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was rinsing” or “she was rinsing” 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 | enjuagaba | I was rinsing |
| Tú | enjuagabas | You were rinsing |
| Él / Ella / Usted | enjuagaba | He was / she was / you were rinsing |
| Nosotros / as | enjuagábamos | We were rinsing |
| Vosotros / as | enjuagabais | You were rinsing |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | enjuagaban | They / you were rinsing |
| Vos | enjuagabas | You were rinsing |
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 rinsed” and “she has rinsed”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he enjuagado | I have rinsed |
| Tú | has enjuagado | You have rinsed |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha enjuagado | He has / she has / you have rinsed |
| Nosotros / as | hemos enjuagado | We have rinsed |
| Vosotros / as | habéis enjuagado | You have rinsed |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han enjuagado | They / you have rinsed |
| Vos | has enjuagado | You have rinsed |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would rinse” or “she would rinse”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | enjuagaría | I would rinse |
| Tú | enjuagarías | You would rinse |
| Él / Ella / Usted | enjuagaría | He / she / you would rinse |
| Nosotros / as | enjuagaríamos | We would rinse |
| Vosotros / as | enjuagaríais | You would rinse |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | enjuagarían | They / you would rinse |
| Vos | enjuagarías | You would rinse |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will rinse” or “they will rinse”.
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 enjuagar” means “They are going to rinse”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | enjuagaré | I will rinse |
| Tú | enjuagarás | You will rinse |
| Él / Ella / Usted | enjuagará | He / she / you will rinse |
| Nosotros / as | enjuagaremos | We will rinse |
| Vosotros / as | enjuagaréis | You will rinse |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | enjuagarán | They / you will rinse |
| Vos | enjuagarás | You will rinse |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | enjuague |
| Tú | enjuagues |
| Él / Ella / Usted | enjuague |
| Nosotros / as | enjuaguemos |
| Vosotros / as | enjuaguéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | enjuaguen |
| Vos | enjuagues |
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 | enjuagara | enjuagase |
| Tú | enjuagaras | enjuagase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | enjuagara | enjuagase |
| Nosotros / as | enjuagáramos | enjuagásemos |
| Vosotros / as | enjuagarais | enjuagaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | enjuagaran | enjuagasen |
| Vos | enjuagaras | enjuagase |
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 | enjuagare |
| Tú | enjuagares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | enjuagare |
| Nosotros / as | enjuagáremos |
| Vosotros / as | enjuagareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | enjuagaren |
| Vos | enjuagares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “rinse!” and “don’t rinse!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | enjuaga | no enjuagues |
| Él / Ella / Usted | enjuague | no enjuague |
| Nosotros / as | enjuaguemos | no enjuaguemos |
| Vosotros / as | enjuagad | no enjuaguéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | enjuaguen | no enjuaguen |
| Vos | enjuagá | no enjuagues |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya enjuagado |
| Tú | hayas enjuagado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya enjuagado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos enjuagado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis enjuagado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan enjuagado |
| Vos | hayas enjuagado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera enjuagado / hubiese enjuagado |
| Tú | hubieras enjuagado / hubieses enjuagado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera enjuagado / hubiese enjuagado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos enjuagado / hubiésemos enjuagado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais enjuagado / hubieseis enjuagado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran enjuagado / hubiesen enjuagado |
| Vos | hubieras enjuagado / hubieses enjuagado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere enjuagado |
| Tú | hubieres enjuagado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere enjuagado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos enjuagado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis enjuagado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren enjuagado |
| Vos | hubieres enjuagado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté enjuagando |
| Tú | estés enjuagando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté enjuagando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos enjuagando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis enjuagando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén enjuagando |
| Vos | estés enjuagando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera enjuagando / estuviese enjuagando |
| Tú | estuvieras enjuagando / estuvieses enjuagando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera enjuagando / estuviese enjuagando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos enjuagando / estuviésamos enjuagando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais enjuagando / estuvieseis enjuagando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera enjuagando / estuviese enjuagando |
| Vos | estuvieras enjuagando / estuvieses enjuagando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere enjuagando |
| Tú | estuvieres enjuagando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere enjuagando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos enjuagando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis enjuagando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere enjuagando |
| Vos | estuvieres enjuagando |
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 enjuagás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos enjuagaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos enjuagabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos enjuagarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos enjuagarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos enjuagues |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos enjuagaras / Vos enjuagase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos enjuagá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no enjuagues |