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Enlazar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to tie together, connect”.
Below are all of the conjugations for enlazar 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 tie together, connect |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | enlazar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está enlazando) and past continuous (estaba enlazando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. tying together).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he enlazado and hubiera enlazado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have tied together).
| Gerundio / Gerund | enlazando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | enlazado |
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 tie together” or “they tie together”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | enlazo |
| Tú | enlazas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | enlaza |
| Nosotros / as | enlazamos |
| Vosotros / as | enlazáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | enlazan |
| Vos | enlazás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I tied together” or “she tied together” 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 | enlacé | I tied together |
| Tú | enlazaste | You tied together |
| Él / Ella / Usted | enlazó | He / she / you tied together |
| Nosotros / as | enlazamos | We tied together |
| Vosotros / as | enlazasteis | You tied together |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | enlazaron | They / you tied together |
| Vos | enlazaste | You tied together |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was tying together” or “she was tying together” 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 | enlazaba | I was tying together |
| Tú | enlazabas | You were tying together |
| Él / Ella / Usted | enlazaba | He was / she was / you were tying together |
| Nosotros / as | enlazábamos | We were tying together |
| Vosotros / as | enlazabais | You were tying together |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | enlazaban | They / you were tying together |
| Vos | enlazabas | You were tying together |
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 tied together” and “she has tied together”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he enlazado | I have tied together |
| Tú | has enlazado | You have tied together |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha enlazado | He has / she has / you have tied together |
| Nosotros / as | hemos enlazado | We have tied together |
| Vosotros / as | habéis enlazado | You have tied together |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han enlazado | They / you have tied together |
| Vos | has enlazado | You have tied together |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would tie together” or “she would tie together”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | enlazaría | I would tie together |
| Tú | enlazarías | You would tie together |
| Él / Ella / Usted | enlazaría | He / she / you would tie together |
| Nosotros / as | enlazaríamos | We would tie together |
| Vosotros / as | enlazaríais | You would tie together |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | enlazarían | They / you would tie together |
| Vos | enlazarías | You would tie together |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will tie together” or “they will tie together”.
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 enlazar” means “They are going to tie together”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | enlazaré | I will tie together |
| Tú | enlazarás | You will tie together |
| Él / Ella / Usted | enlazará | He / she / you will tie together |
| Nosotros / as | enlazaremos | We will tie together |
| Vosotros / as | enlazaréis | You will tie together |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | enlazarán | They / you will tie together |
| Vos | enlazarás | You will tie together |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | enlace |
| Tú | enlaces |
| Él / Ella / Usted | enlace |
| Nosotros / as | enlacemos |
| Vosotros / as | enlacéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | enlacen |
| Vos | enlaces |
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 | enlazara | enlazase |
| Tú | enlazaras | enlazase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | enlazara | enlazase |
| Nosotros / as | enlazáramos | enlazásemos |
| Vosotros / as | enlazarais | enlazaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | enlazaran | enlazasen |
| Vos | enlazaras | enlazase |
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 | enlazare |
| Tú | enlazares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | enlazare |
| Nosotros / as | enlazáremos |
| Vosotros / as | enlazareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | enlazaren |
| Vos | enlazares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “tie together!” and “don’t tie together!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | enlaza | no enlaces |
| Él / Ella / Usted | enlace | no enlace |
| Nosotros / as | enlacemos | no enlacemos |
| Vosotros / as | enlazad | no enlacéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | enlacen | no enlacen |
| Vos | enlazá | no enlaces |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya enlazado |
| Tú | hayas enlazado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya enlazado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos enlazado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis enlazado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan enlazado |
| Vos | hayas enlazado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera enlazado / hubiese enlazado |
| Tú | hubieras enlazado / hubieses enlazado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera enlazado / hubiese enlazado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos enlazado / hubiésemos enlazado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais enlazado / hubieseis enlazado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran enlazado / hubiesen enlazado |
| Vos | hubieras enlazado / hubieses enlazado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere enlazado |
| Tú | hubieres enlazado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere enlazado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos enlazado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis enlazado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren enlazado |
| Vos | hubieres enlazado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté enlazando |
| Tú | estés enlazando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté enlazando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos enlazando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis enlazando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén enlazando |
| Vos | estés enlazando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera enlazando / estuviese enlazando |
| Tú | estuvieras enlazando / estuvieses enlazando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera enlazando / estuviese enlazando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos enlazando / estuviésamos enlazando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais enlazando / estuvieseis enlazando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera enlazando / estuviese enlazando |
| Vos | estuvieras enlazando / estuvieses enlazando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere enlazando |
| Tú | estuvieres enlazando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere enlazando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos enlazando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis enlazando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere enlazando |
| Vos | estuvieres enlazando |
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 enlazás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos enlazaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos enlazabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos enlazarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos enlazarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos enlaces |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos enlazaras / Vos enlazase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos enlazá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no enlaces |