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Enmendar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to correct, amend”.
Below are all of the conjugations for enmendar 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 correct, amend |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | enmendar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está enmendando) and past continuous (estaba enmendando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. correcting).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he enmendado and hubiera enmendado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have corrected).
| Gerundio / Gerund | enmendando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | enmendado |
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 correct” or “they correct”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | enmiendo |
| Tú | enmiendas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | enmienda |
| Nosotros / as | enmendamos |
| Vosotros / as | enmendáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | enmiendan |
| Vos | enmendás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I corrected” or “she corrected” 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 | enmendé | I corrected |
| Tú | enmendaste | You corrected |
| Él / Ella / Usted | enmendó | He / she / you corrected |
| Nosotros / as | enmendamos | We corrected |
| Vosotros / as | enmendasteis | You corrected |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | enmendaron | They / you corrected |
| Vos | enmendaste | You corrected |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was correcting” or “she was correcting” 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 | enmendaba | I was correcting |
| Tú | enmendabas | You were correcting |
| Él / Ella / Usted | enmendaba | He was / she was / you were correcting |
| Nosotros / as | enmendábamos | We were correcting |
| Vosotros / as | enmendabais | You were correcting |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | enmendaban | They / you were correcting |
| Vos | enmendabas | You were correcting |
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 corrected” and “she has corrected”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he enmendado | I have corrected |
| Tú | has enmendado | You have corrected |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha enmendado | He has / she has / you have corrected |
| Nosotros / as | hemos enmendado | We have corrected |
| Vosotros / as | habéis enmendado | You have corrected |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han enmendado | They / you have corrected |
| Vos | has enmendado | You have corrected |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would correct” or “she would correct”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | enmendaría | I would correct |
| Tú | enmendarías | You would correct |
| Él / Ella / Usted | enmendaría | He / she / you would correct |
| Nosotros / as | enmendaríamos | We would correct |
| Vosotros / as | enmendaríais | You would correct |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | enmendarían | They / you would correct |
| Vos | enmendarías | You would correct |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will correct” or “they will correct”.
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 enmendar” means “They are going to correct”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | enmendaré | I will correct |
| Tú | enmendarás | You will correct |
| Él / Ella / Usted | enmendará | He / she / you will correct |
| Nosotros / as | enmendaremos | We will correct |
| Vosotros / as | enmendaréis | You will correct |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | enmendarán | They / you will correct |
| Vos | enmendarás | You will correct |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | enmiende |
| Tú | enmiendes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | enmiende |
| Nosotros / as | enmendemos |
| Vosotros / as | enmendéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | enmienden |
| Vos | enmiendes |
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 | enmendara | enmendase |
| Tú | enmendaras | enmendase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | enmendara | enmendase |
| Nosotros / as | enmendáramos | enmendásemos |
| Vosotros / as | enmendarais | enmendaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | enmendaran | enmendasen |
| Vos | enmendaras | enmendase |
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 | enmendare |
| Tú | enmendares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | enmendare |
| Nosotros / as | enmendáremos |
| Vosotros / as | enmendareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | enmendaren |
| Vos | enmendares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “correct!” and “don’t correct!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | enmienda | no enmiendes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | enmiende | no enmiende |
| Nosotros / as | enmendemos | no enmendemos |
| Vosotros / as | enmendad | no enmendéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | enmienden | no enmienden |
| Vos | enmendá | no enmiendes |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya enmendado |
| Tú | hayas enmendado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya enmendado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos enmendado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis enmendado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan enmendado |
| Vos | hayas enmendado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera enmendado / hubiese enmendado |
| Tú | hubieras enmendado / hubieses enmendado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera enmendado / hubiese enmendado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos enmendado / hubiésemos enmendado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais enmendado / hubieseis enmendado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran enmendado / hubiesen enmendado |
| Vos | hubieras enmendado / hubieses enmendado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere enmendado |
| Tú | hubieres enmendado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere enmendado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos enmendado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis enmendado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren enmendado |
| Vos | hubieres enmendado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté enmendando |
| Tú | estés enmendando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté enmendando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos enmendando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis enmendando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén enmendando |
| Vos | estés enmendando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera enmendando / estuviese enmendando |
| Tú | estuvieras enmendando / estuvieses enmendando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera enmendando / estuviese enmendando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos enmendando / estuviésamos enmendando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais enmendando / estuvieseis enmendando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera enmendando / estuviese enmendando |
| Vos | estuvieras enmendando / estuvieses enmendando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere enmendando |
| Tú | estuvieres enmendando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere enmendando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos enmendando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis enmendando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere enmendando |
| Vos | estuvieres enmendando |
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 enmendás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos enmendaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos enmendabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos enmendarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos enmendarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos enmiendes |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos enmendaras / Vos enmendase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos enmendá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no enmiendes |