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Enredar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to tangle, confuse”.
Below are all of the conjugations for enredar 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 tangle, confuse |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | enredar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está enredando) and past continuous (estaba enredando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. tangling).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he enredado and hubiera enredado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have tangled).
| Gerundio / Gerund | enredando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | enredado |
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 tangle” or “they tangle”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | enredo |
| Tú | enredas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | enreda |
| Nosotros / as | enredamos |
| Vosotros / as | enredáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | enredan |
| Vos | enredás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I tangled” or “she tangled” 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 | enredé | I tangled |
| Tú | enredaste | You tangled |
| Él / Ella / Usted | enredó | He / she / you tangled |
| Nosotros / as | enredamos | We tangled |
| Vosotros / as | enredasteis | You tangled |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | enredaron | They / you tangled |
| Vos | enredaste | You tangled |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was tangling” or “she was tangling” 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 | enredaba | I was tangling |
| Tú | enredabas | You were tangling |
| Él / Ella / Usted | enredaba | He was / she was / you were tangling |
| Nosotros / as | enredábamos | We were tangling |
| Vosotros / as | enredabais | You were tangling |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | enredaban | They / you were tangling |
| Vos | enredabas | You were tangling |
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 tangled” and “she has tangled”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he enredado | I have tangled |
| Tú | has enredado | You have tangled |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha enredado | He has / she has / you have tangled |
| Nosotros / as | hemos enredado | We have tangled |
| Vosotros / as | habéis enredado | You have tangled |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han enredado | They / you have tangled |
| Vos | has enredado | You have tangled |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would tangle” or “she would tangle”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | enredaría | I would tangle |
| Tú | enredarías | You would tangle |
| Él / Ella / Usted | enredaría | He / she / you would tangle |
| Nosotros / as | enredaríamos | We would tangle |
| Vosotros / as | enredaríais | You would tangle |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | enredarían | They / you would tangle |
| Vos | enredarías | You would tangle |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will tangle” or “they will tangle”.
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 enredar” means “They are going to tangle”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | enredaré | I will tangle |
| Tú | enredarás | You will tangle |
| Él / Ella / Usted | enredará | He / she / you will tangle |
| Nosotros / as | enredaremos | We will tangle |
| Vosotros / as | enredaréis | You will tangle |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | enredarán | They / you will tangle |
| Vos | enredarás | You will tangle |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | enrede |
| Tú | enredes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | enrede |
| Nosotros / as | enredemos |
| Vosotros / as | enredéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | enreden |
| Vos | enredes |
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 | enredara | enredase |
| Tú | enredaras | enredase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | enredara | enredase |
| Nosotros / as | enredáramos | enredásemos |
| Vosotros / as | enredarais | enredaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | enredaran | enredasen |
| Vos | enredaras | enredase |
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 | enredare |
| Tú | enredares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | enredare |
| Nosotros / as | enredáremos |
| Vosotros / as | enredareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | enredaren |
| Vos | enredares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “tangle!” and “don’t tangle!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | enreda | no enredes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | enrede | no enrede |
| Nosotros / as | enredemos | no enredemos |
| Vosotros / as | enredad | no enredéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | enreden | no enreden |
| Vos | enredá | no enredes |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya enredado |
| Tú | hayas enredado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya enredado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos enredado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis enredado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan enredado |
| Vos | hayas enredado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera enredado / hubiese enredado |
| Tú | hubieras enredado / hubieses enredado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera enredado / hubiese enredado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos enredado / hubiésemos enredado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais enredado / hubieseis enredado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran enredado / hubiesen enredado |
| Vos | hubieras enredado / hubieses enredado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere enredado |
| Tú | hubieres enredado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere enredado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos enredado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis enredado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren enredado |
| Vos | hubieres enredado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté enredando |
| Tú | estés enredando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté enredando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos enredando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis enredando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén enredando |
| Vos | estés enredando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera enredando / estuviese enredando |
| Tú | estuvieras enredando / estuvieses enredando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera enredando / estuviese enredando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos enredando / estuviésamos enredando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais enredando / estuvieseis enredando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera enredando / estuviese enredando |
| Vos | estuvieras enredando / estuvieses enredando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere enredando |
| Tú | estuvieres enredando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere enredando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos enredando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis enredando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere enredando |
| Vos | estuvieres enredando |
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 enredás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos enredaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos enredabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos enredarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos enredarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos enredes |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos enredaras / Vos enredase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos enredá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no enredes |