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Enroscar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to curl, twine, twist”.
Below are all of the conjugations for enroscar 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 curl, twine, twist |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | enroscar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está enroscando) and past continuous (estaba enroscando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. twisting).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he enroscado and hubiera enroscado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have twisted).
| Gerundio / Gerund | enroscando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | enroscado |
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 twist” or “they twist”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | enrosco |
| Tú | enroscas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | enrosca |
| Nosotros / as | enroscamos |
| Vosotros / as | enroscáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | enroscan |
| Vos | enroscás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I twisted” or “she twisted” 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 | enrosqué | I twisted |
| Tú | enroscaste | You twisted |
| Él / Ella / Usted | enroscó | He / she / you twisted |
| Nosotros / as | enroscamos | We twisted |
| Vosotros / as | enroscasteis | You twisted |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | enroscaron | They / you twisted |
| Vos | enroscaste | You twisted |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was twisting” or “she was twisting” 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 | enroscaba | I was twisting |
| Tú | enroscabas | You were twisting |
| Él / Ella / Usted | enroscaba | He was / she was / you were twisting |
| Nosotros / as | enroscábamos | We were twisting |
| Vosotros / as | enroscabais | You were twisting |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | enroscaban | They / you were twisting |
| Vos | enroscabas | You were twisting |
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 twisted” and “she has twisted”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he enroscado | I have twisted |
| Tú | has enroscado | You have twisted |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha enroscado | He has / she has / you have twisted |
| Nosotros / as | hemos enroscado | We have twisted |
| Vosotros / as | habéis enroscado | You have twisted |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han enroscado | They / you have twisted |
| Vos | has enroscado | You have twisted |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would twist” or “she would twist”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | enroscaría | I would twist |
| Tú | enroscarías | You would twist |
| Él / Ella / Usted | enroscaría | He / she / you would twist |
| Nosotros / as | enroscaríamos | We would twist |
| Vosotros / as | enroscaríais | You would twist |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | enroscarían | They / you would twist |
| Vos | enroscarías | You would twist |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will twist” or “they will twist”.
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 enroscar” means “They are going to twist”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | enroscaré | I will twist |
| Tú | enroscarás | You will twist |
| Él / Ella / Usted | enroscará | He / she / you will twist |
| Nosotros / as | enroscaremos | We will twist |
| Vosotros / as | enroscaréis | You will twist |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | enroscarán | They / you will twist |
| Vos | enroscarás | You will twist |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | enrosque |
| Tú | enrosques |
| Él / Ella / Usted | enrosque |
| Nosotros / as | enrosquemos |
| Vosotros / as | enrosquéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | enrosquen |
| Vos | enrosques |
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 | enroscara | enroscase |
| Tú | enroscaras | enroscase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | enroscara | enroscase |
| Nosotros / as | enroscáramos | enroscásemos |
| Vosotros / as | enroscarais | enroscaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | enroscaran | enroscasen |
| Vos | enroscaras | enroscase |
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 | enroscare |
| Tú | enroscares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | enroscare |
| Nosotros / as | enroscáremos |
| Vosotros / as | enroscareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | enroscaren |
| Vos | enroscares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “twist!” and “don’t twist!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | enrosca | no enrosques |
| Él / Ella / Usted | enrosque | no enrosque |
| Nosotros / as | enrosquemos | no enrosquemos |
| Vosotros / as | enroscad | no enrosquéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | enrosquen | no enrosquen |
| Vos | enroscá | no enrosques |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya enroscado |
| Tú | hayas enroscado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya enroscado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos enroscado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis enroscado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan enroscado |
| Vos | hayas enroscado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera enroscado / hubiese enroscado |
| Tú | hubieras enroscado / hubieses enroscado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera enroscado / hubiese enroscado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos enroscado / hubiésemos enroscado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais enroscado / hubieseis enroscado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran enroscado / hubiesen enroscado |
| Vos | hubieras enroscado / hubieses enroscado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere enroscado |
| Tú | hubieres enroscado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere enroscado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos enroscado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis enroscado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren enroscado |
| Vos | hubieres enroscado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté enroscando |
| Tú | estés enroscando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté enroscando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos enroscando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis enroscando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén enroscando |
| Vos | estés enroscando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera enroscando / estuviese enroscando |
| Tú | estuvieras enroscando / estuvieses enroscando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera enroscando / estuviese enroscando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos enroscando / estuviésamos enroscando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais enroscando / estuvieseis enroscando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera enroscando / estuviese enroscando |
| Vos | estuvieras enroscando / estuvieses enroscando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere enroscando |
| Tú | estuvieres enroscando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere enroscando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos enroscando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis enroscando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere enroscando |
| Vos | estuvieres enroscando |
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 enroscás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos enroscaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos enroscabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos enroscarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos enroscarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos enrosques |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos enroscaras / Vos enroscase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos enroscá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no enrosques |