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Ensartar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to string, thread”.
Below are all of the conjugations for ensartar 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 string, thread |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | ensartar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está ensartando) and past continuous (estaba ensartando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. threading).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he ensartado and hubiera ensartado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have threaded).
| Gerundio / Gerund | ensartando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | ensartado |
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 thread” or “they thread”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | ensarto |
| Tú | ensartas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ensarta |
| Nosotros / as | ensartamos |
| Vosotros / as | ensartáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | ensartan |
| Vos | ensartás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I threaded” or “she threaded” 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 | ensarté | I threaded |
| Tú | ensartaste | You threaded |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ensartó | He / she / you threaded |
| Nosotros / as | ensartamos | We threaded |
| Vosotros / as | ensartasteis | You threaded |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | ensartaron | They / you threaded |
| Vos | ensartaste | You threaded |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was threading” or “she was threading” 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 | ensartaba | I was threading |
| Tú | ensartabas | You were threading |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ensartaba | He was / she was / you were threading |
| Nosotros / as | ensartábamos | We were threading |
| Vosotros / as | ensartabais | You were threading |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | ensartaban | They / you were threading |
| Vos | ensartabas | You were threading |
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 threaded” and “she has threaded”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he ensartado | I have threaded |
| Tú | has ensartado | You have threaded |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha ensartado | He has / she has / you have threaded |
| Nosotros / as | hemos ensartado | We have threaded |
| Vosotros / as | habéis ensartado | You have threaded |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han ensartado | They / you have threaded |
| Vos | has ensartado | You have threaded |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would thread” or “she would thread”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | ensartaría | I would thread |
| Tú | ensartarías | You would thread |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ensartaría | He / she / you would thread |
| Nosotros / as | ensartaríamos | We would thread |
| Vosotros / as | ensartaríais | You would thread |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | ensartarían | They / you would thread |
| Vos | ensartarías | You would thread |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will thread” or “they will thread”.
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 ensartar” means “They are going to thread”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | ensartaré | I will thread |
| Tú | ensartarás | You will thread |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ensartará | He / she / you will thread |
| Nosotros / as | ensartaremos | We will thread |
| Vosotros / as | ensartaréis | You will thread |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | ensartarán | They / you will thread |
| Vos | ensartarás | You will thread |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | ensarte |
| Tú | ensartes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ensarte |
| Nosotros / as | ensartemos |
| Vosotros / as | ensartéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | ensarten |
| Vos | ensartes |
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 | ensartara | ensartase |
| Tú | ensartaras | ensartase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ensartara | ensartase |
| Nosotros / as | ensartáramos | ensartásemos |
| Vosotros / as | ensartarais | ensartaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | ensartaran | ensartasen |
| Vos | ensartaras | ensartase |
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 | ensartare |
| Tú | ensartares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ensartare |
| Nosotros / as | ensartáremos |
| Vosotros / as | ensartareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | ensartaren |
| Vos | ensartares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “thread!” and “don’t thread!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | ensarta | no ensartes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ensarte | no ensarte |
| Nosotros / as | ensartemos | no ensartemos |
| Vosotros / as | ensartad | no ensartéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | ensarten | no ensarten |
| Vos | ensartá | no ensartes |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya ensartado |
| Tú | hayas ensartado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya ensartado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos ensartado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis ensartado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan ensartado |
| Vos | hayas ensartado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera ensartado / hubiese ensartado |
| Tú | hubieras ensartado / hubieses ensartado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera ensartado / hubiese ensartado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos ensartado / hubiésemos ensartado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais ensartado / hubieseis ensartado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran ensartado / hubiesen ensartado |
| Vos | hubieras ensartado / hubieses ensartado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere ensartado |
| Tú | hubieres ensartado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere ensartado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos ensartado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis ensartado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren ensartado |
| Vos | hubieres ensartado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté ensartando |
| Tú | estés ensartando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté ensartando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos ensartando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis ensartando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén ensartando |
| Vos | estés ensartando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera ensartando / estuviese ensartando |
| Tú | estuvieras ensartando / estuvieses ensartando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera ensartando / estuviese ensartando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos ensartando / estuviésamos ensartando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais ensartando / estuvieseis ensartando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera ensartando / estuviese ensartando |
| Vos | estuvieras ensartando / estuvieses ensartando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere ensartando |
| Tú | estuvieres ensartando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere ensartando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos ensartando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis ensartando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere ensartando |
| Vos | estuvieres ensartando |
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 ensartás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos ensartaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos ensartabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos ensartarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos ensartarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos ensartes |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos ensartaras / Vos ensartase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos ensartá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no ensartes |