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Ensillar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to saddle”.
Below are all of the conjugations for ensillar 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 saddle |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | ensillar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está ensillando) and past continuous (estaba ensillando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. saddling).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he ensillado and hubiera ensillado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have saddled).
| Gerundio / Gerund | ensillando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | ensillado |
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 saddle” or “they saddle”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | ensillo |
| Tú | ensillas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ensilla |
| Nosotros / as | ensillamos |
| Vosotros / as | ensilláis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | ensillan |
| Vos | ensillás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I saddled” or “she saddled” 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 | ensillé | I saddled |
| Tú | ensillaste | You saddled |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ensilló | He / she / you saddled |
| Nosotros / as | ensillamos | We saddled |
| Vosotros / as | ensillasteis | You saddled |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | ensillaron | They / you saddled |
| Vos | ensillaste | You saddled |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was saddling” or “she was saddling” 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 | ensillaba | I was saddling |
| Tú | ensillabas | You were saddling |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ensillaba | He was / she was / you were saddling |
| Nosotros / as | ensillábamos | We were saddling |
| Vosotros / as | ensillabais | You were saddling |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | ensillaban | They / you were saddling |
| Vos | ensillabas | You were saddling |
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 saddled” and “she has saddled”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he ensillado | I have saddled |
| Tú | has ensillado | You have saddled |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha ensillado | He has / she has / you have saddled |
| Nosotros / as | hemos ensillado | We have saddled |
| Vosotros / as | habéis ensillado | You have saddled |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han ensillado | They / you have saddled |
| Vos | has ensillado | You have saddled |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would saddle” or “she would saddle”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | ensillaría | I would saddle |
| Tú | ensillarías | You would saddle |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ensillaría | He / she / you would saddle |
| Nosotros / as | ensillaríamos | We would saddle |
| Vosotros / as | ensillaríais | You would saddle |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | ensillarían | They / you would saddle |
| Vos | ensillarías | You would saddle |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will saddle” or “they will saddle”.
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 ensillar” means “They are going to saddle”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | ensillaré | I will saddle |
| Tú | ensillarás | You will saddle |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ensillará | He / she / you will saddle |
| Nosotros / as | ensillaremos | We will saddle |
| Vosotros / as | ensillaréis | You will saddle |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | ensillarán | They / you will saddle |
| Vos | ensillarás | You will saddle |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | ensille |
| Tú | ensilles |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ensille |
| Nosotros / as | ensillemos |
| Vosotros / as | ensilléis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | ensillen |
| Vos | ensilles |
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 | ensillara | ensillase |
| Tú | ensillaras | ensillase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ensillara | ensillase |
| Nosotros / as | ensilláramos | ensillásemos |
| Vosotros / as | ensillarais | ensillaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | ensillaran | ensillasen |
| Vos | ensillaras | ensillase |
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 | ensillare |
| Tú | ensillares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ensillare |
| Nosotros / as | ensilláremos |
| Vosotros / as | ensillareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | ensillaren |
| Vos | ensillares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “saddle!” and “don’t saddle!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | ensilla | no ensilles |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ensille | no ensille |
| Nosotros / as | ensillemos | no ensillemos |
| Vosotros / as | ensillad | no ensilléis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | ensillen | no ensillen |
| Vos | ensillá | no ensilles |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya ensillado |
| Tú | hayas ensillado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya ensillado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos ensillado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis ensillado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan ensillado |
| Vos | hayas ensillado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera ensillado / hubiese ensillado |
| Tú | hubieras ensillado / hubieses ensillado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera ensillado / hubiese ensillado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos ensillado / hubiésemos ensillado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais ensillado / hubieseis ensillado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran ensillado / hubiesen ensillado |
| Vos | hubieras ensillado / hubieses ensillado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere ensillado |
| Tú | hubieres ensillado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere ensillado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos ensillado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis ensillado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren ensillado |
| Vos | hubieres ensillado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté ensillando |
| Tú | estés ensillando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté ensillando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos ensillando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis ensillando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén ensillando |
| Vos | estés ensillando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera ensillando / estuviese ensillando |
| Tú | estuvieras ensillando / estuvieses ensillando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera ensillando / estuviese ensillando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos ensillando / estuviésamos ensillando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais ensillando / estuvieseis ensillando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera ensillando / estuviese ensillando |
| Vos | estuvieras ensillando / estuvieses ensillando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere ensillando |
| Tú | estuvieres ensillando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere ensillando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos ensillando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis ensillando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere ensillando |
| Vos | estuvieres ensillando |
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 ensillás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos ensillaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos ensillabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos ensillarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos ensillarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos ensilles |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos ensillaras / Vos ensillase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos ensillá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no ensilles |