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Enterarse is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to find out about, become aware of”.
It’s a reflexive verb, which means the subject performs the action upon themselves – e.g. “I wake myself”.
Reflexive verbs always carry a reflexive pronoun – me, te, se, nos or os – which is often placed before the conjugated verb (e.g. me entero) or after the infinitive (e.g. Él tiene que enterarse).
Below are all of the conjugations for enterarse 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 find out about, become aware of |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | enterarse |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está enterándose) and past continuous (estaba enterándose). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. becoming aware of something).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he enterado and hubiera enterado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have become aware of something).
| Gerundio / Gerund | enterándose |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | enterado |
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 become aware of something” or “they become aware of something”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | me entero |
| Tú | te enteras |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se entera |
| Nosotros / as | nos enteramos |
| Vosotros / as | os enteráis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se enteran |
| Vos | te enterás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I became aware of something” or “she became aware of something” 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 | me enteré | I became aware of something |
| Tú | te enteraste | You became aware of something |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se enteró | He / she / you became aware of something |
| Nosotros / as | nos enteramos | We became aware of something |
| Vosotros / as | os enterasteis | You became aware of something |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se enteraron | They / you became aware of something |
| Vos | te enteraste | You became aware of something |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was becoming aware of something” or “she was becoming aware of something” 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 | me enteraba | I was becoming aware of something |
| Tú | te enterabas | You were becoming aware of something |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se enteraba | He was / she was / you were becoming aware of something |
| Nosotros / as | nos enterábamos | We were becoming aware of something |
| Vosotros / as | os enterabais | You were becoming aware of something |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se enteraban | They / you were becoming aware of something |
| Vos | te enterabas | You were becoming aware of something |
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 become aware of something” and “she has become aware of something”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me he enterado | I have become aware of something |
| Tú | te has enterado | You have become aware of something |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se ha enterado | He has / she has / you have become aware of something |
| Nosotros / as | nos hemos enterado | We have become aware of something |
| Vosotros / as | os habéis enterado | You have become aware of something |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se han enterado | They / you have become aware of something |
| Vos | te has enterado | You have become aware of something |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would become aware of something” or “she would become aware of something”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me enteraría | I would become aware of something |
| Tú | te enterarías | You would become aware of something |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se enteraría | He / she / you would become aware of something |
| Nosotros / as | nos enteraríamos | We would become aware of something |
| Vosotros / as | os enteraríais | You would become aware of something |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se enterarían | They / you would become aware of something |
| Vos | te enterarías | You would become aware of something |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will become aware of something” or “they will become aware of something”.
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 enterarse” means “They are going to become aware of something”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me enteraré | I will become aware of something |
| Tú | te enterarás | You will become aware of something |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se enterará | He / she / you will become aware of something |
| Nosotros / as | nos enteraremos | We will become aware of something |
| Vosotros / as | os enteraréis | You will become aware of something |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se enterarán | They / you will become aware of something |
| Vos | te enterarás | You will become aware of something |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | me entere |
| Tú | te enteres |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se entere |
| Nosotros / as | nos enteremos |
| Vosotros / as | os enteréis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se enteren |
| Vos | te enteres |
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 | me enterara | me enterase |
| Tú | te enteraras | me enterase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se enterara | se enterase |
| Nosotros / as | nos enteráramos | nos enterásemos |
| Vosotros / as | os enterarais | os enteraseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se enteraran | se enterasen |
| Vos | te enteraras | me enterase |
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 | me enterare |
| Tú | te enterares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se enterare |
| Nosotros / as | nos enteráremos |
| Vosotros / as | os enterareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se enteraren |
| Vos | te enterares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “become aware of something!” and “don’t become aware of something!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | entérate | no te enteres |
| Él / Ella / Usted | entérese | no se entere |
| Nosotros / as | enterémonos | no nos enteremos |
| Vosotros / as | enteraos | no os enteréis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | entérense | no se enteren |
| Vos | enterate | no te enteres |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya enterado |
| Tú | hayas enterado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya enterado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos enterado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis enterado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan enterado |
| Vos | hayas enterado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera enterado / hubiese enterado |
| Tú | hubieras enterado / hubieses enterado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera enterado / hubiese enterado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos enterado / hubiésemos enterado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais enterado / hubieseis enterado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran enterado / hubiesen enterado |
| Vos | hubieras enterado / hubieses enterado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere enterado |
| Tú | hubieres enterado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere enterado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos enterado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis enterado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren enterado |
| Vos | hubieres enterado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté enterándose |
| Tú | estés enterándose |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté enterándose |
| Nosotros / as | estemos enterándose |
| Vosotros / as | estéis enterándose |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén enterándose |
| Vos | estés enterándose |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera enterándose / estuviese enterándose |
| Tú | estuvieras enterándose / estuvieses enterándose |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera enterándose / estuviese enterándose |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos enterándose / estuviésamos enterándose |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais enterándose / estuvieseis enterándose |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera enterándose / estuviese enterándose |
| Vos | estuvieras enterándose / estuvieses enterándose |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere enterándose |
| Tú | estuvieres enterándose |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere enterándose |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos enterándose |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis enterándose |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere enterándose |
| Vos | estuvieres enterándose |
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 te enterás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos te enteraste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos te enterabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos te enterarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos te enterarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos te enteres |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos te enteraras / Vos me enterase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos enterate |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no te enteres |