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Entonar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to intone, sing in tune”.
Below are all of the conjugations for entonar 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 intone, sing in tune |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | entonar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está entonando) and past continuous (estaba entonando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. singing in tune).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he entonado and hubiera entonado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have sung in tune).
| Gerundio / Gerund | entonando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | entonado |
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 sing in tune” or “they sing in tune”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | entono |
| Tú | entonas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | entona |
| Nosotros / as | entonamos |
| Vosotros / as | entonáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | entonan |
| Vos | entonás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I sang in tune” or “she sang in tune” 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 | entoné | I sang in tune |
| Tú | entonaste | You sang in tune |
| Él / Ella / Usted | entonó | He / she / you sang in tune |
| Nosotros / as | entonamos | We sang in tune |
| Vosotros / as | entonasteis | You sang in tune |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | entonaron | They / you sang in tune |
| Vos | entonaste | You sang in tune |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was singing in tune” or “she was singing in tune” 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 | entonaba | I was singing in tune |
| Tú | entonabas | You were singing in tune |
| Él / Ella / Usted | entonaba | He was / she was / you were singing in tune |
| Nosotros / as | entonábamos | We were singing in tune |
| Vosotros / as | entonabais | You were singing in tune |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | entonaban | They / you were singing in tune |
| Vos | entonabas | You were singing in tune |
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 sung in tune” and “she has sung in tune”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he entonado | I have sung in tune |
| Tú | has entonado | You have sung in tune |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha entonado | He has / she has / you have sung in tune |
| Nosotros / as | hemos entonado | We have sung in tune |
| Vosotros / as | habéis entonado | You have sung in tune |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han entonado | They / you have sung in tune |
| Vos | has entonado | You have sung in tune |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would sing in tune” or “she would sing in tune”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | entonaría | I would sing in tune |
| Tú | entonarías | You would sing in tune |
| Él / Ella / Usted | entonaría | He / she / you would sing in tune |
| Nosotros / as | entonaríamos | We would sing in tune |
| Vosotros / as | entonaríais | You would sing in tune |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | entonarían | They / you would sing in tune |
| Vos | entonarías | You would sing in tune |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will sing in tune” or “they will sing in tune”.
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 entonar” means “They are going to sing in tune”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | entonaré | I will sing in tune |
| Tú | entonarás | You will sing in tune |
| Él / Ella / Usted | entonará | He / she / you will sing in tune |
| Nosotros / as | entonaremos | We will sing in tune |
| Vosotros / as | entonaréis | You will sing in tune |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | entonarán | They / you will sing in tune |
| Vos | entonarás | You will sing in tune |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | entone |
| Tú | entones |
| Él / Ella / Usted | entone |
| Nosotros / as | entonemos |
| Vosotros / as | entonéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | entonen |
| Vos | entones |
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 | entonara | entonase |
| Tú | entonaras | entonase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | entonara | entonase |
| Nosotros / as | entonáramos | entonásemos |
| Vosotros / as | entonarais | entonaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | entonaran | entonasen |
| Vos | entonaras | entonase |
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 | entonare |
| Tú | entonares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | entonare |
| Nosotros / as | entonáremos |
| Vosotros / as | entonareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | entonaren |
| Vos | entonares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “sing in tune!” and “don’t sing in tune!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | entona | no entones |
| Él / Ella / Usted | entone | no entone |
| Nosotros / as | entonemos | no entonemos |
| Vosotros / as | entonad | no entonéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | entonen | no entonen |
| Vos | entoná | no entones |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya entonado |
| Tú | hayas entonado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya entonado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos entonado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis entonado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan entonado |
| Vos | hayas entonado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera entonado / hubiese entonado |
| Tú | hubieras entonado / hubieses entonado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera entonado / hubiese entonado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos entonado / hubiésemos entonado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais entonado / hubieseis entonado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran entonado / hubiesen entonado |
| Vos | hubieras entonado / hubieses entonado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere entonado |
| Tú | hubieres entonado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere entonado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos entonado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis entonado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren entonado |
| Vos | hubieres entonado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté entonando |
| Tú | estés entonando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté entonando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos entonando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis entonando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén entonando |
| Vos | estés entonando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera entonando / estuviese entonando |
| Tú | estuvieras entonando / estuvieses entonando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera entonando / estuviese entonando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos entonando / estuviésamos entonando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais entonando / estuvieseis entonando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera entonando / estuviese entonando |
| Vos | estuvieras entonando / estuvieses entonando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere entonando |
| Tú | estuvieres entonando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere entonando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos entonando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis entonando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere entonando |
| Vos | estuvieres entonando |
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 entonás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos entonaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos entonabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos entonarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos entonarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos entones |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos entonaras / Vos entonase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos entoná |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no entones |