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Entrar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to enter”.
Below are all of the conjugations for entrar 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 enter |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | entrar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está entrando) and past continuous (estaba entrando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. entering).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he entrado and hubiera entrado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have entered).
| Gerundio / Gerund | entrando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | entrado |
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 enter” or “they enter”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | entro |
| Tú | entras |
| Él / Ella / Usted | entra |
| Nosotros / as | entramos |
| Vosotros / as | entráis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | entran |
| Vos | entrás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I entered” or “she entered” 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 | entré | I entered |
| Tú | entraste | You entered |
| Él / Ella / Usted | entró | He / she / you entered |
| Nosotros / as | entramos | We entered |
| Vosotros / as | entrasteis | You entered |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | entraron | They / you entered |
| Vos | entraste | You entered |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was entering” or “she was entering” 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 | entraba | I was entering |
| Tú | entrabas | You were entering |
| Él / Ella / Usted | entraba | He was / she was / you were entering |
| Nosotros / as | entrábamos | We were entering |
| Vosotros / as | entrabais | You were entering |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | entraban | They / you were entering |
| Vos | entrabas | You were entering |
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 entered” and “she has entered”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he entrado | I have entered |
| Tú | has entrado | You have entered |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha entrado | He has / she has / you have entered |
| Nosotros / as | hemos entrado | We have entered |
| Vosotros / as | habéis entrado | You have entered |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han entrado | They / you have entered |
| Vos | has entrado | You have entered |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would enter” or “she would enter”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | entraría | I would enter |
| Tú | entrarías | You would enter |
| Él / Ella / Usted | entraría | He / she / you would enter |
| Nosotros / as | entraríamos | We would enter |
| Vosotros / as | entraríais | You would enter |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | entrarían | They / you would enter |
| Vos | entrarías | You would enter |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will enter” or “they will enter”.
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 entrar” means “They are going to enter”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | entraré | I will enter |
| Tú | entrarás | You will enter |
| Él / Ella / Usted | entrará | He / she / you will enter |
| Nosotros / as | entraremos | We will enter |
| Vosotros / as | entraréis | You will enter |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | entrarán | They / you will enter |
| Vos | entrarás | You will enter |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | entre |
| Tú | entres |
| Él / Ella / Usted | entre |
| Nosotros / as | entremos |
| Vosotros / as | entréis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | entren |
| Vos | entres |
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 | entrara | entrase |
| Tú | entraras | entrase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | entrara | entrase |
| Nosotros / as | entráramos | entrásemos |
| Vosotros / as | entrarais | entraseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | entraran | entrasen |
| Vos | entraras | entrase |
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 | entrare |
| Tú | entrares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | entrare |
| Nosotros / as | entráremos |
| Vosotros / as | entrareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | entraren |
| Vos | entrares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “enter!” and “don’t enter!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | entra | no entres |
| Él / Ella / Usted | entre | no entre |
| Nosotros / as | entremos | no entremos |
| Vosotros / as | entrad | no entréis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | entren | no entren |
| Vos | entrá | no entres |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya entrado |
| Tú | hayas entrado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya entrado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos entrado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis entrado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan entrado |
| Vos | hayas entrado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera entrado / hubiese entrado |
| Tú | hubieras entrado / hubieses entrado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera entrado / hubiese entrado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos entrado / hubiésemos entrado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais entrado / hubieseis entrado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran entrado / hubiesen entrado |
| Vos | hubieras entrado / hubieses entrado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere entrado |
| Tú | hubieres entrado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere entrado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos entrado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis entrado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren entrado |
| Vos | hubieres entrado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté entrando |
| Tú | estés entrando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté entrando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos entrando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis entrando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén entrando |
| Vos | estés entrando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera entrando / estuviese entrando |
| Tú | estuvieras entrando / estuvieses entrando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera entrando / estuviese entrando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos entrando / estuviésamos entrando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais entrando / estuvieseis entrando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera entrando / estuviese entrando |
| Vos | estuvieras entrando / estuvieses entrando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere entrando |
| Tú | estuvieres entrando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere entrando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos entrando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis entrando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere entrando |
| Vos | estuvieres entrando |
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 entrás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos entraste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos entrabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos entrarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos entrarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos entres |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos entraras / Vos entrase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos entrá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no entres |
