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Entreabrir is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to open slightly, set ajar”.
Below are all of the conjugations for entreabrir 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 open slightly, set ajar |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | entreabrir |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está entreabriendo) and past continuous (estaba entreabriendo). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. opening slightly).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he entreabrido and hubiera entreabrido. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have opened slightly).
| Gerundio / Gerund | entreabriendo |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | entreabrido |
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 open slightly” or “they open slightly”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | entreabro |
| Tú | entreabres |
| Él / Ella / Usted | entreabre |
| Nosotros / as | entreabrimos |
| Vosotros / as | entreabrís |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | entreabren |
| Vos | entreabrís |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I opened slightly” or “she opened slightly” 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 | entreabrí | I opened slightly |
| Tú | entreabriste | You opened slightly |
| Él / Ella / Usted | entreabrió | He / she / you opened slightly |
| Nosotros / as | entreabrimos | We opened slightly |
| Vosotros / as | entreabristeis | You opened slightly |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | entreabrieron | They / you opened slightly |
| Vos | entreabriste | You opened slightly |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was opening slightly” or “she was opening slightly” 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 | entreabría | I was opening slightly |
| Tú | entreabrías | You were opening slightly |
| Él / Ella / Usted | entreabría | He was / she was / you were opening slightly |
| Nosotros / as | entreabríamos | We were opening slightly |
| Vosotros / as | entreabríais | You were opening slightly |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | entreabrían | They / you were opening slightly |
| Vos | entreabrías | You were opening slightly |
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 opened slightly” and “she has opened slightly”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he entreabrido | I have opened slightly |
| Tú | has entreabrido | You have opened slightly |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha entreabrido | He has / she has / you have opened slightly |
| Nosotros / as | hemos entreabrido | We have opened slightly |
| Vosotros / as | habéis entreabrido | You have opened slightly |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han entreabrido | They / you have opened slightly |
| Vos | has entreabrido | You have opened slightly |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would open slightly” or “she would open slightly”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | entreabriría | I would open slightly |
| Tú | entreabrirías | You would open slightly |
| Él / Ella / Usted | entreabriría | He / she / you would open slightly |
| Nosotros / as | entreabriríamos | We would open slightly |
| Vosotros / as | entreabriríais | You would open slightly |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | entreabrirían | They / you would open slightly |
| Vos | entreabrirías | You would open slightly |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will open slightly” or “they will open slightly”.
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 entreabrir” means “They are going to open slightly”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | entreabriré | I will open slightly |
| Tú | entreabrirás | You will open slightly |
| Él / Ella / Usted | entreabrirá | He / she / you will open slightly |
| Nosotros / as | entreabriremos | We will open slightly |
| Vosotros / as | entreabriréis | You will open slightly |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | entreabrirán | They / you will open slightly |
| Vos | entreabrirás | You will open slightly |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | entreabra |
| Tú | entreabras |
| Él / Ella / Usted | entreabra |
| Nosotros / as | entreabramos |
| Vosotros / as | entreabráis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | entreabran |
| Vos | entreabras |
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 | entreabriera | entreabriese |
| Tú | entreabrieras | entreabriese |
| Él / Ella / Usted | entreabriera | entreabriese |
| Nosotros / as | entreabriéramos | entreabriésemos |
| Vosotros / as | entreabrierais | entreabrieseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | entreabrieran | entreabriesen |
| Vos | entreabrieras | entreabriese |
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 | entreabriere |
| Tú | entreabrieres |
| Él / Ella / Usted | entreabriera |
| Nosotros / as | entreabriéremos |
| Vosotros / as | entreabriereis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | entreabrieren |
| Vos | entreabrieres |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “open slightly!” and “don’t open slightly!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | entreabre | no entreabras |
| Él / Ella / Usted | entreabra | no entreabra |
| Nosotros / as | entreabramos | no entreabramos |
| Vosotros / as | entreabrid | no entreabráis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | entreabran | no entreabran |
| Vos | entreabrí | no entreabras |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya entreabrido |
| Tú | hayas entreabrido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya entreabrido |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos entreabrido |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis entreabrido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan entreabrido |
| Vos | hayas entreabrido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera entreabrido / hubiese entreabrido |
| Tú | hubieras entreabrido / hubieses entreabrido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera entreabrido / hubiese entreabrido |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos entreabrido / hubiésemos entreabrido |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais entreabrido / hubieseis entreabrido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran entreabrido / hubiesen entreabrido |
| Vos | hubieras entreabrido / hubieses entreabrido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere entreabrido |
| Tú | hubieres entreabrido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere entreabrido |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos entreabrido |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis entreabrido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren entreabrido |
| Vos | hubieres entreabrido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté entreabriendo |
| Tú | estés entreabriendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté entreabriendo |
| Nosotros / as | estemos entreabriendo |
| Vosotros / as | estéis entreabriendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén entreabriendo |
| Vos | estés entreabriendo |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera entreabriendo / estuviese entreabriendo |
| Tú | estuvieras entreabriendo / estuvieses entreabriendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera entreabriendo / estuviese entreabriendo |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos entreabriendo / estuviésamos entreabriendo |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais entreabriendo / estuvieseis entreabriendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera entreabriendo / estuviese entreabriendo |
| Vos | estuvieras entreabriendo / estuvieses entreabriendo |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere entreabriendo |
| Tú | estuvieres entreabriendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere entreabriendo |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos entreabriendo |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis entreabriendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere entreabriendo |
| Vos | estuvieres entreabriendo |
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 entreabrís |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos entreabriste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos entreabrías |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos entreabrirías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos entreabrirás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos entreabras |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos entreabrieras / Vos entreabriese |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos entreabrí |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no entreabras |