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Entrecerrar conjugation

Entrecerrar conjugation - to half-close

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Entrecerrar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to half-close”.

Below are all of the conjugations for entrecerrar 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.

Entrecerrar Infinitive

English Infinitive to half-close
Spanish Infinitive entrecerrar

Entrecerrar Gerund and Past Participle

The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está entrecerrando) and past continuous (estaba entrecerrando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. half-closing).

The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he entrecerrado and hubiera entrecerrado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have half-closed).

Gerundio / Gerund  entrecerrando
Participio / Past Participle  entrecerrado

Entrecerrar Indicative Conjugations

The basic form of speech, el indicativo is used for making statements, talking about facts, events and things that are certain and objective.

Entrecerrar Presente / Present

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 half-close” or “they half-close”.

Pronoun Spanish
Yo entrecierro
entrecierras
Él / Ella / Usted entrecierra
Nosotros / as entrecerramos
Vosotros / as entrecerráis
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes entrecierran
Vos entrecerrás

Entrecerrar Preterite / Pretérito Indefinido

Your simple past tense, e.g. “I half-closed” or “she half-closed” 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 entrecerré I half-closed
entrecerraste You half-closed
Él / Ella / Usted entrecerró He / she / you half-closed
Nosotros / as entrecerramos We half-closed
Vosotros / as entrecerrasteis You half-closed
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes entrecerraron They / you half-closed
Vos entrecerraste You half-closed

Entrecerrar Imperfect / Pretérito Imperfecto

The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was half-closing” or “she was half-closing” 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 entrecerraba I was half-closing
entrecerrabas You were half-closing
Él / Ella / Usted entrecerraba He was / she was / you were half-closing
Nosotros / as entrecerrábamos We were half-closing
Vosotros / as entrecerrabais You were half-closing
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes entrecerraban They / you were half-closing
Vos entrecerrabas You were half-closing

Entrecerrar Perfect / Perfecto

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 half-closed” and “she has half-closed”.

Pronoun Spanish English
Yo he entrecerrado I have half-closed
has entrecerrado You have half-closed
Él / Ella / Usted ha entrecerrado He has / she has / you have half-closed
Nosotros / as hemos entrecerrado We have half-closed
Vosotros / as habéis entrecerrado You have half-closed
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes han entrecerrado They / you have half-closed
Vos has entrecerrado You have half-closed

Entrecerrar Conditional / Condicional

The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would half-close” or “she would half-close”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.

Pronoun Spanish Englush
Yo entrecerraría I would half-close
entrecerrarías You would half-close
Él / Ella / Usted entrecerraría He / she / you would half-close
Nosotros / as entrecerraríamos We would half-close
Vosotros / as entrecerraríais You would half-close
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes entrecerrarían They / you would half-close
Vos entrecerrarías You would half-close

Entrecerrar Future / Futuro

The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will half-close” or “they will half-close”.

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 entrecerrar” means “They are going to half-close”.

Pronoun Spanish English
Yo entrecerraré I will half-close
entrecerrarás You will half-close
Él / Ella / Usted entrecerrará He / she / you will half-close
Nosotros / as entrecerraremos We will half-close
Vosotros / as entrecerraréis You will half-close
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes entrecerrarán They / you will half-close
Vos entrecerrarás You will half-close

Entrecerrar Subjunctive Conjugations

Entrecerrar Present Subjunctive / Presente de Subjuntivo

Pronoun Spanish
Yo entrecierre
entrecierres
Él / Ella / Usted entrecierre
Nosotros / as entrecerremos
Vosotros / as entrecerréis
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes entrecierren
Vos entrecierres

Entrecerrar Past Subjunctive / Imperfecto de Subjuntivo

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 entrecerrara entrecerrase
entrecerraras entrecerrase
Él / Ella / Usted entrecerrara entrecerrase
Nosotros / as entrecerráramos entrecerrásemos
Vosotros / as entrecerrarais entrecerraseis
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes entrecerraran entrecerrasen
Vos entrecerraras entrecerrase

Entrecerrar Future Subjunctive / Futuro de Subjuntivo

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 entrecerrare
entrecerrares
Él / Ella / Usted entrecerrare
Nosotros / as entrecerráremos
Vosotros / as entrecerrareis
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes entrecerraren
Vos entrecerrares

Entrecerrar Imperative Conjugations

Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “half-close!” and “don’t half-close!”.

Pronoun Spanish Affirmative Spanish Negative
entrecierra no entrecierres
Él / Ella / Usted entrecierre no entrecierre
Nosotros / as entrecerremos no entrecerremos
Vosotros / as entrecerrad no entrecerréis
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes entrecierren no entrecierren
Vos entrecerrá no entrecierres

Entrecerrar Compound Subjunctive Tenses

Entrecerrar Subjunctive Perfect

Pronoun Spanish
Yo haya entrecerrado
hayas entrecerrado
Él / Ella / Usted haya entrecerrado
Nosotros / as hayamos entrecerrado
Vosotros / as hayáis entrecerrado
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes hayan entrecerrado
Vos hayas entrecerrado

Entrecerrar Subjunctive Past Perfect

Pronoun Spanish
Yo hubiera entrecerrado / hubiese entrecerrado
hubieras entrecerrado / hubieses entrecerrado
Él / Ella / Usted hubiera entrecerrado / hubiese entrecerrado
Nosotros / as hubiéramos entrecerrado / hubiésemos entrecerrado
Vosotros / as hubierais entrecerrado / hubieseis entrecerrado
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes hubieran entrecerrado / hubiesen entrecerrado
Vos hubieras entrecerrado / hubieses entrecerrado

Entrecerrar Subjunctive Future Perfect

Pronoun Spanish
Yo hubiere entrecerrado
hubieres entrecerrado
Él / Ella / Usted hubiere entrecerrado
Nosotros / as hubiéremos entrecerrado
Vosotros / as hubiereis entrecerrado
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes hubieren entrecerrado
Vos hubieres entrecerrado

Entrecerrar Subjective Progressive Perfect

Pronoun Spanish
Yo esté entrecerrando
estés entrecerrando
Él / Ella / Usted esté entrecerrando
Nosotros / as estemos entrecerrando
Vosotros / as estéis entrecerrando
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes estén entrecerrando
Vos estés entrecerrando

Entrecerrar Subjunctive Past Progressive

Pronoun Spanish
Yo estuviera entrecerrando / estuviese entrecerrando
estuvieras entrecerrando / estuvieses entrecerrando
Él / Ella / Usted estuviera entrecerrando / estuviese entrecerrando
Nosotros / as estuviéramos entrecerrando / estuviésamos entrecerrando
Vosotros / as estuvierais entrecerrando / estuvieseis entrecerrando
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes estuviera entrecerrando / estuviese entrecerrando
Vos estuvieras entrecerrando / estuvieses entrecerrando

Entrecerrar Subjunctive Future Progressive

Pronoun Spanish
Yo estuviere entrecerrando
estuvieres entrecerrando
Él / Ella / Usted estuviere entrecerrando
Nosotros / as estuviéremos entrecerrando
Vosotros / as estuviereis entrecerrando
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes estuviere entrecerrando
Vos estuvieres entrecerrando

Entrecerrar Vos Conjugation

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.

TenseVos Conjugation
Present Indicative
Presente de Indicativo
Vos entrecerrás
Simle Past / Preterite
Preterite de Indicativo
Vos entrecerraste
Imperfect Past
Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo
Vos entrecerrabas
Conditional
Condicional
Vos entrecerrarías
Future
Futuro de Indicativo
Vos entrecerrarás
Present Subjunctive
Presente de Subjunctivo
Vos entrecierres
Imperfect Subjunctive
Imperfecto de Subjunctivo
Vos entrecerraras / Vos entrecerrase
Affirmative Imperative
Imperativo
Vos entrecerrá
Negative Imperative
Imperativo Negativo
Vos no entrecierres