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Entregar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to hand over, hand in, give in”.
Below are all of the conjugations for entregar 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 hand over, hand in, give in |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | entregar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está entregando) and past continuous (estaba entregando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. handing over).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he entregado and hubiera entregado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have handed over).
| Gerundio / Gerund | entregando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | entregado |
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 hand over” or “they hand over”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | entrego |
| Tú | entregas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | entrega |
| Nosotros / as | entregamos |
| Vosotros / as | entregáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | entregan |
| Vos | entregás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I handed over” or “she handed over” 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 | entregué | I handed over |
| Tú | entregaste | You handed over |
| Él / Ella / Usted | entregó | He / she / you handed over |
| Nosotros / as | entregamos | We handed over |
| Vosotros / as | entregasteis | You handed over |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | entregaron | They / you handed over |
| Vos | entregaste | You handed over |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was handing over” or “she was handing over” 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 | entregaba | I was handing over |
| Tú | entregabas | You were handing over |
| Él / Ella / Usted | entregaba | He was / she was / you were handing over |
| Nosotros / as | entregábamos | We were handing over |
| Vosotros / as | entregabais | You were handing over |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | entregaban | They / you were handing over |
| Vos | entregabas | You were handing over |
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 handed over” and “she has handed over”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he entregado | I have handed over |
| Tú | has entregado | You have handed over |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha entregado | He has / she has / you have handed over |
| Nosotros / as | hemos entregado | We have handed over |
| Vosotros / as | habéis entregado | You have handed over |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han entregado | They / you have handed over |
| Vos | has entregado | You have handed over |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would hand over” or “she would hand over”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | entregaría | I would hand over |
| Tú | entregarías | You would hand over |
| Él / Ella / Usted | entregaría | He / she / you would hand over |
| Nosotros / as | entregaríamos | We would hand over |
| Vosotros / as | entregaríais | You would hand over |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | entregarían | They / you would hand over |
| Vos | entregarías | You would hand over |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will hand over” or “they will hand over”.
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 entregar” means “They are going to hand over”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | entregaré | I will hand over |
| Tú | entregarás | You will hand over |
| Él / Ella / Usted | entregará | He / she / you will hand over |
| Nosotros / as | entregaremos | We will hand over |
| Vosotros / as | entregaréis | You will hand over |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | entregarán | They / you will hand over |
| Vos | entregarás | You will hand over |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | entregue |
| Tú | entregues |
| Él / Ella / Usted | entregue |
| Nosotros / as | entreguemos |
| Vosotros / as | entreguéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | entreguen |
| Vos | entregues |
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 | entregara | entregase |
| Tú | entregaras | entregase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | entregara | entregase |
| Nosotros / as | entregáramos | entregásemos |
| Vosotros / as | entregarais | entregaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | entregaran | entregasen |
| Vos | entregaras | entregase |
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 | entregare |
| Tú | entregares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | entregare |
| Nosotros / as | entregáremos |
| Vosotros / as | entregareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | entregaren |
| Vos | entregares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “hand over!” and “don’t hand over!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | entrega | no entregues |
| Él / Ella / Usted | entregue | no entregue |
| Nosotros / as | entreguemos | no entreguemos |
| Vosotros / as | entregad | no entreguéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | entreguen | no entreguen |
| Vos | entregá | no entregues |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya entregado |
| Tú | hayas entregado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya entregado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos entregado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis entregado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan entregado |
| Vos | hayas entregado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera entregado / hubiese entregado |
| Tú | hubieras entregado / hubieses entregado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera entregado / hubiese entregado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos entregado / hubiésemos entregado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais entregado / hubieseis entregado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran entregado / hubiesen entregado |
| Vos | hubieras entregado / hubieses entregado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere entregado |
| Tú | hubieres entregado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere entregado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos entregado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis entregado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren entregado |
| Vos | hubieres entregado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté entregando |
| Tú | estés entregando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté entregando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos entregando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis entregando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén entregando |
| Vos | estés entregando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera entregando / estuviese entregando |
| Tú | estuvieras entregando / estuvieses entregando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera entregando / estuviese entregando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos entregando / estuviésamos entregando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais entregando / estuvieseis entregando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera entregando / estuviese entregando |
| Vos | estuvieras entregando / estuvieses entregando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere entregando |
| Tú | estuvieres entregando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere entregando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos entregando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis entregando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere entregando |
| Vos | estuvieres entregando |
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 entregás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos entregaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos entregabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos entregarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos entregarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos entregues |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos entregaras / Vos entregase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos entregá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no entregues |