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Entrelazar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to interweave, intertwine, interlace”.
Below are all of the conjugations for entrelazar 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 interweave, intertwine, interlace |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | entrelazar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está entrelazando) and past continuous (estaba entrelazando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. interweaving).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he entrelazado and hubiera entrelazado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have interwoven).
| Gerundio / Gerund | entrelazando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | entrelazado |
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 interweave” or “they interweave”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | entrelazo |
| Tú | entrelazas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | entrelaza |
| Nosotros / as | entrelazamos |
| Vosotros / as | entrelazáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | entrelazan |
| Vos | entrelazás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I interwove” or “she interwove” 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 | entrelacé | I interwove |
| Tú | entrelazaste | You interwove |
| Él / Ella / Usted | entrelazó | He / she / you interwove |
| Nosotros / as | entrelazamos | We interwove |
| Vosotros / as | entrelazasteis | You interwove |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | entrelazaron | They / you interwove |
| Vos | entrelazaste | You interwove |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was interweaving” or “she was interweaving” 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 | entrelazaba | I was interweaving |
| Tú | entrelazabas | You were interweaving |
| Él / Ella / Usted | entrelazaba | He was / she was / you were interweaving |
| Nosotros / as | entrelazábamos | We were interweaving |
| Vosotros / as | entrelazabais | You were interweaving |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | entrelazaban | They / you were interweaving |
| Vos | entrelazabas | You were interweaving |
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 interwoven” and “she has interwoven”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he entrelazado | I have interwoven |
| Tú | has entrelazado | You have interwoven |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha entrelazado | He has / she has / you have interwoven |
| Nosotros / as | hemos entrelazado | We have interwoven |
| Vosotros / as | habéis entrelazado | You have interwoven |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han entrelazado | They / you have interwoven |
| Vos | has entrelazado | You have interwoven |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would interweave” or “she would interweave”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | entrelazaría | I would interweave |
| Tú | entrelazarías | You would interweave |
| Él / Ella / Usted | entrelazaría | He / she / you would interweave |
| Nosotros / as | entrelazaríamos | We would interweave |
| Vosotros / as | entrelazaríais | You would interweave |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | entrelazarían | They / you would interweave |
| Vos | entrelazarías | You would interweave |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will interweave” or “they will interweave”.
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 entrelazar” means “They are going to interweave”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | entrelazaré | I will interweave |
| Tú | entrelazarás | You will interweave |
| Él / Ella / Usted | entrelazará | He / she / you will interweave |
| Nosotros / as | entrelazaremos | We will interweave |
| Vosotros / as | entrelazaréis | You will interweave |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | entrelazarán | They / you will interweave |
| Vos | entrelazarás | You will interweave |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | entrelace |
| Tú | entrelaces |
| Él / Ella / Usted | entrelace |
| Nosotros / as | entrelacemos |
| Vosotros / as | entrelacéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | entrelacen |
| Vos | entrelaces |
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 | entrelazara | entrelazase |
| Tú | entrelazaras | entrelazase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | entrelazara | entrelazase |
| Nosotros / as | entrelazáramos | entrelazásemos |
| Vosotros / as | entrelazarais | entrelazaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | entrelazaran | entrelazasen |
| Vos | entrelazaras | entrelazase |
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 | entrelazare |
| Tú | entrelazares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | entrelazare |
| Nosotros / as | entrelazáremos |
| Vosotros / as | entrelazareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | entrelazaren |
| Vos | entrelazares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “interweave!” and “don’t interweave!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | entrelaza | no entrelaces |
| Él / Ella / Usted | entrelace | no entrelace |
| Nosotros / as | entrelacemos | no entrelacemos |
| Vosotros / as | entrelazad | no entrelacéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | entrelacen | no entrelacen |
| Vos | entrelazá | no entrelaces |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya entrelazado |
| Tú | hayas entrelazado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya entrelazado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos entrelazado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis entrelazado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan entrelazado |
| Vos | hayas entrelazado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera entrelazado / hubiese entrelazado |
| Tú | hubieras entrelazado / hubieses entrelazado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera entrelazado / hubiese entrelazado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos entrelazado / hubiésemos entrelazado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais entrelazado / hubieseis entrelazado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran entrelazado / hubiesen entrelazado |
| Vos | hubieras entrelazado / hubieses entrelazado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere entrelazado |
| Tú | hubieres entrelazado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere entrelazado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos entrelazado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis entrelazado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren entrelazado |
| Vos | hubieres entrelazado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté entrelazando |
| Tú | estés entrelazando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté entrelazando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos entrelazando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis entrelazando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén entrelazando |
| Vos | estés entrelazando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera entrelazando / estuviese entrelazando |
| Tú | estuvieras entrelazando / estuvieses entrelazando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera entrelazando / estuviese entrelazando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos entrelazando / estuviésamos entrelazando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais entrelazando / estuvieseis entrelazando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera entrelazando / estuviese entrelazando |
| Vos | estuvieras entrelazando / estuvieses entrelazando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere entrelazando |
| Tú | estuvieres entrelazando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere entrelazando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos entrelazando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis entrelazando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere entrelazando |
| Vos | estuvieres entrelazando |
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 entrelazás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos entrelazaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos entrelazabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos entrelazarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos entrelazarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos entrelaces |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos entrelazaras / Vos entrelazase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos entrelazá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no entrelaces |