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Entreoír is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to half-hear, hear vaguely”.
Below are all of the conjugations for entreoír 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 half-hear, hear vaguely |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | entreoír |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está entreoyendo) and past continuous (estaba entreoyendo). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. half-hearing).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he entreoído and hubiera entreoído. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have half-heard).
| Gerundio / Gerund | entreoyendo |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | entreoído |
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 half-hear” or “they half-hear”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | entreoigo |
| Tú | entreoyes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | entreoye |
| Nosotros / as | entreoimos |
| Vosotros / as | entreoís |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | entreoyen |
| Vos | entreoís |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I half-heard” or “she half-heard” 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 | entreoí | I half-heard |
| Tú | entreoíste | You half-heard |
| Él / Ella / Usted | entreoyó | He / she / you half-heard |
| Nosotros / as | entreoímos | We half-heard |
| Vosotros / as | entreoísteis | You half-heard |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | entreoyeron | They / you half-heard |
| Vos | entreoíste | You half-heard |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was half-hearing” or “she was half-hearing” 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 | entreoía | I was half-hearing |
| Tú | entreoías | You were half-hearing |
| Él / Ella / Usted | entreoía | He was / she was / you were half-hearing |
| Nosotros / as | entreoíamos | We were half-hearing |
| Vosotros / as | entreoíais | You were half-hearing |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | entreoían | They / you were half-hearing |
| Vos | entreoías | You were half-hearing |
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-heard” and “she has half-heard”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he entreoído | I have half-heard |
| Tú | has entreoído | You have half-heard |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha entreoído | He has / she has / you have half-heard |
| Nosotros / as | hemos entreoído | We have half-heard |
| Vosotros / as | habéis entreoído | You have half-heard |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han entreoído | They / you have half-heard |
| Vos | has entreoído | You have half-heard |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would half-hear” or “she would half-hear”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | entreoiría | I would half-hear |
| Tú | entreoirías | You would half-hear |
| Él / Ella / Usted | entreoiría | He / she / you would half-hear |
| Nosotros / as | entreoiríamos | We would half-hear |
| Vosotros / as | entreoiríais | You would half-hear |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | entreoirían | They / you would half-hear |
| Vos | entreoirías | You would half-hear |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will half-hear” or “they will half-hear”.
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 entreoír” means “They are going to half-hear”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | entreoiré | I will half-hear |
| Tú | entreoirás | You will half-hear |
| Él / Ella / Usted | entreoirá | He / she / you will half-hear |
| Nosotros / as | entreoiremos | We will half-hear |
| Vosotros / as | entreoiréis | You will half-hear |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | entreoirán | They / you will half-hear |
| Vos | entreoirás | You will half-hear |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | entreoiga |
| Tú | entreoigas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | entreoiga |
| Nosotros / as | entreoigamos |
| Vosotros / as | entreoigáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | entreoigan |
| Vos | entreoigas |
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 | entreoyera | entreoyese |
| Tú | entreoyeras | entreoyese |
| Él / Ella / Usted | entreoyera | entreoyese |
| Nosotros / as | entreoyéramos | entreoyésemos |
| Vosotros / as | entreoyerais | entreoyeseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | entreoyeran | entreoyesen |
| Vos | entreoyeras | entreoyese |
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 | entreoyere |
| Tú | entreoyeres |
| Él / Ella / Usted | entreoyera |
| Nosotros / as | entreoyéremos |
| Vosotros / as | entreoyereis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | entreoyeren |
| Vos | entreoyeres |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “half-hear!” and “don’t half-hear!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | entreoye | no entreoigas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | entreoiga | no entreoiga |
| Nosotros / as | entreoigamos | no entreoigamos |
| Vosotros / as | entreoíd | no entreoigáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | entreoigan | no entreoigan |
| Vos | entreoí | no entreoigas |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya entreoído |
| Tú | hayas entreoído |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya entreoído |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos entreoído |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis entreoído |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan entreoído |
| Vos | hayas entreoído |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera entreoído / hubiese entreoído |
| Tú | hubieras entreoído / hubieses entreoído |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera entreoído / hubiese entreoído |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos entreoído / hubiésemos entreoído |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais entreoído / hubieseis entreoído |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran entreoído / hubiesen entreoído |
| Vos | hubieras entreoído / hubieses entreoído |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere entreoído |
| Tú | hubieres entreoído |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere entreoído |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos entreoído |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis entreoído |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren entreoído |
| Vos | hubieres entreoído |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté entreoyendo |
| Tú | estés entreoyendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté entreoyendo |
| Nosotros / as | estemos entreoyendo |
| Vosotros / as | estéis entreoyendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén entreoyendo |
| Vos | estés entreoyendo |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera entreoyendo / estuviese entreoyendo |
| Tú | estuvieras entreoyendo / estuvieses entreoyendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera entreoyendo / estuviese entreoyendo |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos entreoyendo / estuviésamos entreoyendo |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais entreoyendo / estuvieseis entreoyendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera entreoyendo / estuviese entreoyendo |
| Vos | estuvieras entreoyendo / estuvieses entreoyendo |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere entreoyendo |
| Tú | estuvieres entreoyendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere entreoyendo |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos entreoyendo |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis entreoyendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere entreoyendo |
| Vos | estuvieres entreoyendo |
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 entreoís |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos entreoíste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos entreoías |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos entreoirías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos entreoirás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos entreoigas |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos entreoyeras / Vos entreoyese |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos entreoí |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no entreoigas |