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Entrometerse is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to meddle, interfere”.
It’s a reflexive verb, which means the subject performs the action upon themselves – e.g. “I wake myself”.
Reflexive verbs always carry a reflexive pronoun – me, te, se, nos or os – which is often placed before the conjugated verb (e.g. me entrometo) or after the infinitive (e.g. Él tiene que entrometerse).
Below are all of the conjugations for entrometerse 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 meddle, interfere |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | entrometerse |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está entrometiéndose) and past continuous (estaba entrometiéndose). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. meddling).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he entrometido and hubiera entrometido. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have meddled).
| Gerundio / Gerund | entrometiéndose |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | entrometido |
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 meddle” or “they meddle”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | me entrometo |
| Tú | te entrometes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se entromete |
| Nosotros / as | nos entrometemos |
| Vosotros / as | os entrometéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se entrometen |
| Vos | te entrometés |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I meddled” or “she meddled” 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 | me entrometí | I meddled |
| Tú | te entrometiste | You meddled |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se entrometió | He / she / you meddled |
| Nosotros / as | nos entrometimos | We meddled |
| Vosotros / as | os entrometisteis | You meddled |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se entrometieron | They / you meddled |
| Vos | te entrometiste | You meddled |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was meddling” or “she was meddling” 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 | me entrometía | I was meddling |
| Tú | te entrometías | You were meddling |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se entrometía | He was / she was / you were meddling |
| Nosotros / as | nos entrometíamos | We were meddling |
| Vosotros / as | os entrometíais | You were meddling |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se entrometían | They / you were meddling |
| Vos | te entrometías | You were meddling |
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 meddled” and “she has meddled”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me he entrometido | I have meddled |
| Tú | te has entrometido | You have meddled |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se ha entrometido | He has / she has / you have meddled |
| Nosotros / as | nos hemos entrometido | We have meddled |
| Vosotros / as | os habéis entrometido | You have meddled |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se han entrometido | They / you have meddled |
| Vos | te has entrometido | You have meddled |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would meddle” or “she would meddle”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me entrometería | I would meddle |
| Tú | te entrometerías | You would meddle |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se entrometería | He / she / you would meddle |
| Nosotros / as | nos entrometeríamos | We would meddle |
| Vosotros / as | os entrometeríais | You would meddle |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se entrometerían | They / you would meddle |
| Vos | te entrometerías | You would meddle |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will meddle” or “they will meddle”.
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 entrometerse” means “They are going to meddle”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me entrometeré | I will meddle |
| Tú | te entrometerás | You will meddle |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se entrometerá | He / she / you will meddle |
| Nosotros / as | nos entrometeremos | We will meddle |
| Vosotros / as | os entrometeréis | You will meddle |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se entrometerán | They / you will meddle |
| Vos | te entrometerás | You will meddle |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | me entrometa |
| Tú | te entrometas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se entrometa |
| Nosotros / as | nos entrometamos |
| Vosotros / as | os entrometáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se entrometan |
| Vos | te entrometas |
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 | me entrometiera | me entrometiese |
| Tú | te entrometieras | me entrometiese |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se entrometiera | se entrometiese |
| Nosotros / as | nos entrometiéramos | nos entrometiésemos |
| Vosotros / as | os entrometierais | os entrometieseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se entrometieran | se entrometiesen |
| Vos | te entrometieras | me entrometiese |
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 | me entrometiere |
| Tú | te entrometieres |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se entrometiere |
| Nosotros / as | nos entrometiéremos |
| Vosotros / as | os entrometiereis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se entrometieren |
| Vos | te entrometieres |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “meddle!” and “don’t meddle!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | entrométete | no te entrometas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | entrométase | no se entrometa |
| Nosotros / as | entrometámonos | no nos entrometamos |
| Vosotros / as | entrometeos | no os entrometáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | entrométanse | no se entrometan |
| Vos | entrometete | no te entrometas |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya entrometido |
| Tú | hayas entrometido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya entrometido |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos entrometido |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis entrometido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan entrometido |
| Vos | hayas entrometido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera entrometido / hubiese entrometido |
| Tú | hubieras entrometido / hubieses entrometido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera entrometido / hubiese entrometido |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos entrometido / hubiésemos entrometido |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais entrometido / hubieseis entrometido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran entrometido / hubiesen entrometido |
| Vos | hubieras entrometido / hubieses entrometido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere entrometido |
| Tú | hubieres entrometido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere entrometido |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos entrometido |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis entrometido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren entrometido |
| Vos | hubieres entrometido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté entrometiéndose |
| Tú | estés entrometiéndose |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté entrometiéndose |
| Nosotros / as | estemos entrometiéndose |
| Vosotros / as | estéis entrometiéndose |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén entrometiéndose |
| Vos | estés entrometiéndose |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera entrometiéndose / estuviese entrometiéndose |
| Tú | estuvieras entrometiéndose / estuvieses entrometiéndose |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera entrometiéndose / estuviese entrometiéndose |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos entrometiéndose / estuviésamos entrometiéndose |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais entrometiéndose / estuvieseis entrometiéndose |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera entrometiéndose / estuviese entrometiéndose |
| Vos | estuvieras entrometiéndose / estuvieses entrometiéndose |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere entrometiéndose |
| Tú | estuvieres entrometiéndose |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere entrometiéndose |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos entrometiéndose |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis entrometiéndose |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere entrometiéndose |
| Vos | estuvieres entrometiéndose |
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 te entrometés |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos te entrometiste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos te entrometías |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos te entrometerías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos te entrometerás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos te entrometas |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos te entrometieras / Vos me entrometiese |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos entrometete |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no te entrometas |