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Envasar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to bottle”.
Below are all of the conjugations for envasar 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 bottle |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | envasar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está envasando) and past continuous (estaba envasando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. bottling).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he envasado and hubiera envasado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have bottled).
| Gerundio / Gerund | envasando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | envasado |
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 bottle” or “they bottle”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | envaso |
| Tú | envasas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | envasa |
| Nosotros / as | envasamos |
| Vosotros / as | envasáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | envasan |
| Vos | envasás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I bottled” or “she bottled” 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 | envasé | I bottled |
| Tú | envasaste | You bottled |
| Él / Ella / Usted | envasó | He / she / you bottled |
| Nosotros / as | envasamos | We bottled |
| Vosotros / as | envasasteis | You bottled |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | envasaron | They / you bottled |
| Vos | envasaste | You bottled |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was bottling” or “she was bottling” 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 | envasaba | I was bottling |
| Tú | envasabas | You were bottling |
| Él / Ella / Usted | envasaba | He was / she was / you were bottling |
| Nosotros / as | envasábamos | We were bottling |
| Vosotros / as | envasabais | You were bottling |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | envasaban | They / you were bottling |
| Vos | envasabas | You were bottling |
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 bottled” and “she has bottled”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he envasado | I have bottled |
| Tú | has envasado | You have bottled |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha envasado | He has / she has / you have bottled |
| Nosotros / as | hemos envasado | We have bottled |
| Vosotros / as | habéis envasado | You have bottled |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han envasado | They / you have bottled |
| Vos | has envasado | You have bottled |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would bottle” or “she would bottle”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | envasaría | I would bottle |
| Tú | envasarías | You would bottle |
| Él / Ella / Usted | envasaría | He / she / you would bottle |
| Nosotros / as | envasaríamos | We would bottle |
| Vosotros / as | envasaríais | You would bottle |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | envasarían | They / you would bottle |
| Vos | envasarías | You would bottle |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will bottle” or “they will bottle”.
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 envasar” means “They are going to bottle”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | envasaré | I will bottle |
| Tú | envasarás | You will bottle |
| Él / Ella / Usted | envasará | He / she / you will bottle |
| Nosotros / as | envasaremos | We will bottle |
| Vosotros / as | envasaréis | You will bottle |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | envasarán | They / you will bottle |
| Vos | envasarás | You will bottle |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | envase |
| Tú | envases |
| Él / Ella / Usted | envase |
| Nosotros / as | envasemos |
| Vosotros / as | envaséis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | envasen |
| Vos | envases |
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 | envasara | envasase |
| Tú | envasaras | envasase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | envasara | envasase |
| Nosotros / as | envasáramos | envasásemos |
| Vosotros / as | envasarais | envasaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | envasaran | envasasen |
| Vos | envasaras | envasase |
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 | envasare |
| Tú | envasares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | envasare |
| Nosotros / as | envasáremos |
| Vosotros / as | envasareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | envasaren |
| Vos | envasares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “bottle!” and “don’t bottle!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | envasa | no envases |
| Él / Ella / Usted | envase | no envase |
| Nosotros / as | envasemos | no envasemos |
| Vosotros / as | envasad | no envaséis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | envasen | no envasen |
| Vos | envasá | no envases |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya envasado |
| Tú | hayas envasado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya envasado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos envasado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis envasado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan envasado |
| Vos | hayas envasado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera envasado / hubiese envasado |
| Tú | hubieras envasado / hubieses envasado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera envasado / hubiese envasado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos envasado / hubiésemos envasado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais envasado / hubieseis envasado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran envasado / hubiesen envasado |
| Vos | hubieras envasado / hubieses envasado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere envasado |
| Tú | hubieres envasado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere envasado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos envasado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis envasado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren envasado |
| Vos | hubieres envasado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté envasando |
| Tú | estés envasando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté envasando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos envasando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis envasando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén envasando |
| Vos | estés envasando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera envasando / estuviese envasando |
| Tú | estuvieras envasando / estuvieses envasando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera envasando / estuviese envasando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos envasando / estuviésamos envasando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais envasando / estuvieseis envasando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera envasando / estuviese envasando |
| Vos | estuvieras envasando / estuvieses envasando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere envasando |
| Tú | estuvieres envasando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere envasando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos envasando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis envasando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere envasando |
| Vos | estuvieres envasando |
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 envasás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos envasaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos envasabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos envasarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos envasarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos envases |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos envasaras / Vos envasase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos envasá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no envases |