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Enchufar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to plug in”.
Below are all of the conjugations for enchufar 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 plug in |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | enchufar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está enchufando) and past continuous (estaba enchufando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. plugging in).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he enchufado and hubiera enchufado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have plugged in).
| Gerundio / Gerund | enchufando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | enchufado |
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 plugin” or “they plugin”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | enchufo |
| Tú | enchufas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | enchufa |
| Nosotros / as | enchufamos |
| Vosotros / as | enchufáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | enchufan |
| Vos | enchufás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I plugged in” or “she plugged in” 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 | enchufé | I plugged in |
| Tú | enchufaste | You plugged in |
| Él / Ella / Usted | enchufó | He / she / you plugged in |
| Nosotros / as | enchufamos | We plugged in |
| Vosotros / as | enchufasteis | You plugged in |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | enchufaron | They / you plugged in |
| Vos | enchufaste | You plugged in |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was plugging in” or “she was plugging in” 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 | enchufaba | I was plugging in |
| Tú | enchufabas | You were plugging in |
| Él / Ella / Usted | enchufaba | He was / she was / you were plugging in |
| Nosotros / as | enchufábamos | We were plugging in |
| Vosotros / as | enchufabais | You were plugging in |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | enchufaban | They / you were plugging in |
| Vos | enchufabas | You were plugging in |
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 plugged in” and “she has plugged in”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he enchufado | I have plugged in |
| Tú | has enchufado | You have plugged in |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha enchufado | He has / she has / you have plugged in |
| Nosotros / as | hemos enchufado | We have plugged in |
| Vosotros / as | habéis enchufado | You have plugged in |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han enchufado | They / you have plugged in |
| Vos | has enchufado | You have plugged in |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would plugin” or “she would plugin”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | enchufaría | I would plugin |
| Tú | enchufarías | You would plugin |
| Él / Ella / Usted | enchufaría | He / she / you would plugin |
| Nosotros / as | enchufaríamos | We would plugin |
| Vosotros / as | enchufaríais | You would plugin |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | enchufarían | They / you would plugin |
| Vos | enchufarías | You would plugin |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will plugin” or “they will plugin”.
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 enchufar” means “They are going to plugin”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | enchufaré | I will plugin |
| Tú | enchufarás | You will plugin |
| Él / Ella / Usted | enchufará | He / she / you will plugin |
| Nosotros / as | enchufaremos | We will plugin |
| Vosotros / as | enchufaréis | You will plugin |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | enchufarán | They / you will plugin |
| Vos | enchufarás | You will plugin |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | enchufe |
| Tú | enchufes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | enchufe |
| Nosotros / as | enchufemos |
| Vosotros / as | enchuféis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | enchufen |
| Vos | enchufes |
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 | enchufara | enchufase |
| Tú | enchufaras | enchufase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | enchufara | enchufase |
| Nosotros / as | enchufáramos | enchufásemos |
| Vosotros / as | enchufarais | enchufaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | enchufaran | enchufasen |
| Vos | enchufaras | enchufase |
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 | enchufare |
| Tú | enchufares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | enchufare |
| Nosotros / as | enchufáremos |
| Vosotros / as | enchufareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | enchufaren |
| Vos | enchufares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “plugin!” and “don’t plugin!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | enchufa | no enchufes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | enchufe | no enchufe |
| Nosotros / as | enchufemos | no enchufemos |
| Vosotros / as | enchufad | no enchuféis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | enchufen | no enchufen |
| Vos | enchufá | no enchufes |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya enchufado |
| Tú | hayas enchufado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya enchufado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos enchufado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis enchufado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan enchufado |
| Vos | hayas enchufado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera enchufado / hubiese enchufado |
| Tú | hubieras enchufado / hubieses enchufado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera enchufado / hubiese enchufado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos enchufado / hubiésemos enchufado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais enchufado / hubieseis enchufado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran enchufado / hubiesen enchufado |
| Vos | hubieras enchufado / hubieses enchufado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere enchufado |
| Tú | hubieres enchufado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere enchufado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos enchufado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis enchufado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren enchufado |
| Vos | hubieres enchufado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté enchufando |
| Tú | estés enchufando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté enchufando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos enchufando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis enchufando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén enchufando |
| Vos | estés enchufando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera enchufando / estuviese enchufando |
| Tú | estuvieras enchufando / estuvieses enchufando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera enchufando / estuviese enchufando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos enchufando / estuviésamos enchufando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais enchufando / estuvieseis enchufando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera enchufando / estuviese enchufando |
| Vos | estuvieras enchufando / estuvieses enchufando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere enchufando |
| Tú | estuvieres enchufando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere enchufando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos enchufando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis enchufando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere enchufando |
| Vos | estuvieres enchufando |
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 enchufás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos enchufaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos enchufabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos enchufarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos enchufarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos enchufes |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos enchufaras / Vos enchufase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos enchufá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no enchufes |