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How to conjugate Encabezar in Spanish

encabezar to head, to lead Irregular Verb

At a glance: Encabezar (to head, to lead) is a irregular verb in Spanish. In the present tense: encabezo, encabezas, encabeza, encabezamos, encabezáis, encabezan. The present tense is regular. In the preterite: yo changes z to c (encabecé); the other forms are regular. It is also irregular in the present subjunctive (encabece).

Past participle
encabezado headed
Gerund
encabezando heading
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Indicative tenses of Encabezar

Encabezar in the Indicative Present

The Indicative Present of encabezar is used to talk about situations, events or thoughts that are happening now or in the near future. It is also used to talk about facts and truths. For example, “encabezo”, meaning “I head”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Present is known as "El Presente".

PronounSpanishEnglish
YoencabezoI head
Túencabezasyou head
Ella / Él / Ustedencabezas/he heads
Nosotras / Nosotrosencabezamoswe head
Vosotras / Vosotrosencabezáisyou (plural) head
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesencabezanthey head

How it’s built: Regular: stem encabez- plus the -ar endings.

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Encabezar in the Indicative Preterite

The Indicative Preterite of encabezar is used to talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time. For example, “encabecé”, meaning “I headed”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Preterite is known as "El Pretérito Indefinido".

PronounSpanishEnglish
YoencabecéI headed
Túencabezasteyou headed
Ella / Él / Ustedencabezós/he headed
Nosotras / Nosotrosencabezamoswe headed
Vosotras / Vosotrosencabezasteisyou (plural) headed
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesencabezaronthey headed

How it’s built: Yo changes z to c (encabecé); the other forms are regular.

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Encabezar in the Indicative Imperfect

The Indicative Imperfect of encabezar is used to describe regular and repeated actions that happened in the past and descriptions of things you used to do. For example, “encabezaba”, meaning “I used to head”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Imperfect is known as "El Pretérito Imperfecto".

PronounSpanishEnglish
YoencabezabaI used to head
Túencabezabasyou used to head
Ella / Él / Ustedencabezabas/he used to head
Nosotras / Nosotrosencabezábamoswe used to head
Vosotras / Vosotrosencabezabaisyou (plural) used to head
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesencabezabanthey used to head

How it’s built: Regular: stem encabez- plus the -ar endings.

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Encabezar in the Indicative Present Continuous

The Indicative Present Continuous of encabezar is used to talk about something that is happening continuously or right now. For example, “estoy encabezando”, meaning “I am heading”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Present Continuous is known as "El Presente Progresivo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yoestoy encabezandoI am heading
Túestás encabezandoyou are heading
Ella / Él / Ustedestá encabezandos/he is heading
Nosotras / Nosotrosestamos encabezandowe are heading
Vosotras / Vosotrosestáis encabezandoyou (plural) are heading
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesestán encabezandothey are heading

How it’s built: Estar in the present (estoy, estás, está, estamos, estáis, están) plus the gerund encabezando.

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Encabezar in the Indicative Informal Future

The Indicative Informal Future of encabezar is used to talk about something that will happen in the future, especially in the near future. For example, “voy a encabezar”, meaning “I am going to head”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Informal Future is known as "El Futuro Próximo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yovoy a encabezarI am going to head
Túvas a encabezaryou are going to head
Ella / Él / Ustedva a encabezars/he is going to head
Nosotras / Nosotrosvamos a encabezarwe are going to head
Vosotras / Vosotrosvais a encabezaryou (plural) are going to head
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesvan a encabezarthey are going to head

How it’s built: Ir in the present (voy, vas, va, vamos, vais, van), then a, then the infinitive encabezar.

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Encabezar in the Indicative Future

The Indicative Future of encabezar is used to talk about something that will happen in the future. For example, “encabezaré”, meaning “I will head”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Future is known as "El Futuro Simple".

PronounSpanishEnglish
YoencabezaréI will head
Túencabezarásyou will head
Ella / Él / Ustedencabezarás/he will head
Nosotras / Nosotrosencabezaremoswe will head
Vosotras / Vosotrosencabezaréisyou (plural) will head
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesencabezaránthey will head

How it’s built: Regular: the infinitive encabezar plus the future endings.

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Encabezar in the Indicative Conditional

The Indicative Conditional of encabezar is used to talk about something that may happen in the future, hypothesis and probabilities. For example, “encabezaría”, meaning “I would head”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Conditional is known as "El Condicional Simple".

PronounSpanishEnglish
YoencabezaríaI would head
Túencabezaríasyou would head
Ella / Él / Ustedencabezarías/he would head
Nosotras / Nosotrosencabezaríamoswe would head
Vosotras / Vosotrosencabezaríaisyou (plural) would head
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesencabezaríanthey would head

How it’s built: Regular: the infinitive encabezar plus the conditional endings.

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Encabezar in the Indicative Present Perfect

The Indicative Present Perfect of encabezar is used to describe actions that started recently (in the past) and are still happening now or things that have been done recently. For example, “he encabezado”, meaning “I have headed”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Present Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Perfecto".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohe encabezadoI have headed
Túhas encabezadoyou have headed
Ella / Él / Ustedha encabezados/he has headed
Nosotras / Nosotroshemos encabezadowe have headed
Vosotras / Vosotroshabéis encabezadoyou (plural) have headed
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshan encabezadothey have headed

How it’s built: Haber in the present (he, has, ha, hemos, habéis, han) plus the past participle encabezado.

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Encabezar in the Indicative Past Perfect

The Indicative Past Perfect of encabezar is used to talk about actions that happened before another action in the past. For example, “había encabezado”, meaning “I had headed”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Past Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohabía encabezadoI had headed
Túhabías encabezadoyou had headed
Ella / Él / Ustedhabía encabezados/he had headed
Nosotras / Nosotroshabíamos encabezadowe had headed
Vosotras / Vosotroshabíais encabezadoyou (plural) had headed
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshabían encabezadothey had headed

How it’s built: Haber in the imperfect (había, habías, había, habíamos, habíais, habían) plus the past participle encabezado.

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Encabezar in the Indicative Future Perfect

The Indicative Future Perfect of encabezar is used to talk about something that will have happened in the future after something else has already happened. For example, “habré encabezado”, meaning “I will have headed”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Future Perfect is known as "El Futuro Perfecto".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohabré encabezadoI will have headed
Túhabrás encabezadoyou will have headed
Ella / Él / Ustedhabrá encabezados/he will have headed
Nosotras / Nosotroshabremos encabezadowe will have headed
Vosotras / Vosotroshabréis encabezadoyou (plural) will have headed
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshabrán encabezadothey will have headed

How it’s built: Haber in the future (habré, habrás, habrá, habremos, habréis, habrán) plus the past participle encabezado.

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Encabezar in the Indicative Conditional Perfect

The Indicative Conditional Perfect of encabezar is used to talk about something that would have happened in the past but didn’t due to another action. For example, “habría encabezado”, meaning “I would have headed”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Conditional Perfect is known as "El Condicional Perfecto".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohabría encabezadoI would have headed
Túhabrías encabezadoyou would have headed
Ella / Él / Ustedhabría encabezados/he would have headed
Nosotras / Nosotroshabríamos encabezadowe would have headed
Vosotras / Vosotroshabríais encabezadoyou (plural) would have headed
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshabrían encabezadothey would have headed

How it’s built: Haber in the conditional (habría, habrías, habría, habríamos, habríais, habrían) plus the past participle encabezado.

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Subjunctive tenses of Encabezar

Encabezar in the Subjunctive Present

The Subjunctive Present is used to talk about situations of uncertainty, or emotions such as wishes, desires and hopes. It differs from the indicative mood due to the uncertainty of the events which are being spoken about. For example, “encabece”, meaning “I head”.

In Spanish, the Subjunctive Present is known as "El Presente de Subjuntivo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
YoencabeceI head
Túencabecesyou head
Ella / Él / Ustedencabeces/he heads
Nosotras / Nosotrosencabecemoswe head
Vosotras / Vosotrosencabecéisyou (plural) head
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesencabecenthey head

How it’s built: Every form changes z to c (encabece, encabeces, encabece, encabecemos, encabecéis, encabecen).

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Encabezar in the Subjunctive Imperfect

The Subjunctive Imperfect is used to speak about unlikely or uncertain events in the past or to cast an opinion (emotional) about something that happened in the past. For example, “encabezara”, meaning “I headed”.

In Spanish, the Subjunctive Imperfect is known as "El Imperfecto Subjuntivo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
YoencabezaraI headed
Túencabezarasyou headed
Ella / Él / Ustedencabezaras/he headed
Nosotras / Nosotrosencabezáramoswe headed
Vosotras / Vosotrosencabezaraisyou (plural) headed
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesencabezaranthey headed

How it’s built: Regular: the ellas/ellos preterite, encabezaron, without -ron, plus the -ra endings; nosotros adds an accent (encabezáramos).

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Encabezar in the Subjunctive Future

The Subjunctive Future is used to speak about hypothetical situations, and actions/events that may happen in the future. For example, “encabezare”, meaning “I will head”.

In Spanish, the Subjunctive Future is known as "El Futuro de Subjuntivo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
YoencabezareI will head
Túencabezaresyou will head
Ella / Él / Ustedencabezares/he will head
Nosotras / Nosotrosencabezáremoswe will head
Vosotras / Vosotrosencabezareisyou (plural) will head
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesencabezarenthey will head

How it’s built: Regular: the ellas/ellos preterite, encabezaron, without -ron, plus the -re endings; nosotros adds an accent (encabezáremos).

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Encabezar in the Subjunctive Present Perfect

The Subjunctive Present Perfect is used to describe past actions or events that are still connected to the present day and to speak about an action that will have happened by a certain time in the future. For example, “haya encabezado”, meaning “I have headed”.

In Spanish, the Subjunctive Present Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Perfecto de Subjuntivo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohaya encabezadoI have headed
Túhayas encabezadoyou have headed
Ella / Él / Ustedhaya encabezados/he has headed
Nosotras / Nosotroshayamos encabezadowe have headed
Vosotras / Vosotroshayáis encabezadoyou (plural) have headed
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshayan encabezadothey have headed

How it’s built: Haber in the subjunctive present (haya, hayas, haya, hayamos, hayáis, hayan) plus the past participle encabezado.

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Encabezar in the Subjunctive Past Perfect

The Subjunctive Past Perfect is used to speak about hypothetical situations, and actions/events that occurred before other actions/events in the past. For example, “hubiera encabezado”, meaning “I had headed”.

In Spanish, the Subjunctive Past Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto de Subjuntivo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohubiera encabezadoI had headed
Túhubieras encabezadoyou had headed
Ella / Él / Ustedhubiera encabezados/he had headed
Nosotras / Nosotroshubiéramos encabezadowe had headed
Vosotras / Vosotroshubierais encabezadoyou (plural) had headed
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshubieran encabezadothey had headed

How it’s built: Haber in the subjunctive imperfect (hubiera, hubieras, hubiera, hubiéramos, hubierais, hubieran) plus the past participle encabezado.

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Encabezar in the Subjunctive Future Perfect

The Subjunctive Future Perfect is used to speak about something that will have happened if a hypothetical situations occurs in the future. For example, “hubiere encabezado”, meaning “I will have headed”.

In Spanish, the Subjunctive Future Perfect is known as "El Futuro Perfecto de Subjuntivo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohubiere encabezadoI will have headed
Túhubieres encabezadoyou will have headed
Ella / Él / Ustedhubiere encabezados/he will have headed
Nosotras / Nosotroshubiéremos encabezadowe will have headed
Vosotras / Vosotroshubiereis encabezadoyou (plural) will have headed
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshubieren encabezadothey will have headed

How it’s built: Haber in the subjunctive future (hubiere, hubieres, hubiere, hubiéremos, hubiereis, hubieren) plus the past participle encabezado.

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Imperative tenses of Encabezar

Encabezar in the Imperative Affirmative

The Imperative Affirmative is used to give orders and commands, to tell someone to do something. For example, “encabece”, meaning “(to you formal) head!”.

In Spanish, the Imperative Affirmative is known as "El Imperativo Afirmativo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yo--
Túencabeza(to you) head!
Ella / Él / Ustedencabece(to you formal) head!
Nosotras / Nosotrosencabecemoslet's head!
Vosotras / Vosotrosencabezad(to you plural) head!
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesencabecen(to you plural formal) head!

How it’s built: Tú takes the ella/él present (encabeza); usted, nosotros and ustedes take the subjunctive present (encabece, encabecemos, encabecen); vosotros swaps the final r of the infinitive for a d (encabezad).

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Encabezar in the Imperative Negative

The Imperative Negative is used to give orders and commands, telling someone not to do something. For example, “no encabece”, meaning “(to you formal) don't head!”.

In Spanish, the Imperative Negative is known as "El Imperativo Negativo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yo--
Túno encabeces(to you) don't head!
Ella / Él / Ustedno encabece(to you formal) don't head!
Nosotras / Nosotrosno encabecemoslet's not head!
Vosotras / Vosotrosno encabecéis(to you plural) don't head!
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesno encabecen(to you plural formal) don't head!

How it’s built: No plus the subjunctive present: no encabeces, no encabece, no encabecemos, no encabecéis, no encabecen.

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Frequently asked questions about Encabezar

Is encabezar a regular or irregular verb?

Encabezar is an irregular Spanish verb. The present tense is regular. In the preterite: yo changes z to c (encabecé); the other forms are regular. It is also irregular in the present subjunctive (encabece).

How do you conjugate encabezar in the present tense (presente)?

In the present tense (presente), encabezar is conjugated as: yo encabezo, tú encabezas, él/ella/usted encabeza, nosotros encabezamos, vosotros encabezáis, ellos/ellas/ustedes encabezan. The present tense is used To talk about situations, events or thoughts that are happening now or in the near future. It is also used to talk about facts and truths.

How do you conjugate encabezar in the preterite (pretérito indefinido)?

In the preterite (pretérito indefinido), encabezar is conjugated as: yo encabecé, tú encabezaste, él/ella/usted encabezó, nosotros encabezamos, vosotros encabezasteis, ellos/ellas/ustedes encabezaron. The preterite is used To talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time.

How do you conjugate encabezar in the imperfect (pretérito imperfecto)?

In the imperfect (pretérito imperfecto), encabezar is conjugated as: yo encabezaba, tú encabezabas, él/ella/usted encabezaba, nosotros encabezábamos, vosotros encabezabais, ellos/ellas/ustedes encabezaban. The imperfect is used To describe regular and repeated actions that happened in the past and descriptions of things you used to do.

How do you conjugate encabezar in the future tense (futuro simple)?

In the future tense (futuro simple), encabezar is conjugated as: yo encabezaré, tú encabezarás, él/ella/usted encabezará, nosotros encabezaremos, vosotros encabezaréis, ellos/ellas/ustedes encabezarán. The future tense is used To talk about something that will happen in the future.

How do you conjugate encabezar in the present subjunctive (subjuntivo presente)?

In the present subjunctive (subjuntivo presente), encabezar is conjugated as: yo encabece, tú encabeces, él/ella/usted encabece, nosotros encabecemos, vosotros encabecéis, ellos/ellas/ustedes encabecen. The present subjunctive is used To talk about situations of uncertainty, or emotions such as wishes, desires and hopes. It differs from the indicative mood due to the uncertainty of the events which are being spoken about.


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