Ella VerbsHow to conjugate Encantar in Spanish
To love, to enchant Regular AR Verb
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Indicative tenses of Encantar
- Encantar in the Indicative Present
- Encantar in the Indicative Preterite
- Encantar in the Indicative Imperfect
- Encantar in the Indicative Present Continuous
- Encantar in the Indicative Informal Future
- Encantar in the Indicative Future
- Encantar in the Indicative Conditional
- Encantar in the Indicative Present Perfect
- Encantar in the Indicative Past Perfect
- Encantar in the Indicative Future Perfect
- Encantar in the Indicative Conditional Perfect
- Subjunctive tenses of Encantar
- Imperative tenses of Encantar
- Downloadable cheat sheet (PDF)
- Practice Encantar conjugations (free mobile app)
Introduction
Encantar is the Spanish verb for "to love, to enchant". It is a regular AR verb. Read on below to see how it is conjugated in the 18 major Spanish tenses!
Similar verbs to encantar include: amar, querer.
| Item | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | encantar | to love, to enchant |
| Past participle | encantado | loved |
| Gerund | encantando | loving |
Indicative Tenses of Encantar
Encantar in the Indicative Present
The Indicative Present of encantar 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, "me encanta / me encantan", meaning "I love".
In Spanish, the Indicative Present is known as "El Presente".
| Object | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| A mí | me encanta / me encantan | I love |
| A ti | te encanta / te encantan | you love |
| A ella/él/usted | le encanta / le encantan | s/he loves, you (formal) love |
| A nosotros/as | nos encanta / nos encantan | we love |
| A vosotros/as | os encanta / os encantan | you (plural) love |
| A ellos/as/ustedes | les encanta / les encantan | they love, |
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Encantar in the Indicative Preterite
The Indicative Preterite of encantar is used to talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time. For example, "me encantó / me encantaron", meaning "I loved".
In Spanish, the Indicative Preterite is known as "El Pretérito Indefinido".
| Object | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| A mí | me encantó / me encantaron | I loved |
| A ti | te encantó / te encantaron | you loved |
| A ella/él/usted | le encantó / le encantaron | s/he loved, you (formal) loved |
| A nosotros/as | nos encantó / nos encantaron | we loved |
| A vosotros/as | os encantó / os encantaron | you (plural) loved |
| A ellos/as/ustedes | les encantó / les encantaron | they loved, |
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Encantar in the Indicative Imperfect
The Indicative Imperfect of encantar is used to describe regular and repeated actions that happened in the past and descriptions of things you used to do. For example, "me encantaba / me encantaban", meaning "I used to love".
In Spanish, the Indicative Imperfect is known as "El Pretérito Imperfecto".
| Object | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| A mí | me encantaba / me encantaban | I used to love |
| A ti | te encantaba / te encantaban | you used to love |
| A ella/él/usted | le encantaba / le encantaban | s/he used to love, you (formal) used to love |
| A nosotros/as | nos encantaba / nos encantaban | we used to love |
| A vosotros/as | os encantaba / os encantaban | you (plural) used to love |
| A ellos/as/ustedes | les encantaba / les encantaban | they used to love, |
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Encantar in the Indicative Present Continuous
The Indicative Present Continuous of encantar is used to talk about something that is happening continuously or right now. For example, "me está encantando / me están encantando", meaning "I am loving".
In Spanish, the Indicative Present Continuous is known as "El Presente Progresivo".
| Object | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| A mí | me está encantando / me están encantando | I am loving |
| A ti | te está encantando / te están encantando | you are loving |
| A ella/él/usted | le está encantando / le están encantando | s/he is loving, you (formal) are loving |
| A nosotros/as | nos está encantando / nos están encantando | we are loving |
| A vosotros/as | os está encantando / os están encantando | you (plural) are loving |
| A ellos/as/ustedes | les está encantando / les están encantando | they are loving, |
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Encantar in the Indicative Informal Future
The Indicative Informal Future of encantar is used to talk about something that will happen in the future, especially in the near future. For example, "me va a encantar / me van a encantar", meaning "I am going to love".
In Spanish, the Indicative Informal Future is known as "El Futuro Próximo".
| Object | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| A mí | me va a encantar / me van a encantar | I am going to love |
| A ti | te va a encantar / te van a encantar | you are going to love |
| A ella/él/usted | le va a encantar / le van a encantar | s/he is going to love, you (formal) are going to love |
| A nosotros/as | nos va a encantar / nos van a encantar | we are going to love |
| A vosotros/as | os va a encantar / os van a encantar | you (plural) are going to love |
| A ellos/as/ustedes | les va a encantar / les van a encantar | they are going to love, |
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Encantar in the Indicative Future
The Indicative Future of encantar is used to talk about something that will happen in the future. For example, "me encantará / me encantarán", meaning "I will love".
In Spanish, the Indicative Future is known as "El Futuro Simple".
| Object | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| A mí | me encantará / me encantarán | I will love |
| A ti | te encantará / te encantarán | you will love |
| A ella/él/usted | le encantará / le encantarán | s/he will love, you (formal) will love |
| A nosotros/as | nos encantará / nos encantarán | we will love |
| A vosotros/as | os encantará / os encantarán | you (plural) will love |
| A ellos/as/ustedes | les encantará / les encantarán | they will love, |
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Encantar in the Indicative Conditional
The Indicative Conditional of encantar is used to talk about something that may happen in the future, hypothesis and probabilities. For example, "me encantaría / me encantarían", meaning "I would love".
In Spanish, the Indicative Conditional is known as "El Condicional Simple".
| Object | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| A mí | me encantaría / me encantarían | I would love |
| A ti | te encantaría / te encantarían | you would love |
| A ella/él/usted | le encantaría / le encantarían | s/he would love, you (formal) would love |
| A nosotros/as | nos encantaría / nos encantarían | we would love |
| A vosotros/as | os encantaría / os encantarían | you (plural) would love |
| A ellos/as/ustedes | les encantaría / les encantarían | they would love, |
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Encantar in the Indicative Present Perfect
The Indicative Present Perfect of encantar 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, "me ha encantado / me han encantado", meaning "I have loved".
In Spanish, the Indicative Present Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Perfecto".
| Object | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| A mí | me ha encantado / me han encantado | I have loved |
| A ti | te ha encantado / te han encantado | you have loved |
| A ella/él/usted | le ha encantado / le han encantado | s/he has loved, you (formal) have loved |
| A nosotros/as | nos ha encantado / nos han encantado | we have loved |
| A vosotros/as | os ha encantado / os han encantado | you (plural) have loved |
| A ellos/as/ustedes | les ha encantado / les han encantado | they have loved, |
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Encantar in the Indicative Past Perfect
The Indicative Past Perfect of encantar is used to talk about actions that happened before another action in the past. For example, "me había encantado / me habían encantado", meaning "I had loved".
In Spanish, the Indicative Past Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto".
| Object | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| A mí | me había encantado / me habían encantado | I had loved |
| A ti | te había encantado / te habían encantado | you had loved |
| A ella/él/usted | le había encantado / le habían encantado | s/he had loved, you (formal) had loved |
| A nosotros/as | nos había encantado / nos habían encantado | we had loved |
| A vosotros/as | os había encantado / os habían encantado | you (plural) had loved |
| A ellos/as/ustedes | les había encantado / les habían encantado | they had loved, |
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Encantar in the Indicative Future Perfect
The Indicative Future Perfect of encantar is used to talk about something that will have happened in the future after something else has already happened. For example, "me habrá encantado / me habrán encantado", meaning "I will have loved".
In Spanish, the Indicative Future Perfect is known as "El Futuro Perfecto".
| Object | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| A mí | me habrá encantado / me habrán encantado | I will have loved |
| A ti | te habrá encantado / te habrán encantado | you will have loved |
| A ella/él/usted | le habrá encantado / le habrán encantado | s/he will have loved, you (formal) will have loved |
| A nosotros/as | nos habrá encantado / nos habrán encantado | we will have loved |
| A vosotros/as | os habrá encantado / os habrán encantado | you (plural) will have loved |
| A ellos/as/ustedes | les habrá encantado / les habrán encantado | they will have loved, |
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Encantar in the Indicative Conditional Perfect
The Indicative Conditional Perfect of encantar is used to talk about something that would have happened in the past but didn’t due to another action. For example, "me habría encantado / me habrían encantado", meaning "I would have loved".
In Spanish, the Indicative Conditional Perfect is known as "El Condicional Perfecto".
| Object | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| A mí | me habría encantado / me habrían encantado | I would have loved |
| A ti | te habría encantado / te habrían encantado | you would have loved |
| A ella/él/usted | le habría encantado / le habrían encantado | s/he would have loved, you (formal) would have loved |
| A nosotros/as | nos habría encantado / nos habrían encantado | we would have loved |
| A vosotros/as | os habría encantado / os habrían encantado | you (plural) would have loved |
| A ellos/as/ustedes | les habría encantado / les habrían encantado | they would have loved, |
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Subjunctive Tenses of Encantar
Encantar 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, "me encante / me encanten", meaning "I love".
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Present is known as "El Presente de Subjuntivo".
| Object | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| A mí | me encante / me encanten | I love |
| A ti | te encante / te encanten | you love |
| A ella/él/usted | le encante / le encanten | s/he loves, you (formal) love |
| A nosotros/as | nos encante / nos encanten | we love |
| A vosotros/as | os encante / os encanten | you (plural) love |
| A ellos/as/ustedes | les encante / les encanten | they love, |
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Encantar 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, "me encantara / me encantaran", meaning "I loved".
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Imperfect is known as "El Imperfecto Subjuntivo".
| Object | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| A mí | me encantara / me encantaran | I loved |
| A ti | te encantara / te encantaran | you loved |
| A ella/él/usted | le encantara / le encantaran | s/he loved, you (formal) loved |
| A nosotros/as | nos encantara / nos encantaran | we loved |
| A vosotros/as | os encantara / os encantaran | you (plural) loved |
| A ellos/as/ustedes | les encantara / les encantaran | they loved, |
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Encantar 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, "me encantare / me encantaren", meaning "I will love".
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Future is known as "El Futuro de Subjuntivo".
| Object | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| A mí | me encantare / me encantaren | I will love |
| A ti | te encantare / te encantaren | you will love |
| A ella/él/usted | le encantare / le encantaren | s/he will love, you (formal) will love |
| A nosotros/as | nos encantare / nos encantaren | we will love |
| A vosotros/as | os encantare / os encantaren | you (plural) will love |
| A ellos/as/ustedes | les encantare / les encantaren | they will love, |
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Encantar 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, "me haya encantado / me hayan encantado", meaning "I have loved".
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Present Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Perfecto de Subjuntivo".
| Object | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| A mí | me haya encantado / me hayan encantado | I have loved |
| A ti | te haya encantado / te hayan encantado | you have loved |
| A ella/él/usted | le haya encantado / le hayan encantado | s/he has loved, you (formal) have loved |
| A nosotros/as | nos haya encantado / nos hayan encantado | we have loved |
| A vosotros/as | os haya encantado / os hayan encantado | you (plural) have loved |
| A ellos/as/ustedes | les haya encantado / les hayan encantado | they have loved, |
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Encantar 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, "me hubiera encantado / me hubieran encantado", meaning "I had loved".
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Past Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto de Subjuntivo".
| Object | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| A mí | me hubiera encantado / me hubieran encantado | I had loved |
| A ti | te hubiera encantado / te hubieran encantado | you had loved |
| A ella/él/usted | le hubiera encantado / le hubieran encantado | s/he had loved, you (formal) had loved |
| A nosotros/as | nos hubiera encantado / nos hubieran encantado | we had loved |
| A vosotros/as | os hubiera encantado / os hubieran encantado | you (plural) had loved |
| A ellos/as/ustedes | les hubiera encantado / les hubieran encantado | they had loved, |
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Encantar 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, "me hubiere encantado / me hubieren encantado", meaning "I will have loved".
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Future Perfect is known as "El Futuro Perfecto de Subjuntivo".
| Object | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| A mí | me hubiere encantado / me hubieren encantado | I will have loved |
| A ti | te hubiere encantado / te hubieren encantado | you will have loved |
| A ella/él/usted | le hubiere encantado / le hubieren encantado | s/he will have loved, you (formal) will have loved |
| A nosotros/as | nos hubiere encantado / nos hubieren encantado | we will have loved |
| A vosotros/as | os hubiere encantado / os hubieren encantado | you (plural) will have loved |
| A ellos/as/ustedes | les hubiere encantado / les hubieren encantado | they will have loved, |
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Imperative Tenses of Encantar
Encantar in the Imperative Affirmative
The Imperative Affirmative is used to give orders and commands, to tell someone to do something. For example, "encante", meaning "(to you formal) love!".
In Spanish, the Imperative Affirmative is known as "El Imperativo Afirmativo".
| Object | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| A mí | - | - |
| A ti | encanta | (to you) love! |
| A ella/él/usted | encante | (to you formal) love! |
| A nosotros/as | encantemos | let's love! |
| A vosotros/as | encantad | (to you plural) love! |
| A ellos/as/ustedes | encanten | (to you plural formal) love! |
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Encantar in the Imperative Negative
The Imperative Negative is used to give orders and commands, telling someone not to do something. For example, "no encante", meaning "(to you formal) don't love!".
In Spanish, the Imperative Negative is known as "El Imperativo Negativo".
| Object | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| A mí | - | - |
| A ti | no encantes | (to you) don't love! |
| A ella/él/usted | no encante | (to you formal) don't love! |
| A nosotros/as | no encantemos | let's not love! |
| A vosotros/as | no encantéis | (to you plural) don't love! |
| A ellos/as/ustedes | no encanten | (to you plural formal) don't love! |
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