Ella Verbsencargar to order, to request Irregular Verb
At a glance: Encargar (to order, to request) is a irregular verb in Spanish. In the present tense: encargo, encargas, encarga, encargamos, encargáis, encargan. The present tense is regular. In the preterite: yo adds a u (encargué); the other forms are regular. It is also irregular in the present subjunctive (encargue).

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The Indicative Present of encargar 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, “encargo”, meaning “I order”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Present is known as "El Presente".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | encargo | I order |
| Tú | encargas | you order |
| Ella / Él / Usted | encarga | s/he orders |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | encargamos | we order |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | encargáis | you (plural) order |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | encargan | they order |
How it’s built: Regular: stem encarg- plus the -ar endings.
The Indicative Preterite of encargar is used to talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time. For example, “encargué”, meaning “I ordered”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Preterite is known as "El Pretérito Indefinido".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | encargué | I ordered |
| Tú | encargaste | you ordered |
| Ella / Él / Usted | encargó | s/he ordered |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | encargamos | we ordered |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | encargasteis | you (plural) ordered |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | encargaron | they ordered |
How it’s built: Yo adds a u (encargué); the other forms are regular.
Letters in red show where a form differs from the regular pattern.
The Indicative Imperfect of encargar is used to describe regular and repeated actions that happened in the past and descriptions of things you used to do. For example, “encargaba”, meaning “I used to order”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Imperfect is known as "El Pretérito Imperfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | encargaba | I used to order |
| Tú | encargabas | you used to order |
| Ella / Él / Usted | encargaba | s/he used to order |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | encargábamos | we used to order |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | encargabais | you (plural) used to order |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | encargaban | they used to order |
How it’s built: Regular: stem encarg- plus the -ar endings.
The Indicative Present Continuous of encargar is used to talk about something that is happening continuously or right now. For example, “estoy encargando”, meaning “I am ordering”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Present Continuous is known as "El Presente Progresivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | estoy encargando | I am ordering |
| Tú | estás encargando | you are ordering |
| Ella / Él / Usted | está encargando | s/he is ordering |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | estamos encargando | we are ordering |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | estáis encargando | you (plural) are ordering |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | están encargando | they are ordering |
How it’s built: Estar in the present (estoy, estás, está, estamos, estáis, están) plus the gerund encargando.
The Indicative Informal Future of encargar is used to talk about something that will happen in the future, especially in the near future. For example, “voy a encargar”, meaning “I am going to order”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Informal Future is known as "El Futuro Próximo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | voy a encargar | I am going to order |
| Tú | vas a encargar | you are going to order |
| Ella / Él / Usted | va a encargar | s/he is going to order |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | vamos a encargar | we are going to order |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | vais a encargar | you (plural) are going to order |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | van a encargar | they are going to order |
How it’s built: Ir in the present (voy, vas, va, vamos, vais, van), then a, then the infinitive encargar.
The Indicative Future of encargar is used to talk about something that will happen in the future. For example, “encargaré”, meaning “I will order”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Future is known as "El Futuro Simple".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | encargaré | I will order |
| Tú | encargarás | you will order |
| Ella / Él / Usted | encargará | s/he will order |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | encargaremos | we will order |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | encargaréis | you (plural) will order |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | encargarán | they will order |
How it’s built: Regular: the infinitive encargar plus the future endings.
The Indicative Conditional of encargar is used to talk about something that may happen in the future, hypothesis and probabilities. For example, “encargaría”, meaning “I would order”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Conditional is known as "El Condicional Simple".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | encargaría | I would order |
| Tú | encargarías | you would order |
| Ella / Él / Usted | encargaría | s/he would order |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | encargaríamos | we would order |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | encargaríais | you (plural) would order |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | encargarían | they would order |
How it’s built: Regular: the infinitive encargar plus the conditional endings.
The Indicative Present Perfect of encargar 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 encargado”, meaning “I have ordered”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Present Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Perfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he encargado | I have ordered |
| Tú | has encargado | you have ordered |
| Ella / Él / Usted | ha encargado | s/he has ordered |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hemos encargado | we have ordered |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habéis encargado | you (plural) have ordered |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | han encargado | they have ordered |
How it’s built: Haber in the present (he, has, ha, hemos, habéis, han) plus the past participle encargado.
The Indicative Past Perfect of encargar is used to talk about actions that happened before another action in the past. For example, “había encargado”, meaning “I had ordered”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Past Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | había encargado | I had ordered |
| Tú | habías encargado | you had ordered |
| Ella / Él / Usted | había encargado | s/he had ordered |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | habíamos encargado | we had ordered |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habíais encargado | you (plural) had ordered |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | habían encargado | they had ordered |
How it’s built: Haber in the imperfect (había, habías, había, habíamos, habíais, habían) plus the past participle encargado.
The Indicative Future Perfect of encargar is used to talk about something that will have happened in the future after something else has already happened. For example, “habré encargado”, meaning “I will have ordered”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Future Perfect is known as "El Futuro Perfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | habré encargado | I will have ordered |
| Tú | habrás encargado | you will have ordered |
| Ella / Él / Usted | habrá encargado | s/he will have ordered |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | habremos encargado | we will have ordered |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habréis encargado | you (plural) will have ordered |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | habrán encargado | they will have ordered |
How it’s built: Haber in the future (habré, habrás, habrá, habremos, habréis, habrán) plus the past participle encargado.
The Indicative Conditional Perfect of encargar is used to talk about something that would have happened in the past but didn’t due to another action. For example, “habría encargado”, meaning “I would have ordered”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Conditional Perfect is known as "El Condicional Perfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | habría encargado | I would have ordered |
| Tú | habrías encargado | you would have ordered |
| Ella / Él / Usted | habría encargado | s/he would have ordered |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | habríamos encargado | we would have ordered |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habríais encargado | you (plural) would have ordered |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | habrían encargado | they would have ordered |
How it’s built: Haber in the conditional (habría, habrías, habría, habríamos, habríais, habrían) plus the past participle encargado.
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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, “encargue”, meaning “I order”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Present is known as "El Presente de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | encargue | I order |
| Tú | encargues | you order |
| Ella / Él / Usted | encargue | s/he orders |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | encarguemos | we order |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | encarguéis | you (plural) order |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | encarguen | they order |
How it’s built: Every form adds a u (encargue, encargues, encargue, encarguemos, encarguéis, encarguen).
Letters in red show where a form differs from the regular pattern.
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, “encargara”, meaning “I ordered”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Imperfect is known as "El Imperfecto Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | encargara | I ordered |
| Tú | encargaras | you ordered |
| Ella / Él / Usted | encargara | s/he ordered |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | encargáramos | we ordered |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | encargarais | you (plural) ordered |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | encargaran | they ordered |
How it’s built: Regular: the ellas/ellos preterite, encargaron, without -ron, plus the -ra endings; nosotros adds an accent (encargáramos).
The Subjunctive Future is used to speak about hypothetical situations, and actions/events that may happen in the future. For example, “encargare”, meaning “I will order”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Future is known as "El Futuro de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | encargare | I will order |
| Tú | encargares | you will order |
| Ella / Él / Usted | encargare | s/he will order |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | encargáremos | we will order |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | encargareis | you (plural) will order |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | encargaren | they will order |
How it’s built: Regular: the ellas/ellos preterite, encargaron, without -ron, plus the -re endings; nosotros adds an accent (encargáremos).
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 encargado”, meaning “I have ordered”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Present Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Perfecto de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | haya encargado | I have ordered |
| Tú | hayas encargado | you have ordered |
| Ella / Él / Usted | haya encargado | s/he has ordered |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hayamos encargado | we have ordered |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | hayáis encargado | you (plural) have ordered |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | hayan encargado | they have ordered |
How it’s built: Haber in the subjunctive present (haya, hayas, haya, hayamos, hayáis, hayan) plus the past participle encargado.
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 encargado”, meaning “I had ordered”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Past Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera encargado | I had ordered |
| Tú | hubieras encargado | you had ordered |
| Ella / Él / Usted | hubiera encargado | s/he had ordered |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hubiéramos encargado | we had ordered |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | hubierais encargado | you (plural) had ordered |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | hubieran encargado | they had ordered |
How it’s built: Haber in the subjunctive imperfect (hubiera, hubieras, hubiera, hubiéramos, hubierais, hubieran) plus the past participle encargado.
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 encargado”, meaning “I will have ordered”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Future Perfect is known as "El Futuro Perfecto de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere encargado | I will have ordered |
| Tú | hubieres encargado | you will have ordered |
| Ella / Él / Usted | hubiere encargado | s/he will have ordered |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hubiéremos encargado | we will have ordered |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | hubiereis encargado | you (plural) will have ordered |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | hubieren encargado | they will have ordered |
How it’s built: Haber in the subjunctive future (hubiere, hubieres, hubiere, hubiéremos, hubiereis, hubieren) plus the past participle encargado.
The Imperative Affirmative is used to give orders and commands, to tell someone to do something. For example, “encargue”, meaning “(to you formal) order!”.
In Spanish, the Imperative Affirmative is known as "El Imperativo Afirmativo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | - | - |
| Tú | encarga | (to you) order! |
| Ella / Él / Usted | encargue | (to you formal) order! |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | encarguemos | let's order! |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | encargad | (to you plural) order! |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | encarguen | (to you plural formal) order! |
How it’s built: Tú takes the ella/él present (encarga); usted, nosotros and ustedes take the subjunctive present (encargue, encarguemos, encarguen); vosotros swaps the final r of the infinitive for a d (encargad).
Letters in red show where a form differs from the regular pattern.
The Imperative Negative is used to give orders and commands, telling someone not to do something. For example, “no encargue”, meaning “(to you formal) don't order!”.
In Spanish, the Imperative Negative is known as "El Imperativo Negativo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | - | - |
| Tú | no encargues | (to you) don't order! |
| Ella / Él / Usted | no encargue | (to you formal) don't order! |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | no encarguemos | let's not order! |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | no encarguéis | (to you plural) don't order! |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | no encarguen | (to you plural formal) don't order! |
How it’s built: No plus the subjunctive present: no encargues, no encargue, no encarguemos, no encarguéis, no encarguen.
Letters in red show where a form differs from the regular pattern.
Encargar is an irregular Spanish verb. The present tense is regular. In the preterite: yo adds a u (encargué); the other forms are regular. It is also irregular in the present subjunctive (encargue).
In the present tense (presente), encargar is conjugated as: yo encargo, tú encargas, él/ella/usted encarga, nosotros encargamos, vosotros encargáis, ellos/ellas/ustedes encargan. 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.
In the preterite (pretérito indefinido), encargar is conjugated as: yo encargué, tú encargaste, él/ella/usted encargó, nosotros encargamos, vosotros encargasteis, ellos/ellas/ustedes encargaron. The preterite is used To talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time.
In the imperfect (pretérito imperfecto), encargar is conjugated as: yo encargaba, tú encargabas, él/ella/usted encargaba, nosotros encargábamos, vosotros encargabais, ellos/ellas/ustedes encargaban. The imperfect is used To describe regular and repeated actions that happened in the past and descriptions of things you used to do.
In the future tense (futuro simple), encargar is conjugated as: yo encargaré, tú encargarás, él/ella/usted encargará, nosotros encargaremos, vosotros encargaréis, ellos/ellas/ustedes encargarán. The future tense is used To talk about something that will happen in the future.
In the present subjunctive (subjuntivo presente), encargar is conjugated as: yo encargue, tú encargues, él/ella/usted encargue, nosotros encarguemos, vosotros encarguéis, ellos/ellas/ustedes encarguen. 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.
Encargar means ‘to order, to request’ and encargarse means ‘to take care of’. Encargarse is the reflexive form of encargar, so it always takes a reflexive pronoun – me, te, se, nos, os or se – that matches the subject. The verb itself is conjugated the same way: in the present tense, yo encargo becomes me encargo. In the affirmative tú imperative the pronoun attaches to the end of the verb, so encarga becomes encárgate.
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