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At a glance: Encargarse (to take care of) is a reflexive irregular verb in Spanish. In the present tense: me encargo, te encargas, se encarga, nos encargamos, os encargáis, se 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 (me encargue).

Past participle: encargado taken care of
Gerund: encargando taking care of
Similar: ocuparse

Indicative tenses of Encargarse
Subjunctive tenses of Encargarse
Imperative tenses of Encargarse
- Encargarse in the Imperative Affirmative
- Encargarse in the Imperative Negative
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Indicative tenses of Encargarse

Encargarse in the Indicative Present

The Indicative Present of encargarse 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 encargo”, meaning “I take care of”.

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

Pronoun	Spanish	English
Yo	me encargo	I take care of
Tú	te encargas	you take care of
Ella / Él / Usted	se encarga	s/he takes care of
Nosotras / Nosotros	nos encargamos	we take care of
Vosotras / Vosotros	os encargáis	you (plural) take care of
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes	se encargan	they take care of

How it’s built: Regular: stem encarg- plus the -ar endings. The reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes in front.

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Encargarse in the Indicative Preterite

The Indicative Preterite of encargarse is used to talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time. For example, “me encargué”, meaning “I took care of”.

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

Pronoun	Spanish	English
Yo	me encargué	I took care of
Tú	te encargaste	you took care of
Ella / Él / Usted	se encargó	s/he took care of
Nosotras / Nosotros	nos encargamos	we took care of
Vosotras / Vosotros	os encargasteis	you (plural) took care of
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes	se encargaron	they took care of

How it’s built: Yo adds a u (encargué); the other forms are regular. The reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes in front.

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Encargarse in the Indicative Imperfect

The Indicative Imperfect of encargarse is used to describe regular and repeated actions that happened in the past and descriptions of things you used to do. For example, “me encargaba”, meaning “I used to take care of”.

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

Pronoun	Spanish	English
Yo	me encargaba	I used to take care of
Tú	te encargabas	you used to take care of
Ella / Él / Usted	se encargaba	s/he used to take care of
Nosotras / Nosotros	nos encargábamos	we used to take care of
Vosotras / Vosotros	os encargabais	you (plural) used to take care of
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes	se encargaban	they used to take care of

How it’s built: Regular: stem encarg- plus the -ar endings. The reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes in front.

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Encargarse in the Indicative Present Continuous

The Indicative Present Continuous of encargarse is used to talk about something that is happening continuously or right now. For example, “me estoy encargando”, meaning “I am taking care of”.

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

Pronoun	Spanish	English
Yo	me estoy encargando	I am taking care of
Tú	te estás encargando	you are taking care of
Ella / Él / Usted	se está encargando	s/he is taking care of
Nosotras / Nosotros	nos estamos encargando	we are taking care of
Vosotras / Vosotros	os estáis encargando	you (plural) are taking care of
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes	se están encargando	they are taking care of

How it’s built: Estar in the present (estoy, estás, está, estamos, estáis, están) plus the gerund encargando. The reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes in front.

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Encargarse in the Indicative Informal Future

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

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

Pronoun	Spanish	English
Yo	me voy a encargar	I am going to take care of
Tú	te vas a encargar	you are going to take care of
Ella / Él / Usted	se va a encargar	s/he is going to take care of
Nosotras / Nosotros	nos vamos a encargar	we are going to take care of
Vosotras / Vosotros	os vais a encargar	you (plural) are going to take care of
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes	se van a encargar	they are going to take care of

How it’s built: Ir in the present (voy, vas, va, vamos, vais, van), then a, then the infinitive encargar. The reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes in front.

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Encargarse in the Indicative Future

The Indicative Future of encargarse is used to talk about something that will happen in the future. For example, “me encargaré”, meaning “I will take care of”.

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

Pronoun	Spanish	English
Yo	me encargaré	I will take care of
Tú	te encargarás	you will take care of
Ella / Él / Usted	se encargará	s/he will take care of
Nosotras / Nosotros	nos encargaremos	we will take care of
Vosotras / Vosotros	os encargaréis	you (plural) will take care of
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes	se encargarán	they will take care of

How it’s built: Regular: the infinitive encargar plus the future endings. The reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes in front.

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Encargarse in the Indicative Conditional

The Indicative Conditional of encargarse is used to talk about something that may happen in the future, hypothesis and probabilities. For example, “me encargaría”, meaning “I would take care of”.

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

Pronoun	Spanish	English
Yo	me encargaría	I would take care of
Tú	te encargarías	you would take care of
Ella / Él / Usted	se encargaría	s/he would take care of
Nosotras / Nosotros	nos encargaríamos	we would take care of
Vosotras / Vosotros	os encargaríais	you (plural) would take care of
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes	se encargarían	they would take care of

How it’s built: Regular: the infinitive encargar plus the conditional endings. The reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes in front.

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Encargarse in the Indicative Present Perfect

The Indicative Present Perfect of encargarse 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 he encargado”, meaning “I have taken care of”.

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

Pronoun	Spanish	English
Yo	me he encargado	I have taken care of
Tú	te has encargado	you have taken care of
Ella / Él / Usted	se ha encargado	s/he has taken care of
Nosotras / Nosotros	nos hemos encargado	we have taken care of
Vosotras / Vosotros	os habéis encargado	you (plural) have taken care of
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes	se han encargado	they have taken care of

How it’s built: Haber in the present (he, has, ha, hemos, habéis, han) plus the past participle encargado. The reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes in front.

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Encargarse in the Indicative Past Perfect

The Indicative Past Perfect of encargarse is used to talk about actions that happened before another action in the past. For example, “me había encargado”, meaning “I had taken care of”.

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

Pronoun	Spanish	English
Yo	me había encargado	I had taken care of
Tú	te habías encargado	you had taken care of
Ella / Él / Usted	se había encargado	s/he had taken care of
Nosotras / Nosotros	nos habíamos encargado	we had taken care of
Vosotras / Vosotros	os habíais encargado	you (plural) had taken care of
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes	se habían encargado	they had taken care of

How it’s built: Haber in the imperfect (había, habías, había, habíamos, habíais, habían) plus the past participle encargado. The reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes in front.

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Encargarse in the Indicative Future Perfect

The Indicative Future Perfect of encargarse is used to talk about something that will have happened in the future after something else has already happened. For example, “me habré encargado”, meaning “I will have taken care of”.

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

Pronoun	Spanish	English
Yo	me habré encargado	I will have taken care of
Tú	te habrás encargado	you will have taken care of
Ella / Él / Usted	se habrá encargado	s/he will have taken care of
Nosotras / Nosotros	nos habremos encargado	we will have taken care of
Vosotras / Vosotros	os habréis encargado	you (plural) will have taken care of
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes	se habrán encargado	they will have taken care of

How it’s built: Haber in the future (habré, habrás, habrá, habremos, habréis, habrán) plus the past participle encargado. The reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes in front.

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Encargarse in the Indicative Conditional Perfect

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

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

Pronoun	Spanish	English
Yo	me habría encargado	I would have taken care of
Tú	te habrías encargado	you would have taken care of
Ella / Él / Usted	se habría encargado	s/he would have taken care of
Nosotras / Nosotros	nos habríamos encargado	we would have taken care of
Vosotras / Vosotros	os habríais encargado	you (plural) would have taken care of
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes	se habrían encargado	they would have taken care of

How it’s built: Haber in the conditional (habría, habrías, habría, habríamos, habríais, habrían) plus the past participle encargado. The reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes in front.

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Subjunctive tenses of Encargarse

Encargarse 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 encargue”, meaning “I take care of”.

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

Pronoun	Spanish	English
Yo	me encargue	I take care of
Tú	te encargues	you take care of
Ella / Él / Usted	se encargue	s/he takes care of
Nosotras / Nosotros	nos encarguemos	we take care of
Vosotras / Vosotros	os encarguéis	you (plural) take care of
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes	se encarguen	they take care of

How it’s built: Every form adds a u (encargue, encargues, encargue, encarguemos, encarguéis, encarguen). The reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes in front.

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Encargarse 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 encargara”, meaning “I took care of”.

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

Pronoun	Spanish	English
Yo	me encargara	I took care of
Tú	te encargaras	you took care of
Ella / Él / Usted	se encargara	s/he took care of
Nosotras / Nosotros	nos encargáramos	we took care of
Vosotras / Vosotros	os encargarais	you (plural) took care of
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes	se encargaran	they took care of

How it’s built: Regular: the ellas/ellos preterite, encargaron, without -ron, plus the -ra endings; nosotros adds an accent (encargáramos). The reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes in front.

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Encargarse 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 encargare”, meaning “I will take care of”.

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

Pronoun	Spanish	English
Yo	me encargare	I will take care of
Tú	te encargares	you will take care of
Ella / Él / Usted	se encargare	s/he will take care of
Nosotras / Nosotros	nos encargáremos	we will take care of
Vosotras / Vosotros	os encargareis	you (plural) will take care of
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes	se encargaren	they will take care of

How it’s built: Regular: the ellas/ellos preterite, encargaron, without -ron, plus the -re endings; nosotros adds an accent (encargáremos). The reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes in front.

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Encargarse 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 encargado”, meaning “I have taken care of”.

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

Pronoun	Spanish	English
Yo	me haya encargado	I have taken care of
Tú	te hayas encargado	you have taken care of
Ella / Él / Usted	se haya encargado	s/he has taken care of
Nosotras / Nosotros	nos hayamos encargado	we have taken care of
Vosotras / Vosotros	os hayáis encargado	you (plural) have taken care of
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes	se hayan encargado	they have taken care of

How it’s built: Haber in the subjunctive present (haya, hayas, haya, hayamos, hayáis, hayan) plus the past participle encargado. The reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes in front.

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Encargarse 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 encargado”, meaning “I had taken care of”.

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

Pronoun	Spanish	English
Yo	me hubiera encargado	I had taken care of
Tú	te hubieras encargado	you had taken care of
Ella / Él / Usted	se hubiera encargado	s/he had taken care of
Nosotras / Nosotros	nos hubiéramos encargado	we had taken care of
Vosotras / Vosotros	os hubierais encargado	you (plural) had taken care of
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes	se hubieran encargado	they had taken care of

How it’s built: Haber in the subjunctive imperfect (hubiera, hubieras, hubiera, hubiéramos, hubierais, hubieran) plus the past participle encargado. The reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes in front.

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Encargarse 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 encargado”, meaning “I will have taken care of”.

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

Pronoun	Spanish	English
Yo	me hubiere encargado	I will have taken care of
Tú	te hubieres encargado	you will have taken care of
Ella / Él / Usted	se hubiere encargado	s/he will have taken care of
Nosotras / Nosotros	nos hubiéremos encargado	we will have taken care of
Vosotras / Vosotros	os hubiereis encargado	you (plural) will have taken care of
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes	se hubieren encargado	they will have taken care of

How it’s built: Haber in the subjunctive future (hubiere, hubieres, hubiere, hubiéremos, hubiereis, hubieren) plus the past participle encargado. The reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes in front.

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Imperative tenses of Encargarse

Encargarse in the Imperative Affirmative

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

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

Pronoun	Spanish	English
Yo	-	-
Tú	encárgate	(to you) take care of!
Ella / Él / Usted	encárguese	(to you formal) take care of!
Nosotras / Nosotros	encarguémonos	let's take care of!
Vosotras / Vosotros	encargaos	(to you plural) take care of!
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes	encárguense	(to you plural formal) take care of!

How it’s built: Tú takes the ella/él present and attaches te (encárgate); usted and ustedes take the subjunctive present and attach se (encárguese, encárguense); nosotros takes the subjunctive present, drops the s and attaches nos (encarguémonos); vosotros drops the final r of the infinitive and attaches os (encargaos).

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Encargarse in the Imperative Negative

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

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

Pronoun	Spanish	English
Yo	-	-
Tú	no te encargues	(to you) don't take care of!
Ella / Él / Usted	no se encargue	(to you formal) don't take care of!
Nosotras / Nosotros	no nos encarguemos	let's not take care of!
Vosotras / Vosotros	no os encarguéis	(to you plural) don't take care of!
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes	no se encarguen	(to you plural formal) don't take care of!

How it’s built: No plus the subjunctive present: no te encargues, no se encargue, no nos encarguemos, no os encarguéis, no se encarguen.

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Frequently asked questions about Encargarse

Is encargarse a regular or irregular verb?

Encargarse 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 (me encargue).

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

In the present tense (presente), encargarse is conjugated as: yo me encargo, tú te encargas, él/ella/usted se encarga, nosotros nos encargamos, vosotros os encargáis, ellos/ellas/ustedes se 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.

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

In the preterite (pretérito indefinido), encargarse is conjugated as: yo me encargué, tú te encargaste, él/ella/usted se encargó, nosotros nos encargamos, vosotros os encargasteis, ellos/ellas/ustedes se encargaron. The preterite is used To talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time.

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

In the imperfect (pretérito imperfecto), encargarse is conjugated as: yo me encargaba, tú te encargabas, él/ella/usted se encargaba, nosotros nos encargábamos, vosotros os encargabais, ellos/ellas/ustedes se encargaban. 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 encargarse in the future tense (futuro simple)?

In the future tense (futuro simple), encargarse is conjugated as: yo me encargaré, tú te encargarás, él/ella/usted se encargará, nosotros nos encargaremos, vosotros os encargaréis, ellos/ellas/ustedes se encargarán. The future tense is used To talk about something that will happen in the future.

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

In the present subjunctive (subjuntivo presente), encargarse is conjugated as: yo me encargue, tú te encargues, él/ella/usted se encargue, nosotros nos encarguemos, vosotros os encarguéis, ellos/ellas/ustedes se 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.

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