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How to conjugate Encogerse in Spanish

encogerse to shrink Irregular Verb

At a glance: Encogerse (to shrink) is a reflexive irregular verb in Spanish. In the present tense: me encojo, te encoges, se encoge, nos encogemos, os encogéis, se encogen. Yo changes g to j (encojo); the other forms are regular. It is also irregular in the present subjunctive (me encoja).

Past participle
encogido shrunk
Gerund
encogiendo shrinking
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Indicative tenses of Encogerse

Encogerse in the Indicative Present

The Indicative Present of encogerse 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 encojo”, meaning “I shrink”.

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yome encojoI shrink
Túte encogesyou shrink
Ella / Él / Ustedse encoges/he shrinks
Nosotras / Nosotrosnos encogemoswe shrink
Vosotras / Vosotrosos encogéisyou (plural) shrink
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesse encogenthey shrink

How it’s built: Yo changes g to j (encojo); the other forms are regular. The reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes in front.

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Encogerse in the Indicative Preterite

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yome encogíI shrank
Túte encogisteyou shrank
Ella / Él / Ustedse encogiós/he shrank
Nosotras / Nosotrosnos encogimoswe shrank
Vosotras / Vosotrosos encogisteisyou (plural) shrank
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesse encogieronthey shrank

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

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Encogerse in the Indicative Imperfect

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yome encogíaI used to shrink
Túte encogíasyou used to shrink
Ella / Él / Ustedse encogías/he used to shrink
Nosotras / Nosotrosnos encogíamoswe used to shrink
Vosotras / Vosotrosos encogíaisyou (plural) used to shrink
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesse encogíanthey used to shrink

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

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Encogerse in the Indicative Present Continuous

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yome estoy encogiendoI am shrinking
Túte estás encogiendoyou are shrinking
Ella / Él / Ustedse está encogiendos/he is shrinking
Nosotras / Nosotrosnos estamos encogiendowe are shrinking
Vosotras / Vosotrosos estáis encogiendoyou (plural) are shrinking
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesse están encogiendothey are shrinking

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

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Encogerse in the Indicative Informal Future

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yome voy a encogerI am going to shrink
Túte vas a encogeryou are going to shrink
Ella / Él / Ustedse va a encogers/he is going to shrink
Nosotras / Nosotrosnos vamos a encogerwe are going to shrink
Vosotras / Vosotrosos vais a encogeryou (plural) are going to shrink
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesse van a encogerthey are going to shrink

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

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Encogerse in the Indicative Future

The Indicative Future of encogerse is used to talk about something that will happen in the future. For example, “me encogeré”, meaning “I will shrink”.

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yome encogeréI will shrink
Túte encogerásyou will shrink
Ella / Él / Ustedse encogerás/he will shrink
Nosotras / Nosotrosnos encogeremoswe will shrink
Vosotras / Vosotrosos encogeréisyou (plural) will shrink
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesse encogeránthey will shrink

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

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Encogerse in the Indicative Conditional

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yome encogeríaI would shrink
Túte encogeríasyou would shrink
Ella / Él / Ustedse encogerías/he would shrink
Nosotras / Nosotrosnos encogeríamoswe would shrink
Vosotras / Vosotrosos encogeríaisyou (plural) would shrink
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesse encogeríanthey would shrink

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

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Encogerse in the Indicative Present Perfect

The Indicative Present Perfect of encogerse 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 encogido”, meaning “I have shrunk”.

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yome he encogidoI have shrunk
Túte has encogidoyou have shrunk
Ella / Él / Ustedse ha encogidos/he has shrunk
Nosotras / Nosotrosnos hemos encogidowe have shrunk
Vosotras / Vosotrosos habéis encogidoyou (plural) have shrunk
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesse han encogidothey have shrunk

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

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Encogerse in the Indicative Past Perfect

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yome había encogidoI had shrunk
Túte habías encogidoyou had shrunk
Ella / Él / Ustedse había encogidos/he had shrunk
Nosotras / Nosotrosnos habíamos encogidowe had shrunk
Vosotras / Vosotrosos habíais encogidoyou (plural) had shrunk
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesse habían encogidothey had shrunk

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

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Encogerse in the Indicative Future Perfect

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yome habré encogidoI will have shrunk
Túte habrás encogidoyou will have shrunk
Ella / Él / Ustedse habrá encogidos/he will have shrunk
Nosotras / Nosotrosnos habremos encogidowe will have shrunk
Vosotras / Vosotrosos habréis encogidoyou (plural) will have shrunk
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesse habrán encogidothey will have shrunk

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

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Encogerse in the Indicative Conditional Perfect

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yome habría encogidoI would have shrunk
Túte habrías encogidoyou would have shrunk
Ella / Él / Ustedse habría encogidos/he would have shrunk
Nosotras / Nosotrosnos habríamos encogidowe would have shrunk
Vosotras / Vosotrosos habríais encogidoyou (plural) would have shrunk
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesse habrían encogidothey would have shrunk

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

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Subjunctive tenses of Encogerse

Encogerse 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 encoja”, meaning “I shrink”.

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yome encojaI shrink
Túte encojasyou shrink
Ella / Él / Ustedse encojas/he shrinks
Nosotras / Nosotrosnos encojamoswe shrink
Vosotras / Vosotrosos encojáisyou (plural) shrink
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesse encojanthey shrink

How it’s built: Every form follows the yo present, encojo (encoja, encojas, encoja, encojamos, encojáis, encojan). The reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes in front.

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Encogerse 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 encogiera”, meaning “I shrank”.

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yome encogieraI shrank
Túte encogierasyou shrank
Ella / Él / Ustedse encogieras/he shrank
Nosotras / Nosotrosnos encogiéramoswe shrank
Vosotras / Vosotrosos encogieraisyou (plural) shrank
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesse encogieranthey shrank

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

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Encogerse 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 encogiere”, meaning “I will shrink”.

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yome encogiereI will shrink
Túte encogieresyou will shrink
Ella / Él / Ustedse encogieres/he will shrink
Nosotras / Nosotrosnos encogiéremoswe will shrink
Vosotras / Vosotrosos encogiereisyou (plural) will shrink
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesse encogierenthey will shrink

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

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Encogerse 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 encogido”, meaning “I have shrunk”.

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yome haya encogidoI have shrunk
Túte hayas encogidoyou have shrunk
Ella / Él / Ustedse haya encogidos/he has shrunk
Nosotras / Nosotrosnos hayamos encogidowe have shrunk
Vosotras / Vosotrosos hayáis encogidoyou (plural) have shrunk
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesse hayan encogidothey have shrunk

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

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Encogerse 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 encogido”, meaning “I had shrunk”.

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yome hubiera encogidoI had shrunk
Túte hubieras encogidoyou had shrunk
Ella / Él / Ustedse hubiera encogidos/he had shrunk
Nosotras / Nosotrosnos hubiéramos encogidowe had shrunk
Vosotras / Vosotrosos hubierais encogidoyou (plural) had shrunk
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesse hubieran encogidothey had shrunk

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

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Encogerse 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 encogido”, meaning “I will have shrunk”.

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yome hubiere encogidoI will have shrunk
Túte hubieres encogidoyou will have shrunk
Ella / Él / Ustedse hubiere encogidos/he will have shrunk
Nosotras / Nosotrosnos hubiéremos encogidowe will have shrunk
Vosotras / Vosotrosos hubiereis encogidoyou (plural) will have shrunk
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesse hubieren encogidothey will have shrunk

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

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Imperative tenses of Encogerse

Encogerse in the Imperative Affirmative

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yo--
Túencógete(to you) shrink!
Ella / Él / Ustedencójase(to you formal) shrink!
Nosotras / Nosotrosencojámonoslet's shrink!
Vosotras / Vosotrosencogeos(to you plural) shrink!
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesencójanse(to you plural formal) shrink!

How it’s built: Tú takes the ella/él present and attaches te (encógete); usted and ustedes take the subjunctive present and attach se (encójase, encójanse); nosotros takes the subjunctive present, drops the s and attaches nos (encojámonos); vosotros drops the final r of the infinitive and attaches os (encogeos).

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Encogerse in the Imperative Negative

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yo--
Túno te encojas(to you) don't shrink!
Ella / Él / Ustedno se encoja(to you formal) don't shrink!
Nosotras / Nosotrosno nos encojamoslet's not shrink!
Vosotras / Vosotrosno os encojáis(to you plural) don't shrink!
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesno se encojan(to you plural formal) don't shrink!

How it’s built: No plus the subjunctive present: no te encojas, no se encoja, no nos encojamos, no os encojáis, no se encojan.

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Frequently asked questions about Encogerse

Is encogerse a regular or irregular verb?

Encogerse is an irregular Spanish verb. In the present tense: yo changes g to j (encojo); the other forms are regular. It is also irregular in the present subjunctive (me encoja).

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

In the present tense (presente), encogerse is conjugated as: yo me encojo, tú te encoges, él/ella/usted se encoge, nosotros nos encogemos, vosotros os encogéis, ellos/ellas/ustedes se encogen. 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 encogerse in the preterite (pretérito indefinido)?

In the preterite (pretérito indefinido), encogerse is conjugated as: yo me encogí, tú te encogiste, él/ella/usted se encogió, nosotros nos encogimos, vosotros os encogisteis, ellos/ellas/ustedes se encogieron. The preterite is used To talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time.

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

In the imperfect (pretérito imperfecto), encogerse is conjugated as: yo me encogía, tú te encogías, él/ella/usted se encogía, nosotros nos encogíamos, vosotros os encogíais, ellos/ellas/ustedes se encogían. 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 encogerse in the future tense (futuro simple)?

In the future tense (futuro simple), encogerse is conjugated as: yo me encogeré, tú te encogerás, él/ella/usted se encogerá, nosotros nos encogeremos, vosotros os encogeréis, ellos/ellas/ustedes se encogerán. The future tense is used To talk about something that will happen in the future.

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

In the present subjunctive (subjuntivo presente), encogerse is conjugated as: yo me encoja, tú te encojas, él/ella/usted se encoja, nosotros nos encojamos, vosotros os encojáis, ellos/ellas/ustedes se encojan. 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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