Ella VerbsTo cover up Irregular Verb
At a glance: Encubrir (to cover up) is a irregular verb in Spanish. In the present tense: encubro, encubres, encubre, encubrimos, encubrís, encubren. Its irregularities include: Irregular past participle ending of "ierto".
Encubrir is the Spanish verb for "to cover up". It is an irregular verb. Read on below to see how it is conjugated in the 18 major Spanish tenses!
| Item | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | encubrir | to cover up |
| Past participle | encubierto | covered up |
| Gerund | encubriendo | covering up |
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The Indicative Present of encubrir 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, "encubro", meaning "I cover up".
In Spanish, the Indicative Present is known as "El Presente".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | encubro | I cover up |
| Tú | encubres | you cover up |
| Ella / Él / Usted | encubre | s/he covers up |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | encubrimos | we cover up |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | encubrís | you (plural) cover up |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | encubren | they cover up |
The Indicative Preterite of encubrir is used to talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time. For example, "encubrí", meaning "I covered up".
In Spanish, the Indicative Preterite is known as "El Pretérito Indefinido".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | encubrí | I covered up |
| Tú | encubriste | you covered up |
| Ella / Él / Usted | encubrió | s/he covered up |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | encubrimos | we covered up |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | encubristeis | you (plural) covered up |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | encubrieron | they covered up |
The Indicative Imperfect of encubrir is used to describe regular and repeated actions that happened in the past and descriptions of things you used to do. For example, "encubría", meaning "I used to cover up".
In Spanish, the Indicative Imperfect is known as "El Pretérito Imperfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | encubría | I used to cover up |
| Tú | encubrías | you used to cover up |
| Ella / Él / Usted | encubría | s/he used to cover up |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | encubríamos | we used to cover up |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | encubríais | you (plural) used to cover up |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | encubrían | they used to cover up |
The Indicative Present Continuous of encubrir is used to talk about something that is happening continuously or right now. For example, "estoy encubriendo", meaning "I am covering up".
In Spanish, the Indicative Present Continuous is known as "El Presente Progresivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | estoy encubriendo | I am covering up |
| Tú | estás encubriendo | you are covering up |
| Ella / Él / Usted | está encubriendo | s/he is covering up |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | estamos encubriendo | we are covering up |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | estáis encubriendo | you (plural) are covering up |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | están encubriendo | they are covering up |
The Indicative Informal Future of encubrir is used to talk about something that will happen in the future, especially in the near future. For example, "voy a encubrir", meaning "I am going to cover up".
In Spanish, the Indicative Informal Future is known as "El Futuro Próximo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | voy a encubrir | I am going to cover up |
| Tú | vas a encubrir | you are going to cover up |
| Ella / Él / Usted | va a encubrir | s/he is going to cover up |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | vamos a encubrir | we are going to cover up |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | vais a encubrir | you (plural) are going to cover up |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | van a encubrir | they are going to cover up |
The Indicative Future of encubrir is used to talk about something that will happen in the future. For example, "encubriré", meaning "I will cover up".
In Spanish, the Indicative Future is known as "El Futuro Simple".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | encubriré | I will cover up |
| Tú | encubrirás | you will cover up |
| Ella / Él / Usted | encubrirá | s/he will cover up |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | encubriremos | we will cover up |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | encubriréis | you (plural) will cover up |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | encubrirán | they will cover up |
The Indicative Conditional of encubrir is used to talk about something that may happen in the future, hypothesis and probabilities. For example, "encubriría", meaning "I would cover up".
In Spanish, the Indicative Conditional is known as "El Condicional Simple".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | encubriría | I would cover up |
| Tú | encubrirías | you would cover up |
| Ella / Él / Usted | encubriría | s/he would cover up |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | encubriríamos | we would cover up |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | encubriríais | you (plural) would cover up |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | encubrirían | they would cover up |
The Indicative Present Perfect of encubrir 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 encubierto", meaning "I have covered up".
In Spanish, the Indicative Present Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Perfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he encubierto | I have covered up |
| Tú | has encubierto | you have covered up |
| Ella / Él / Usted | ha encubierto | s/he has covered up |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hemos encubierto | we have covered up |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habéis encubierto | you (plural) have covered up |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | han encubierto | they have covered up |
The red dot () above denotes an irregular conjugation.
The Indicative Past Perfect of encubrir is used to talk about actions that happened before another action in the past. For example, "había encubierto", meaning "I had covered up".
In Spanish, the Indicative Past Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | había encubierto | I had covered up |
| Tú | habías encubierto | you had covered up |
| Ella / Él / Usted | había encubierto | s/he had covered up |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | habíamos encubierto | we had covered up |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habíais encubierto | you (plural) had covered up |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | habían encubierto | they had covered up |
The red dot () above denotes an irregular conjugation.
The Indicative Future Perfect of encubrir is used to talk about something that will have happened in the future after something else has already happened. For example, "habré encubierto", meaning "I will have covered up".
In Spanish, the Indicative Future Perfect is known as "El Futuro Perfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | habré encubierto | I will have covered up |
| Tú | habrás encubierto | you will have covered up |
| Ella / Él / Usted | habrá encubierto | s/he will have covered up |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | habremos encubierto | we will have covered up |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habréis encubierto | you (plural) will have covered up |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | habrán encubierto | they will have covered up |
The red dot () above denotes an irregular conjugation.
The Indicative Conditional Perfect of encubrir is used to talk about something that would have happened in the past but didn’t due to another action. For example, "habría encubierto", meaning "I would have covered up".
In Spanish, the Indicative Conditional Perfect is known as "El Condicional Perfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | habría encubierto | I would have covered up |
| Tú | habrías encubierto | you would have covered up |
| Ella / Él / Usted | habría encubierto | s/he would have covered up |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | habríamos encubierto | we would have covered up |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habríais encubierto | you (plural) would have covered up |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | habrían encubierto | they would have covered up |
The red dot () above denotes an irregular conjugation.
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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, "encubra", meaning "I cover up".
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Present is known as "El Presente de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | encubra | I cover up |
| Tú | encubras | you cover up |
| Ella / Él / Usted | encubra | s/he covers up |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | encubramos | we cover up |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | encubráis | you (plural) cover up |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | encubran | they cover up |
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, "encubriera", meaning "I covered up".
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Imperfect is known as "El Imperfecto Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | encubriera | I covered up |
| Tú | encubrieras | you covered up |
| Ella / Él / Usted | encubriera | s/he covered up |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | encubriéramos | we covered up |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | encubrierais | you (plural) covered up |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | encubrieran | they covered up |
The Subjunctive Future is used to speak about hypothetical situations, and actions/events that may happen in the future. For example, "encubriere", meaning "I will cover up".
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Future is known as "El Futuro de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | encubriere | I will cover up |
| Tú | encubrieres | you will cover up |
| Ella / Él / Usted | encubriere | s/he will cover up |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | encubriéremos | we will cover up |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | encubriereis | you (plural) will cover up |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | encubrieren | they will cover up |
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 encubierto", meaning "I have covered up".
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Present Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Perfecto de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | haya encubierto | I have covered up |
| Tú | hayas encubierto | you have covered up |
| Ella / Él / Usted | haya encubierto | s/he has covered up |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hayamos encubierto | we have covered up |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | hayáis encubierto | you (plural) have covered up |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | hayan encubierto | they have covered up |
The red dot () above denotes an irregular conjugation.
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 encubierto", meaning "I had covered up".
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Past Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera encubierto | I had covered up |
| Tú | hubieras encubierto | you had covered up |
| Ella / Él / Usted | hubiera encubierto | s/he had covered up |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hubiéramos encubierto | we had covered up |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | hubierais encubierto | you (plural) had covered up |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | hubieran encubierto | they had covered up |
The red dot () above denotes an irregular conjugation.
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 encubierto", meaning "I will have covered up".
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Future Perfect is known as "El Futuro Perfecto de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere encubierto | I will have covered up |
| Tú | hubieres encubierto | you will have covered up |
| Ella / Él / Usted | hubiere encubierto | s/he will have covered up |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hubiéremos encubierto | we will have covered up |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | hubiereis encubierto | you (plural) will have covered up |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | hubieren encubierto | they will have covered up |
The red dot () above denotes an irregular conjugation.
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The Imperative Affirmative is used to give orders and commands, to tell someone to do something. For example, "encubra", meaning "(to you formal) cover! up".
In Spanish, the Imperative Affirmative is known as "El Imperativo Afirmativo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | - | - |
| Tú | encubre | (to you) cover! up |
| Ella / Él / Usted | encubra | (to you formal) cover! up |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | encubramos | let's cover! up |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | encubrid | (to you plural) cover! up |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | encubran | (to you plural formal) cover! up |
The Imperative Negative is used to give orders and commands, telling someone not to do something. For example, "no encubra", meaning "(to you formal) don't cover! up".
In Spanish, the Imperative Negative is known as "El Imperativo Negativo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | - | - |
| Tú | no encubras | (to you) don't cover! up |
| Ella / Él / Usted | no encubra | (to you formal) don't cover! up |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | no encubramos | let's not cover! up |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | no encubráis | (to you plural) don't cover! up |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | no encubran | (to you plural formal) don't cover! up |
Encubrir is an irregular Spanish verb. Its irregularities include: Irregular past participle ending of "ierto".
In the present tense (presente), encubrir is conjugated as: yo encubro, tú encubres, él/ella/usted encubre, nosotros encubrimos, vosotros encubrís, ellos/ellas/ustedes encubren. 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), encubrir is conjugated as: yo encubrí, tú encubriste, él/ella/usted encubrió, nosotros encubrimos, vosotros encubristeis, ellos/ellas/ustedes encubrieron. The preterite is used To talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time.
In the imperfect (pretérito imperfecto), encubrir is conjugated as: yo encubría, tú encubrías, él/ella/usted encubría, nosotros encubríamos, vosotros encubríais, ellos/ellas/ustedes encubrían. 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), encubrir is conjugated as: yo encubriré, tú encubrirás, él/ella/usted encubrirá, nosotros encubriremos, vosotros encubriréis, ellos/ellas/ustedes encubrirán. The future tense is used To talk about something that will happen in the future.
In the present subjunctive (subjuntivo presente), encubrir is conjugated as: yo encubra, tú encubras, él/ella/usted encubra, nosotros encubramos, vosotros encubráis, ellos/ellas/ustedes encubran. 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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