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How to conjugate Enfatizar in Spanish

enfatizar to emphasise, to emphasize, to stress Irregular Verb

At a glance: Enfatizar (to emphasise, to emphasize, to stress) is a irregular verb in Spanish. In the present tense: enfatizo, enfatizas, enfatiza, enfatizamos, enfatizáis, enfatizan. The present tense is regular. In the preterite: yo changes z to c (enfaticé); the other forms are regular. It is also irregular in the present subjunctive (enfatice).

Past participle
enfatizado emphasised
Gerund
enfatizando emphasising
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Indicative tenses of Enfatizar

Enfatizar in the Indicative Present

The Indicative Present of enfatizar 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, “enfatizo”, meaning “I emphasise”.

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
YoenfatizoI emphasise
Túenfatizasyou emphasise
Ella / Él / Ustedenfatizas/he emphasises
Nosotras / Nosotrosenfatizamoswe emphasise
Vosotras / Vosotrosenfatizáisyou (plural) emphasise
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesenfatizanthey emphasise

How it’s built: Regular: stem enfatiz- plus the -ar endings.

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Enfatizar in the Indicative Preterite

The Indicative Preterite of enfatizar is used to talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time. For example, “enfaticé”, meaning “I emphasised”.

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
YoenfaticéI emphasised
Túenfatizasteyou emphasised
Ella / Él / Ustedenfatizós/he emphasised
Nosotras / Nosotrosenfatizamoswe emphasised
Vosotras / Vosotrosenfatizasteisyou (plural) emphasised
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesenfatizaronthey emphasised

How it’s built: Yo changes z to c (enfaticé); the other forms are regular.

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Enfatizar in the Indicative Imperfect

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
YoenfatizabaI used to emphasise
Túenfatizabasyou used to emphasise
Ella / Él / Ustedenfatizabas/he used to emphasise
Nosotras / Nosotrosenfatizábamoswe used to emphasise
Vosotras / Vosotrosenfatizabaisyou (plural) used to emphasise
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesenfatizabanthey used to emphasise

How it’s built: Regular: stem enfatiz- plus the -ar endings.

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Enfatizar in the Indicative Present Continuous

The Indicative Present Continuous of enfatizar is used to talk about something that is happening continuously or right now. For example, “estoy enfatizando”, meaning “I am emphasising”.

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yoestoy enfatizandoI am emphasising
Túestás enfatizandoyou are emphasising
Ella / Él / Ustedestá enfatizandos/he is emphasising
Nosotras / Nosotrosestamos enfatizandowe are emphasising
Vosotras / Vosotrosestáis enfatizandoyou (plural) are emphasising
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesestán enfatizandothey are emphasising

How it’s built: Estar in the present (estoy, estás, está, estamos, estáis, están) plus the gerund enfatizando.

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Enfatizar in the Indicative Informal Future

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yovoy a enfatizarI am going to emphasise
Túvas a enfatizaryou are going to emphasise
Ella / Él / Ustedva a enfatizars/he is going to emphasise
Nosotras / Nosotrosvamos a enfatizarwe are going to emphasise
Vosotras / Vosotrosvais a enfatizaryou (plural) are going to emphasise
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesvan a enfatizarthey are going to emphasise

How it’s built: Ir in the present (voy, vas, va, vamos, vais, van), then a, then the infinitive enfatizar.

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Enfatizar in the Indicative Future

The Indicative Future of enfatizar is used to talk about something that will happen in the future. For example, “enfatizaré”, meaning “I will emphasise”.

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
YoenfatizaréI will emphasise
Túenfatizarásyou will emphasise
Ella / Él / Ustedenfatizarás/he will emphasise
Nosotras / Nosotrosenfatizaremoswe will emphasise
Vosotras / Vosotrosenfatizaréisyou (plural) will emphasise
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesenfatizaránthey will emphasise

How it’s built: Regular: the infinitive enfatizar plus the future endings.

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Enfatizar in the Indicative Conditional

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
YoenfatizaríaI would emphasise
Túenfatizaríasyou would emphasise
Ella / Él / Ustedenfatizarías/he would emphasise
Nosotras / Nosotrosenfatizaríamoswe would emphasise
Vosotras / Vosotrosenfatizaríaisyou (plural) would emphasise
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesenfatizaríanthey would emphasise

How it’s built: Regular: the infinitive enfatizar plus the conditional endings.

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Enfatizar in the Indicative Present Perfect

The Indicative Present Perfect of enfatizar 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 enfatizado”, meaning “I have emphasised”.

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohe enfatizadoI have emphasised
Túhas enfatizadoyou have emphasised
Ella / Él / Ustedha enfatizados/he has emphasised
Nosotras / Nosotroshemos enfatizadowe have emphasised
Vosotras / Vosotroshabéis enfatizadoyou (plural) have emphasised
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshan enfatizadothey have emphasised

How it’s built: Haber in the present (he, has, ha, hemos, habéis, han) plus the past participle enfatizado.

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Enfatizar in the Indicative Past Perfect

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohabía enfatizadoI had emphasised
Túhabías enfatizadoyou had emphasised
Ella / Él / Ustedhabía enfatizados/he had emphasised
Nosotras / Nosotroshabíamos enfatizadowe had emphasised
Vosotras / Vosotroshabíais enfatizadoyou (plural) had emphasised
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshabían enfatizadothey had emphasised

How it’s built: Haber in the imperfect (había, habías, había, habíamos, habíais, habían) plus the past participle enfatizado.

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Enfatizar in the Indicative Future Perfect

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohabré enfatizadoI will have emphasised
Túhabrás enfatizadoyou will have emphasised
Ella / Él / Ustedhabrá enfatizados/he will have emphasised
Nosotras / Nosotroshabremos enfatizadowe will have emphasised
Vosotras / Vosotroshabréis enfatizadoyou (plural) will have emphasised
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshabrán enfatizadothey will have emphasised

How it’s built: Haber in the future (habré, habrás, habrá, habremos, habréis, habrán) plus the past participle enfatizado.

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Enfatizar in the Indicative Conditional Perfect

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohabría enfatizadoI would have emphasised
Túhabrías enfatizadoyou would have emphasised
Ella / Él / Ustedhabría enfatizados/he would have emphasised
Nosotras / Nosotroshabríamos enfatizadowe would have emphasised
Vosotras / Vosotroshabríais enfatizadoyou (plural) would have emphasised
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshabrían enfatizadothey would have emphasised

How it’s built: Haber in the conditional (habría, habrías, habría, habríamos, habríais, habrían) plus the past participle enfatizado.

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Subjunctive tenses of Enfatizar

Enfatizar 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, “enfatice”, meaning “I emphasise”.

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
YoenfaticeI emphasise
Túenfaticesyou emphasise
Ella / Él / Ustedenfatices/he emphasises
Nosotras / Nosotrosenfaticemoswe emphasise
Vosotras / Vosotrosenfaticéisyou (plural) emphasise
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesenfaticenthey emphasise

How it’s built: Every form changes z to c (enfatice, enfatices, enfatice, enfaticemos, enfaticéis, enfaticen).

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Enfatizar 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, “enfatizara”, meaning “I emphasised”.

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
YoenfatizaraI emphasised
Túenfatizarasyou emphasised
Ella / Él / Ustedenfatizaras/he emphasised
Nosotras / Nosotrosenfatizáramoswe emphasised
Vosotras / Vosotrosenfatizaraisyou (plural) emphasised
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesenfatizaranthey emphasised

How it’s built: Regular: the ellas/ellos preterite, enfatizaron, without -ron, plus the -ra endings; nosotros adds an accent (enfatizáramos).

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Enfatizar 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, “enfatizare”, meaning “I will emphasise”.

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
YoenfatizareI will emphasise
Túenfatizaresyou will emphasise
Ella / Él / Ustedenfatizares/he will emphasise
Nosotras / Nosotrosenfatizáremoswe will emphasise
Vosotras / Vosotrosenfatizareisyou (plural) will emphasise
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesenfatizarenthey will emphasise

How it’s built: Regular: the ellas/ellos preterite, enfatizaron, without -ron, plus the -re endings; nosotros adds an accent (enfatizáremos).

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Enfatizar 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, “haya enfatizado”, meaning “I have emphasised”.

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohaya enfatizadoI have emphasised
Túhayas enfatizadoyou have emphasised
Ella / Él / Ustedhaya enfatizados/he has emphasised
Nosotras / Nosotroshayamos enfatizadowe have emphasised
Vosotras / Vosotroshayáis enfatizadoyou (plural) have emphasised
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshayan enfatizadothey have emphasised

How it’s built: Haber in the subjunctive present (haya, hayas, haya, hayamos, hayáis, hayan) plus the past participle enfatizado.

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Enfatizar 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, “hubiera enfatizado”, meaning “I had emphasised”.

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohubiera enfatizadoI had emphasised
Túhubieras enfatizadoyou had emphasised
Ella / Él / Ustedhubiera enfatizados/he had emphasised
Nosotras / Nosotroshubiéramos enfatizadowe had emphasised
Vosotras / Vosotroshubierais enfatizadoyou (plural) had emphasised
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshubieran enfatizadothey had emphasised

How it’s built: Haber in the subjunctive imperfect (hubiera, hubieras, hubiera, hubiéramos, hubierais, hubieran) plus the past participle enfatizado.

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Enfatizar 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, “hubiere enfatizado”, meaning “I will have emphasised”.

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohubiere enfatizadoI will have emphasised
Túhubieres enfatizadoyou will have emphasised
Ella / Él / Ustedhubiere enfatizados/he will have emphasised
Nosotras / Nosotroshubiéremos enfatizadowe will have emphasised
Vosotras / Vosotroshubiereis enfatizadoyou (plural) will have emphasised
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshubieren enfatizadothey will have emphasised

How it’s built: Haber in the subjunctive future (hubiere, hubieres, hubiere, hubiéremos, hubiereis, hubieren) plus the past participle enfatizado.

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Imperative tenses of Enfatizar

Enfatizar in the Imperative Affirmative

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yo--
Túenfatiza(to you) emphasise!
Ella / Él / Ustedenfatice(to you formal) emphasise!
Nosotras / Nosotrosenfaticemoslet's emphasise!
Vosotras / Vosotrosenfatizad(to you plural) emphasise!
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesenfaticen(to you plural formal) emphasise!

How it’s built: Tú takes the ella/él present (enfatiza); usted, nosotros and ustedes take the subjunctive present (enfatice, enfaticemos, enfaticen); vosotros swaps the final r of the infinitive for a d (enfatizad).

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Enfatizar in the Imperative Negative

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yo--
Túno enfatices(to you) don't emphasise!
Ella / Él / Ustedno enfatice(to you formal) don't emphasise!
Nosotras / Nosotrosno enfaticemoslet's not emphasise!
Vosotras / Vosotrosno enfaticéis(to you plural) don't emphasise!
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesno enfaticen(to you plural formal) don't emphasise!

How it’s built: No plus the subjunctive present: no enfatices, no enfatice, no enfaticemos, no enfaticéis, no enfaticen.

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Frequently asked questions about Enfatizar

Is enfatizar a regular or irregular verb?

Enfatizar is an irregular Spanish verb. The present tense is regular. In the preterite: yo changes z to c (enfaticé); the other forms are regular. It is also irregular in the present subjunctive (enfatice).

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

In the present tense (presente), enfatizar is conjugated as: yo enfatizo, tú enfatizas, él/ella/usted enfatiza, nosotros enfatizamos, vosotros enfatizáis, ellos/ellas/ustedes enfatizan. 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 enfatizar in the preterite (pretérito indefinido)?

In the preterite (pretérito indefinido), enfatizar is conjugated as: yo enfaticé, tú enfatizaste, él/ella/usted enfatizó, nosotros enfatizamos, vosotros enfatizasteis, ellos/ellas/ustedes enfatizaron. The preterite is used To talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time.

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

In the imperfect (pretérito imperfecto), enfatizar is conjugated as: yo enfatizaba, tú enfatizabas, él/ella/usted enfatizaba, nosotros enfatizábamos, vosotros enfatizabais, ellos/ellas/ustedes enfatizaban. 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 enfatizar in the future tense (futuro simple)?

In the future tense (futuro simple), enfatizar is conjugated as: yo enfatizaré, tú enfatizarás, él/ella/usted enfatizará, nosotros enfatizaremos, vosotros enfatizaréis, ellos/ellas/ustedes enfatizarán. The future tense is used To talk about something that will happen in the future.

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

In the present subjunctive (subjuntivo presente), enfatizar is conjugated as: yo enfatice, tú enfatices, él/ella/usted enfatice, nosotros enfaticemos, vosotros enfaticéis, ellos/ellas/ustedes enfaticen. 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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