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How to conjugate Envolver in Spanish

envolver to wrap, to cover Irregular Verb

At a glance: Envolver (to wrap, to cover) is a irregular verb in Spanish. In the present tense: envuelvo, envuelves, envuelve, envolvemos, envolvéis, envuelven. Yo, tú, ella/él and ellas/ellos change o to ue (envuelvo, envuelves, envuelve, envuelven); nosotros and vosotros are regular. It is also irregular in the present subjunctive (envuelva) and past participle (envuelto).

Past participle
envuelto wrapped
Gerund
envolviendo wrapping
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arropar, cubrir, forrar, tapar

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Indicative tenses of Envolver

Envolver in the Indicative Present

The Indicative Present of envolver 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, “envuelvo”, meaning “I wrap”.

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
YoenvuelvoI wrap
Túenvuelvesyou wrap
Ella / Él / Ustedenvuelves/he wraps
Nosotras / Nosotrosenvolvemoswe wrap
Vosotras / Vosotrosenvolvéisyou (plural) wrap
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesenvuelventhey wrap

How it’s built: Yo, tú, ella/él and ellas/ellos change o to ue (envuelvo, envuelves, envuelve, envuelven); nosotros and vosotros are regular.

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Envolver in the Indicative Preterite

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
YoenvolvíI wrapped
Túenvolvisteyou wrapped
Ella / Él / Ustedenvolviós/he wrapped
Nosotras / Nosotrosenvolvimoswe wrapped
Vosotras / Vosotrosenvolvisteisyou (plural) wrapped
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesenvolvieronthey wrapped

How it’s built: Regular: stem envolv- plus the -er endings.

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Envolver in the Indicative Imperfect

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
YoenvolvíaI used to wrap
Túenvolvíasyou used to wrap
Ella / Él / Ustedenvolvías/he used to wrap
Nosotras / Nosotrosenvolvíamoswe used to wrap
Vosotras / Vosotrosenvolvíaisyou (plural) used to wrap
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesenvolvíanthey used to wrap

How it’s built: Regular: stem envolv- plus the -er endings.

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Envolver in the Indicative Present Continuous

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yoestoy envolviendoI am wrapping
Túestás envolviendoyou are wrapping
Ella / Él / Ustedestá envolviendos/he is wrapping
Nosotras / Nosotrosestamos envolviendowe are wrapping
Vosotras / Vosotrosestáis envolviendoyou (plural) are wrapping
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesestán envolviendothey are wrapping

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

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Envolver in the Indicative Informal Future

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yovoy a envolverI am going to wrap
Túvas a envolveryou are going to wrap
Ella / Él / Ustedva a envolvers/he is going to wrap
Nosotras / Nosotrosvamos a envolverwe are going to wrap
Vosotras / Vosotrosvais a envolveryou (plural) are going to wrap
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesvan a envolverthey are going to wrap

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

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Envolver in the Indicative Future

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
YoenvolveréI will wrap
Túenvolverásyou will wrap
Ella / Él / Ustedenvolverás/he will wrap
Nosotras / Nosotrosenvolveremoswe will wrap
Vosotras / Vosotrosenvolveréisyou (plural) will wrap
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesenvolveránthey will wrap

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

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Envolver in the Indicative Conditional

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
YoenvolveríaI would wrap
Túenvolveríasyou would wrap
Ella / Él / Ustedenvolverías/he would wrap
Nosotras / Nosotrosenvolveríamoswe would wrap
Vosotras / Vosotrosenvolveríaisyou (plural) would wrap
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesenvolveríanthey would wrap

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

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Envolver in the Indicative Present Perfect

The Indicative Present Perfect of envolver 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 envuelto”, meaning “I have wrapped”.

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohe envueltoI have wrapped
Túhas envueltoyou have wrapped
Ella / Él / Ustedha envueltos/he has wrapped
Nosotras / Nosotroshemos envueltowe have wrapped
Vosotras / Vosotroshabéis envueltoyou (plural) have wrapped
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshan envueltothey have wrapped

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

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Envolver in the Indicative Past Perfect

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohabía envueltoI had wrapped
Túhabías envueltoyou had wrapped
Ella / Él / Ustedhabía envueltos/he had wrapped
Nosotras / Nosotroshabíamos envueltowe had wrapped
Vosotras / Vosotroshabíais envueltoyou (plural) had wrapped
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshabían envueltothey had wrapped

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

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Envolver in the Indicative Future Perfect

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohabré envueltoI will have wrapped
Túhabrás envueltoyou will have wrapped
Ella / Él / Ustedhabrá envueltos/he will have wrapped
Nosotras / Nosotroshabremos envueltowe will have wrapped
Vosotras / Vosotroshabréis envueltoyou (plural) will have wrapped
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshabrán envueltothey will have wrapped

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

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Envolver in the Indicative Conditional Perfect

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohabría envueltoI would have wrapped
Túhabrías envueltoyou would have wrapped
Ella / Él / Ustedhabría envueltos/he would have wrapped
Nosotras / Nosotroshabríamos envueltowe would have wrapped
Vosotras / Vosotroshabríais envueltoyou (plural) would have wrapped
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshabrían envueltothey would have wrapped

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

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Subjunctive tenses of Envolver

Envolver 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, “envuelva”, meaning “I wrap”.

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
YoenvuelvaI wrap
Túenvuelvasyou wrap
Ella / Él / Ustedenvuelvas/he wraps
Nosotras / Nosotrosenvolvamoswe wrap
Vosotras / Vosotrosenvolváisyou (plural) wrap
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesenvuelvanthey wrap

How it’s built: Yo, tú, ella/él and ellas/ellos follow the yo present, envuelvo (envuelva, envuelvas, envuelva, envuelvan); nosotros and vosotros are regular.

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Envolver 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, “envolviera”, meaning “I wrapped”.

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
YoenvolvieraI wrapped
Túenvolvierasyou wrapped
Ella / Él / Ustedenvolvieras/he wrapped
Nosotras / Nosotrosenvolviéramoswe wrapped
Vosotras / Vosotrosenvolvieraisyou (plural) wrapped
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesenvolvieranthey wrapped

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

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Envolver 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, “envolviere”, meaning “I will wrap”.

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
YoenvolviereI will wrap
Túenvolvieresyou will wrap
Ella / Él / Ustedenvolvieres/he will wrap
Nosotras / Nosotrosenvolviéremoswe will wrap
Vosotras / Vosotrosenvolviereisyou (plural) will wrap
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesenvolvierenthey will wrap

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

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Envolver 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 envuelto”, meaning “I have wrapped”.

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohaya envueltoI have wrapped
Túhayas envueltoyou have wrapped
Ella / Él / Ustedhaya envueltos/he has wrapped
Nosotras / Nosotroshayamos envueltowe have wrapped
Vosotras / Vosotroshayáis envueltoyou (plural) have wrapped
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshayan envueltothey have wrapped

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

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Envolver 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 envuelto”, meaning “I had wrapped”.

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohubiera envueltoI had wrapped
Túhubieras envueltoyou had wrapped
Ella / Él / Ustedhubiera envueltos/he had wrapped
Nosotras / Nosotroshubiéramos envueltowe had wrapped
Vosotras / Vosotroshubierais envueltoyou (plural) had wrapped
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshubieran envueltothey had wrapped

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

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Envolver 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 envuelto”, meaning “I will have wrapped”.

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohubiere envueltoI will have wrapped
Túhubieres envueltoyou will have wrapped
Ella / Él / Ustedhubiere envueltos/he will have wrapped
Nosotras / Nosotroshubiéremos envueltowe will have wrapped
Vosotras / Vosotroshubiereis envueltoyou (plural) will have wrapped
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshubieren envueltothey will have wrapped

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

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Imperative tenses of Envolver

Envolver in the Imperative Affirmative

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yo--
Túenvuelve(to you) wrap!
Ella / Él / Ustedenvuelva(to you formal) wrap!
Nosotras / Nosotrosenvolvamoslet's wrap!
Vosotras / Vosotrosenvolved(to you plural) wrap!
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesenvuelvan(to you plural formal) wrap!

How it’s built: Tú takes the ella/él present (envuelve); usted, nosotros and ustedes take the subjunctive present (envuelva, envolvamos, envuelvan); vosotros swaps the final r of the infinitive for a d (envolved).

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Envolver in the Imperative Negative

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yo--
Túno envuelvas(to you) don't wrap!
Ella / Él / Ustedno envuelva(to you formal) don't wrap!
Nosotras / Nosotrosno envolvamoslet's not wrap!
Vosotras / Vosotrosno envolváis(to you plural) don't wrap!
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesno envuelvan(to you plural formal) don't wrap!

How it’s built: No plus the subjunctive present: no envuelvas, no envuelva, no envolvamos, no envolváis, no envuelvan.

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Frequently asked questions about Envolver

Is envolver a regular or irregular verb?

Envolver is an irregular Spanish verb. In the present tense: yo, tú, ella/él and ellas/ellos change o to ue (envuelvo, envuelves, envuelve, envuelven); nosotros and vosotros are regular. It is also irregular in the present subjunctive (envuelva) and past participle (envuelto).

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

In the present tense (presente), envolver is conjugated as: yo envuelvo, tú envuelves, él/ella/usted envuelve, nosotros envolvemos, vosotros envolvéis, ellos/ellas/ustedes envuelven. 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 envolver in the preterite (pretérito indefinido)?

In the preterite (pretérito indefinido), envolver is conjugated as: yo envolví, tú envolviste, él/ella/usted envolvió, nosotros envolvimos, vosotros envolvisteis, ellos/ellas/ustedes envolvieron. The preterite is used To talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time.

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

In the imperfect (pretérito imperfecto), envolver is conjugated as: yo envolvía, tú envolvías, él/ella/usted envolvía, nosotros envolvíamos, vosotros envolvíais, ellos/ellas/ustedes envolvían. 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 envolver in the future tense (futuro simple)?

In the future tense (futuro simple), envolver is conjugated as: yo envolveré, tú envolverás, él/ella/usted envolverá, nosotros envolveremos, vosotros envolveréis, ellos/ellas/ustedes envolverán. The future tense is used To talk about something that will happen in the future.

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

In the present subjunctive (subjuntivo presente), envolver is conjugated as: yo envuelva, tú envuelvas, él/ella/usted envuelva, nosotros envolvamos, vosotros envolváis, ellos/ellas/ustedes envuelvan. 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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