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How to conjugate Inscribir in Spanish

inscribir to inscribe Irregular Verb

At a glance: Inscribir (to inscribe) is a irregular verb in Spanish. In the present tense: inscribo, inscribes, inscribe, inscribimos, inscribís, inscriben. Every simple tense is regular; only the past participle (inscrito) changes, which carries into the compound tenses.

Past participle
inscrito inscribed
Gerund
inscribiendo inscribing

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Indicative tenses of Inscribir

Inscribir in the Indicative Present

The Indicative Present of inscribir 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, “inscribo”, meaning “I inscribe”.

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
YoinscriboI inscribe
Túinscribesyou inscribe
Ella / Él / Ustedinscribes/he inscribes
Nosotras / Nosotrosinscribimoswe inscribe
Vosotras / Vosotrosinscribísyou (plural) inscribe
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesinscribenthey inscribe

How it’s built: Regular: stem inscrib- plus the -ir endings.

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Inscribir in the Indicative Preterite

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
YoinscribíI inscribed
Túinscribisteyou inscribed
Ella / Él / Ustedinscribiós/he inscribed
Nosotras / Nosotrosinscribimoswe inscribed
Vosotras / Vosotrosinscribisteisyou (plural) inscribed
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesinscribieronthey inscribed

How it’s built: Regular: stem inscrib- plus the -ir endings.

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Inscribir in the Indicative Imperfect

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
YoinscribíaI used to inscribe
Túinscribíasyou used to inscribe
Ella / Él / Ustedinscribías/he used to inscribe
Nosotras / Nosotrosinscribíamoswe used to inscribe
Vosotras / Vosotrosinscribíaisyou (plural) used to inscribe
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesinscribíanthey used to inscribe

How it’s built: Regular: stem inscrib- plus the -ir endings.

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Inscribir in the Indicative Present Continuous

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yoestoy inscribiendoI am inscribing
Túestás inscribiendoyou are inscribing
Ella / Él / Ustedestá inscribiendos/he is inscribing
Nosotras / Nosotrosestamos inscribiendowe are inscribing
Vosotras / Vosotrosestáis inscribiendoyou (plural) are inscribing
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesestán inscribiendothey are inscribing

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

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Inscribir in the Indicative Informal Future

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yovoy a inscribirI am going to inscribe
Túvas a inscribiryou are going to inscribe
Ella / Él / Ustedva a inscribirs/he is going to inscribe
Nosotras / Nosotrosvamos a inscribirwe are going to inscribe
Vosotras / Vosotrosvais a inscribiryou (plural) are going to inscribe
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesvan a inscribirthey are going to inscribe

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

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Inscribir in the Indicative Future

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
YoinscribiréI will inscribe
Túinscribirásyou will inscribe
Ella / Él / Ustedinscribirás/he will inscribe
Nosotras / Nosotrosinscribiremoswe will inscribe
Vosotras / Vosotrosinscribiréisyou (plural) will inscribe
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesinscribiránthey will inscribe

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

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Inscribir in the Indicative Conditional

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
YoinscribiríaI would inscribe
Túinscribiríasyou would inscribe
Ella / Él / Ustedinscribirías/he would inscribe
Nosotras / Nosotrosinscribiríamoswe would inscribe
Vosotras / Vosotrosinscribiríaisyou (plural) would inscribe
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesinscribiríanthey would inscribe

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

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Inscribir in the Indicative Present Perfect

The Indicative Present Perfect of inscribir 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 inscrito”, meaning “I have inscribed”.

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohe inscritoI have inscribed
Túhas inscritoyou have inscribed
Ella / Él / Ustedha inscritos/he has inscribed
Nosotras / Nosotroshemos inscritowe have inscribed
Vosotras / Vosotroshabéis inscritoyou (plural) have inscribed
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshan inscritothey have inscribed

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

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Inscribir in the Indicative Past Perfect

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohabía inscritoI had inscribed
Túhabías inscritoyou had inscribed
Ella / Él / Ustedhabía inscritos/he had inscribed
Nosotras / Nosotroshabíamos inscritowe had inscribed
Vosotras / Vosotroshabíais inscritoyou (plural) had inscribed
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshabían inscritothey had inscribed

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

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Inscribir in the Indicative Future Perfect

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohabré inscritoI will have inscribed
Túhabrás inscritoyou will have inscribed
Ella / Él / Ustedhabrá inscritos/he will have inscribed
Nosotras / Nosotroshabremos inscritowe will have inscribed
Vosotras / Vosotroshabréis inscritoyou (plural) will have inscribed
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshabrán inscritothey will have inscribed

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

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Inscribir in the Indicative Conditional Perfect

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohabría inscritoI would have inscribed
Túhabrías inscritoyou would have inscribed
Ella / Él / Ustedhabría inscritos/he would have inscribed
Nosotras / Nosotroshabríamos inscritowe would have inscribed
Vosotras / Vosotroshabríais inscritoyou (plural) would have inscribed
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshabrían inscritothey would have inscribed

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

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Subjunctive tenses of Inscribir

Inscribir 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, “inscriba”, meaning “I inscribe”.

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
YoinscribaI inscribe
Túinscribasyou inscribe
Ella / Él / Ustedinscribas/he inscribes
Nosotras / Nosotrosinscribamoswe inscribe
Vosotras / Vosotrosinscribáisyou (plural) inscribe
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesinscribanthey inscribe

How it’s built: Regular: stem inscrib- plus the -ir subjunctive endings.

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Inscribir 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, “inscribiera”, meaning “I inscribed”.

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
YoinscribieraI inscribed
Túinscribierasyou inscribed
Ella / Él / Ustedinscribieras/he inscribed
Nosotras / Nosotrosinscribiéramoswe inscribed
Vosotras / Vosotrosinscribieraisyou (plural) inscribed
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesinscribieranthey inscribed

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

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Inscribir 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, “inscribiere”, meaning “I will inscribe”.

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
YoinscribiereI will inscribe
Túinscribieresyou will inscribe
Ella / Él / Ustedinscribieres/he will inscribe
Nosotras / Nosotrosinscribiéremoswe will inscribe
Vosotras / Vosotrosinscribiereisyou (plural) will inscribe
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesinscribierenthey will inscribe

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

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Inscribir 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 inscrito”, meaning “I have inscribed”.

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohaya inscritoI have inscribed
Túhayas inscritoyou have inscribed
Ella / Él / Ustedhaya inscritos/he has inscribed
Nosotras / Nosotroshayamos inscritowe have inscribed
Vosotras / Vosotroshayáis inscritoyou (plural) have inscribed
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshayan inscritothey have inscribed

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

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Inscribir 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 inscrito”, meaning “I had inscribed”.

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohubiera inscritoI had inscribed
Túhubieras inscritoyou had inscribed
Ella / Él / Ustedhubiera inscritos/he had inscribed
Nosotras / Nosotroshubiéramos inscritowe had inscribed
Vosotras / Vosotroshubierais inscritoyou (plural) had inscribed
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshubieran inscritothey had inscribed

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

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Inscribir 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 inscrito”, meaning “I will have inscribed”.

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohubiere inscritoI will have inscribed
Túhubieres inscritoyou will have inscribed
Ella / Él / Ustedhubiere inscritos/he will have inscribed
Nosotras / Nosotroshubiéremos inscritowe will have inscribed
Vosotras / Vosotroshubiereis inscritoyou (plural) will have inscribed
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshubieren inscritothey will have inscribed

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

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Imperative tenses of Inscribir

Inscribir in the Imperative Affirmative

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yo--
Túinscribe(to you) inscribe!
Ella / Él / Ustedinscriba(to you formal) inscribe!
Nosotras / Nosotrosinscribamoslet's inscribe!
Vosotras / Vosotrosinscribid(to you plural) inscribe!
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesinscriban(to you plural formal) inscribe!

How it’s built: Tú takes the ella/él present (inscribe); usted, nosotros and ustedes take the subjunctive present (inscriba, inscribamos, inscriban); vosotros swaps the final r of the infinitive for a d (inscribid).

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Inscribir in the Imperative Negative

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yo--
Túno inscribas(to you) don't inscribe!
Ella / Él / Ustedno inscriba(to you formal) don't inscribe!
Nosotras / Nosotrosno inscribamoslet's not inscribe!
Vosotras / Vosotrosno inscribáis(to you plural) don't inscribe!
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesno inscriban(to you plural formal) don't inscribe!

How it’s built: No plus the subjunctive present: no inscribas, no inscriba, no inscribamos, no inscribáis, no inscriban.

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Frequently asked questions about Inscribir

Is inscribir a regular or irregular verb?

Inscribir is an irregular Spanish verb. Every simple tense is regular; only the past participle (inscrito) changes, which carries into the compound tenses.

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

In the present tense (presente), inscribir is conjugated as: yo inscribo, tú inscribes, él/ella/usted inscribe, nosotros inscribimos, vosotros inscribís, ellos/ellas/ustedes inscriben. 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 inscribir in the preterite (pretérito indefinido)?

In the preterite (pretérito indefinido), inscribir is conjugated as: yo inscribí, tú inscribiste, él/ella/usted inscribió, nosotros inscribimos, vosotros inscribisteis, ellos/ellas/ustedes inscribieron. The preterite is used To talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time.

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

In the imperfect (pretérito imperfecto), inscribir is conjugated as: yo inscribía, tú inscribías, él/ella/usted inscribía, nosotros inscribíamos, vosotros inscribíais, ellos/ellas/ustedes inscribían. 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 inscribir in the future tense (futuro simple)?

In the future tense (futuro simple), inscribir is conjugated as: yo inscribiré, tú inscribirás, él/ella/usted inscribirá, nosotros inscribiremos, vosotros inscribiréis, ellos/ellas/ustedes inscribirán. The future tense is used To talk about something that will happen in the future.

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

In the present subjunctive (subjuntivo presente), inscribir is conjugated as: yo inscriba, tú inscribas, él/ella/usted inscriba, nosotros inscribamos, vosotros inscribáis, ellos/ellas/ustedes inscriban. 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.

What’s the difference between inscribir and inscribirse?

Inscribir means ‘to inscribe’ and inscribirse means ‘to register’. Inscribirse is the reflexive form of inscribir, so it always takes a reflexive pronoun – me, te, se, nos, os or se – that matches the subject. The verb itself is conjugated the same way: in the present tense, yo inscribo becomes me inscribo. In the affirmative tú imperative the pronoun attaches to the end of the verb, so inscribe becomes inscríbete.


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