Encarar

to face

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Infinitive (infinitivo)

Base form of the verb

encarar

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Gerund (gerundio)

Present participle (-ing form)

encarando

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Past Participle

Used in compound tenses

encarado

Simple Tenses

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Present Indicative (presente de indicativo)

Present actions and habitual activities

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	encaro I face	I face
tú	encaras you face	you face
él/ella/usted	encara he/she/you faces	he/she/you faces
nosotros	encaramos we face	we face
vosotros	encaráis you all face	you all face
ellos/ustedes	encaran they/you all face	they/you all face

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Imperfect Indicative (imperfecto de indicativo)

Ongoing past actions and descriptions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	encaraba I used to face	I used to face
tú	encarabas you used to face	you used to face
él/ella/usted	encaraba he/she/you used to face	he/she/you used to face
nosotros	encarábamos we used to face	we used to face
vosotros	encarabais you all used to face	you all used to face
ellos/ustedes	encaraban they/you all used to face	they/you all used to face

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Preterit (pretérito)

Completed past actions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	encaré I faced	I faced
tú	encaraste you faced	you faced
él/ella/usted	encaró he/she/you faced	he/she/you faced
nosotros	encaramos we faced	we faced
vosotros	encarasteis you all faced	you all faced
ellos/ustedes	encararon they/you all faced	they/you all faced

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Future (futuro)

Future actions and intentions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	encararé I will face	I will face
tú	encararás you will face	you will face
él/ella/usted	encarará he/she/you will face	he/she/you will face
nosotros	encararemos we will face	we will face
vosotros	encararéis you all will face	you all will face
ellos/ustedes	encararán they/you all will face	they/you all will face

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Conditional (potencial simple)

Hypothetical and conditional actions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	encararía I would face	I would face
tú	encararías you would face	you would face
él/ella/usted	encararía he/she/you would face	he/she/you would face
nosotros	encararíamos we would face	we would face
vosotros	encararíais you all would face	you all would face
ellos/ustedes	encararían they/you all would face	they/you all would face

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Present Subjunctive (presente de subjuntivo)

Subjective present actions and desires

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	encare that I face	that I face
tú	encares that you face	that you face
él/ella/usted	encare that he/she/you face	that he/she/you face
nosotros	encaremos that we face	that we face
vosotros	encaréis that you all face	that you all face
ellos/ustedes	encaren that they/you all face	that they/you all face

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Imperfect Subjunctive (imperfecto de subjuntivo)

Subjective past actions and hypothetical situations

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	encarara or encarase that I faced	that I faced
tú	encararas or encarases that you faced	that you faced
él/ella/usted	encarara or encarase that he/she/you faced	that he/she/you faced
nosotros	encaráramos or encarásemos that we faced	that we faced
vosotros	encararais or encaraseis that you all faced	that you all faced
ellos/ustedes	encararan or encarasen that they/you all faced	that they/you all faced

Compound Tenses

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Present Perfect (perfecto de indicativo)

Actions completed recently or with present relevance

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	he encarado I have faced	I have faced
tú	has encarado you have faced	you have faced
él/ella/usted	ha encarado he/she/you have faced	he/she/you have faced
nosotros	hemos encarado we have faced	we have faced
vosotros	habéis encarado you all have faced	you all have faced
ellos/ustedes	han encarado they/you all have faced	they/you all have faced

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Pluperfect Indicative (pluscuamperfecto de indicativo)

Actions completed before another past action

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	había encarado I had faced	I had faced
tú	habías encarado you had faced	you had faced
él/ella/usted	había encarado he/she/you had faced	he/she/you had faced
nosotros	habíamos encarado we had faced	we had faced
vosotros	habíais encarado you all had faced	you all had faced
ellos/ustedes	habían encarado they/you all had faced	they/you all had faced

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Preterit Perfect (pretérito anterior)

Actions completed immediately before another past action

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	hube encarado I had faced	I had faced
tú	hubiste encarado you had faced	you had faced
él/ella/usted	hubo encarado he/she/you had faced	he/she/you had faced
nosotros	hubimos encarado we had faced	we had faced
vosotros	hubisteis encarado you all had faced	you all had faced
ellos/ustedes	hubieron encarado they/you all had faced	they/you all had faced

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Future Perfect (futuro perfecto)

Actions that will be completed by a future time

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	habré encarado I will have faced	I will have faced
tú	habrás encarado you will have faced	you will have faced
él/ella/usted	habrá encarado he/she/you will have faced	he/she/you will have faced
nosotros	habremos encarado we will have faced	we will have faced
vosotros	habréis encarado you all will have faced	you all will have faced
ellos/ustedes	habrán encarado they/you all will have faced	they/you all will have faced

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Conditional Perfect (potencial compuesto)

Actions that would have been completed under certain conditions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	habría encarado I would have faced	I would have faced
tú	habrías encarado you would have faced	you would have faced
él/ella/usted	habría encarado he/she/you would have faced	he/she/you would have faced
nosotros	habríamos encarado we would have faced	we would have faced
vosotros	habríais encarado you all would have faced	you all would have faced
ellos/ustedes	habrían encarado they/you all would have faced	they/you all would have faced

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Subjunctive Present Perfect (perfecto de subjuntivo)

Subjective actions completed in relation to the present

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	haya encarado that I have faced	that I have faced
tú	hayas encarado that you have faced	that you have faced
él/ella/usted	haya encarado that he/she/you have faced	that he/she/you have faced
nosotros	hayamos encarado that we have faced	that we have faced
vosotros	hayáis encarado that you all have faced	that you all have faced
ellos/ustedes	hayan encarado that they/you all have faced	that they/you all have faced

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Subjunctive Past Perfect (pluscuamperfecto de subjuntivo)

Subjective actions completed before another past action

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	hubiera encarado that I had faced	that I had faced
tú	hubieras encarado that you had faced	that you had faced
él/ella/usted	hubiera encarado that he/she/you had faced	that he/she/you had faced
nosotros	hubiéramos encarado that we had faced	that we had faced
vosotros	hubierais encarado that you all had faced	that you all had faced
ellos/ustedes	hubieran encarado that they/you all had faced	that they/you all had faced

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Commands (imperativo)

Commands and direct orders

Person	Command	English
tú	encara	face! (you)
usted	encare	face! (you formal)
nosotros	encaremos	let's face!
vosotros	encarad	face! (you all)
ustedes	encaren	face! (you all)

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Negative Commands (imperativo negativo)

Negative commands and prohibitions

Person	Command	English
tú	no encares	don't face! (you)
usted	no encare	don't face! (you formal)
nosotros	no encaremos	let's not face!
vosotros	no encaréis	don't face! (you all)
ustedes	no encaren	don't face! (you all)

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