Encerrar

to lock up

🎯

Infinitive (infinitivo)

Base form of the verb

encerrar

🏃

Gerund (gerundio)

Present participle (-ing form)

encerrando

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Past Participle

Used in compound tenses

encerrado

Simple Tenses

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Present Indicative (presente de indicativo)

Present actions and habitual activities

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	encerro I lock up	I lock up
tú	encerras you lock up	you lock up
él/ella/usted	encerra he/she/you lock ups	he/she/you lock ups
nosotros	encerramos we lock up	we lock up
vosotros	encerráis you all lock up	you all lock up
ellos/ustedes	encerran they/you all lock up	they/you all lock up

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Imperfect Indicative (imperfecto de indicativo)

Ongoing past actions and descriptions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	encerraba I used to lock up	I used to lock up
tú	encerrabas you used to lock up	you used to lock up
él/ella/usted	encerraba he/she/you used to lock up	he/she/you used to lock up
nosotros	encerrábamos we used to lock up	we used to lock up
vosotros	encerrabais you all used to lock up	you all used to lock up
ellos/ustedes	encerraban they/you all used to lock up	they/you all used to lock up

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Preterit (pretérito)

Completed past actions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	encerré I lock uped	I lock uped
tú	encerraste you lock uped	you lock uped
él/ella/usted	encerró he/she/you lock uped	he/she/you lock uped
nosotros	encerramos we lock uped	we lock uped
vosotros	encerrasteis you all lock uped	you all lock uped
ellos/ustedes	encerraron they/you all lock uped	they/you all lock uped

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Future (futuro)

Future actions and intentions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	encerraré I will lock up	I will lock up
tú	encerrarás you will lock up	you will lock up
él/ella/usted	encerrará he/she/you will lock up	he/she/you will lock up
nosotros	encerraremos we will lock up	we will lock up
vosotros	encerraréis you all will lock up	you all will lock up
ellos/ustedes	encerrarán they/you all will lock up	they/you all will lock up

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Conditional (potencial simple)

Hypothetical and conditional actions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	encerraría I would lock up	I would lock up
tú	encerrarías you would lock up	you would lock up
él/ella/usted	encerraría he/she/you would lock up	he/she/you would lock up
nosotros	encerraríamos we would lock up	we would lock up
vosotros	encerraríais you all would lock up	you all would lock up
ellos/ustedes	encerrarían they/you all would lock up	they/you all would lock up

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Present Subjunctive (presente de subjuntivo)

Subjective present actions and desires

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	encerre that I lock up	that I lock up
tú	encerres that you lock up	that you lock up
él/ella/usted	encerre that he/she/you lock up	that he/she/you lock up
nosotros	encerremos that we lock up	that we lock up
vosotros	encerréis that you all lock up	that you all lock up
ellos/ustedes	encerren that they/you all lock up	that they/you all lock up

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Imperfect Subjunctive (imperfecto de subjuntivo)

Subjective past actions and hypothetical situations

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	encerrara or encerrase that I lock uped	that I lock uped
tú	encerraras or encerrases that you lock uped	that you lock uped
él/ella/usted	encerrara or encerrase that he/she/you lock uped	that he/she/you lock uped
nosotros	encerráramos or encerrásemos that we lock uped	that we lock uped
vosotros	encerrarais or encerraseis that you all lock uped	that you all lock uped
ellos/ustedes	encerraran or encerrasen that they/you all lock uped	that they/you all lock uped

Compound Tenses

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Present Perfect (perfecto de indicativo)

Actions completed recently or with present relevance

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

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Pluperfect Indicative (pluscuamperfecto de indicativo)

Actions completed before another past action

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

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Preterit Perfect (pretérito anterior)

Actions completed immediately before another past action

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

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Future Perfect (futuro perfecto)

Actions that will be completed by a future time

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

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Conditional Perfect (potencial compuesto)

Actions that would have been completed under certain conditions

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

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Subjunctive Present Perfect (perfecto de subjuntivo)

Subjective actions completed in relation to the present

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

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Subjunctive Past Perfect (pluscuamperfecto de subjuntivo)

Subjective actions completed before another past action

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

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Commands (imperativo)

Commands and direct orders

Person	Command	English
tú	encerra	lock up! (you)
usted	encerre	lock up! (you formal)
nosotros	encerremos	let's lock up!
vosotros	encerrad	lock up! (you all)
ustedes	encerren	lock up! (you all)

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Negative Commands (imperativo negativo)

Negative commands and prohibitions

Person	Command	English
tú	no encerres	don't lock up! (you)
usted	no encerre	don't lock up! (you formal)
nosotros	no encerremos	let's not lock up!
vosotros	no encerréis	don't lock up! (you all)
ustedes	no encerren	don't lock up! (you all)

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