Encestar

to score basket

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Infinitive (infinitivo)

Base form of the verb

encestar

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Gerund (gerundio)

Present participle (-ing form)

encestando

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Past Participle

Used in compound tenses

encestado

Simple Tenses

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Present Indicative (presente de indicativo)

Present actions and habitual activities

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	encesto I score basket	I score basket
tú	encestas you score basket	you score basket
él/ella/usted	encesta he/she/you score baskets	he/she/you score baskets
nosotros	encestamos we score basket	we score basket
vosotros	encestáis you all score basket	you all score basket
ellos/ustedes	encestan they/you all score basket	they/you all score basket

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Imperfect Indicative (imperfecto de indicativo)

Ongoing past actions and descriptions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	encestaba I used to score basket	I used to score basket
tú	encestabas you used to score basket	you used to score basket
él/ella/usted	encestaba he/she/you used to score basket	he/she/you used to score basket
nosotros	encestábamos we used to score basket	we used to score basket
vosotros	encestabais you all used to score basket	you all used to score basket
ellos/ustedes	encestaban they/you all used to score basket	they/you all used to score basket

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Preterit (pretérito)

Completed past actions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	encesté I score basketed	I score basketed
tú	encestaste you score basketed	you score basketed
él/ella/usted	encestó he/she/you score basketed	he/she/you score basketed
nosotros	encestamos we score basketed	we score basketed
vosotros	encestasteis you all score basketed	you all score basketed
ellos/ustedes	encestaron they/you all score basketed	they/you all score basketed

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Future (futuro)

Future actions and intentions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	encestaré I will score basket	I will score basket
tú	encestarás you will score basket	you will score basket
él/ella/usted	encestará he/she/you will score basket	he/she/you will score basket
nosotros	encestaremos we will score basket	we will score basket
vosotros	encestaréis you all will score basket	you all will score basket
ellos/ustedes	encestarán they/you all will score basket	they/you all will score basket

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Conditional (potencial simple)

Hypothetical and conditional actions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	encestaría I would score basket	I would score basket
tú	encestarías you would score basket	you would score basket
él/ella/usted	encestaría he/she/you would score basket	he/she/you would score basket
nosotros	encestaríamos we would score basket	we would score basket
vosotros	encestaríais you all would score basket	you all would score basket
ellos/ustedes	encestarían they/you all would score basket	they/you all would score basket

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Present Subjunctive (presente de subjuntivo)

Subjective present actions and desires

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	enceste that I score basket	that I score basket
tú	encestes that you score basket	that you score basket
él/ella/usted	enceste that he/she/you score basket	that he/she/you score basket
nosotros	encestemos that we score basket	that we score basket
vosotros	encestéis that you all score basket	that you all score basket
ellos/ustedes	encesten that they/you all score basket	that they/you all score basket

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Imperfect Subjunctive (imperfecto de subjuntivo)

Subjective past actions and hypothetical situations

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	encestara or encestase that I score basketed	that I score basketed
tú	encestaras or encestases that you score basketed	that you score basketed
él/ella/usted	encestara or encestase that he/she/you score basketed	that he/she/you score basketed
nosotros	encestáramos or encestásemos that we score basketed	that we score basketed
vosotros	encestarais or encestaseis that you all score basketed	that you all score basketed
ellos/ustedes	encestaran or encestasen that they/you all score basketed	that they/you all score basketed

Compound Tenses

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Present Perfect (perfecto de indicativo)

Actions completed recently or with present relevance

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

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Pluperfect Indicative (pluscuamperfecto de indicativo)

Actions completed before another past action

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

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Preterit Perfect (pretérito anterior)

Actions completed immediately before another past action

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

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Future Perfect (futuro perfecto)

Actions that will be completed by a future time

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

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Conditional Perfect (potencial compuesto)

Actions that would have been completed under certain conditions

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

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Subjunctive Present Perfect (perfecto de subjuntivo)

Subjective actions completed in relation to the present

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

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Subjunctive Past Perfect (pluscuamperfecto de subjuntivo)

Subjective actions completed before another past action

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

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Commands (imperativo)

Commands and direct orders

Person	Command	English
tú	encesta	score basket! (you)
usted	enceste	score basket! (you formal)
nosotros	encestemos	let's score basket!
vosotros	encestad	score basket! (you all)
ustedes	encesten	score basket! (you all)

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Negative Commands (imperativo negativo)

Negative commands and prohibitions

Person	Command	English
tú	no encestes	don't score basket! (you)
usted	no enceste	don't score basket! (you formal)
nosotros	no encestemos	let's not score basket!
vosotros	no encestéis	don't score basket! (you all)
ustedes	no encesten	don't score basket! (you all)

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