SPANISH VERB REFERENCE

enterrar

to bury; to entomb

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Conjugations

Present Presente

Habits, current states, and general facts.

enterrar: Present
SubjectVerb formListen
yoentierro
túentierras
él / ella / ustedentierra
nosotros / nosotrasenterramos
vosotros / vosotrasenterráis
ellos / ellas / ustedesentierran

Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple

Actions viewed as completed events in the past.

enterrar: Preterite
SubjectVerb formListen
yoenterré
túenterraste
él / ella / ustedenterró
nosotros / nosotrasenterramos
vosotros / vosotrasenterrasteis
ellos / ellas / ustedesenterraron

Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto

Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.

enterrar: Imperfect
SubjectVerb formListen
yoenterraba
túenterrabas
él / ella / ustedenterraba
nosotros / nosotrasenterrábamos
vosotros / vosotrasenterrabais
ellos / ellas / ustedesenterraban

Future Futuro simple

Future events; also used to express a guess about the present.

enterrar: Future
SubjectVerb formListen
yoenterraré
túenterrarás
él / ella / ustedenterrará
nosotros / nosotrasenterraremos
vosotros / vosotrasenterraréis
ellos / ellas / ustedesenterrarán

Conditional Condicional simple

Hypothetical events and some polite requests.

enterrar: Conditional
SubjectVerb formListen
yoenterraría
túenterrarías
él / ella / ustedenterraría
nosotros / nosotrasenterraríamos
vosotros / vosotrasenterraríais
ellos / ellas / ustedesenterrarían

Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo

Used in certain clauses expressing wishes, doubt, feelings, and other non-asserted situations.

enterrar: Present subjunctive
SubjectVerb formListen
yoentierre
túentierres
él / ella / ustedentierre
nosotros / nosotrasenterremos
vosotros / vosotrasenterréis
ellos / ellas / ustedesentierren

Use ustedes for plural “you” in Latin America. Its verb form matches ellos / ellas. Vos forms are not included. Google voice when available; device voice as a fallback.

Meaning & usage

  • to bury; to entomb
  • to stick (press something with a sharp point into something else)

English glosses are a starting point. The meaning of a verb can change with context, a preposition, or se. Read the full dictionary entry ↗

Meanings and conjugation data adapted from English Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org / Wiktextract. Frequency scores from wordfreq 3.1.1 by Robyn Speer and contributors. Adapted data is available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Entry source · Sources, download & limitations

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