enrollar — Spanish conjugation

to roll up

Indicative

Present (Presente) Regular

The present tense is the most versatile tense in Spanish. It covers actions happening right now, habitual actions, and even near-future plans. One form does the work of three English constructions.

Ella habla inglés — She speaks / is speaking English

PronounSpanishEnglish
yoenrolloI roll up
enrollasyou roll up
vosenrollásyou roll up
él/ella/Ud.enrollahe/she/it rolls up
nosotrosenrollamoswe roll up
vosotrosenrolláisyou (pl.) roll up
ellos/ellas/Uds.enrollanthey roll up

Preterite (Pretérito indefinido) Regular

Used for completed past actions with a defined endpoint — a single event, a series of events, or an action that interrupted another. Common with time expressions like ayer, el lunes, una vez.

Ella habló de ti ayer — She spoke about you yesterday

PronounSpanishEnglish
yoenrolléI rolled up
enrollasteyou rolled up
vosenrollasteyou rolled up
él/ella/Ud.enrollóhe/she/it rolled up
nosotrosenrollamoswe rolled up
vosotrosenrollasteisyou (pl.) rolled up
ellos/ellas/Uds.enrollaronthey rolled up

Imperfect (Pretérito imperfecto) Regular

Describes ongoing or habitual past states — what things were like, background context, what used to happen. Contrasts with the preterite which marks completed events.

Cuando era niño vivía en Valencia — When I was a child I lived in Valencia

PronounSpanish
yoenrollaba
enrollabas
vosenrollabas
él/ella/Ud.enrollaba
nosotrosenrollábamos
vosotrosenrollabais
ellos/ellas/Uds.enrollaban

Conditional (Condicional) Regular

Expresses hypothetical actions, polite requests, and what would happen under certain conditions. Also used for reported speech about the future from a past perspective.

¿Podrías ayudarme? — Could you help me?

PronounSpanishEnglish
yoenrollaríaI would roll up
enrollaríasyou would roll up
vosenrollaríasyou would roll up
él/ella/Ud.enrollaríahe/she/it would roll up
nosotrosenrollaríamoswe would roll up
vosotrosenrollaríaisyou (pl.) would roll up
ellos/ellas/Uds.enrollaríanthey would roll up

Future (Futuro) Regular

Expresses future actions, predictions, and probability about the present. Formed with the full infinitive as stem for most verbs. In spoken Spanish, ir a + infinitive is often preferred for near future.

Ella hablará en conferencia mañana — She will speak at the conference tomorrow

PronounSpanishEnglish
yoenrollaréI will roll up
enrollarásyou will roll up
vosenrollarásyou will roll up
él/ella/Ud.enrollaráhe/she/it will roll up
nosotrosenrollaremoswe will roll up
vosotrosenrollaréisyou (pl.) will roll up
ellos/ellas/Uds.enrollaránthey will roll up

Present perfect (Pretérito perfecto) Regular

A compound past tense linking a past action to the present moment — something that has happened and still feels recent or relevant. More common in Spain than Latin America where preterite is preferred.

Hoy he hablado con el jefe — Today I have spoken with the boss

PronounSpanishEnglish
yohe enrolladoI have rolled up
has enrolladoyou have rolled up
voshas enrolladoyou have rolled up
él/ella/Ud.ha enrolladohe/she/it has rolled up
nosotroshemos enrolladowe have rolled up
vosotroshabéis enrolladoyou (pl.) have rolled up
ellos/ellas/Uds.han enrolladothey have rolled up

Pluperfect (Pretérito pluscuamperfecto) Regular

The past of the past — describes an action that was already completed before another past event happened. Always implies a reference point in the past.

Ya había hablado cuando llegaste — She had already spoken when you arrived

PronounSpanishEnglish
yohabía enrolladoI had rolled up
habías enrolladoyou had rolled up
voshabías enrolladoyou had rolled up
él/ella/Ud.había enrolladohe/she/it had rolled up
nosotroshabíamos enrolladowe had rolled up
vosotroshabíais enrolladoyou (pl.) had rolled up
ellos/ellas/Uds.habían enrolladothey had rolled up

Conditional perfect (Condicional perfecto) Regular

Expresses what would have happened — actions that were possible but did not occur, or regrets about the past. Formed with conditional of haber + past participle.

Habría hablado, pero no me dejaron — I would have spoken, but they did not let me

PronounSpanish
yohabría enrollado
habrías enrollado
voshabrías enrollado
él/ella/Ud.habría enrollado
nosotroshabríamos enrollado
vosotroshabríais enrollado
ellos/ellas/Uds.habrían enrollado

Future perfect (Futuro perfecto) Regular

Describes an action that will have been completed by a certain point in the future, or expresses probability about a recent past action.

Para el lunes habré terminado — By Monday I will have finished

PronounSpanishEnglish
yohabré enrolladoI will have rolled up
habrás enrolladoyou will have rolled up
voshabrás enrolladoyou will have rolled up
él/ella/Ud.habrá enrolladohe/she/it will have rolled up
nosotroshabremos enrolladowe will have rolled up
vosotroshabréis enrolladoyou (pl.) will have rolled up
ellos/ellas/Uds.habrán enrolladothey will have rolled up

Subjunctive

Present subjunctive (Subjuntivo presente) Regular

Used in subordinate clauses after expressions of desire, doubt, emotion, necessity, or impersonal statements. Triggered by a change of subject between the main and subordinate clause.

Espero que hable — I hope she speaks

PronounSpanish
yoenrolle
enrolles
vosenrolles
él/ella/Ud.enrolle
nosotrosenrollemos
vosotrosenrolléis
ellos/ellas/Uds.enrollen

Imperfect subjunctive (-ra) (Subjuntivo imperfecto (-ra)) Regular

The past subjunctive used after past main verbs, in if-clauses with conditional, and for polite softening. The -ra form is more common in everyday speech than the -se form.

Si pudiera, lo haría — If I could, I would do it

PronounSpanish
yoenrollara
enrollaras
vosenrollaras
él/ella/Ud.enrollara
nosotrosenrolláramos
vosotrosenrollarais
ellos/ellas/Uds.enrollaran

Imperfect subjunctive (-se) (Subjuntivo imperfecto (-se)) Regular

The alternative past subjunctive form. Interchangeable with -ra in most contexts but slightly more literary or formal. Both forms are grammatically correct in all regions.

Si pudiese, lo haría — If I could, I would do it

PronounSpanish
yoenrollase
enrollases
vosenrollases
él/ella/Ud.enrollase
nosotrosenrollásemos
vosotrosenrollaseis
ellos/ellas/Uds.enrollasen

Perfect subjunctive (Pretérito perfecto de subjuntivo) Regular

A compound subjunctive that expresses completed actions in a subjunctive context — used after present or future main verbs expressing doubt, emotion or desire.

Dudo que ya haya llegado — I doubt she has already arrived

PronounSpanish
yohaya enrollado
hayas enrollado
voshayas enrollado
él/ella/Ud.haya enrollado
nosotroshayamos enrollado
vosotroshayáis enrollado
ellos/ellas/Uds.hayan enrollado

Pluperfect subjunctive (Pluscuamperfecto de subjuntivo) Regular

Expresses what had happened in hypothetical or unreal past contexts — the subjunctive equivalent of the pluperfect. Common in contrary-to-fact past conditions.

Si hubiera hablado, lo habrían creído — If she had spoken, they would have believed her

PronounSpanish
yohubiera enrollado
hubieras enrollado
voshubieras enrollado
él/ella/Ud.hubiera enrollado
nosotroshubiéramos enrollado
vosotroshubierais enrollado
ellos/ellas/Uds.hubieran enrollado

Other forms

Imperative (affirmative) (Imperativo afirmativo) Regular

Direct commands and instructions. The imperative only exists for tú, usted, nosotros, vosotros and ustedes — yo has no command form. Affirmative and negative forms use different conjugations.

Habla más despacio — Speak more slowly

PronounSpanish
enrolla
vosenrollá
él/ella/Ud.enrolle
nosotrosenrollemos
vosotrosenrollad
ustedesenrollen

Imperative (negative) (Imperativo negativo) Regular

Negative commands use the subjunctive forms for all persons. Formed with no + present subjunctive. This applies to all persons including tú where the affirmative uses a different form.

No hables tan rápido — Do not speak so fast

PronounSpanish
no enrolles
vosno enrolles
él/ella/Ud.no enrolle
nosotrosno enrollemos
vosotrosno enrolléis
ustedesno enrollen

Present progressive (Presente progresivo) Regular

Emphasises that an action is happening right now at this very moment. Less common than in English since the present tense already covers ongoing actions in Spanish.

Estoy hablando contigo — I am speaking with you

PronounSpanish
yoestoy enrollando
estás enrollando
vosestás enrollando
él/ella/Ud.está enrollando
nosotrosestamos enrollando
vosotrosestáis enrollando
ellos/ellas/Uds.están enrollando

Preterite progressive (Pretérito indefinido progresivo) Regular

Describes an action that was in progress throughout a completed past period. Uses the preterite of estar + gerund to emphasise the ongoing nature within a defined timeframe.

Estuvo hablando toda la tarde — He was talking all afternoon

PronounSpanish
yoestuve enrollando
estuviste enrollando
vosestuviste enrollando
él/ella/Ud.estuvo enrollando
nosotrosestuvimos enrollando
vosotrosestuvisteis enrollando
ellos/ellas/Uds.estuvieron enrollando

Imperfect progressive (Pretérito imperfecto progresivo) Regular

Emphasises an ongoing background action using the imperfect of estar + gerund. Layered on top of the imperfect which already conveys continuity — used for extra emphasis on the progressive nature.

Estaba hablando cuando entró — I was speaking when he came in

PronounSpanish
yoestaba enrollando
estabas enrollando
vosestabas enrollando
él/ella/Ud.estaba enrollando
nosotrosestábamos enrollando
vosotrosestabais enrollando
ellos/ellas/Uds.estaban enrollando

Conditional progressive (Condicional progresivo) Regular

Expresses what would be in progress under hypothetical conditions. Uses the conditional of estar + gerund. Less common but used for emphasis on the ongoing nature of a hypothetical action.

Estaría hablando ahora si pudiera — I would be speaking now if I could

PronounSpanish
yoestaría enrollando
estarías enrollando
vosestarías enrollando
él/ella/Ud.estaría enrollando
nosotrosestaríamos enrollando
vosotrosestaríais enrollando
ellos/ellas/Uds.estarían enrollando

Future progressive (Futuro progresivo) Regular

Describes an action that will be in progress at a future point, or expresses probability about an ongoing present action. Uses the future of estar + gerund.

Mañana a esta hora estaré viajando — At this time tomorrow I will be travelling

PronounSpanish
yoestaré enrollando
estarás enrollando
vosestarás enrollando
él/ella/Ud.estará enrollando
nosotrosestaremos enrollando
vosotrosestaréis enrollando
ellos/ellas/Uds.estarán enrollando