encender
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Pensar changes e to ie when the stem is stressed: pienso, piensas, piensa, pensamos, pensáis, piensan. This is the classic 'boot' for -ar verbs. Similar: cerrar, empezar, negar, sentar.
Conjugation
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Indicativo
Indicativo
Tiempo
Presente
Presente
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Indicativo — Indicativo
Subjuntivo — Subjuntivo
Imperativo — Imperativo
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Formas impersonales
These are the non‑finite verb forms used in combinations and constructions.
- Infinitivo — encender
- Infinitivo compuesto — haber encendido
- Gerundio — encendiendo
- Gerundio compuesto — habiendo encendido
- Participio — encendido
Key forms
yo
encendo
tú
encendes
él/ella
encende
Use the present perfect for past actions that have a connection to the present or recent past.
Key forms
yo
he encendido
tú
has encendido
él/ella
ha encendido
Use the imperfect to describe ongoing, habitual, or background actions in the past.
Key forms
yo
encendía
tú
encendías
él/ella
encendía
Use the pluperfect (pluscuamperfecto) for past actions completed before another past action.
Key forms
yo
había encendido
tú
habías encendido
él/ella
había encendido
Use for past-before-past; mainly literary.
Key forms
yo
hube encendido
tú
hubiste encendido
él/ella
hubo encendido
Use the future to express actions that will happen, predictions, or probability.
Key forms
yo
encenderé
tú
encenderás
él/ella
encenderá
Use the conditional for hypothetical situations, polite requests, or future in the past.
Key forms
yo
encendería
tú
encenderías
él/ella
encendería
Use the future perfect for actions that will have been completed by a future time.
Key forms
yo
habré encendido
tú
habrás encendido
él/ella
habrá encendido
Use the conditional perfect for hypothetical past actions or actions that would have been completed.
Key forms
yo
habría encendido
tú
habrías encendido
él/ella
habría encendido
Use for past actions with present relevance in subjunctive contexts.
Key forms
yo
haya encendido
tú
hayas encendido
él/ella
haya encendido
Use for hypothetical or reported past (e.g. Si viviera…).
Key forms
yo
encendiera (encendiese)
tú
encendieras (encendieses)
él/ella
encendiera (encendiese)
Use for past-before-past in subjunctive contexts.
Key forms
yo
hubiera encendido (hubiese encendido)
tú
hubieras encendido (hubieses encendido)
él/ella
hubiera encendido (hubiese encendido)
Rare; legal/formal style.
Key forms
yo
encendiere
tú
encendieres
él/ella
encendiere
Rare; future perfect in subjunctive contexts.
Key forms
yo
hubiere encendido
tú
hubieres encendido
él/ella
hubiere encendido
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