encoger
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Coger means 'to take' or 'to catch.' Before a and o, g would be hard, so we write j: cojo, coja, cojas (not *cogo). The sound is the same as in 'loch' or Spanish j. Dirigir and elegir share this pa...
Conjugation
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Subjuntivo
Subjunctive
Tiempo
Presente de subjuntivo
Present Subjunctive
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Subjuntivo — Subjunctive
Imperativo — Imperative
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Formas impersonales
These are the non‑finite verb forms used in combinations and constructions.
- Infinitivo — encoger
- Infinitivo compuesto — haber encogido
- Gerundio — encogiendo
- Gerundio compuesto — habiendo encogido
- Participio — encogido
Key forms
yo
encojo
tú
encoges
él/ella
encoge
Use the present perfect for past actions that have a connection to the present or recent past.
Key forms
yo
he encogido
tú
has encogido
él/ella
ha encogido
Use the preterite to describe completed past actions with a clear beginning or end.
Key forms
yo
encogí
tú
encogiste
él/ella
encogió
Use the imperfect to describe ongoing, habitual, or background actions in the past.
Key forms
yo
encogía
tú
encogías
él/ella
encogía
Use the pluperfect (pluscuamperfecto) for past actions completed before another past action.
Key forms
yo
había encogido
tú
habías encogido
él/ella
había encogido
Use for past-before-past; mainly literary.
Key forms
yo
hube encogido
tú
hubiste encogido
él/ella
hubo encogido
Use the future to express actions that will happen, predictions, or probability.
Key forms
yo
encogeré
tú
encogerás
él/ella
encogerá
Use the conditional for hypothetical situations, polite requests, or future in the past.
Key forms
yo
encogería
tú
encogerías
él/ella
encogería
Use the future perfect for actions that will have been completed by a future time.
Key forms
yo
habré encogido
tú
habrás encogido
él/ella
habrá encogido
Use the conditional perfect for hypothetical past actions or actions that would have been completed.
Key forms
yo
habría encogido
tú
habrías encogido
él/ella
habría encogido
Use the present subjunctive for wishes, doubts, emotions, and after certain conjunctions.
Key forms
yo
encoja
tú
encojas
él/ella
encoja
Use for past actions with present relevance in subjunctive contexts.
Key forms
yo
haya encogido
tú
hayas encogido
él/ella
haya encogido
Use for hypothetical or reported past (e.g. Si viviera…).
Key forms
yo
encogiera (encogiese)
tú
encogieras (encogieses)
él/ella
encogiera (encogiese)
Use for past-before-past in subjunctive contexts.
Key forms
yo
hubiera encogido (hubiese encogido)
tú
hubieras encogido (hubieses encogido)
él/ella
hubiera encogido (hubiese encogido)
Rare; legal/formal style.
Key forms
yo
encogiere
tú
encogieres
él/ella
encogiere
Rare; future perfect in subjunctive contexts.
Key forms
yo
hubiere encogido
tú
hubieres encogido
él/ella
hubiere encogido
Affirmative imperative only. Negative imperative is available as a separate tense.
Key forms
yo
—
tú
encoge
él/ella
encoja
Negative commands: use No + form (e.g. No hables.).
Key forms
yo
—
tú
encojas
él/ella
encoja
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