Spanish Verb ENCENDER - to turn on. Irregular ER family

Spanish Verb ENCENDER: to turn on

The Spanish verb encender means 'to turn on' and is an irregular Spanish ER verb.

To remember this, imagine you SEND CINDERella to turn on the light!

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Read on, below the ENCENDER verb table...

to turn on: encender
Imagine you SEND CINDERella to turn on the light!

VERB CONJUGATION TABLE ENCENDER - to turn on
Simple Tenses - Spanish Verb encender
TENSE	yo	tú	él, ella, usted	nosotros	vosotros	ellos, ellas, ustedes
Present Presente turn on	enciendo	enciendes	enciende	encendemos	encendéis	encienden
Imperfect Imperfecto turned on	encendía	encendías	encendía	encendíamos	encendíais	encendían
Preterit Pretérito turned on	encendí	encendiste	encendió	encendimos	encendisteis	encendieron
Future Futuro will turn on	encenderé	encenderás	encenderá	encenderemos	encenderéis	encenderán
Conditional Condicional would turn on	encendería	encenderías	encendería	encenderíamos	encenderíais	encenderían
Subjunctive Subjuntivo may turn on	encienda	enciendas	encienda	encendamos	encendáis	enciendan
Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subj. might turn on	encendiera	encendieras	encendiera	encendiéramos	encendiereis	encendieran
	encendiese	encendieses	encendiese	encendiésemos	encendieseis	encendiesen
Imperatives Spanish Verb encender - to turn on
Imperative Imperativo turn on!		¡enciende!	¡encienda!	¡encendamos!	¡encended!	¡enciendan!
Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo don't turn on!		¡no enciendas!	¡no encienda!	¡no encendamos!	¡no encendáis!	¡no enciendan!
Compound Tenses of the Spanish Verb ENCENDER Past Participle: encendido - turned on
Present Perfect Perfecto de Indicativo have turned on	he encendido	has encendido	ha encendido	hemos encendido	habéis encendido	han encendido
Preterit Perfect Pretérito Anterior had turned on	hube encendido	hubiste encendido	hubo encendido	hubimos encendido	hubisteis encendido	hubieron encendido
Past Perfect Pluscuamperfecto had turned on	había encendido	habías encendido	había encendido	habíamos encendido	habíais encendido	habían encendido
Present Perfect Subj Presente Perfecto Subj may have turned on	haya encendido	hayas encendido	haya encendido	hayamos encendido	hayáis encendido	hayan encendido
Future Perfect Futuro Perfecto will have turned on	habré encendido	habrás encendido	habrá encendido	habremos encendido	habréis encendido	habrán encendido
Conditional Perfect Condicional Perfecto would have turned on	habría encendido	habrías encendido	habría encendido	habríamos encendido	habríais encendido	habrían encendido
Pluperfect Subjunctive Pluscuamperf. de sbj might have turned on	hubiera encendido	hubieras encendido	hubiera encendido	hubiéramos encendido	hubierais encendido	hubieran encendido
	hubiese encendido	hubieses encendido	hubiese encendido	hubiésemos encendido	hubieseis encendido	hubiesen encendido
Progressive Tenses ENCENDER Present Participle: encendiendo - turning on
Present Progressive Presente Progressivo am turning on	estoy encendiendo	estás encendiendo	está encendiendo	estamos encendiendo	está encendiendo	están encendiendo
Preterit Progressive Pretérito Prog was turning on	estuve encendiendo	estuviste encendiendo	estuvo encendiendo	estuvimos encendiendo	estuvisteis encendiendo	estuvieron encendiendo
Imperfect Progressive Imperfecto Prog had been ...ing	estaba encendiendo	estabas encendiendo	estaba encendiendo	estábamos encendiendo	estabais encendiendo	estaban encendiendo
Future Progressive Futuro Perfecto Prog will be ...ing	estaré encendiendo	estarás encendiendo	estará encendiendo	estaremos encendiendo	estaréis encendiendo	estarán encendiendo
Conditional Progressive Condicional perf. prog. would've been ~ing	estaría encendiendo	estarías encendiendo	estabría encendiendo	estaríamos encendiendo	estaríais encendiendo	estarían encendiendo
Subjunctive Progressive Subjuntivo Progressivo may've been ~ing	que ~ encendiendo	que ~ encendiendo	que ~ encendiendo	que ~ encendiendo	que ~ encendiendo	que ~ encendiendo

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USING the SPANISH VERB ENCENDER

encender can also mean: to light, to switch on.
encenderse : to come on, to catch light; to get mad, to blow one's top, to go red (in face).

el encendedor (nm): lighter
el encendido (nm): ignition.
encendido/a (adj): flushed, passionate, heated (m/f).

de un rojo encendido: bright red.
encender la cerilla: to strike a match.
encender el fanatismo: to stir up fanaticism.
Se encendió la llama de su pasión: Her passions were aroused.

vos replaces tú - you, informal, singular -
- in Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay and also in some countries of Central America.
Sometimes it also replaces the formal singular 'Usted'.
In irregular ER verbs, the conjugations remain the same as for tú except for the addition of accents in the following tenses:
Presente: vos encendés
Imperativo: ¡encendé!

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