Encrespar means to make something curly or frizzy, often used in reference to hair or other materials that can be curled or frizzed.
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El Presente - used to talk about situations, events or thoughts that are happening now or in the near future
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
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Yo | encrespo | Yo encrespo mi cabello cada mañana. I curl my hair every morning. | |
Tú | encrespas | Tú encrespas tus pestañas para que se vean más largas. You curl your eyelashes to make them look longer. | |
Él / Ella / Usted | encrespa | Ella encrespa su cabello antes de salir. She curls her hair before going out. | |
Nosotros / Nosotras | encrespamos | Nosotros encrespamos las ondas naturales. We enhance the natural waves. | |
Vosotros / Vosotras | encrespáis | Vosotros encrespáis el cabello para la fiesta. You all curl your hair for the party. | |
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | encrespan | Ellos encrespan su cabello para el evento. They curl their hair for the event. |
El Pretérito Indefinido - used to talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
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Yo | encrespé | Ayer encrespé mi cabello. Yesterday I curled my hair. | |
Tú | encrespaste | Tú encrespaste las pestañas para la fiesta. You curled your eyelashes for the party. | |
Él / Ella / Usted | encrespó | Ella encrespó su cabello para la boda. She curled her hair for the wedding. | |
Nosotros / Nosotras | encrespamos | Nosotros encrespamos las ondas en verano. We curled the waves in summer. | |
Vosotros / Vosotras | encrespasteis | Vosotros encrespasteis el cabello para la fiesta. You all curled your hair for the party. | |
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | encresparon | Ellos encresparon sus cabellos para la foto. They curled their hair for the photo. |
El Pretérito Imperfecto - used to describe regular and repeated actions that happened in the past
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
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Yo | encrespaba | Yo encrespaba mi cabello cada semana. I used to curl my hair every week. | |
Tú | encrespabas | Tú encrespabas las ondas con frecuencia. You used to curl the waves often. | |
Él / Ella / Usted | encrespaba | Ella encrespaba su cabello en la escuela. She used to curl her hair at school. | |
Nosotros / Nosotras | encrespábamos | Nosotros encrespábamos el cabello juntas. We used to curl our hair together. | |
Vosotros / Vosotras | encrespabais | Vosotros encrespabais el cabello en verano. You all used to curl your hair in summer. | |
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | encrespaban | Ellos encrespaban sus cabellos en la fiesta. They used to curl their hair at the party. |
El Presente Progresivo - used to talk about something that is happening continuously or right now
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
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Yo | estoy encrespando | Estoy encrespando mi cabello ahora mismo. I am curling my hair right now. | |
Tú | estás encrespando | Estás encrespando las ondas en tu cabello. You are curling the waves in your hair. | |
Él / Ella / Usted | está encrespando | Ella está encrespando su cabello para la fiesta. She is curling her hair for the party. | |
Nosotros / Nosotras | estamos encrespando | Estamos encrespando nuestras melenas juntas. We are curling our manes together. | |
Vosotros / Vosotras | estáis encrespando | Vosotros estáis encrespando vuestras cabelleras. You all are curling your hair. | |
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | están encrespando | Ellos están encrespando sus cabellos para la boda. They are curling their hair for the wedding. |
El Futuro Próximo - used to talk about something that will happen in the future, especially in the near future
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
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Yo | voy a encrespar | Voy a encrespar mi cabello hoy. I am going to curl my hair today. | |
Tú | vas a encrespar | ¿Vas a encrespar tu cabello? Are you going to curl your hair? | |
Él / Ella / Usted | va a encrespar | Ella va a encrespar su cabello mañana. She is going to curl her hair tomorrow. | |
Nosotros / Nosotras | vamos a encrespar | Vamos a encrespar nuestras melenas. We are going to curl our hair. | |
Vosotros / Vosotras | vais a encrespar | ¿Vais a encrespar el cabello hoy? Are you all going to curl your hair today? | |
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | van a encrespar | Ellos van a encrespar sus cabellos. They are going to curl their hair. |
El Futuro Simple - used to talk about something that will happen in the future
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
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Yo | encresparé | Encresparé mi cabello mañana. I will curl my hair tomorrow. | |
Tú | encresparás | Encresparás las pestañas para la fiesta. You will curl your eyelashes for the party. | |
Él / Ella / Usted | encrespará | Encrespará su cabello para la boda. He/She/You will curl his/her/your hair for the wedding. | |
Nosotros / Nosotras | encresparemos | Encresparemos las cejas mañana. We will curl our eyebrows tomorrow. | |
Vosotros / Vosotras | encresparéis | Encresparéis el cabello para la fiesta. You all will curl your hair for the party. | |
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | encresparán | Encresparán sus pestañas antes de salir. They/You all will curl their/your eyelashes before going out. |
El Condicional Simple - used to talk about something that may happen in the future, hypothesis and probabilities
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
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Yo | encresparía | Yo encresparía mi cabello si tuviera tiempo. I would curl my hair if I had time. | |
Tú | encresparías | Tú encresparías las ondas si lo intentaras. You would curl the waves if you tried. | |
Él / Ella / Usted | encresparía | Ella encresparía su cabello para la fiesta. She would curl her hair for the party. | |
Nosotros / Nosotras | encresparíamos | Nosotros encresparíamos el cabello si supiéramos cómo. We would curl our hair if we knew how. | |
Vosotros / Vosotras | encresparíais | Vosotros encresparíais el cabello para el evento. You all would curl your hair for the event. | |
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | encresparían | Ellos encresparían sus cabellos si pudieran. They would curl their hair if they could. |
El Pretérito Perfecto - used to describe actions that started recently and are still happening now
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
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Yo | me he encrespado | Me he encrespado el cabello hoy. I have curled my hair today. | |
Tú | te has encrespado | ¿Te has encrespado el pelo ya? Have you curled your hair already? | |
Él / Ella / Usted | se ha encrespado | Ella se ha encrespado para la fiesta. She has curled her hair for the party. | |
Nosotros / Nosotras | nos hemos encrespado | Nos hemos encrespado antes de salir. We have curled our hair before leaving. | |
Vosotros / Vosotras | os habéis encrespado | ¿Os habéis encrespado para la boda? Have you all curled your hair for the wedding? | |
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se han encrespado | Ellos se han encrespado para la fiesta. They have curled their hair for the party. |
El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto - used to talk about actions that happened before another action in the past
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
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Yo | había encrespado | Yo había encrespado mi cabello antes de salir. I had curled my hair before leaving. | |
Tú | habías encrespado | Tú habías encrespado las puntas del cabello. You had curled the ends of your hair. | |
Él / Ella / Usted | había encrespado | Ella había encrespado su cabello para la fiesta. She had curled her hair for the party. | |
Nosotros / Nosotras | habíamos encrespado | Nosotros habíamos encrespado nuestro cabello antes de la boda. We had curled our hair before the wedding. | |
Vosotros / Vosotras | habíais encrespado | Vosotros habíais encrespado el cabello para la ocasión. You all had curled your hair for the occasion. | |
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | habían encrespado | Ellos habían encrespado sus cabellos para la fiesta. They had curled their hair for the party. |
El Futuro Perfecto - used to talk about something that will have happened in the future after something else
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
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Yo | habré encrespado | Para entonces, habré encrespado mi cabello. By then, I will have curled my hair. | |
Tú | habrás encrespado | Para mañana, habrás encrespado tu cabello. By tomorrow, you will have curled your hair. | |
Él / Ella / Usted | habrá encrespado | Ella habrá encrespado su cabello antes de la fiesta. She will have curled her hair before the party. | |
Nosotros / Nosotras | habremos encrespado | Nosotros habremos encrespado nuestro cabello para la boda. We will have curled our hair for the wedding. | |
Vosotros / Vosotras | habréis encrespado | Vosotros habréis encrespado vuestro cabello para la ocasión. You all will have curled your hair for the occasion. | |
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | habrán encrespado | Ellos habrán encrespado su cabello antes de salir. They will have curled their hair before leaving. |
El Condicional Perfecto - used to talk about something that would have happened in the past but didn't
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
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Yo | habría encrespado | Yo habría encrespado mi cabello. I would have curled my hair. | |
Tú | habrías encrespado | Tú habrías encrespado las ondas. You would have curled the waves. | |
Él / Ella / Usted | habría encrespado | Ella habría encrespado su cabello. She would have curled her hair. | |
Nosotros / Nosotras | habríamos encrespado | Nosotros habríamos encrespado el cabello. We would have curled our hair. | |
Vosotros / Vosotras | habríais encrespado | Vosotros habríais encrespado el cabello. You all would have curled your hair. | |
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | habrían encrespado | Ellos habrían encrespado sus cabellos. They would have curled their hair. |
El Presente de Subjuntivo - used to talk about situations of uncertainty, or emotions such as wishes, desires and hopes
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
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Yo | encrespe | Espero que encrespe el cabello mañana. I hope that he/she/it curls the hair tomorrow. | |
Tú | encrespes | Es importante que encrespes tus pestañas. It's important that you curl your eyelashes. | |
Él / Ella / Usted | encrespe | Es posible que encrespe su cabello hoy. It's possible that he/she/you (formal) curls his/her/your hair today. | |
Nosotros / Nosotras | encrespemos | Queremos que encrespemos las ondas. We want to curl the waves. | |
Vosotros / Vosotras | encrespéis | Es mejor que encrespéis el cabello antes de peinarlo. It's better that you (plural) curl the hair before styling it. | |
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | encrespen | Dudo que encrespen el cabello sin calor. I doubt that they/you (formal plural) curl the hair without heat. |
El Imperfecto Subjuntivo - used to speak about unlikely or uncertain events in the past
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
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Yo | encrespara | Esperaba que encrespara su cabello. I hoped that he/she/it curled his/her/its hair. | |
Tú | encresparas | Querías que encresparas las ondas. You wanted the waves to curl. | |
Él / Ella / Usted | encrespara | Era importante que encrespara el cabello. It was important that he/she/you (formal) curled the hair. | |
Nosotros / Nosotras | encrespáramos | Deseábamos que encrespáramos el cabello. We wished that we curled the hair. | |
Vosotros / Vosotras | encresparais | Esperabais que encresparais el cabello. You all hoped that you (plural) curled the hair. | |
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | encresparan | No creía que encresparan el cabello. I didn't believe that they curled the hair. |
El Futuro de Subjuntivo - used to speak about hypothetical situations and actions/events that may happen in the future
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
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Yo | encrespare | Si me encrespare el cabello, parecería más joven. If I curled my hair, I would look younger. | |
Tú | encrespares | Cuando encrespares el cabello, te verás diferente. When you curl your hair, you will look different. | |
Él / Ella / Usted | encrespare | Es probable que encrespare el cabello para la fiesta. He/She will probably curl their hair for the party. | |
Nosotros / Nosotras | encresparemos | Nos encresparemos el cabello para la boda. We will curl our hair for the wedding. | |
Vosotros / Vosotras | encrespareis | ¿Encrespareis el cabello para la ocasión? Will you curl your hair for the occasion? | |
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | encresparen | Es posible que encresparen el cabello antes de salir. They might curl their hair before going out. |
El Pretérito Perfecto de Subjuntivo - used to describe past actions still connected to the present
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
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Yo | haya encrespado | Espero que haya encrespado su cabello. I hope she has curled her hair. | |
Tú | hayas encrespado | Es posible que hayas encrespado el cabello. It's possible that you have curled your hair. | |
Él / Ella / Usted | haya encrespado | Es probable que ella haya encrespado su cabello. It's likely that she has curled her hair. | |
Nosotros / Nosotras | hayamos encrespado | Creemos que hayamos encrespado el cabello. We believe that we have curled the hair. | |
Vosotros / Vosotras | hayáis encrespado | ¿Habéis encrespado el cabello ya? Have you curled your hair already? | |
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan encrespado | No creo que hayan encrespado su cabello. I don't think they have curled their hair. |
El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto de Subjuntivo - used to speak about hypothetical situations in the past
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
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Yo | hubiera encrespado | Si hubiera encrespado mi cabello, habría quedado mejor. If I had curled my hair, I would have looked better. | |
Tú | hubieras encrespado | Es posible que hubieras encrespado el cabello para la fiesta. You might have curled your hair for the party. | |
Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera encrespado | Ella habría encrespado su cabello antes de salir. She would have curled her hair before leaving. | |
Nosotros / Nosotras | hubiéramos encrespado | Nosotros habríamos encrespado el cabello si hubiéramos tenido tiempo. We would have curled our hair if we had had time. | |
Vosotros / Vosotras | hubierais encrespado | Vosotros habríais encrespado el cabello para la boda. You all would have curled your hair for the wedding. | |
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran encrespado | Ellos habrían encrespado su cabello si hubieran sabido. They would have curled their hair if they had known. |
El Futuro Perfecto de Subjuntivo - used to speak about something that will have happened if a hypothetical situation occurs
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
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Yo | hubiere encrespado | Para entonces, ya hubiere encrespado el cabello. By then, I will have already curled my hair. | |
Tú | hubieres encrespado | Es probable que tú hubieres encrespado el cabello. It's likely that you will have curled your hair. | |
Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere encrespado | Cuando llegue, él ya hubiere encrespado su cabello. When I arrive, he will have already curled his hair. | |
Nosotros / Nosotras | hubiéremos encrespado | Para entonces, nosotros hubiéremos encrespado el cabello. By then, we will have curled our hair. | |
Vosotros / Vosotras | hubiereis encrespado | Cuando regreséis, vosotros hubiereis encrespado el cabello. When you all return, you will have curled your hair. | |
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren encrespado | Para esa fecha, ellos ya hubieren encrespado el cabello. By that date, they will have already curled their hair. |
El Imperativo Afirmativo - used to give orders and commands, to tell someone to do something
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
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Tú | encrespa | ¡Encrespa el cabello antes de salir! Style your hair before going out! | |
Él / Ella / Usted | encrespe | Encrespe las pestañas para la fiesta. Curl your eyelashes for the party. | |
Nosotros / Nosotras | encrespemos | Encrespemos las ondas para la boda. Let's curl the waves for the wedding. | |
Vosotros / Vosotras | encrespad | Encrespad el cabello con este producto. Curl your hair with this product. | |
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | encrespen | Encrespen el cabello para el evento. Curl their hair for the event. |
El Imperativo Negativo - used to give orders and commands, telling someone not to do something
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
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Yo | no encrespes | No encrespes el cabello con ese producto. Don't curl your hair with that product. | |
Tú | no encrespes | No encrespes el cabello tan fuerte. Don't curl your hair so tightly. | |
Él / Ella / Usted | no encrespe | Por favor, no encrespe el cabello así. Please, don't curl your hair like that. | |
Nosotros / Nosotras | no encrespemos | No encrespemos el cabello antes de salir. Let's not curl our hair before going out. | |
Vosotros / Vosotras | no encrespéis | No encrespéis el cabello en la ducha. Don't curl your hair in the shower. | |
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | no encrespen | No encrespen el cabello con calor excesivo. Don't curl your hair with excessive heat. |
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