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SPANISH VERB

encalar

to whitewash

  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: encalando
  • Past participle: encalado

Conjugation

Tap any form to hear it. The part that changes is in colour.

Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

  1. yo I whitewash
  2. tú you whitewash
  3. usted, él, ella he/she whitewashes
  4. nosotros we whitewash
  5. vosotros Spain you all whitewash
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they whitewash

Past

Pretérito indefinido · finished actions

  1. yo I whitewashed
  2. tú you whitewashed
  3. usted, él, ella he/she whitewashed
  4. nosotros we whitewashed
  5. vosotros Spain you all whitewashed
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they whitewashed

Imperfect

Pretérito imperfecto · “used to” and “was …ing”

  1. yo I used to whitewash
  2. tú you used to whitewash
  3. usted, él, ella he/she used to whitewash
  4. nosotros we used to whitewash
  5. vosotros Spain you all used to whitewash
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they used to whitewash

Future

Futuro · plans and promises; in speech, “voy a hablar” is just as common

  1. yo I will whitewash
  2. tú you will whitewash
  3. usted, él, ella he/she will whitewash
  4. nosotros we will whitewash
  5. vosotros Spain you all will whitewash
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they will whitewash

Conditional

Condicional · “would”

  1. yo I would whitewash
  2. tú you would whitewash
  3. usted, él, ella he/she would whitewash
  4. nosotros we would whitewash
  5. vosotros Spain you all would whitewash
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they would whitewash

Present subjunctive

Presente de subjuntivo · wishes, doubts, “que …”

  1. yo (that) I whitewash
  2. tú (that) you whitewash
  3. usted, él, ella (that) he/she whitewash
  4. nosotros (that) we whitewash
  5. vosotros Spain (that) you all whitewash
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas (that) they whitewash

Past subjunctive

Imperfecto de subjuntivo · “if I were”, “si …”

  1. yo (if) I whitewashed
  2. tú (if) you whitewashed
  3. usted, él, ella (if) he/she whitewashed
  4. nosotros (if) we whitewashed
  5. vosotros Spain (if) you all whitewashed
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas (if) they whitewashed

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders; a negative one uses the subjunctive (no hables)

  1. tú whitewash!
  2. usted whitewash! (formal)
  3. nosotros whitewash! (let’s)
  4. vosotros Spain whitewash! (all of you)
  5. ustedes whitewash! (all of you)

How to use encalar

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present

    En los pueblos blancos encalan las casas cada primavera.

    In the white villages they whitewash the houses every spring.

  2. Past

    Mi tío encaló el patio entero en un solo día.

    My uncle whitewashed the whole courtyard in a single day.

  3. Imperfect

    Las vecinas encalaban las fachadas antes de la feria.

    The neighbours used to whitewash the façades before the fair.

  4. Future

    Este año encalaremos la pared del fondo.

    This year we'll whitewash the back wall.

  5. Conditional

    Yo encalaría la casa, se nota menos el calor.

    I'd whitewash the house, you feel the heat less.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Quiero que encales la tapia antes del verano.

    I want you to whitewash the garden wall before summer.

  7. Past subjunctive

    El pueblo pidió que encalaran la iglesia.

    The village asked for the church to be whitewashed.

  8. Imperative

    ¡Encala bien las esquinas, que se ven grises!

    Whitewash the corners well, they look grey!

Good to know

  • Encalar is to paint a wall with cal, lime: the white villages of Andalusia are encalados.

Where you hear encalar

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

Spanish · Advanced Level 3

  • Cada primavera encalo la fachada. Every spring I whitewash the front of the house.
  • El año pasado encalé el patio yo sola. Last year I whitewashed the courtyard on my own.
  • En abril vamos a encalar el patio. In April we're going to whitewash the courtyard.
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The East Wind

Advanced Level 3 · cada primavera se encalan

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Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: regular -ar verb.