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SPANISH VERB

encargar

to order

  • #316 most used
  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: encargando
  • Past participle: encargado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito indefinido · finished actions

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

Imperfect

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

Condicional · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

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

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

How to use encargar

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

  1. Present

    Siempre encargo el roscón en la misma pastelería.

    I always order the King's cake from the same bakery.

  2. Past

    Encargamos una tarta de tres pisos para la boda.

    We ordered a three-tier cake for the wedding.

  3. Imperfect

    Mi abuela encargaba el pescado los viernes.

    My grandmother used to order the fish on Fridays.

  4. Future

    ¿Encargarás las flores o las compro yo?

    Will you order the flowers or shall I buy them?

  5. Conditional

    Yo encargaría las sillas con un mes de antelación.

    I'd order the chairs a month in advance.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Necesito que encargues el jamón antes del viernes.

    I need you to order the ham before Friday.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Me dijo que encargara el traje a medida.

    He told me to order the suit made to measure.

  8. Imperative

    Encarga dos pizzas, que viene más gente.

    Order two pizzas, more people are coming.

Good to know

  • "Encargar" is to order something made or brought: encargar una tarta, un libro. In a restaurant you "pides".

Where you hear encargar

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

Spanish · Advanced Level 2

  • Siempre encargo el pescado en Cádiz. I always order the fish from Cadiz.
  • He encargado el roscón en la pastelería de la esquina. I've ordered the cake at the cake shop on the corner.
  • El año que viene encargaré yo el roscón. Next year I'll order the cake.
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Forty Bundles

Advanced Level 2 · encargado

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