engentar
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /enxenˈtaɾ/ [ẽŋ.xẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: en‧gen‧tar
Verb
engentar (first-person singular present engento, first-person singular preterite engenté, past participle engentado) (Mexico)
- (transitive) to overwhelm or exhaust one's capacity to socialize
- (reflexive) to become peopled out
Conjugation
Conjugation of engentar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | engentar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | engentando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | engentado | engentada | |||||
| plural | engentados | engentadas | |||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| indicative | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | engento | engentastú engentásvos |
engenta | engentamos | engentáis | engentan | |
| imperfect | engentaba | engentabas | engentaba | engentábamos | engentabais | engentaban | |
| preterite | engenté | engentaste | engentó | engentamos | engentasteis | engentaron | |
| future | engentaré | engentarás | engentará | engentaremos | engentaréis | engentarán | |
| conditional | engentaría | engentarías | engentaría | engentaríamos | engentaríais | engentarían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | engente | engentestú engentésvos2 |
engente | engentemos | engentéis | engenten | |
| imperfect (ra) |
engentara | engentaras | engentara | engentáramos | engentarais | engentaran | |
| imperfect (se) |
engentase | engentases | engentase | engentásemos | engentaseis | engentasen | |
| future1 | engentare | engentares | engentare | engentáremos | engentareis | engentaren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos |
usted | nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ustedes | |
| affirmative | engentatú engentávos |
engente | engentemos | engentad | engenten | ||
| negative | no engentes | no engente | no engentemos | no engentéis | no engenten | ||
Selected combined forms of engentar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| with infinitive engentar | dative | engentarme | engentarte | engentarle, engentarse | engentarnos | engentaros | engentarles, engentarse |
| accusative | engentarme | engentarte | engentarlo, engentarla, engentarse | engentarnos | engentaros | engentarlos, engentarlas, engentarse | |
| with gerund engentando | dative | engentándome | engentándote | engentándole, engentándose | engentándonos | engentándoos | engentándoles, engentándose |
| accusative | engentándome | engentándote | engentándolo, engentándola, engentándose | engentándonos | engentándoos | engentándolos, engentándolas, engentándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative engenta | dative | engéntame | engéntate | engéntale | engéntanos | not used | engéntales |
| accusative | engéntame | engéntate | engéntalo, engéntala | engéntanos | not used | engéntalos, engéntalas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative engentá | dative | engentame | engentate | engentale | engentanos | not used | engentales |
| accusative | engentame | engentate | engentalo, engentala | engentanos | not used | engentalos, engentalas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative engente | dative | engénteme | not used | engéntele, engéntese | engéntenos | not used | engénteles |
| accusative | engénteme | not used | engéntelo, engéntela, engéntese | engéntenos | not used | engéntelos, engéntelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative engentemos | dative | not used | engentémoste | engentémosle | engentémonos | engentémoos | engentémosles |
| accusative | not used | engentémoste | engentémoslo, engentémosla | engentémonos | engentémoos | engentémoslos, engentémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative engentad | dative | engentadme | not used | engentadle | engentadnos | engentaos | engentadles |
| accusative | engentadme | not used | engentadlo, engentadla | engentadnos | engentaos | engentadlos, engentadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative engenten | dative | engéntenme | not used | engéntenle | engéntennos | not used | engéntenles, engéntense |
| accusative | engéntenme | not used | engéntenlo, engéntenla | engéntennos | not used | engéntenlos, engéntenlas, engéntense | |
Further reading
- “engentar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
- “engentar”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010