Encantar Conjugation | How to Conjugate Encantar in Spanish

Encantar means “to delight” or, in the common experiencer construction, “to really like/love.” You will learn its regular -AR forms and the agreement pattern in me encanta / me encantan.

Encantar conjugation at a glance

Verb type: Regular AR. Encantar has a fully regular -AR paradigm: encanto — “I delight / charm,” encanté — “I delighted / charmed,” and encante — “that I delight / charm.” In the high-frequency experiencer use, forms such as me encanta — “I really like / love it” — and me encantan — “I really like / love them” — are especially important.

Encantar gerund, past participle, and infinitive

The infinitive names the verb, the gerund supports progressive constructions, and the past participle combines with haber — “to have” as an auxiliary — in compound forms. With haber, the participle remains invariant.

Form	Spanish	Natural English guide
Infinitive	encantar	to delight / charm
Gerund	encantando	delighting / charming
Past participle	encantado	delighted / charmed

Encantar meaning and essential uses

In its common learner-facing use, encantar expresses strong liking. The thing liked is the grammatical subject and the experiencer is an indirect object: Me encanta el cine. — “I love movies / the cinema.”

Agreement follows the thing that delights the experiencer: Me encanta esta canción. — “I love this song.” but Me encantan estas canciones. — “I love these songs.” The verb also has ordinary transitive senses meaning “to enchant / charm,” which support the full paradigm.

Encantar regular conjugation pattern

The lexical stem encant- remains stable and takes the expected -AR endings. The gerund encantando — “delighting / charming” — and participle encantado — “delighted / charmed” — are regular.

The experiencer construction does not make the morphology irregular. Its difficulty is syntactic: me, te, le, nos, os, les — “to me, to you, to him/her, to us, to you plural, to them” — mark the experiencer, while the grammatical subject controls singular or plural agreement.

Encantar indicative and periphrastic conjugations

Encantar present tense conjugation

Present indicative (el presente de indicativo) — Use it for current actions, habits, facts, and contextually near-future events. The stem takes the regular -AR present endings.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	encanto	I delight / charm
Tú — you, singular informal	encantas	you delight / charm
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	encanta	he / she delights / charms; you delight / charm (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	encantamos	we delight / charm
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	encantáis	you delight / charm (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	encantan	they delight / charm; you delight / charm (plural)

• Me encanta esta ciudad. — I love this city.

Encantar preterite conjugation

Preterite (el pretérito perfecto simple / pretérito indefinido) — Use it for completed or bounded past events. It uses the regular -AR preterite endings.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	encanté	I delighted / charmed
Tú — you, singular informal	encantaste	you delighted / charmed
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	encantó	he / she delighted / charmed; you delighted / charmed (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	encantamos	we delighted / charmed
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	encantasteis	you delighted / charmed (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	encantaron	they delighted / charmed; you delighted / charmed (plural)

• La actuación encantó al público. — The performance delighted the audience.

Encantar imperfect conjugation

Imperfect (el pretérito imperfecto) — Use it for habitual, descriptive, background, or ongoing past situations. It uses the regular -AR imperfect endings.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	encantaba	I used to delight / charm / was delighting / charming
Tú — you, singular informal	encantabas	you used to delight / charm / were delighting / charming
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	encantaba	he / she used to delight / charm / was delighting / charming; you used to delight / charm / were delighting / charming (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	encantábamos	we used to delight / charm / were delighting / charming
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	encantabais	you used to delight / charm / were delighting / charming (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	encantaban	they used to delight / charm / were delighting / charming; you used to delight / charm / were delighting / charming (plural)

• De niña me encantaban los cuentos. — As a child, I loved stories.

Encantar present progressive

Present progressive — This verbal periphrasis focuses on an action or process in progress. Form it with present estar — “to be” — plus encantando — “delighting / charming.”

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	estoy encantando	I am delighting / charming
Tú — you, singular informal	estás encantando	you are delighting / charming
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	está encantando	he / she is delighting / charming; you are delighting / charming (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	estamos encantando	we are delighting / charming
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	estáis encantando	you are delighting / charming (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	están encantando	they are delighting / charming; you are delighting / charming (plural)

• La exposición está encantando a los visitantes. — The exhibition is delighting visitors.

Encantar near future conjugation

Near future — This verbal periphrasis expresses an intention, plan, or expected event. Form it with present ir — “to go” — plus a — “to” — and encantar — “to delight / charm.”

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	voy a encantar	I am going to delight / charm
Tú — you, singular informal	vas a encantar	you are going to delight / charm
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	va a encantar	he / she is going to delight / charm; you are going to delight / charm (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	vamos a encantar	we are going to delight / charm
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	vais a encantar	you are going to delight / charm (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	van a encantar	they are going to delight / charm; you are going to delight / charm (plural)

• Ese lugar te va a encantar. — You are going to love that place.

Encantar future tense conjugation

Simple future (el futuro simple) — Use it for future reference and, when useful, probability. The endings attach to the full infinitive; this verb has no separate irregular future or conditional stem.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	encantaré	I will delight / charm
Tú — you, singular informal	encantarás	you will delight / charm
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	encantará	he / she will delight / charm; you will delight / charm (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	encantaremos	we will delight / charm
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	encantaréis	you will delight / charm (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	encantarán	they will delight / charm; you will delight / charm (plural)

• La película les encantará. — They will love the movie.

Encantar conditional conjugation

Conditional (el condicional simple) — Use it for hypothetical outcomes, softened statements, or related conditional meanings. The endings attach to the full infinitive; this verb has no separate irregular future or conditional stem.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	encantaría	I would delight / charm
Tú — you, singular informal	encantarías	you would delight / charm
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	encantaría	he / she would delight / charm; you would delight / charm (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	encantaríamos	we would delight / charm
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	encantaríais	you would delight / charm (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	encantarían	they would delight / charm; you would delight / charm (plural)

• Me encantaría visitar ese museo. — I would love to visit that museum.

Encantar present perfect conjugation

Present perfect (el pretérito perfecto compuesto) — Use it for completed events connected to a present reference frame; its distribution varies regionally. Form it with the appropriate form of haber — “to have” as an auxiliary — plus the participle encantado — “delighted / charmed.”

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	he encantado	I have delighted / charmed
Tú — you, singular informal	has encantado	you have delighted / charmed
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	ha encantado	he / she has delighted / charmed; you have delighted / charmed (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	hemos encantado	we have delighted / charmed
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	habéis encantado	you have delighted / charmed (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	han encantado	they have delighted / charmed; you have delighted / charmed (plural)

• La idea me ha encantado. — I have loved the idea.

Encantar past perfect conjugation

Past perfect (el pretérito pluscuamperfecto) — Use it for an event completed before another past reference point. Form it with the appropriate form of haber — “to have” as an auxiliary — plus the participle encantado — “delighted / charmed.”

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	había encantado	I had delighted / charmed
Tú — you, singular informal	habías encantado	you had delighted / charmed
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	había encantado	he / she had delighted / charmed; you had delighted / charmed (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	habíamos encantado	we had delighted / charmed
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	habíais encantado	you had delighted / charmed (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	habían encantado	they had delighted / charmed; you had delighted / charmed (plural)

• El espectáculo ya había encantado a miles de personas. — The show had already delighted thousands of people.

Encantar future perfect conjugation

Future perfect (el futuro perfecto) — Use it for an event expected to be completed before a future reference point. Form it with the appropriate form of haber — “to have” as an auxiliary — plus the participle encantado — “delighted / charmed.”

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	habré encantado	I will have delighted / charmed
Tú — you, singular informal	habrás encantado	you will have delighted / charmed
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	habrá encantado	he / she will have delighted / charmed; you will have delighted / charmed (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	habremos encantado	we will have delighted / charmed
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	habréis encantado	you will have delighted / charmed (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	habrán encantado	they will have delighted / charmed; you will have delighted / charmed (plural)

• Para entonces la nueva colección habrá encantado al público. — By then the new collection will have delighted the public.

Encantar conditional perfect conjugation

Conditional perfect (el condicional compuesto) — Use it for a hypothetical completed outcome. Form it with the appropriate form of haber — “to have” as an auxiliary — plus the participle encantado — “delighted / charmed.”

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	habría encantado	I would have delighted / charmed
Tú — you, singular informal	habrías encantado	you would have delighted / charmed
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	habría encantado	he / she would have delighted / charmed; you would have delighted / charmed (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	habríamos encantado	we would have delighted / charmed
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	habríais encantado	you would have delighted / charmed (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	habrían encantado	they would have delighted / charmed; you would have delighted / charmed (plural)

• Ese plan me habría encantado. — I would have loved that plan.

Encantar subjunctive conjugations

Encantar present subjunctive conjugation

Present subjunctive (el presente de subjuntivo) — Use it in subordinate environments involving wishes, influence, emotion, doubt or denial, evaluation, necessity, possibility, or non-specific reference. It uses the regular present-subjunctive endings for a -AR verb.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	encante	that I delight / charm
Tú — you, singular informal	encantes	that you delight / charm
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	encante	that he / she delight / charm; that you delight / charm (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	encantemos	that we delight / charm
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	encantéis	that you delight / charm (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	encanten	that they delight / charm; that you delight / charm (plural)

• Espero que la obra te encante. — I hope you love the play.

Encantar imperfect subjunctive conjugation

Imperfect subjunctive (el imperfecto de subjuntivo) — The main table uses the -ra series. The accepted -se series is also valid in many contexts and is demonstrated after the table; do not assume unrestricted interchangeability in every special construction. These forms are built from the third-person plural preterite family; the main table uses the -ra series.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	encantara	that I delighted / charmed
Tú — you, singular informal	encantaras	that you delighted / charmed
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	encantara	that he / she delighted / charmed; that you delighted / charmed (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	encantáramos	that we delighted / charmed
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	encantarais	that you delighted / charmed (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	encantaran	that they delighted / charmed; that you delighted / charmed (plural)

• Querían que el espectáculo encantara al público. — They wanted the show to delight the audience.
• Preferían que la propuesta te encantase. — They preferred that you love the proposal.

Encantar future subjunctive conjugation

Future subjunctive (el futuro de subjuntivo) — Rare in modern everyday Spanish. It survives mainly in formal, legal, proverbial, literary, or historical contexts. These rare reference forms share the same historical stem family as the imperfect subjunctive.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	encantare	if / when I should delight / charm
Tú — you, singular informal	encantares	if / when you should delight / charm
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	encantare	if / when he / she should delight / charm; if / when you should delight / charm (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	encantáremos	if / when we should delight / charm
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	encantareis	if / when you should delight / charm (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	encantaren	if / when they should delight / charm; if / when you should delight / charm (plural)

• Quien encantare al público con su actuación recibirá el premio. — Whoever should delight the audience with their performance will receive the prize.

Encantar present perfect subjunctive conjugation

Present perfect subjunctive (el pretérito perfecto de subjuntivo) — Use it when a completed event appears inside a present- or future-oriented subjunctive environment. Form it with the appropriate form of haber — “to have” as an auxiliary — plus the participle encantado — “delighted / charmed.”

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	haya encantado	that I have delighted / charmed
Tú — you, singular informal	hayas encantado	that you have delighted / charmed
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	haya encantado	that he / she has delighted / charmed; that you have delighted / charmed (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	hayamos encantado	that we have delighted / charmed
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	hayáis encantado	that you have delighted / charmed (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	hayan encantado	that they have delighted / charmed; that you have delighted / charmed (plural)

• Me alegra que te haya encantado el viaje. — I am glad that you loved the trip.

Encantar past perfect subjunctive conjugation

Past perfect subjunctive (el pluscuamperfecto de subjuntivo) — The main table uses hubiera; hubiese is an accepted auxiliary alternative in many contexts and is demonstrated after the table. Form it with the appropriate form of haber — “to have” as an auxiliary — plus the participle encantado — “delighted / charmed.”

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	hubiera encantado	that I had delighted / charmed
Tú — you, singular informal	hubieras encantado	that you had delighted / charmed
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	hubiera encantado	that he / she had delighted / charmed; that you had delighted / charmed (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	hubiéramos encantado	that we had delighted / charmed
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	hubierais encantado	that you had delighted / charmed (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	hubieran encantado	that they had delighted / charmed; that you had delighted / charmed (plural)

• Si la película me hubiera encantado, la habría recomendado. — If I had loved the movie, I would have recommended it.
• Si el espectáculo te hubiese encantado, habrías vuelto. — If you had loved the show, you would have returned.

Encantar future perfect subjunctive conjugation

Future perfect subjunctive (el futuro perfecto de subjuntivo) — Rare in modern everyday Spanish. Treat it as a formal or historical reference form, not an everyday conversational target. Form it with the appropriate form of haber — “to have” as an auxiliary — plus the participle encantado — “delighted / charmed.”

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	hubiere encantado	if / when I should have delighted / charmed
Tú — you, singular informal	hubieres encantado	if / when you should have delighted / charmed
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	hubiere encantado	if / when he / she should have delighted / charmed; if / when you should have delighted / charmed (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	hubiéremos encantado	if / when we should have delighted / charmed
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	hubiereis encantado	if / when you should have delighted / charmed (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	hubieren encantado	if / when they should have delighted / charmed; if / when you should have delighted / charmed (plural)

• Si la propuesta hubiere encantado al jurado, constará en el acta. — If the proposal should have delighted the jury, it will be recorded.

Encantar imperative and commands

Commands address another person directly. Spanish uses different morphological sources by person and polarity; the nosotros/nosotras row is a present-subjunctive form used with exhortative “let’s…” value.

Encantar affirmative commands

Affirmative commands are morphologically valid, but they are most natural in the ordinary personal sense “to charm / delight.” The everyday experiencer meaning “to really like/love” is normally descriptive rather than commanded.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Tú — you, singular informal	encanta	delight
Usted — you, singular formal	encante	delight (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we; let’s…	encantemos	let’s delight
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	encantad	delight (plural, mainly Spain)
Ustedes — you, plural	encanten	delight (plural)

• Encanta al público con una presentación clara. — Charm the audience with a clear presentation.

Encantar negative commands

Negative command forms are also morphologically valid and are best understood through the personal “to charm / delight” sense rather than by forcing the experiencer construction into an unnatural command.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Tú — you, singular informal	no encantes	do not delight
Usted — you, singular formal	no encante	do not delight (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we; let’s…	no encantemos	let’s not delight
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	no encantéis	do not delight (plural, mainly Spain)
Ustedes — you, plural	no encanten	do not delight (plural)

• No encantes al público con promesas vacías. — Do not charm the audience with empty promises.

Common constructions with Encantar

These patterns show sentence frames that materially affect how the target verb is used.

• me encanta + singular noun or infinitive. — I really like / love a singular thing or activity.
• me encantan + plural noun. — I really like / love plural things.
• encantar a alguien. — to delight / charm someone.

Example sentences with Encantar

These examples reinforce the target verb across useful forms and contexts already taught in the lesson.

• Me encanta viajar. — I love traveling.
• Nos encanta este restaurante. — We love this restaurant.
• A Laura le encantan los libros antiguos. — Laura loves old books.
• Ese regalo te va a encantar. — You are going to love that gift.
• Me habría encantado ir contigo. — I would have loved to go with you.
• Espero que les encante la sorpresa. — I hope they love the surprise.

Regional and usage notes for Encantar

The core tables retain tú, usted, vosotros/vosotras, and ustedes for project comparability. Voseo changes some common second-person singular forms in regions where vos — “you, singular informal” — is used.

• A vos te encanta esta música. — You love this music. (voseo)
• Vos encantás al público con facilidad. — You charm the audience easily. (personal voseo)

The six-person core tables are valid because encantar also has ordinary personal and transitive uses. In the high-frequency “to really like/love” construction, however, the everyday forms are usually determined by the thing liked, especially encanta — “is very pleasing / is loved” — and encantan — “are very pleasing / are loved.”

For the common experiencer use of encantar, do not copy English word order. Choose the verb number from the thing that causes delight, then use the correct indirect-object pronoun for the person who experiences it.