Enfriar Conjugation | How to Conjugate Enfriar in Spanish

Enfriar means “to cool,” “to chill,” or “to make colder.” You will learn its stress-driven accent pattern, regular past/future families, subjunctive forms, gerund, participle, and commands.

Enfriar conjugation at a glance

Verb type: Irregular. Enfriar has a stress-driven written accent pattern in the present family: enfrío, enfrías, enfría, enfriamos, enfriáis, enfrían. The present subjunctive similarly contrasts enfríe with enfriemos.

Enfriar gerund, past participle, and infinitive

The infinitive names the verb, the gerund supports progressive constructions, and the past participle combines with haber in compound forms. The participle enfriado remains invariant in those compounds.

Form	Spanish	Natural English guide
Infinitive	enfriar	to cool / chill
Gerund	enfriando	cooling / chilling
Past participle	enfriado	cooled / chilled

Enfriar meaning and essential uses

RAE’s core sense is making something cold or causing it to become cold: Enfrío el agua. — “I cool the water.” It is also used intransitively and pronominally for becoming cold.

RAE also records figurative uses for cooling emotions, enthusiasm, or intensity. This lesson focuses on the non-pronominal paradigm while noting those semantic extensions.

Enfriar irregular conjugation patterns

In stressed present forms, written accent marks keep the stressed í: enfrío, enfrías, enfría, enfrían. Nosotros/nosotras and vosotros/vosotras are enfriamos / enfriáis.

Present subjunctive is enfríe, enfríes, enfríe, enfriemos, enfriéis, enfríen. Preterite, imperfect, future, conditional, gerund enfriando, and participle enfriado follow the expected forms.

Enfriar indicative and periphrastic conjugations

Enfriar present tense conjugation

Present indicative (el presente de indicativo) — Use it for current situations, habits, facts, and contextually near-future reference. Stressed forms carry written í: enfrío, enfrías, enfría, enfrían; nosotros/vosotros are enfriamos / enfriáis.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	enfrío	I cool / chill
Tú — you, singular informal	enfrías	you cool / chill
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	enfría	he / she cools / chills; you cool / chill (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	enfriamos	we cool / chill
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	enfriáis	you cool / chill (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	enfrían	they cool / chill; you cool / chill (plural)

• Enfrío el agua antes de servirla. — I cool the water before serving it.

Enfriar preterite conjugation

Preterite (el pretérito perfecto simple / pretérito indefinido) — Use it for completed or bounded past events. The table uses the verified paradigm.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	enfrié	I cooled / chilled
Tú — you, singular informal	enfriaste	you cooled / chilled
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	enfrió	he / she cooled / chilled; you cooled / chilled (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	enfriamos	we cooled / chilled
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	enfriasteis	you cooled / chilled (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	enfriaron	they cooled / chilled; you cooled / chilled (plural)

• Ayer enfrié la bebida en la nevera. — Yesterday I chilled the drink in the refrigerator.

Enfriar imperfect conjugation

Imperfect (el pretérito imperfecto) — Use it for habitual, descriptive, background, or ongoing past situations. Form it with the appropriate form of haber plus invariant enfriado.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	enfriaba	I used to cool / chill / was cooling / chilling
Tú — you, singular informal	enfriabas	you used to cool / chill / were cooling / chilling
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	enfriaba	he / she used to cool / chill / was cooling / chilling; you used to cool / chill / were cooling / chilling (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	enfriábamos	we used to cool / chill / were cooling / chilling
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	enfriabais	you used to cool / chill / were cooling / chilling (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	enfriaban	they used to cool / chill / were cooling / chilling; you used to cool / chill / were cooling / chilling (plural)

• Antes enfriábamos la sala por la noche. — We used to cool the room at night.

Enfriar present progressive

Present progressive — This verbal periphrasis focuses on an action or process in progress. Form it with present estar plus enfriando.

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

• Estoy enfriando la sopa. — I am cooling the soup.

Enfriar near future conjugation

Near future — This verbal periphrasis expresses an intention, plan, or expected event. Form it with present ir + a + enfriar.

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

• Voy a enfriar estas botellas. — I am going to chill these bottles.

Enfriar future tense conjugation

Simple future (el futuro simple) — Use it for future reference and, where useful, probability. The table uses the verified paradigm.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	enfriaré	I will cool / chill
Tú — you, singular informal	enfriarás	you will cool / chill
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	enfriará	he / she will cool / chill; you will cool / chill (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	enfriaremos	we will cool / chill
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	enfriaréis	you will cool / chill (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	enfriarán	they will cool / chill; you will cool / chill (plural)

• Enfriaremos la comida antes de guardarla. — We will cool the food before storing it.

Enfriar conditional conjugation

Conditional (el condicional simple) — Use it for hypothetical outcomes, softened statements, or related conditional meanings. The table uses the verified paradigm.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	enfriaría	I would cool / chill
Tú — you, singular informal	enfriarías	you would cool / chill
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	enfriaría	he / she would cool / chill; you would cool / chill (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	enfriaríamos	we would cool / chill
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	enfriaríais	you would cool / chill (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	enfriarían	they would cool / chill; you would cool / chill (plural)

• Enfriaría el café con un poco de leche. — I would cool the coffee with a little milk.

Enfriar present perfect conjugation

Present perfect (el pretérito perfecto compuesto) — Use it for completed events connected to a present reference frame; regional distribution varies. Form it with the appropriate form of haber plus invariant enfriado.

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

• He enfriado las bebidas. — I have chilled the drinks.

Enfriar 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 plus invariant enfriado.

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

• Ya habíamos enfriado la mezcla. — We had already cooled the mixture.

Enfriar 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 plus invariant enfriado.

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

• Para entonces habrán enfriado todos los recipientes. — By then they will have cooled all the containers.

Enfriar conditional perfect conjugation

Conditional perfect (el condicional compuesto) — Use it for a hypothetical completed outcome. Form it with the appropriate form of haber plus invariant enfriado.

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

• Habría enfriado el agua un poco más. — I would have cooled the water a little more.

Enfriar subjunctive conjugations

Enfriar 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. Present subjunctive contrasts stressed enfríe / enfríen with enfriemos / enfriéis.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	enfríe	that I cool / chill
Tú — you, singular informal	enfríes	that you cool / chill
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	enfríe	that he / she cool / chill; that you cool / chill (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	enfriemos	that we cool / chill
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	enfriéis	that you cool / chill (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	enfríen	that they cool / chill; that you cool / chill (plural)

• Quiero que enfríes la bebida. — I want you to chill the drink.

Enfriar 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. Form it with the appropriate form of haber plus invariant enfriado.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	enfriara	that I cooled / chilled
Tú — you, singular informal	enfriaras	that you cooled / chilled
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	enfriara	that he / she cooled / chilled; that you cooled / chilled (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	enfriáramos	that we cooled / chilled
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	enfriarais	that you cooled / chilled (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	enfriaran	that they cooled / chilled; that you cooled / chilled (plural)

• Preferían que enfriáramos la mezcla lentamente. — They preferred that we cool the mixture slowly.
• Era mejor que enfriases la comida antes de guardarla. — It was better for you to cool the food before storing it.

Enfriar 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 belong mainly to formal, legal, proverbial, literary, or historical registers.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	enfriare	if / when I should cool / chill
Tú — you, singular informal	enfriares	if / when you should cool / chill
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	enfriare	if / when he / she should cool / chill; if / when you should cool / chill (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	enfriáremos	if / when we should cool / chill
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	enfriareis	if / when you should cool / chill (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	enfriaren	if / when they should cool / chill; if / when you should cool / chill (plural)

• Quien enfriare el producto deberá mantener la temperatura indicada. — Whoever should cool the product must maintain the stated temperature.

Enfriar 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 plus invariant enfriado.

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

• Me alegra que hayas enfriado las bebidas. — I am glad that you chilled the drinks.

Enfriar 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 plus invariant enfriado.

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

• Si hubiera enfriado la sopa antes, ya estaría lista. — If I had cooled the soup earlier, it would be ready now.
• Si hubieses enfriado el recipiente, la mezcla habría durado más. — If you had cooled the container, the mixture would have lasted longer.

Enfriar 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 plus invariant enfriado.

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

• Si hubieren enfriado productos adicionales, deberán registrarlos. — If they should have cooled additional products, they must register them.

Enfriar imperative and commands

Commands address another person directly. The nosotros/nosotras row is a present-subjunctive form used with exhortative “let’s…” value.

Enfriar affirmative commands

Use the verified affirmative command forms for direct instructions when the target meaning supports them naturally.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Tú — you, singular informal	enfría	cool
Usted — you, singular formal	enfríe	cool (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we; let’s…	enfriemos	let’s cool
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	enfriad	cool (plural, mainly Spain)
Ustedes — you, plural	enfríen	cool (plural)

• Enfría la bebida antes de servirla. — Chill the drink before serving it.

Enfriar negative commands

Negative commands use subjunctive-based forms, with no before the verb.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Tú — you, singular informal	no enfríes	do not cool
Usted — you, singular formal	no enfríe	do not cool (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we; let’s…	no enfriemos	let’s not cool
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	no enfriéis	do not cool (plural, mainly Spain)
Ustedes — you, plural	no enfríen	do not cool (plural)

• No enfríes el recipiente demasiado rápido. — Do not cool the container too quickly.

Common constructions with Enfriar

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

• enfriar algo. — to cool / chill something.
• algo se enfría. — something cools down / becomes cold.
• enfriar el ambiente / una relación / el entusiasmo. — figuratively, to cool an atmosphere, relationship, or enthusiasm.

Example sentences with Enfriar

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

• Deja enfriar la sopa. — Let the soup cool.
• El aire frío enfrió la habitación. — The cold air cooled the room.
• La relación se enfrió con el tiempo. — The relationship cooled over time.
• Espero que enfríes la comida antes de guardarla. — I hope you cool the food before storing it.
• Ya han enfriado las bebidas. — They have already chilled the drinks.
• Enfría solo la cantidad necesaria. — Cool only the necessary amount.

Regional and usage notes for Enfriar

The core tables retain tú, usted, vosotros/vosotras, and ustedes. Voseo changes some second-person singular forms where vos is used.

• Vos enfriás las bebidas antes de la cena. — You chill the drinks before dinner. (voseo)
• Enfriá el agua un poco más. — Cool the water a little more. (affirmative vos command)

For enfriar, the main irregularity is accent placement in stressed present-family forms: enfrío / enfríe versus enfriamos / enfriemos. Other major tense families remain structurally regular.