Enterarse Conjugation | How to Conjugate Enterarse in Spanish

Enterarse means “to find out,” “to learn,” or “to become informed.” You will learn its regular pronominal -AR conjugation, clitic placement, enterarse de, compound forms, and commands.

Enterarse conjugation at a glance

Verb type: Regular AR. Enterarse is pronominal and uses regular -AR verbal morphology. The sequence entero / enteré / entere shows the regular verbal forms used with matching clitics.

Enterarse gerund, past participle, and infinitive

The pronominal infinitive keeps se. The gerund can carry an attached clitic, and compound non-finite forms combine the clitic with haber. The participle enterado remains invariant in compound forms.

Form	Spanish	Natural English guide
Infinitive	enterarse	to find out / learn
Gerund	enterándose	finding out / learning
Past participle	enterado	found out / learned
Compound infinitive	haberse enterado	to have found out / learned
Compound gerund	habiéndose enterado	having found out / learned

Enterarse meaning and essential uses

RAE’s first sense is informing someone of something and explicitly allows pronominal use. In modern everyday Spanish, enterarse commonly means discovering or learning information: Me enteré ayer.

The standard complement is enterarse de + noun or enterarse de que + clause: Me enteré de que cambiaron la fecha. — “I found out that they changed the date.”

Enterarse conjugation pattern and pronoun placement

Enterarse follows regular -AR verbal morphology. Add the matching clitic before finite forms: me entero, te enteraste, se enterará, nos enteremos.

Affirmative commands attach the clitic: entérate, entérese, enterémonos, enteraos, entérense. Negative commands keep the clitic before the finite subjunctive form.

Enterarse indicative and periphrastic conjugations

Enterarse present tense conjugation

Present indicative (el presente de indicativo) — Use it for current situations, habits, facts, and contextually near-future reference. The table uses the verified paradigm.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	me entero	I find out / learn
Tú — you, singular informal	te enteras	you find out / learn
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	se entera	he / she finds out / learns; you find out / learn (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	nos enteramos	we find out / learn
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	os enteráis	you find out / learn (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	se enteran	they find out / learn; you find out / learn (plural)

• Me entero de muchas noticias por mis compañeros. — I find out a lot of news from my coworkers.

Enterarse 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	me enteré	I found out / learned
Tú — you, singular informal	te enteraste	you found out / learned
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	se enteró	he / she found out / learned; you found out / learned (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	nos enteramos	we found out / learned
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	os enterasteis	you found out / learned (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	se enteraron	they found out / learned; you found out / learned (plural)

• Ayer me enteré del cambio. — Yesterday I found out about the change.

Enterarse imperfect conjugation

Imperfect (el pretérito imperfecto) — Use it for habitual, descriptive, background, or ongoing past situations. The clitic precedes the finite form of haber, followed by invariant enterado.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	me enteraba	I used to find out / learn / was finding out / learning
Tú — you, singular informal	te enterabas	you used to find out / learn / were finding out / learning
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	se enteraba	he / she used to find out / learn / was finding out / learning; you used to find out / learn / were finding out / learning (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	nos enterábamos	we used to find out / learn / were finding out / learning
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	os enterabais	you used to find out / learn / were finding out / learning (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	se enteraban	they used to find out / learn / were finding out / learning; you used to find out / learn / were finding out / learning (plural)

• Antes nos enterábamos de todo por la radio. — We used to find out about everything through the radio.

Enterarse present progressive

Present progressive — This verbal periphrasis focuses on an action or process in progress. The main table places the clitic before estar. Attaching it to the gerund is also standard: estoy enterándome.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	me estoy enterando	I am finding out / learning
Tú — you, singular informal	te estás enterando	you are finding out / learning
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	se está enterando	he / she is finding out / learning; you are finding out / learning (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	nos estamos enterando	we are finding out / learning
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	os estáis enterando	you are finding out / learning (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	se están enterando	they are finding out / learning; you are finding out / learning (plural)

• Me estoy enterando ahora de lo ocurrido. — I am finding out now about what happened.

Enterarse near future conjugation

Near future — This verbal periphrasis expresses an intention, plan, or expected event. The main table places the clitic before ir. Attaching it to the infinitive is also standard: voy a enterarme.

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

• Me voy a enterar de los detalles mañana. — I am going to find out the details tomorrow.

Enterarse 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	me enteraré	I will find out / learn
Tú — you, singular informal	te enterarás	you will find out / learn
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	se enterará	he / she will find out / learn; you will find out / learn (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	nos enteraremos	we will find out / learn
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	os enteraréis	you will find out / learn (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	se enterarán	they will find out / learn; you will find out / learn (plural)

• Nos enteraremos cuando publiquen el resultado. — We will find out when they publish the result.

Enterarse 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	me enteraría	I would find out / learn
Tú — you, singular informal	te enterarías	you would find out / learn
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	se enteraría	he / she would find out / learn; you would find out / learn (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	nos enteraríamos	we would find out / learn
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	os enteraríais	you would find out / learn (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	se enterarían	they would find out / learn; you would find out / learn (plural)

• Me enteraría enseguida si alguien me avisara. — I would find out immediately if someone notified me.

Enterarse present perfect conjugation

Present perfect (el pretérito perfecto compuesto) — Use it for completed events connected to a present reference frame; regional distribution varies. The clitic precedes the finite form of haber, followed by invariant enterado.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	me he enterado	I have found out / learned
Tú — you, singular informal	te has enterado	you have found out / learned
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	se ha enterado	he / she has found out / learned; you have found out / learned (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	nos hemos enterado	we have found out / learned
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	os habéis enterado	you have found out / learned (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	se han enterado	they have found out / learned; you have found out / learned (plural)

• Me he enterado de la noticia. — I have found out about the news.

Enterarse past perfect conjugation

Past perfect (el pretérito pluscuamperfecto) — Use it for an event completed before another past reference point. The clitic precedes the finite form of haber, followed by invariant enterado.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	me había enterado	I had found out / learned
Tú — you, singular informal	te habías enterado	you had found out / learned
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	se había enterado	he / she had found out / learned; you had found out / learned (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	nos habíamos enterado	we had found out / learned
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	os habíais enterado	you had found out / learned (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	se habían enterado	they had found out / learned; you had found out / learned (plural)

• Ya nos habíamos enterado del problema. — We had already found out about the problem.

Enterarse future perfect conjugation

Future perfect (el futuro perfecto) — Use it for an event expected to be completed before a future reference point. The clitic precedes the finite form of haber, followed by invariant enterado.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	me habré enterado	I will have found out / learned
Tú — you, singular informal	te habrás enterado	you will have found out / learned
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	se habrá enterado	he / she will have found out / learned; you will have found out / learned (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	nos habremos enterado	we will have found out / learned
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	os habréis enterado	you will have found out / learned (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	se habrán enterado	they will have found out / learned; you will have found out / learned (plural)

• Para entonces se habrán enterado todos. — By then everyone will have found out.

Enterarse conditional perfect conjugation

Conditional perfect (el condicional compuesto) — Use it for a hypothetical completed outcome. The clitic precedes the finite form of haber, followed by invariant enterado.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	me habría enterado	I would have found out / learned
Tú — you, singular informal	te habrías enterado	you would have found out / learned
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	se habría enterado	he / she would have found out / learned; you would have found out / learned (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	nos habríamos enterado	we would have found out / learned
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	os habríais enterado	you would have found out / learned (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	se habrían enterado	they would have found out / learned; you would have found out / learned (plural)

• Me habría enterado antes con un mensaje. — I would have found out earlier with a message.

Enterarse subjunctive conjugations

Enterarse 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. The table uses the verified paradigm.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	me entere	that I find out / learn
Tú — you, singular informal	te enteres	that you find out / learn
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	se entere	that he / she find out / learn; that you find out / learn (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	nos enteremos	that we find out / learn
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	os enteréis	that you find out / learn (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	se enteren	that they find out / learn; that you find out / learn (plural)

• Espero que te enteres a tiempo. — I hope you find out in time.

Enterarse 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. The clitic precedes the finite form of haber, followed by invariant enterado.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	me enterara	that I found out / learned
Tú — you, singular informal	te enteraras	that you found out / learned
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	se enterara	that he / she found out / learned; that you found out / learned (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	nos enteráramos	that we found out / learned
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	os enterarais	that you found out / learned (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	se enteraran	that they found out / learned; that you found out / learned (plural)

• Preferían que nos enteráramos por ellos. — They preferred that we find out from them.
• Era mejor que te enterases de la situación antes de decidir. — It was better for you to learn about the situation before deciding.

Enterarse 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	me enterare	if / when I should find out / learn
Tú — you, singular informal	te enterares	if / when you should find out / learn
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	se enterare	if / when he / she should find out / learn; if / when you should find out / learn (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	nos enteráremos	if / when we should find out / learn
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	os enterareis	if / when you should find out / learn (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	se enteraren	if / when they should find out / learn; if / when you should find out / learn (plural)

• Quien se enterare de una incidencia deberá comunicarla. — Whoever should learn of an incident must report it.

Enterarse 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. The clitic precedes the finite form of haber, followed by invariant enterado.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	me haya enterado	that I have found out / learned
Tú — you, singular informal	te hayas enterado	that you have found out / learned
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	se haya enterado	that he / she has found out / learned; that you have found out / learned (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	nos hayamos enterado	that we have found out / learned
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	os hayáis enterado	that you have found out / learned (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	se hayan enterado	that they have found out / learned; that you have found out / learned (plural)

• Me alegra que te hayas enterado de la noticia. — I am glad that you found out about the news.

Enterarse 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. The clitic precedes the finite form of haber, followed by invariant enterado.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	me hubiera enterado	that I had found out / learned
Tú — you, singular informal	te hubieras enterado	that you had found out / learned
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	se hubiera enterado	that he / she had found out / learned; that you had found out / learned (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	nos hubiéramos enterado	that we had found out / learned
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	os hubierais enterado	that you had found out / learned (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	se hubieran enterado	that they had found out / learned; that you had found out / learned (plural)

• Si me hubiera enterado antes, habría ido contigo. — If I had found out earlier, I would have gone with you.
• Si te hubieses enterado del cambio, habrías llegado más tarde. — If you had found out about the change, you would have arrived later.

Enterarse 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. The clitic precedes the finite form of haber, followed by invariant enterado.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	me hubiere enterado	if / when I should have found out / learned
Tú — you, singular informal	te hubieres enterado	if / when you should have found out / learned
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	se hubiere enterado	if / when he / she should have found out / learned; if / when you should have found out / learned (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	nos hubiéremos enterado	if / when we should have found out / learned
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	os hubiereis enterado	if / when you should have found out / learned (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	se hubieren enterado	if / when they should have found out / learned; if / when you should have found out / learned (plural)

• Si se hubieren enterado de nuevos hechos, deberán documentarlos. — If they should have learned of new facts, they must document them.

Enterarse imperative and commands

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

Enterarse affirmative commands

In affirmative pronominal commands, attach the clitic and recompute accentuation. The nosotros/nosotras form loses final -s before nos, and the ordinary vosotros/vosotras form loses -d before os.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Tú — you, singular informal	entérate	find out
Usted — you, singular formal	entérese	find out (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we; let’s…	enterémonos	let’s find out
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	enteraos	find out (plural, mainly Spain)
Ustedes — you, plural	entérense	find out (plural)

• Entérate bien de los detalles antes de decidir. — Find out the details properly before deciding.

Enterarse negative commands

Negative commands use subjunctive-based forms, with no before the person-matched clitic and the verb.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Tú — you, singular informal	no te enteres	do not find out
Usted — you, singular formal	no se entere	do not find out (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we; let’s…	no nos enteremos	let’s not find out
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	no os enteréis	do not find out (plural, mainly Spain)
Ustedes — you, plural	no se enteren	do not find out (plural)

• No te enteres solo por rumores. — Do not get your information only from rumors.

Common constructions with Enterarse

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

• enterarse de + noun. — to find out / learn about something.
• enterarse de que + clause. — to find out that something happened or is true.
• enterarse por + source. — to find out through / from a source.

Example sentences with Enterarse

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

• Me enteré de que cambiaron la fecha. — I found out that they changed the date.
• ¿Cómo te enteraste? — How did you find out?
• Voy a enterarme de lo que pasó. — I am going to find out what happened.
• Espero que te enteres por una fuente fiable. — I hope you find out through a reliable source.
• Ya se han enterado todos. — Everyone has already found out.
• Entérense bien antes de responder. — Get the facts before responding.

Regional and usage notes for Enterarse

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

• Vos te enterás de todo muy rápido. — You find out about everything very quickly. (voseo)
• Enterate de los detalles primero. — Find out the details first. (affirmative vos command)

Enterarse is morphologically regular. The main challenge is syntactic: use a matching pronominal clitic and normally introduce the information with de, including de que before a clause.