encantar means: to love, to bewitch, to enchant, to entrance
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In this Spanish conjugation lesson we will see how to inflect the verb encantar in the Presente tense of the Indicativo mood. It means we will see step by step how to create and translate forms of each grammatical person.

This lesson is specifically about the encantar conjugation. For a general overview of all the Simple Tenses conjugation see our Simple Tenses Conjugation Chart.

We also have a Video Presentation on how to conjugate verbs in Presente. It’s embedded below, but using the above link you will find more detailed information on conjugation in this tense as well as explanation of special cases and exceptions.

How to translate Presente to English

Notice that the phrases in English provided below next to each conjugation are not direct translations from Spanish to English. They are usually the closest general equivalents. The example differences are:

• In Spanish conjugation, there is the form usted in the third person singular. But this person does not translate to the English third person singular. It translates to the so called formal you and uses the inflected form which is most often represented as he/she/it in English conjugation charts.
• Similar situation happens in the third person plural, where ustedes translates to the English plural formal you but uses the form which corresponds to the they form in English.
• Tenses are used differently in Spanish and English, so the actual translation should always take into account the context and focus on translating the meaning, not just words.
• In both languages each verb may have multiple meanings and not every meaning translates directly to the other language. Here also, the context and focusing on the particular meaning helps to create the most accurate translation.

The Spanish Presente de Indicativo tense translates to one of the following:

• The English Present tense, for example:
  vosotras encantáis

  (feminine, plural) you love
• The English Present Progressive (also called Present Continuous) tense, for example:
  ahora yo encanto

  I am loving now
  
  Notice that the Spanish equivalent of the Present Progressive also exists and is in common use – that’s Presente Progresivo (or Presente Continuo).

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Step by step instructions

Presente belongs to the simple tenses group, which means that all of its conjugated forms are one word long. There are also compound (compuesto) tenses in Spanish language, where each inflected verb form consists of two words.The verb encantar has a completely regular conjugation in the Presente tense of the Indicativo mood. It means this verb simply follows the basic rules for its group (-ar) without spelling corrections or exceptions. The basis for the conjugation in this tense is the stem of the verb, so we have to begin by splitting the infinitive into a stem and an ending. It’s easy to do. Just remove two letters from the end of the infinitive form and you have the ending — one of -ar, -er or -ir. What’s left is the stem. So in case of the verb encantar it’s easy to see that:

• the stem is: encant-
• and the ending is: -ar

Use the stem encant- in each subject as the basis for the conjugation, the common prefix or root that each of the forms begins with. Next, add to this regular stem the endings specific to each person. See the image on the side showing all the six endings. Note the shapes and colors of the letters. They are arranged to help you find patterns and make it easier to remember these endings.Each grammatical person has a specific ending in each of the three conjugation groups -ar, -er, -ir. Add the regular ending -o for the first person singular to create encanto:

• yo encanto – I love

One more time add the regular ending -as for the second person singular to create encantas:

• tú encantas – you love

Like in the previous case add the regular ending -a for the third person singular to create encanta:

• él encanta – he loves
• ella encanta – she loves
• usted encanta – (formal) you love

And as before add the regular ending -amos for the first person plural to create encantamos:

• nosotros encantamos – we love
• nosotras encantamos – (feminine) we love

And once more add the regular ending -áis for the second person plural to create encantáis:

• vosotros encantáis – (plural) you love
• vosotras encantáis – (feminine, plural) you love

As before add the regular ending -an for the third person plural to create encantan:

• ellos encantan – they love
• ellas encantan – (feminine) they love
• ustedes encantan – (formal, plural) you love

That’s it! The conjugation is now complete. The final result looks as follows:

yo	encanto	I love
tú	encantas	you love
él/ella/usted	encanta	he/she/it loves
nosotros/nosotras	encantamos	we love
vosotros/vosotras	encantáis	you love
ellos/ellas/ustedes	encantan	they love

Click to see all conjugation charts of encantar in every tense
But do not end your session yet – it is very important to repeat and practice the material in order to remember it. Check below for example phrases and some links.

Example sentences

Next Steps to Perfection To practice this conjugation and test your skills check this Conjugation Exercise or the Memory Game To see other conjugation lessons for this verb choose another tense: PretéritoImperfectoCondicionalFuturoPretérito Perfecto CompuestoPretérito PluscuamperfectoFuturo PerfectoCondicional PerfectoPretérito Perfecto Compuesto (subjuntivo)Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto A (subjuntivo)Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto B (subjuntivo)Futuro Perfecto (subjuntivo)  For exercises and examples related to encantar visit our Exercise section To see conjugation charts in all tenses for encantar visit the Conjugator To explore other learning materials visit the Study section

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