enjaular

Spanish

Etymology

From en- +‎ jaula (“cage”) +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /enxauˈlaɾ/ [ẽŋ.xau̯ˈlaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: en‧jau‧lar

Verb

enjaular (first-person singular present enjaulo, first-person singular preterite enjaulé, past participle enjaulado)

1. (transitive) to cage, imprison

Conjugation

    Conjugation of enjaular (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			enjaular
gerund			enjaulando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		enjaulado		enjaulada
		plural		enjaulados		enjauladas
		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	enjaulo	enjaulastú enjaulásvos	enjaula	enjaulamos	enjauláis	enjaulan
	imperfect	enjaulaba	enjaulabas	enjaulaba	enjaulábamos	enjaulabais	enjaulaban
	preterite	enjaulé	enjaulaste	enjauló	enjaulamos	enjaulasteis	enjaularon
	future	enjaularé	enjaularás	enjaulará	enjaularemos	enjaularéis	enjaularán
	conditional	enjaularía	enjaularías	enjaularía	enjaularíamos	enjaularíais	enjaularían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	enjaule	enjaulestú enjaulésvos2	enjaule	enjaulemos	enjauléis	enjaulen
	imperfect (ra)	enjaulara	enjaularas	enjaulara	enjauláramos	enjaularais	enjaularan
	imperfect (se)	enjaulase	enjaulases	enjaulase	enjaulásemos	enjaulaseis	enjaulasen
	future1	enjaulare	enjaulares	enjaulare	enjauláremos	enjaulareis	enjaularen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		enjaulatú enjaulávos	enjaule	enjaulemos	enjaulad	enjaulen
	negative		no enjaules	no enjaule	no enjaulemos	no enjauléis	no enjaulen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of enjaular

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 enjaular
	dative	enjaularme	enjaularte	enjaularle, enjaularse	enjaularnos	enjaularos	enjaularles, enjaularse
	accusative	enjaularme	enjaularte	enjaularlo, enjaularla, enjaularse	enjaularnos	enjaularos	enjaularlos, enjaularlas, enjaularse
with gerund enjaulando
	dative	enjaulándome	enjaulándote	enjaulándole, enjaulándose	enjaulándonos	enjaulándoos	enjaulándoles, enjaulándose
	accusative	enjaulándome	enjaulándote	enjaulándolo, enjaulándola, enjaulándose	enjaulándonos	enjaulándoos	enjaulándolos, enjaulándolas, enjaulándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative enjaula
	dative	enjáulame	enjáulate	enjáulale	enjáulanos	not used	enjáulales
	accusative	enjáulame	enjáulate	enjáulalo, enjáulala	enjáulanos	not used	enjáulalos, enjáulalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative enjaulá
	dative	enjaulame	enjaulate	enjaulale	enjaulanos	not used	enjaulales
	accusative	enjaulame	enjaulate	enjaulalo, enjaulala	enjaulanos	not used	enjaulalos, enjaulalas
with formal second-person singular imperative enjaule
	dative	enjáuleme	not used	enjáulele, enjáulese	enjáulenos	not used	enjáuleles
	accusative	enjáuleme	not used	enjáulelo, enjáulela, enjáulese	enjáulenos	not used	enjáulelos, enjáulelas
with first-person plural imperative enjaulemos
	dative	not used	enjaulémoste	enjaulémosle	enjaulémonos	enjaulémoos	enjaulémosles
	accusative	not used	enjaulémoste	enjaulémoslo, enjaulémosla	enjaulémonos	enjaulémoos	enjaulémoslos, enjaulémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative enjaulad
	dative	enjauladme	not used	enjauladle	enjauladnos	enjaulaos	enjauladles
	accusative	enjauladme	not used	enjauladlo, enjauladla	enjauladnos	enjaulaos	enjauladlos, enjauladlas
with formal second-person plural imperative enjaulen
	dative	enjáulenme	not used	enjáulenle	enjáulennos	not used	enjáulenles, enjáulense
	accusative	enjáulenme	not used	enjáulenlo, enjáulenla	enjáulennos	not used	enjáulenlos, enjáulenlas, enjáulense

Further reading

• “enjaular”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014