encerrar Future Conjugation
encerrar — to lock up
The future of encerrar is regular: just add the endings (é, ás, á, emos, éis, án) to the infinitive.
encerrar Future Forms
When to Use the Future
Use this to state that you will lock something up or to wonder about someone being enclosed in the future.
Notes on encerrar in the Future
Encerrar is regular in the future. The stem is the full infinitive 'encerrar'.
Example Sentences
Te encerraré si no te portas bien.
I will lock you up if you don't behave.
yo
¿Encerrarán a los sospechosos?
Will they lock up the suspects?
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Common Mistakes
Mistake: encierraré
Correct: encerraré
Why: Stem changes like e-to-ie never occur in the future tense.
Master Spanish verbs in context
Memorizing tables only gets you so far. Read 200+ illustrated and narrated Spanish stories to see verbs like 'encerrar' used naturally — in the tenses you're learning.
Related Tenses
Present
yo: encierro
Encerrar is a stem-changing verb (e to ie) in the present tense, except for nosotros and vosotros.
Preterite
yo: encerré
Encerrar is completely regular in the preterite; it does NOT have a stem change here.
Imperfect
yo: encerraba
Encerrar is regular in the imperfect: encerraba, encerrabas, encerraba, encerrábamos, encerrabais, encerraban.
Conditional
yo: encerraría
The conditional of encerrar is regular: encerraría, encerrarías, encerraría, encerraríamos, encerraríais, encerrarían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: encierre
The present subjunctive follows the e-to-ie stem change of the present indicative for all forms except nosotros and vosotros.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: encerrara
The imperfect subjunctive is regular based on the third-person plural preterite: encerrara, encerraras, encerrara...
Affirmative Imperative
yo: encierra
Use 'encierra' for tú and 'encierre' for usted to give direct orders to lock something up.
Negative Imperative
yo: no encierres
Negative commands use 'no' plus the present subjunctive forms: no encierres, no encierre.