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enfriar

to cool

Complete conjugation tables and interactive practice exercises. This is a regular -ar verb.

The Spanish verb enfriar means to cool.

Present tense:

yoenfrío
enfrías
él/ella/ustedenfría
nosotrosenfriamos
vosotrosenfriáis
ellos/ellas/ustedesenfrían

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subjunctive

imperfect

ellos/ellas/ustedesenfríaran
yoenfriara
enfriaras
vosotrosenfriarais
nosotrosenfriáramos
él/ella/ustedenfriara

Use the imperfect subjunctive of 'enfriar' (like 'enfriara' or 'enfriase') for past hypotheticals or wishes.

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present

ellos/ellas/ustedesenfríen
yoenfríe
enfríes
vosotrosenfriéis
nosotrosenfriemos
él/ella/ustedenfríe

The present subjunctive of 'enfriar' (like 'enfríe' or 'enfríen') is used after expressions of doubt, desire, or emotion.

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imperative

negative

no enfríes
vosotrosno enfriéis
ustedesno enfríen
nosotrosno enfriemos
ustedno enfríe

Negative commands with 'enfriar' use 'no' plus the present subjunctive, like 'no enfríes' (you, informal).

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affirmative

enfría
vosotrosenfriad
ustedesenfríen
nosotrosenfriemos
ustedenfríe

Use 'enfriar' imperative for direct commands like 'enfría' (you, informal) or 'enfríe' (you, formal).

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indicative

conditional

ellos/ellas/ustedesenfriarían
yoenfriaría
enfriarías
vosotrosenfriaríais
nosotrosenfriaríamos
él/ella/ustedenfriaría

The conditional of 'enfriar' ('enfriaría', 'enfriarías', 'enfriaría') is used for hypotheticals ('would cool') and polite requests.

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preterite

ellos/ellas/ustedesenfriaron
yoenfrié
enfriaste
vosotrosenfriasteis
nosotrosenfriamos
él/ella/ustedenfrió

The preterite of 'enfriar' is regular: 'enfrié', 'enfriaste', 'enfrió', 'enfriamos', 'enfriasteis', 'enfriaron'.

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imperfect

ellos/ellas/ustedesenfriaban
yoenfriaba
enfriabas
vosotrosenfriabais
nosotrosenfriábamos
él/ella/ustedenfriaba

The imperfect of 'enfriar' ('enfriaba', 'enfriabas', 'enfriaba') describes ongoing or habitual cooling in the past.

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present

ellos/ellas/ustedesenfrían
yoenfrío
enfrías
vosotrosenfriáis
nosotrosenfriamos
él/ella/ustedenfría

The present tense of 'enfriar' ('enfrío', 'enfrías', 'enfría') describes actions happening now or habitual cooling.

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future

ellos/ellas/ustedesenfriarán
yoenfriaré
enfriarás
vosotrosenfriaréis
nosotrosenfriaremos
él/ella/ustedenfriará

The future tense of 'enfriar' ('enfriaré', 'enfriarás', 'enfriará') indicates actions that will happen.

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