entregar Preterite Conjugation
entregar — deliver
The preterite of entregar features a spelling change in the 'yo' form (entregué) to keep the 'g' sound.
entregar Preterite Forms
When to Use the Preterite
Use the preterite when you finished delivering something at a specific moment, like handing over a project or a package yesterday.
Notes on entregar in the Preterite
It is mostly regular, but the 'yo' form changes 'g' to 'gu' (entregué). Without that 'u', it would sound like 'entre-heh' instead of 'entre-geh'.
Example Sentences
Entregué la tarea ayer por la tarde.
I handed in the homework yesterday afternoon.
yo
¿Entregaste las llaves al dueño?
Did you hand over the keys to the owner?
tú
Ellos entregaron el paquete a tiempo.
They delivered the package on time.
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Common Mistakes
Mistake: entregé
Correct: entregué
Why: In Spanish, 'ge' sounds like 'he'. You need the 'u' to keep the hard 'g' sound from the original verb.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: entrego
Entregar is fully regular in the present tense: entrego, entregas, entrega, entregamos, entregáis, entregan.
Imperfect
yo: entregaba
The imperfect of entregar is regular: entregaba, entregabas, entregaba, entregábamos, entregabais, entregaban.
Future
yo: entregaré
The future tense is regular: just add -é, -ás, -á, -emos, -éis, -án to the full infinitive 'entregar'.
Conditional
yo: entregaría
The conditional is regular: add -ía, -ías, -ía, -íamos, -íais, -ían to the infinitive 'entregar'.
Present Subjunctive
yo: entregue
The present subjunctive changes 'g' to 'gu' in all forms: entregue, entregues, entregue, entreguemos, entreguéis, entreguen.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: entregara
The imperfect subjunctive is formed from the preterite 'entregaron' stem: entregara, entregaras, entregara, entregáramos, entregarais, entregaran.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: entrega
Use 'entrega' (tú) for casual commands and 'entregue' (usted) for formal ones.
Negative Imperative
yo: no entregues
All negative commands use the present subjunctive forms: no entregues, no entregue, no entreguemos, no entreguéis, no entreguen.