engrandar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /enɡɾanˈdaɾ/ [ẽŋ.ɡɾãn̪ˈd̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: en‧gran‧dar

Verb

engrandar (first-person singular present engrando, first-person singular preterite engrandé, past participle engrandado)

1. Alternative spelling of agrandar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of engrandar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			engrandar
gerund			engrandando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		engrandado		engrandada
		plural		engrandados		engrandadas
		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	engrando	engrandastú engrandásvos	engranda	engrandamos	engrandáis	engrandan
	imperfect	engrandaba	engrandabas	engrandaba	engrandábamos	engrandabais	engrandaban
	preterite	engrandé	engrandaste	engrandó	engrandamos	engrandasteis	engrandaron
	future	engrandaré	engrandarás	engrandará	engrandaremos	engrandaréis	engrandarán
	conditional	engrandaría	engrandarías	engrandaría	engrandaríamos	engrandaríais	engrandarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	engrande	engrandestú engrandésvos2	engrande	engrandemos	engrandéis	engranden
	imperfect (ra)	engrandara	engrandaras	engrandara	engrandáramos	engrandarais	engrandaran
	imperfect (se)	engrandase	engrandases	engrandase	engrandásemos	engrandaseis	engrandasen
	future1	engrandare	engrandares	engrandare	engrandáremos	engrandareis	engrandaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		engrandatú engrandávos	engrande	engrandemos	engrandad	engranden
	negative		no engrandes	no engrande	no engrandemos	no engrandéis	no engranden

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

    Selected combined forms of engrandar

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 engrandar
	dative	engrandarme	engrandarte	engrandarle, engrandarse	engrandarnos	engrandaros	engrandarles, engrandarse
	accusative	engrandarme	engrandarte	engrandarlo, engrandarla, engrandarse	engrandarnos	engrandaros	engrandarlos, engrandarlas, engrandarse
with gerund engrandando
	dative	engrandándome	engrandándote	engrandándole, engrandándose	engrandándonos	engrandándoos	engrandándoles, engrandándose
	accusative	engrandándome	engrandándote	engrandándolo, engrandándola, engrandándose	engrandándonos	engrandándoos	engrandándolos, engrandándolas, engrandándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative engranda
	dative	engrándame	engrándate	engrándale	engrándanos	not used	engrándales
	accusative	engrándame	engrándate	engrándalo, engrándala	engrándanos	not used	engrándalos, engrándalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative engrandá
	dative	engrandame	engrandate	engrandale	engrandanos	not used	engrandales
	accusative	engrandame	engrandate	engrandalo, engrandala	engrandanos	not used	engrandalos, engrandalas
with formal second-person singular imperative engrande
	dative	engrándeme	not used	engrándele, engrándese	engrándenos	not used	engrándeles
	accusative	engrándeme	not used	engrándelo, engrándela, engrándese	engrándenos	not used	engrándelos, engrándelas
with first-person plural imperative engrandemos
	dative	not used	engrandémoste	engrandémosle	engrandémonos	engrandémoos	engrandémosles
	accusative	not used	engrandémoste	engrandémoslo, engrandémosla	engrandémonos	engrandémoos	engrandémoslos, engrandémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative engrandad
	dative	engrandadme	not used	engrandadle	engrandadnos	engrandaos	engrandadles
	accusative	engrandadme	not used	engrandadlo, engrandadla	engrandadnos	engrandaos	engrandadlos, engrandadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative engranden
	dative	engrándenme	not used	engrándenle	engrándennos	not used	engrándenles, engrándense
	accusative	engrándenme	not used	engrándenlo, engrándenla	engrándennos	not used	engrándenlos, engrándenlas, engrándense

Further reading

• “engrandar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28