enjoyar

Spanish

Etymology

From en- +‎ joya (“jewel”) +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /enxoˈʝaɾ/ [ẽŋ.xoˈʝaɾ]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /enxoˈʝaɾ/ [ẽŋ.xoˈʝaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /enxoˈʃaɾ/ [ẽŋ.xoˈʃaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /enxoˈʒaɾ/ [ẽŋ.xoˈʒaɾ]

• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: en‧jo‧yar

Verb

enjoyar (first-person singular present enjoyo, first-person singular preterite enjoyé, past participle enjoyado)

1. to bejewel

   Synonym: alhajar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of enjoyar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			enjoyar
gerund			enjoyando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		enjoyado		enjoyada
		plural		enjoyados		enjoyadas
		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	enjoyo	enjoyastú enjoyásvos	enjoya	enjoyamos	enjoyáis	enjoyan
	imperfect	enjoyaba	enjoyabas	enjoyaba	enjoyábamos	enjoyabais	enjoyaban
	preterite	enjoyé	enjoyaste	enjoyó	enjoyamos	enjoyasteis	enjoyaron
	future	enjoyaré	enjoyarás	enjoyará	enjoyaremos	enjoyaréis	enjoyarán
	conditional	enjoyaría	enjoyarías	enjoyaría	enjoyaríamos	enjoyaríais	enjoyarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	enjoye	enjoyestú enjoyésvos2	enjoye	enjoyemos	enjoyéis	enjoyen
	imperfect (ra)	enjoyara	enjoyaras	enjoyara	enjoyáramos	enjoyarais	enjoyaran
	imperfect (se)	enjoyase	enjoyases	enjoyase	enjoyásemos	enjoyaseis	enjoyasen
	future1	enjoyare	enjoyares	enjoyare	enjoyáremos	enjoyareis	enjoyaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		enjoyatú enjoyávos	enjoye	enjoyemos	enjoyad	enjoyen
	negative		no enjoyes	no enjoye	no enjoyemos	no enjoyéis	no enjoyen

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

    Selected combined forms of enjoyar

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 enjoyar
	dative	enjoyarme	enjoyarte	enjoyarle, enjoyarse	enjoyarnos	enjoyaros	enjoyarles, enjoyarse
	accusative	enjoyarme	enjoyarte	enjoyarlo, enjoyarla, enjoyarse	enjoyarnos	enjoyaros	enjoyarlos, enjoyarlas, enjoyarse
with gerund enjoyando
	dative	enjoyándome	enjoyándote	enjoyándole, enjoyándose	enjoyándonos	enjoyándoos	enjoyándoles, enjoyándose
	accusative	enjoyándome	enjoyándote	enjoyándolo, enjoyándola, enjoyándose	enjoyándonos	enjoyándoos	enjoyándolos, enjoyándolas, enjoyándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative enjoya
	dative	enjóyame	enjóyate	enjóyale	enjóyanos	not used	enjóyales
	accusative	enjóyame	enjóyate	enjóyalo, enjóyala	enjóyanos	not used	enjóyalos, enjóyalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative enjoyá
	dative	enjoyame	enjoyate	enjoyale	enjoyanos	not used	enjoyales
	accusative	enjoyame	enjoyate	enjoyalo, enjoyala	enjoyanos	not used	enjoyalos, enjoyalas
with formal second-person singular imperative enjoye
	dative	enjóyeme	not used	enjóyele, enjóyese	enjóyenos	not used	enjóyeles
	accusative	enjóyeme	not used	enjóyelo, enjóyela, enjóyese	enjóyenos	not used	enjóyelos, enjóyelas
with first-person plural imperative enjoyemos
	dative	not used	enjoyémoste	enjoyémosle	enjoyémonos	enjoyémoos	enjoyémosles
	accusative	not used	enjoyémoste	enjoyémoslo, enjoyémosla	enjoyémonos	enjoyémoos	enjoyémoslos, enjoyémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative enjoyad
	dative	enjoyadme	not used	enjoyadle	enjoyadnos	enjoyaos	enjoyadles
	accusative	enjoyadme	not used	enjoyadlo, enjoyadla	enjoyadnos	enjoyaos	enjoyadlos, enjoyadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative enjoyen
	dative	enjóyenme	not used	enjóyenle	enjóyennos	not used	enjóyenles, enjóyense
	accusative	enjóyenme	not used	enjóyenlo, enjóyenla	enjóyennos	not used	enjóyenlos, enjóyenlas, enjóyense

Further reading

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