enjugar

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin exsūcāre, with the prefix ex- being replaced in Spanish by en-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /enxuˈɡaɾ/ [ẽŋ.xuˈɣ̞aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: en‧ju‧gar

Verb

enjugar (first-person singular present enjugo, first-person singular preterite enjugué, past participle enjugado)

1. to dry
2. to wipe, wipe off, wipe down
3. (figuratively) to eliminate, wipe out

Conjugation

    Conjugation of enjugar (g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			enjugar
gerund			enjugando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		enjugado		enjugada
		plural		enjugados		enjugadas
		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	enjugo	enjugastú enjugásvos	enjuga	enjugamos	enjugáis	enjugan
	imperfect	enjugaba	enjugabas	enjugaba	enjugábamos	enjugabais	enjugaban
	preterite	enjugué	enjugaste	enjugó	enjugamos	enjugasteis	enjugaron
	future	enjugaré	enjugarás	enjugará	enjugaremos	enjugaréis	enjugarán
	conditional	enjugaría	enjugarías	enjugaría	enjugaríamos	enjugaríais	enjugarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	enjugue	enjuguestú enjuguésvos2	enjugue	enjuguemos	enjuguéis	enjuguen
	imperfect (ra)	enjugara	enjugaras	enjugara	enjugáramos	enjugarais	enjugaran
	imperfect (se)	enjugase	enjugases	enjugase	enjugásemos	enjugaseis	enjugasen
	future1	enjugare	enjugares	enjugare	enjugáremos	enjugareis	enjugaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		enjugatú enjugávos	enjugue	enjuguemos	enjugad	enjuguen
	negative		no enjugues	no enjugue	no enjuguemos	no enjuguéis	no enjuguen

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

    Selected combined forms of enjugar (g-gu alternation)

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 enjugar	dative	enjugarme	enjugarte	enjugarle, enjugarse	enjugarnos	enjugaros	enjugarles, enjugarse
	accusative	enjugarme	enjugarte	enjugarlo, enjugarla, enjugarse	enjugarnos	enjugaros	enjugarlos, enjugarlas, enjugarse
with gerund enjugando	dative	enjugándome	enjugándote	enjugándole, enjugándose	enjugándonos	enjugándoos	enjugándoles, enjugándose
	accusative	enjugándome	enjugándote	enjugándolo, enjugándola, enjugándose	enjugándonos	enjugándoos	enjugándolos, enjugándolas, enjugándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative enjuga	dative	enjúgame	enjúgate	enjúgale	enjúganos	not used	enjúgales
	accusative	enjúgame	enjúgate	enjúgalo, enjúgala	enjúganos	not used	enjúgalos, enjúgalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative enjugá	dative	enjugame	enjugate	enjugale	enjuganos	not used	enjugales
	accusative	enjugame	enjugate	enjugalo, enjugala	enjuganos	not used	enjugalos, enjugalas
with formal second-person singular imperative enjugue	dative	enjúgueme	not used	enjúguele, enjúguese	enjúguenos	not used	enjúgueles
	accusative	enjúgueme	not used	enjúguelo, enjúguela, enjúguese	enjúguenos	not used	enjúguelos, enjúguelas
with first-person plural imperative enjuguemos	dative	not used	enjuguémoste	enjuguémosle	enjuguémonos	enjuguémoos	enjuguémosles
	accusative	not used	enjuguémoste	enjuguémoslo, enjuguémosla	enjuguémonos	enjuguémoos	enjuguémoslos, enjuguémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative enjugad	dative	enjugadme	not used	enjugadle	enjugadnos	enjugaos	enjugadles
	accusative	enjugadme	not used	enjugadlo, enjugadla	enjugadnos	enjugaos	enjugadlos, enjugadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative enjuguen	dative	enjúguenme	not used	enjúguenle	enjúguennos	not used	enjúguenles, enjúguense
	accusative	enjúguenme	not used	enjúguenlo, enjúguenla	enjúguennos	not used	enjúguenlos, enjúguenlas, enjúguense

Related terms

• enjugador
• jugo

See also

• enjuto

Further reading

• “enjugar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10