Entrar Conjugation in Spanish
entrar means “enter” in English, and it is one of the first verbs Spanish learners meet — it sits at number 41 in VerbFlow’s frequency list. You use it for going into a house, for entering a classroom, and for going into the cinema. Because it comes up in everyday conversation so often, learning its forms properly pays off from the very first week. This page gives you the complete conjugation of entrar — every tense, every person, the gerund and the past participle — with notes, examples, common mistakes and a quiz. Here is the verb in a natural sentence: “Yo entro en la casa por la puerta todos los días.” — “I enter into the house through the door every day.”
Quick facts
- Infinitive: entrar
- English: to enter
- Verb type: Regular -ar verb
- Irregular in: no tense — fully regular
- Gerund: entrando
- Past participle: entrado
- Auxiliary: haber (all perfect tenses are formed with haber + the past participle)
Full conjugation tables
Every form below comes from VerbFlow’s verified conjugation tables for entrar. Learn the present tense first, then the preterite and the imperfect, and add the remaining tenses one at a time.
Present indicative
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | entro |
| tú | entras |
| él/ella/Ud. | entra |
| nosotros/as | entramos |
| vosotros/as | entráis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | entran |
Preterite
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | entré |
| tú | entraste |
| él/ella/Ud. | entró |
| nosotros/as | entramos |
| vosotros/as | entrasteis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | entraron |
Imperfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | entraba |
| tú | entrabas |
| él/ella/Ud. | entraba |
| nosotros/as | entrábamos |
| vosotros/as | entrabais |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | entraban |
Future
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | entraré |
| tú | entrarás |
| él/ella/Ud. | entrará |
| nosotros/as | entraremos |
| vosotros/as | entraréis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | entrarán |
Conditional
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | entraría |
| tú | entrarías |
| él/ella/Ud. | entraría |
| nosotros/as | entraríamos |
| vosotros/as | entraríais |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | entrarían |
Present perfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | he entrado |
| tú | has entrado |
| él/ella/Ud. | ha entrado |
| nosotros/as | hemos entrado |
| vosotros/as | habéis entrado |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | han entrado |
Pluperfect (past perfect)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | había entrado |
| tú | habías entrado |
| él/ella/Ud. | había entrado |
| nosotros/as | habíamos entrado |
| vosotros/as | habíais entrado |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | habían entrado |
Future perfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | habré entrado |
| tú | habrás entrado |
| él/ella/Ud. | habrá entrado |
| nosotros/as | habremos entrado |
| vosotros/as | habréis entrado |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | habrán entrado |
Conditional perfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | habría entrado |
| tú | habrías entrado |
| él/ella/Ud. | habría entrado |
| nosotros/as | habríamos entrado |
| vosotros/as | habríais entrado |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | habrían entrado |
Present subjunctive
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | entre |
| tú | entres |
| él/ella/Ud. | entre |
| nosotros/as | entremos |
| vosotros/as | entréis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | entren |
Imperfect subjunctive (-ra)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | entrara |
| tú | entraras |
| él/ella/Ud. | entrara |
| nosotros/as | entráramos |
| vosotros/as | entrarais |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | entraran |
Imperative (affirmative)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| tú | entra |
| él/ella/Ud. | entre |
| nosotros/as | entremos |
| vosotros/as | entrad |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | entren |
Imperative (negative)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| tú | entres |
| él/ella/Ud. | entre |
| nosotros/as | entremos |
| vosotros/as | entréis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | entren |
Gerund and past participle
| Form | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Gerund | entrando |
| Past participle | entrado |
When to use each tense
Present indicative
The present indicative is used for habits, facts and things happening now. For example: “Yo entro en la casa por la puerta todos los días.” — “I enter into the house through the door every day.”
Preterite
The preterite is used for completed actions in the past. For example: “Tú entraste en clase ayer.” — “You entered into class yesterday.”
Imperfect
The imperfect is used for ongoing or habitual actions in the past, and background description. For example: “Él entraba al cine con Luis antes.” — “He used to enter into the cinema with Luis before.”
Future
The future is used for what will happen, predictions and probability. For example: “Yo entraré en la casa por la puerta mañana.” — “I will enter into the house through the door tomorrow.”
Conditional
The conditional is used for what would happen, polite requests and hypothetical situations. For example: “Tú entrarías en clase algún día.” — “You would enter into class someday.”
Present perfect
The present perfect is used for recent past actions and life experience, formed with haber + the past participle. For example: “Él ha entrado al cine con Luis esta semana.” — “He has entered into the cinema with Luis this week.”
Pluperfect (past perfect)
The pluperfect (past perfect) is used for an action completed before another past action. For example: “Yo había entrado en la casa por la puerta antes de la fiesta.” — “I had entered into the house through the door before the party.”
Future perfect
The future perfect is used for what will have happened by a point in the future. For example: “Tú habrás entrado en clase para mañana.” — “You will have entered into class by tomorrow.”
Conditional perfect
The conditional perfect is used for what would have happened in a different past. For example: “Él habría entrado al cine con Luis ayer.” — “He would have entered into the cinema with Luis yesterday.”
Present subjunctive
The present subjunctive is used for wishes, doubts, emotions and opinions after que. For example: “Es importante que yo entre en la casa por la puerta.” — “It is important that i enter into the house through the door.”
Imperfect subjunctive (-ra)
The imperfect subjunctive (-ra) is used for the past subjunctive: wishes and hypotheticals about the past, and clauses after a past-tense trigger. For example: “Ojalá tú entraras en clase.” — “I wish you entered into class.”
Imperative (affirmative)
The imperative (affirmative) is used for direct commands and instructions. The imperative of entrar gives a direct order; the negative forms use the present subjunctive pattern. For example: “¡Entra al cine con Luis!” — “Enter into the cinema with Luis!”
Imperative (negative)
The imperative (negative) is used for prohibitions and negative commands. The imperative of entrar gives a direct order; the negative forms use the present subjunctive pattern. For example: “No entres en la casa por la puerta.” — “Do not enter into the house through the door.”
Example sentences
Ten natural sentences with entrar, covering different tenses and persons. Say each one aloud, then cover the Spanish and try to produce it from the English.
- “Yo entro en la casa por la puerta todos los días.” — “I enter into the house through the door every day.”
- “Tú entraste en clase ayer.” — “You entered into class yesterday.”
- “Él entraba al cine con Luis antes.” — “He used to enter into the cinema with Luis before.”
- “Yo entraré en clase mañana.” — “I will enter into class tomorrow.”
- “Tú entrarías en la casa por la puerta algún día.” — “You would enter into the house through the door someday.”
- “Él ha entrado al cine con Luis esta semana.” — “He has entered into the cinema with Luis this week.”
- “Yo había entrado en la casa por la puerta antes de la fiesta.” — “I had entered into the house through the door before the party.”
- “Tú habrás entrado en clase para mañana.” — “You will have entered into class by tomorrow.”
- “Es importante que él entre al cine con Luis.” — “It is important that he enter into the cinema with Luis.”
- “¡Entra en la casa por la puerta!” — “Enter into the house through the door!”
Common mistakes
1. Using the infinitive instead of a conjugated form
✗ Wrong: “Yo entrar en la casa por la puerta.”
✓ Right: “Yo entro en la casa por la puerta.”
The infinitive entrar never takes a subject. After yo you need the conjugated present form entro.
2. Confusing entrar with salir
✗ Wrong: “Yo salgo en la casa por la puerta.”
✓ Right: “Yo entro en la casa por la puerta.”
Entrar is to go in; salir is to go out.
3. Using the wrong auxiliary in perfect tenses
✗ Wrong: “Yo soy entrado en la casa por la puerta.”
✓ Right: “Yo he entrado en la casa por la puerta.”
Spanish perfect tenses are always built with haber, never with ser. The correct form is he + the participle entrado.
4. Dropping the written accent
✗ Wrong: “entre”
✓ Right: “entré”
The accent on entré is part of the spelling in the preterite. Without it the form looks like a different word, so always write the accent.
5. Using the indicative after a subjunctive trigger
✗ Wrong: “Ojalá tú entras en la casa por la puerta.”
✓ Right: “Ojalá tú entres en la casa por la puerta.”
After ojalá Spanish needs the subjunctive, so use entres here, not the indicative entras.
6. Using the preterite for a habitual past action
✗ Wrong: “Yo entré en la casa por la puerta antes.” (said of a repeated habit)
✓ Right: “Yo entraba en la casa por la puerta antes.”
The preterite entré describes one finished action. For something you did regularly in the past, use the imperfect entraba.
Quiz: test yourself
Ten questions on entrar. Choose the right form, then check the answer key below.
What is the yo form of entrar in the Present indicative?
- A) entras
- B) entra
- C) entramos
- D) entro
What is the él/ella/Ud. form of entrar in the Preterite?
- A) entraste
- B) entramos
- C) entró
- D) entré
What is the nosotros/as form of entrar in the Imperfect?
- A) entrabais
- B) entrábamos
- C) entraba
- D) entrabas
What is the tú form of entrar in the Future?
- A) entrarás
- B) entraré
- C) entrará
- D) entraremos
What is the yo form of entrar in the Conditional?
- A) entrarías
- B) entraríamos
- C) entraríais
- D) entraría
What is the él/ella/Ud. form of entrar in the Present subjunctive?
- A) entremos
- B) entréis
- C) entre
- D) entres
What is the yo form of entrar in the Imperfect subjunctive (-ra)?
- A) entrarais
- B) entrara
- C) entraras
- D) entráramos
What is the gerund of entrar?
- A) entrando
- B) existiendo
- C) trabajando
- D) escribiendo
What is the past participle of entrar?
- A) existido
- B) trabajado
- C) escrito
- D) entrado
What does entrar mean in English?
- A) to work
- B) to write
- C) to enter
- D) to exist
Answer key
- D) entro — the yo form of entrar in the present indicative is entro. The other options (entras, entra, entramos) are the same tense for different persons.
- C) entró — the él/ella/Ud. form of entrar in the preterite is entró. The other options (entré, entraste, entramos) are the same tense for different persons.
- B) entrábamos — the nosotros/as form of entrar in the imperfect is entrábamos. The other options (entraba, entrabas, entraba) are the same tense for different persons.
- A) entrarás — the tú form of entrar in the future is entrarás. The other options (entraré, entrará, entraremos) are the same tense for different persons.
- D) entraría — the yo form of entrar in the conditional is entraría. The other options (entrarías, entraría, entraríamos) are the same tense for different persons.
- C) entre — the él/ella/Ud. form of entrar in the present subjunctive is entre. The other options (entre, entres, entremos) are the same tense for different persons.
- B) entrara — the yo form of entrar in the imperfect subjunctive (-ra) is entrara. The other options (entraras, entrara, entráramos) are the same tense for different persons.
- A) entrando — the gerund of entrar is entrando; it is used with estar for the progressive. The other options are the gerunds of neighbouring verbs.
- D) entrado — the past participle of entrar is entrado; perfect tenses use haber + entrado. The other options are the participles of neighbouring verbs.
- C) to enter — entrar means “to enter” in English. The other options are the meanings of neighbouring verbs.
Frequently asked questions
What does entrar mean in English?
entrar means “to enter”. You use it for going into a house, for entering a classroom, and for going into the cinema. It is a core everyday verb, so its present-tense forms are worth learning first.
Is entrar regular or irregular?
entrar is regular -ar verb, with no irregular tense — it follows the regular pattern throughout. The gerund is entrando and the past participle is entrado.
What are the gerund and past participle of entrar?
The gerund is entrando — use it with estar for actions in progress. The past participle is entrado — use it with haber for the perfect tenses, as in he entrado (I have entered).
What is the difference between entrar and salir?
Entrar is to go in; salir is to go out. If you are unsure, check the full table for salir and compare the meanings in context.
How do I say “I enter” in Spanish?
Say “Yo entro en la casa por la puerta.” — “I enter into the house through the door every day.” The yo form of the present is entro, and it is the form you will use most often.
Related pages
- entrar in the present tense — the full table and uses for this verb in its most practised tense.
- entrar examples and quiz — more example sentences and practice questions for this verb.
- Spanish verbs — the full hub of Spanish conjugation pages.
- Existir conjugation — another everyday Spanish verb.
- Trabajar conjugation — another everyday Spanish verb.
- Escribir conjugation — another everyday Spanish verb.
- Present tense guide — how the present tense works for regular verbs.
- Preterite tense guide — how the preterite works, and when to choose it over the imperfect.
- Verb Conjugator — practise entrar with the interactive tool.
- Verb Quiz — practise entrar with the interactive tool.