Entregar Conjugation in Spanish
Introduction
entregar means "to deliver, to hand over" in English, and it is one of the verbs you will meet constantly in everyday Spanish — for handing over or delivering something. Learning it properly means more than memorising one form: the verb changes across thirteen tenses, and this page gives you every one of them, with the exact forms from the VerbFlow engine, so you can check any person or tense in seconds. Entregar is a irregular -ar verb; g → gu spelling change before e verb, and it is regular in its endings, with a spelling change. That matters because the patterns on this page are the patterns you will reuse every time you speak or write. Work through the tables first, then read the notes under each tense — they explain when to use each tense and what to watch out for with this verb in particular. A natural example is: Cada día, yo entrego el informe a mi jefe. — "Every day, I deliver the report to my boss." Once you can say that sentence confidently, try changing the person and the tense using the tables below.
Quick facts
| Infinitive | entregar |
| Translation | to deliver, to hand over |
| Verb type | Irregular -ar verb; g → gu spelling change before e |
| Gerund | entregando |
| Past participle | entregado |
| Auxiliary | haber (all compound tenses) |
| Irregular tenses | regular in its endings, with a spelling change |
Full conjugation of entregar
Present indicative
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | entrego |
| tú | entregas |
| él / ella / Ud. | entrega |
| nosotros / nosotras | entregamos |
| vosotros / vosotras | entregáis |
| ellos / ellas / Uds. | entregan |
Preterite
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | entregué |
| tú | entregaste |
| él / ella / Ud. | entregó |
| nosotros / nosotras | entregamos |
| vosotros / vosotras | entregasteis |
| ellos / ellas / Uds. | entregaron |
Imperfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | entregaba |
| tú | entregabas |
| él / ella / Ud. | entregaba |
| nosotros / nosotras | entregábamos |
| vosotros / vosotras | entregabais |
| ellos / ellas / Uds. | entregaban |
Future
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | entregaré |
| tú | entregarás |
| él / ella / Ud. | entregará |
| nosotros / nosotras | entregaremos |
| vosotros / vosotras | entregaréis |
| ellos / ellas / Uds. | entregarán |
Conditional
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | entregaría |
| tú | entregarías |
| él / ella / Ud. | entregaría |
| nosotros / nosotras | entregaríamos |
| vosotros / vosotras | entregaríais |
| ellos / ellas / Uds. | entregarían |
Present subjunctive
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | entregue |
| tú | entregues |
| él / ella / Ud. | entregue |
| nosotros / nosotras | entreguemos |
| vosotros / vosotras | entreguéis |
| ellos / ellas / Uds. | entreguen |
Imperfect subjunctive (-ra forms)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | entregara |
| tú | entregaras |
| él / ella / Ud. | entregara |
| nosotros / nosotras | entregáramos |
| vosotros / vosotras | entregarais |
| ellos / ellas / Uds. | entregaran |
Present perfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | he entregado |
| tú | has entregado |
| él / ella / Ud. | ha entregado |
| nosotros / nosotras | hemos entregado |
| vosotros / vosotras | habéis entregado |
| ellos / ellas / Uds. | han entregado |
Pluperfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | había entregado |
| tú | habías entregado |
| él / ella / Ud. | había entregado |
| nosotros / nosotras | habíamos entregado |
| vosotros / vosotras | habíais entregado |
| ellos / ellas / Uds. | habían entregado |
Future perfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | habré entregado |
| tú | habrás entregado |
| él / ella / Ud. | habrá entregado |
| nosotros / nosotras | habremos entregado |
| vosotros / vosotras | habréis entregado |
| ellos / ellas / Uds. | habrán entregado |
Conditional perfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | habría entregado |
| tú | habrías entregado |
| él / ella / Ud. | habría entregado |
| nosotros / nosotras | habríamos entregado |
| vosotros / vosotras | habríais entregado |
| ellos / ellas / Uds. | habrían entregado |
Imperative — affirmative
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| tú | entrega |
| él / ella / Ud. | entregue |
| nosotros / nosotras | entreguemos |
| vosotros / vosotras | entregad |
| ellos / ellas / Uds. | entreguen |
Imperative — negative
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| tú | entregues |
| él / ella / Ud. | entregue |
| nosotros / nosotras | entreguemos |
| vosotros / vosotras | entreguéis |
| ellos / ellas / Uds. | entreguen |
Gerund: entregando · Past participle: entregado
Entregar in every tense — notes and examples
Present indicative
The present is the tense for habits, facts and what is happening now. It is the first tense to master, because the present subjunctive and the affirmative imperative are both built from the present yo form. Example: Cada día, yo entrego el informe a mi jefe. — "Every day, I deliver the report to my boss."
Preterite
The preterite is for completed actions in the past — things that started and finished at a definite moment. Use it for a single event, a sequence of events, or an action with a clear end. Watch the spelling in the preterite: g becomes gu before e, so the yo form is entregué. Example: Ayer, yo entregué el informe a mi jefe. — "Yesterday, I delivered the report to my boss."
Imperfect
The imperfect is for the past without a definite end: habits, background scenes, descriptions and actions in progress when something else happened. It never states when the action finished. Example: Antes, yo entregaba el informe a mi jefe. — "Before, I delivered the report to my boss."
Future
The future is for what will happen, and also for guesses about the present ("I wonder if…"). For regular verbs it is the infinitive plus the endings -é, -ás, -á, -emos, -éis, -án. Example: Mañana, yo entregaré el informe a mi jefe. — "Tomorrow, I will deliver the report to my boss."
Conditional
The conditional is for what would happen — polite requests, hypothetical results and reported expectations. It shares its stem with the future, so any irregular future stem appears here too. Example: Yo entregaría el informe a mi jefe si tuviera la oportunidad. — "I would deliver the report to my boss if I had the chance."
Present subjunctive
The present subjunctive is for wishes, doubts, emotions and other non-facts after que, and after expressions such as ojalá, es importante que or no creo que. It is not a tense for stating facts. Example: Espero que ella entregue el informe a mi jefe. — "I hope she will deliver the report to my boss."
Imperfect subjunctive (-ra forms)
The imperfect subjunctive (-ra forms) is for wishes and doubts about the past, and for the if-part of hypothetical sentences (si + imperfect subjunctive, conditional). This page shows the -ra forms from the engine. Example: Si ella entregara el informe a mi jefe, todo cambiaría. — "If she delivered the report to my boss, everything would change."
Present perfect
The present perfect (haber + past participle) is for past actions connected to the present — recent events, experience, or something that has just happened. The auxiliary is always haber. Example: Yo he entregado el paquete a tiempo varias veces. — "I have delivered the parcel on time several times."
Pluperfect
The pluperfect (había + past participle) is the past of the past: something that had already happened before another past event. Example: Yo había entregado el informe a mi jefe antes de la reunión. — "I had delivered the report to my boss before the meeting."
Future perfect
The future perfect (habré + past participle) is for something that will already be finished by a future moment, or for a guess about the past. It is less common in speech than the simple future. Example: Para mañana, yo habré entregado el informe a mi jefe. — "By tomorrow, I will have delivered the report to my boss."
Conditional perfect
The conditional perfect (habría + past participle) is for what would have happened — the past of the conditional, used for regrets and unreal past conditions. Example: Yo habría entregado el informe a mi jefe si hubiera tenido tiempo. — "I would have delivered the report to my boss if I had had time."
Imperative — affirmative
The affirmative imperative is for direct orders, instructions and invitations. The tú form comes from the present él/ella form, and the formal, nosotros and plural forms come from the present subjunctive. Example: ¡entrega el informe a mi jefe! — "Deliver the report to my boss!"
Imperative — negative
The negative imperative (no + subjunctive) is for telling someone not to do something. All five persons come from the present subjunctive, which is why they look different from the affirmative tú form. Example: No entregues el informe a mi jefe. — "Do not deliver the report to my boss."
Example sentences with entregar
Yo entrego el informe a mi jefe. — "I deliver the report to my boss."
¿Tú entregas el paquete a tiempo? — "Do you deliver the parcel on time?"
Ayer, él entregó el informe a mi jefe. — "Yesterday, he delivered the report to my boss."
Nosotros entregamos el paquete a tiempo a tiempo. — "We delivered the parcel on time on time."
Antes, ellos entregaban el informe a mi jefe. — "Before, they delivered the report to my boss."
Mañana, yo entregaré el paquete a tiempo. — "Tomorrow, I will deliver the parcel on time."
Nosotros entregaríamos el informe a mi jefe si pudiéramos. — "We would deliver the report to my boss if we could."
Yo he entregado el paquete a tiempo varias veces. — "I have delivered the parcel on time several times."
Espero que ella entregue el informe a mi jefe. — "I hope she will deliver the report to my boss."
Ahora mismo, yo estoy entregando el paquete a tiempo. — "Right now, I am delivering the parcel on time."
Common mistakes with entregar
1. Writing ✗ entregé instead of the correct preterite form
The correct preterite yo form is entregué: the spelling changes before e (g → gu, c → qu, z → c) so the sound stays the same. Writing it with the infinitive spelling is a spelling mistake, even though it sounds identical.
2. Confusing entregar with devolver (to return (something))
entregar means "to deliver, to hand over", while devolver means "to return (something)". They overlap in English but they are not interchangeable in Spanish: use entregar when you mean handing over or delivering something, and devolver for its own meaning. Check the conjugation of devolver before choosing.
3. Mixing up the preterite and the imperfect
Ayer yo entregué el informe a mi jefe (preterite: one finished event yesterday) is not the same as antes yo entregaba el informe a mi jefe (imperfect: what used to happen). If you can add "yesterday" or "last week", you usually want the preterite; if you can add "used to", you want the imperfect.
4. Using estar instead of haber in the perfect tenses
The present perfect is he entregado (haber + participle), never estoy entregado. Haber is the only auxiliary for compound tenses in Spanish.
5. Using the infinitive after a conjugated verb without a connector
When entregar is followed by another verb, check whether Spanish needs que or a preposition between them. A bare infinitive after a conjugated entregar is a common English-speaker error — say the full construction you have practised on this page.
Quiz: entregar
1. Yo ___ el informe a mi jefe.
a. entrega b. entrego c. entregan
2. Ella ___ el informe a mi jefe.
a. entrego b. entrega c. entregan
3. Ayer, yo ___ el informe a mi jefe.
a. entrego b. entregué c. entrega
4. Ellos ___ el informe a mi jefe ayer.
a. entrego b. entregaron c. entrega
5. Antes, yo ___ el informe a mi jefe.
a. entrego b. entregaba c. entrega
6. Mañana, yo ___ el informe a mi jefe.
a. entrego b. entregaré c. entrega
7. Yo ___ el informe a mi jefe si pudiera.
a. entrego b. entregaría c. entrega
8. Espero que ella ___ el informe a mi jefe.
a. entrego b. entregue c. entrega
9. Ahora mismo, yo estoy ___ el paquete a tiempo.
a. entregado b. entregando c. entrego
10. Yo he ___ el paquete a tiempo varias veces.
a. entregando b. entregado c. entrego
Answer key
entrego — present tense, yo form.
entrega — present tense, él/ella form.
entregué — preterite, yo form — a finished action yesterday.
entregaron — preterite, ellos/ellas form.
entregaba — imperfect, yo form — a past habit.
entregaré — future, yo form.
entregaría — conditional, yo form — a hypothetical.
entregue — present subjunctive after 'espero que'.
entregando — gerund — the progressive is estar + gerund.
entregado — past participle — the present perfect is haber + participle.
Frequently asked questions about entregar
What does entregar mean in English?
Entregar means "to deliver, to hand over". It is used for handing over or delivering something. A simple example is yo entrego el informe a mi jefe — "I deliver the report to my boss."
Is entregar regular or irregular?
Entregar is a irregular -ar verb; g → gu spelling change before e verb, and it is regular in its endings, with a spelling change. The forms that most often catch learners out are the present yo form entrego, the preterite yo form entregué and the past participle entregado — learn those three first, then fill in the rest from the tables above.
What is the gerund and the past participle of entregar?
The gerund is entregando (used for the progressive: estoy entregando) and the past participle is entregado (used with haber in all perfect tenses: he entregado). Both forms are used constantly, so they are worth memorising on their own.
How do I say "I deliver" in the past?
It depends on the meaning. For one finished action use the preterite: ayer yo entregué el informe a mi jefe — "yesterday I delivered the report to my boss". For a past habit or background use the imperfect: antes yo entregaba el informe a mi jefe — "before, I delivered the report to my boss". The mistake most learners make is using one for the other.
Does entregar take the subjunctive?
Not usually. Entregar on its own takes the indicative — yo entrego el informe a mi jefe. You will meet the subjunctive with entregar only inside a larger construction that itself triggers it, such as no creo que or es importante que, and then the subjunctive form is entregue.