encontrar
to findPresentewhat is going on now
Presente
Present — what is happening now, and what happens habitually
| yo | encuentroI find | nosotros | encontramoswe find |
| tú | encuentrasyou find | vosotros | encontráisyou all find |
| él/ella/Ud. | encuentrahe/she finds | ellos/Uds. | encuentranthey find |
Pretérito perfecto
Present perfect — have —ed; a past still touching now. Spain: today, this week. Latin America: mostly the indefinido instead
| yo | he encontradoI have found | nosotros | hemos encontradowe have found |
| tú | has encontradoyou have found | vosotros | habéis encontradoyou all have found |
| él/ella/Ud. | ha encontradohe/she has found | ellos/Uds. | han encontradothey have found |
Presente de subjuntivo
Present subjunctive — after que with wishes, doubt, emotion, ojalá
| yo | encuentre(that) I find | nosotros | encontremos(that) we find |
| tú | encuentres(that) you find | vosotros | encontréis(that) you all find |
| él/ella/Ud. | encuentre(that) he/she finds | ellos/Uds. | encuentren(that) they find |
Perfecto de subjuntivo
Present perfect subjunctive — have —ed, under doubt or emotion: no creo que haya venido
| yo | haya encontrado(that) I have found | nosotros | hayamos encontrado(that) we have found |
| tú | hayas encontrado(that) you have found | vosotros | hayáis encontrado(that) you all have found |
| él/ella/Ud. | haya encontrado(that) he/she has found | ellos/Uds. | hayan encontrado(that) they have found |
Pasadowhat went on
Pretérito indefinido
Preterite — a finished past action — it started, it ended
| yo | encontréI found | nosotros | encontramoswe found |
| tú | encontrasteyou found | vosotros | encontrasteisyou all found |
| él/ella/Ud. | encontróhe/she found | ellos/Uds. | encontraronthey found |
Pretérito imperfecto
Imperfect — used to / was —ing; background, habits, descriptions
| yo | encontrabaI used to find | nosotros | encontrábamoswe used to find |
| tú | encontrabasyou used to find | vosotros | encontrabaisyou all used to find |
| él/ella/Ud. | encontrabahe/she used to find | ellos/Uds. | encontrabanthey used to find |
Pretérito pluscuamperfecto
Past perfect — had —ed; further back than another past event
| yo | había encontradoI had found | nosotros | habíamos encontradowe had found |
| tú | habías encontradoyou had found | vosotros | habíais encontradoyou all had found |
| él/ella/Ud. | había encontradohe/she had found | ellos/Uds. | habían encontradothey had found |
Imperfecto de subjuntivo (-ra)
Imperfect subjunctive — si clauses and past-tense wishes: si tuviera, quería que fuera
| yo | encontrara(that) I found | nosotros | encontráramos(that) we found |
| tú | encontraras(that) you found | vosotros | encontrarais(that) you all found |
| él/ella/Ud. | encontrara(that) he/she found | ellos/Uds. | encontraran(that) they found |
Imperfecto de subjuntivo (-se)
Imperfect subjunctive — the same tense, second form; commoner in Spain and in writing
| yo | encontrase(that) I found | nosotros | encontrásemos(that) we found |
| tú | encontrases(that) you found | vosotros | encontraseis(that) you all found |
| él/ella/Ud. | encontrase(that) he/she found | ellos/Uds. | encontrasen(that) they found |
Pluscuamperfecto de subjuntivo
Past perfect subjunctive — had —ed, hypothetically: si hubiera sabido
| yo | hubiera encontrado(that) I had found | nosotros | hubiéramos encontrado(that) we had found |
| tú | hubieras encontrado(that) you had found | vosotros | hubierais encontrado(that) you all had found |
| él/ella/Ud. | hubiera encontrado(that) he/she had found | ellos/Uds. | hubieran encontrado(that) they had found |
Pretérito anterior
Preterite perfect — had —ed, immediately before; literary, all but extinct
| yo | hube encontradoI had found | nosotros | hubimos encontradowe had found |
| tú | hubiste encontradoyou had found | vosotros | hubisteis encontradoyou all had found |
| él/ella/Ud. | hubo encontradohe/she had found | ellos/Uds. | hubieron encontradothey had found |
Futurowhat will or would go on
Futuro simple
Future — will — (spoken Spanish often prefers voy a + infinitivo)
| yo | encontraréI will find | nosotros | encontraremoswe will find |
| tú | encontrarásyou will find | vosotros | encontraréisyou all will find |
| él/ella/Ud. | encontraráhe/she will find | ellos/Uds. | encontraránthey will find |
Condicional simple
Conditional — would —; also softens a request into politeness
| yo | encontraríaI would find | nosotros | encontraríamoswe would find |
| tú | encontraríasyou would find | vosotros | encontraríaisyou all would find |
| él/ella/Ud. | encontraríahe/she would find | ellos/Uds. | encontraríanthey would find |
Futuro perfecto
Future perfect — will have —ed; done by some future point
| yo | habré encontradoI will have found | nosotros | habremos encontradowe will have found |
| tú | habrás encontradoyou will have found | vosotros | habréis encontradoyou all will have found |
| él/ella/Ud. | habrá encontradohe/she will have found | ellos/Uds. | habrán encontradothey will have found |
Condicional perfecto
Conditional perfect — would have —ed; the road not taken
| yo | habría encontradoI would have found | nosotros | habríamos encontradowe would have found |
| tú | habrías encontradoyou would have found | vosotros | habríais encontradoyou all would have found |
| él/ella/Ud. | habría encontradohe/she would have found | ellos/Uds. | habrían encontradothey would have found |
Futuro de subjuntivo
Future subjunctive — legal and proverbial only: adonde fueres, haz lo que vieres
| yo | encontrare(should) I find | nosotros | encontráremos(should) we find |
| tú | encontrares(should) you find | vosotros | encontrareis(should) you all find |
| él/ella/Ud. | encontrare(should) he/she find | ellos/Uds. | encontraren(should) they find |
Imperativotelling someone to
Imperativo afirmativo
Imperative (do it) — orders and requests; there is no yo form
| yo | — | nosotros | encontremoslet's find |
| tú | encuentrafind! | vosotros | encontradfind! |
| él/ella/Ud. | encuentrefind! | ellos/Uds. | encuentrenfind! |
Imperativo negativo
Imperative (don't) — no + subjunctive — never the affirmative form with no in front
| yo | — | nosotros | no encontremoslet's not find |
| tú | no encuentresdon't find | vosotros | no encontréisdon't find |
| él/ella/Ud. | no encuentredon't find | ellos/Uds. | no encuentrendon't find |
Red = the form breaks the regular pattern. Everything in black you could have worked out from the endings alone.