Spanish Verb Enviar Conjugation

The verb enviar in Spanish means to send. It is an -ar verb that follows regular conjugation patterns like necesitar and ayudar. However, it is a bit different because some of the enviar conjugations have an accent mark. Below you can find tables with the conjugations in the indicative mood (present, past and future), subjunctive mood (present and past), imperative mood, and other verb forms.

How to Use Enviar in Spanish

The verb enviar can be used whenever you would say "to send" in English. Another common Spanish verb that also means "to send" is the verb mandar. You can use the verb enviar to talk about sending someone to go somewhere, such as El padre envió a los niños a la escuela (The father sent the kids to school), or to talk about sending something, such as Ella envió flores (She sent flowers). Notice that when you talk about sending something to someone, you must use the indirect object pronoun, such as Ella me envió una postal durante su viaje (She sent me a postcard during her trip). In the tables below you can see more examples of how the verb enviar can be used.

Enviar Present Indicative

Notice that in some of the present tense conjugations there is an accent mark on the i. The vowel i is a weak vowel, so in order to put the stress on the i, we need to add the accent mark.

Enviar Preterite Indicative

In Spanish, to talk about the past you can use the preterite or the imperfect tense. The preterite tense is used to describe punctual actions or events that have a defined ending in the past.

Enviar Imperfect Indicative

The imperfect tense is used to give descriptions or to talk about ongoing or habitual actions in the past. The imperfect is often translated to English as "was sending" or "used to send."

Enviar Future Indicative

Enviar Periphrastic Future Indicative

Periphrastic verb forms consist of more than one component. In this case, the periphrastic future is formed with the conjugated verb ir (to go), the preposition a and the infinitive of the verb enviar. Notice that when using an indirect object pronoun, you must place it before the conjugated verb ir, as in Yo te voy a enviar un mensaje (I am going to send you a message). 

Enviar Present Progressive/Gerund Form

To form the present participle, drop the -ar and add the ending -ando. The present participle is used to form progressive verb tenses such as the present progressive.

Present Progressive of Enviar: está enviando 

is sending -> Ella está enviando fotos del viaje.

Enviar Past Participle

To form the past participle, drop the -ar and add the ending -ado. The past participle can be used to form compound tenses such as the present perfect.

Present Perfect of Enviar: ha enviado 

has sent -> Ella ha enviado fotos del viaje. 

Enviar Conditional Indicative

Enviar Present Subjunctive

Enviar Imperfect Subjunctive

There are two possible conjugations for the imperfect subjunctive. Usage depends mostly on location (some countries or areas prefer one over the other), but both are considered correct. 

Option 1

Option 2

Enviar Imperative 

When you want to give a command or a direct order, use the imperative mood. There are positive and negative commands, which have slightly different forms for tú and vosotros.

When using the indirect object pronouns, you should attach the pronoun to the end of the positive commands, as in Envíame una foto (Send me a photo), but in negative commands you have to put the pronoun before the verb, as in No me envíes una foto (Don't send me a photo).

Positive Commands

Negative Commands