Enfermar Subjunctive Mood in Latin American Spanish

The Subjunctive Mood of Enfermar is used to express wishes, doubts, or uncertainties about getting sick, for example: Espero que no enfermes. (I hope you don’t get sick.)

Enfermar is a regular -ar verb, so its conjugations in the Present Subjunctive follow the typical pattern for this verb type.

Conjugations

Conjugations of Enfermar (to become ill) in the Subjunctive Mood tense (Latin American Spanish):

Pronoun Conjugation
Yoenferme
enfermes
Él / Ella / Ustedenferme
Nosotros / Nosotrasenfermemos
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedesenfermen

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Usage of Enfermar in the Subjunctive Mood

The present subjunctive of enfermar is used to express wishes, desires, doubts, or uncertainties about someone or something becoming sick or ill.

Expressing wishes or desires: For example, Espero que no enfermes. (I hope you don’t get sick.)

Expressing doubts or uncertainties: For example, No creo que enferme tan pronto. (I don’t think he’ll get sick so soon.)

Colloquial usage: In some Latin American regions, enfermar can be used informally to mean “to annoy or bother someone,” as in ¡Me enfermas con tus quejas! (You’re annoying me with your complaints!)

Examples

Examples of Enfermar in the Subjunctive Mood

No quiero que enfermes por trabajar demasiado. (I don’t want you to get sick from working too much.)

Es importante que enfermemos lo menos posible. (It’s important that we get sick as little as possible.)

Aunque llueva, espero que no enfermes. (Even though it’s raining, I hope you don’t get sick.)

Mamá teme que los niños enfermen si no se abrigen bien. (Mom fears the kids will get sick if they don’t bundle up properly.)

El jefe no quiere que nadie enferme por el estrés laboral. (The boss doesn’t want anyone to get sick from work stress.)

Ojalá que tu abuela no enferme de gravedad. (Hopefully your grandmother doesn’t get seriously ill.)

Tengo miedo de que mi hijo enferme por la contaminación. (I’m afraid my son will get sick from the pollution.)

Dudo que enfermemos si comemos sano y hacemos ejercicio. (I doubt we’ll get sick if we eat healthy and exercise.)

A menos que enfermes, iremos de camping este fin de semana. (Unless you get sick, we’ll go camping this weekend.)

Siempre que viajo, temo que enferme por el cambio de clima. (Whenever I travel, I fear I’ll get sick from the climate change.)

Es raro que los atletas enfermen a menudo. (It’s rare for athletes to get sick often.)

Tal vez enfermes si no duermes lo suficiente. (Maybe you’ll get sick if you don’t sleep enough.)

Mientras no enfermes, podremos ir al concierto. (As long as you don’t get sick, we can go to the concert.)

Conjugations with English Translations

Conjugations of Enfermar (to become ill) in the Subjunctive Mood tense (Latin American Spanish) with English Translations:

Spanish English
Yo enferme I become ill
Tú enfermes You become ill
Él / Ella / Usted enferme He / She / You becomes ill
Nosotros / Nosotras enfermemos We become ill
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes enfermen They / You all become ill

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Synonyms

The Subjunctive mood is also known as the Simple Subjunctive, Subjunctive Present, or Present Subjunctive Mood in English, and as Presente de Subjuntivo, Subjuntivo Presente, Presente del Modo Subjuntivo, or Tiempo Presente del Subjuntivo in Spanish.