Enjuagar means ‘to rinse’. It is a regular -ar verb with a spelling change (g becomes gu before e): enjuago (present), enjuagué (preterite), enjuagado (past participle), enjuagando (gerund).
Enjuagar in use
Enjuaga bien el arroz antes de cocerloRinse the rice well before cooking it
Me enjuagué la boca después de cepillarme los dientesI rinsed my mouth after brushing my teeth
¿Has enjuagado ya los vasos?Have you rinsed the glasses yet?
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Indicative
Statements of fact, certainty and objective reality
ending the ending you addstem letters that changehaber auxiliary
In Spain aclarar is the everyday verb for rinsing dishes, clothes or hair (aclarar los platos). Enjuagarse is the usual word for rinsing your mouth.
More tenses
The other perfect tenses (haber + past participle) and the past subjunctive
The imperfect subjunctive has two forms: -ra (more common in speech) and -se (more formal; still heard in speech in Spain, mainly written in Latin America). Both are equally correct and interchangeable.
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