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Enfadarse is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to get mad, anger”.
It’s a reflexive verb, which means the subject performs the action upon themselves – e.g. “I wake myself”.
Reflexive verbs always carry a reflexive pronoun – me, te, se, nos or os – which is often placed before the conjugated verb (e.g. me enfado) or after the infinitive (e.g. Él tiene que enfadarse).
Below are all of the conjugations for enfadarse in Spanish, in all three moods (indicative/indicativo, subjunctive/subjunctivo and imperative/imperativo) and all of the tenses, for each pronoun.
The vosotros pronoun is mainly used in mainland Spain, and is the informal second-person plural – it could be considered the Spanish version of “y’all”. It is rarely found in Latin America, where ustedes is used instead.
The vos form is used instead of tú in some Spanish speaking countries of South America, especially the Southern Cone (e.g. Argentina and Uruguay) and has a different conjugation.
| English Infinitive | to get mad, anger |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | enfadarse |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está enfadándose) and past continuous (estaba enfadándose). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. getting mad).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he enfadado and hubiera enfadado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have gotten mad).
| Gerundio / Gerund | enfadándose |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | enfadado |
The basic form of speech, el indicativo is used for making statements, talking about facts, events and things that are certain and objective.
The present tense is as it sounds – it’s for talking about things that are currently going on, which are habitual, or which generally exist. In English, this would be “I get mad” or “they get mad”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | me enfado |
| Tú | te enfadas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se enfada |
| Nosotros / as | nos enfadamos |
| Vosotros / as | os enfadáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se enfadan |
| Vos | te enfadás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I got mad” or “she got mad” in English.
In Spanish, there are two past tenses where just one is used in English; the pretérite infefinido is typically used to refer to a concrete, specific moment in time.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me enfadé | I got mad |
| Tú | te enfadaste | You got mad |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se enfadó | He / she / you got mad |
| Nosotros / as | nos enfadamos | We got mad |
| Vosotros / as | os enfadasteis | You got mad |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se enfadaron | They / you got mad |
| Vos | te enfadaste | You got mad |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was getting mad” or “she was getting mad” in English, and is typically used to describe things and set a scene, talk about events without a specific timeframe, or talk about habitual events or states in the past.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me enfadaba | I was getting mad |
| Tú | te enfadabas | You were getting mad |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se enfadaba | He was / she was / you were getting mad |
| Nosotros / as | nos enfadábamos | We were getting mad |
| Vosotros / as | os enfadabais | You were getting mad |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se enfadaban | They / you were getting mad |
| Vos | te enfadabas | You were getting mad |
The perfect tense is for talking about things which happened in the past but are still related to the present or continue into the present.
In English, these use the auxiliary verbs ‘have’ and ‘has’ – i.e. “I have gotten mad” and “she has gotten mad”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me he enfadado | I have gotten mad |
| Tú | te has enfadado | You have gotten mad |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se ha enfadado | He has / she has / you have gotten mad |
| Nosotros / as | nos hemos enfadado | We have gotten mad |
| Vosotros / as | os habéis enfadado | You have gotten mad |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se han enfadado | They / you have gotten mad |
| Vos | te has enfadado | You have gotten mad |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would get mad” or “she would get mad”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me enfadaría | I would get mad |
| Tú | te enfadarías | You would get mad |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se enfadaría | He / she / you would get mad |
| Nosotros / as | nos enfadaríamos | We would get mad |
| Vosotros / as | os enfadaríais | You would get mad |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se enfadarían | They / you would get mad |
| Vos | te enfadarías | You would get mad |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will get mad” or “they will get mad”.
It is more commonly used for making a hypothesis about the present. To talk about the future, Spanish speakers frequently use “ir + a + infinivo”, e.g. “van a enfadarse” means “They are going to get mad”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me enfadaré | I will get mad |
| Tú | te enfadarás | You will get mad |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se enfadará | He / she / you will get mad |
| Nosotros / as | nos enfadaremos | We will get mad |
| Vosotros / as | os enfadaréis | You will get mad |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se enfadarán | They / you will get mad |
| Vos | te enfadarás | You will get mad |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | me enfade |
| Tú | te enfades |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se enfade |
| Nosotros / as | nos enfademos |
| Vosotros / as | os enfadéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se enfaden |
| Vos | te enfades |
There are two ways to form the imperfect subjunctive.
The first option sees verbs ending in -era (for -er and -ir verbs) and -ara (for -ar verbs), while the second sees verbs ending in -ese (for -er and -ir verbs) and -ase (for -ar verbs).
There is no difference between these two forms, and Spanish speakers use them interchangeably.
| Pronoun | Spanish era/ara | Spanish ese/ase |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me enfadara | me enfadase |
| Tú | te enfadaras | me enfadase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se enfadara | se enfadase |
| Nosotros / as | nos enfadáramos | nos enfadásemos |
| Vosotros / as | os enfadarais | os enfadaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se enfadaran | se enfadasen |
| Vos | te enfadaras | me enfadase |
The future subjunctive is no longer used in modern-day Spanish, apart from in literary and legal contexts, and there is no need to learn it.
It is formed the same as the past/imperfect subjunctive, but with -e endings instead of -a endings.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | me enfadare |
| Tú | te enfadares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se enfadare |
| Nosotros / as | nos enfadáremos |
| Vosotros / as | os enfadareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se enfadaren |
| Vos | te enfadares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “get mad!” and “don’t get mad!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | enfádate | no te enfades |
| Él / Ella / Usted | enfádese | no se enfade |
| Nosotros / as | enfadémonos | no nos enfademos |
| Vosotros / as | enfadaos | no os enfadéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | enfádense | no se enfaden |
| Vos | enfadate | no te enfades |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya enfadado |
| Tú | hayas enfadado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya enfadado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos enfadado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis enfadado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan enfadado |
| Vos | hayas enfadado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera enfadado / hubiese enfadado |
| Tú | hubieras enfadado / hubieses enfadado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera enfadado / hubiese enfadado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos enfadado / hubiésemos enfadado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais enfadado / hubieseis enfadado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran enfadado / hubiesen enfadado |
| Vos | hubieras enfadado / hubieses enfadado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere enfadado |
| Tú | hubieres enfadado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere enfadado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos enfadado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis enfadado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren enfadado |
| Vos | hubieres enfadado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté enfadándose |
| Tú | estés enfadándose |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté enfadándose |
| Nosotros / as | estemos enfadándose |
| Vosotros / as | estéis enfadándose |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén enfadándose |
| Vos | estés enfadándose |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera enfadándose / estuviese enfadándose |
| Tú | estuvieras enfadándose / estuvieses enfadándose |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera enfadándose / estuviese enfadándose |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos enfadándose / estuviésamos enfadándose |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais enfadándose / estuvieseis enfadándose |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera enfadándose / estuviese enfadándose |
| Vos | estuvieras enfadándose / estuvieses enfadándose |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere enfadándose |
| Tú | estuvieres enfadándose |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere enfadándose |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos enfadándose |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis enfadándose |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere enfadándose |
| Vos | estuvieres enfadándose |
Voseo is the practice of using ‘vos’ instead of ‘tú’ as the second-person singular pronoun, and is common throughout much of South America.
There are various versions of ‘voseo’ used throughout the Spanish-speaking world. The conjugations for the most common type – used throughout Argentina, parts of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguya and Uruguay are below.
The present indicative (presente de indicativo) and affirmative imperative (imperativo) have different conjugations from the tú form, while all other tenses generally use the tú form.
| Tense | Vos Conjugation |
|---|---|
| Present Indicative Presente de Indicativo | Vos te enfadás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos te enfadaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos te enfadabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos te enfadarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos te enfadarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos te enfades |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos te enfadaras / Vos me enfadase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos enfadate |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no te enfades |