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Erizarse is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to get goosebumps”.
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 erizo) or after the infinitive (e.g. Él tiene que erizarse).
Below are all of the conjugations for erizarse 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 goosebumps |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | erizarse |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está erizándose) and past continuous (estaba erizándose). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. getting goosebumps).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he erizado and hubiera erizado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have gotten goosebumps).
| Gerundio / Gerund | erizándose |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | erizado |
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 goosebumps” or “they get goosebumps”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | me erizo |
| Tú | te erizas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se eriza |
| Nosotros / as | nos erizamos |
| Vosotros / as | os erizáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se erizan |
| Vos | erizás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I got goosebumps” or “she got goosebumps” 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 ericé | I got goosebumps |
| Tú | te erizaste | You got goosebumps |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se erizó | He / she / you got goosebumps |
| Nosotros / as | nos erizamos | We got goosebumps |
| Vosotros / as | os erizasteis | You got goosebumps |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se erizaron | They / you got goosebumps |
| Vos | te erizaste | You got goosebumps |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was getting goosebumps” or “she was getting goosebumps” 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 erizaba | I was getting goosebumps |
| Tú | te erizabas | You were getting goosebumps |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se erizaba | He was / she was / you were getting goosebumps |
| Nosotros / as | nos erizábamos | We were getting goosebumps |
| Vosotros / as | os erizabais | You were getting goosebumps |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se erizaban | They / you were getting goosebumps |
| Vos | te erizabas | You were getting goosebumps |
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 goosebumps” and “she has gotten goosebumps”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me he erizado | I have gotten goosebumps |
| Tú | te has erizado | You have gotten goosebumps |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se ha erizado | He has / she has / you have gotten goosebumps |
| Nosotros / as | nos hemos erizado | We have gotten goosebumps |
| Vosotros / as | os habéis erizado | You have gotten goosebumps |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se han erizado | They / you have gotten goosebumps |
| Vos | te has erizado | You have gotten goosebumps |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would get goosebumps” or “she would get goosebumps”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me erizaría | I would get goosebumps |
| Tú | te erizarías | You would get goosebumps |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se erizaría | He / she / you would get goosebumps |
| Nosotros / as | nos erizaríamos | We would get goosebumps |
| Vosotros / as | os erizaríais | You would get goosebumps |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se erizarían | They / you would get goosebumps |
| Vos | te erizarías | You would get goosebumps |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will get goosebumps” or “they will get goosebumps”.
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 erizarse” means “They are going to get goosebumps”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me erizaré | I will get goosebumps |
| Tú | te erizarás | You will get goosebumps |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se erizará | He / she / you will get goosebumps |
| Nosotros / as | nos erizaremos | We will get goosebumps |
| Vosotros / as | os erizaréis | You will get goosebumps |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se erizarán | They / you will get goosebumps |
| Vos | te erizarás | You will get goosebumps |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | me erice |
| Tú | te erices |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se erice |
| Nosotros / as | nos ericemos |
| Vosotros / as | os ericéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se ericen |
| Vos | te erices |
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 erizara | me erizase |
| Tú | te erizaras | me erizase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se erizara | se erizase |
| Nosotros / as | nos erizáramos | nos erizásemos |
| Vosotros / as | os erizarais | os erizaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se erizaran | se erizasen |
| Vos | te erizaras | me erizase |
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 erizare |
| Tú | te erizares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se erizare |
| Nosotros / as | nos erizáremos |
| Vosotros / as | os erizareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se erizaren |
| Vos | te erizares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “get goosebumps!” and “don’t get goosebumps!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | erízate | no te erices |
| Él / Ella / Usted | erícese | no se erice |
| Nosotros / as | ericémonos | no nos ericemos |
| Vosotros / as | erizaos | no os ericéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | erícense | no se ericen |
| Vos | erizá | no te erices |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya erizado |
| Tú | hayas erizado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya erizado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos erizado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis erizado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan erizado |
| Vos | hayas erizado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera erizado / hubiese erizado |
| Tú | hubieras erizado / hubieses erizado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera erizado / hubiese erizado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos erizado / hubiésemos erizado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais erizado / hubieseis erizado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran erizado / hubiesen erizado |
| Vos | hubieras erizado / hubieses erizado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere erizado |
| Tú | hubieres erizado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere erizado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos erizado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis erizado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren erizado |
| Vos | hubieres erizado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté erizándose |
| Tú | estés erizándose |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté erizándose |
| Nosotros / as | estemos erizándose |
| Vosotros / as | estéis erizándose |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén erizándose |
| Vos | estés erizándose |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera erizándose / estuviese erizándose |
| Tú | estuvieras erizándose / estuvieses erizándose |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera erizándose / estuviese erizándose |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos erizándose / estuviésamos erizándose |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais erizándose / estuvieseis erizándose |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera erizándose / estuviese erizándose |
| Vos | estuvieras erizándose / estuvieses erizándose |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere erizándose |
| Tú | estuvieres erizándose |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere erizándose |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos erizándose |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis erizándose |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere erizándose |
| Vos | estuvieres erizándose |
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 erizás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos te erizaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos te erizabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos te erizarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos te erizarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos te erices |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos te erizaras / Vos me erizase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos erizá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no te erices |