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Fatigarse is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to wear out”.
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 fatigo) or after the infinitive (e.g. Él tiene que fatigarse).
Below are all of the conjugations for fatigarse 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 wear out |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | fatigarse |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está fatigándose) and past continuous (estaba fatigándose). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. wore out).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he worn out and hubiera worn out. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have wearing out).
| Gerundio / Gerund | fatigándose |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | worn out |
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 wear out” or “they wear out”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | me fatigo |
| Tú | te fatigas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se fatiga |
| Nosotros / as | nos fatigamos |
| Vosotros / as | os fatigáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se fatigan |
| Vos | fatigás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I wear out” or “she wear out” 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 fatigué | I wear out |
| Tú | te fatigaste | You wear out |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se fatigó | He / she / you wear out |
| Nosotros / as | nos fatigamos | We wear out |
| Vosotros / as | os fatigasteis | You wear out |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se fatigaron | They / you wear out |
| Vos | te fatigaste | You wear out |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was wore out” or “she was wore out” 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 fatigaba | I was wore out |
| Tú | te fatigabas | You were wore out |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se fatigaba | He was / she was / you were wore out |
| Nosotros / as | nos fatigábamos | We were wore out |
| Vosotros / as | os fatigabais | You were wore out |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se fatigaban | They / you were wore out |
| Vos | te fatigabas | You were wore out |
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 wearing out” and “she has wearing out”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me he worn out | I have wearing out |
| Tú | te has worn out | You have wearing out |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se ha worn out | He has / she has / you have wearing out |
| Nosotros / as | nos hemos worn out | We have wearing out |
| Vosotros / as | os habéis worn out | You have wearing out |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se han worn out | They / you have wearing out |
| Vos | te has worn out | You have wearing out |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would wear out” or “she would wear out”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me fatigaría | I would wear out |
| Tú | te fatigarías | You would wear out |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se fatigaría | He / she / you would wear out |
| Nosotros / as | nos fatigaríamos | We would wear out |
| Vosotros / as | os fatigaríais | You would wear out |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se fatigarían | They / you would wear out |
| Vos | te fatigarías | You would wear out |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will wear out” or “they will wear out”.
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 fatigarse” means “They are going to wear out”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me fatigaré | I will wear out |
| Tú | te fatigarás | You will wear out |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se fatigará | He / she / you will wear out |
| Nosotros / as | nos fatigaremos | We will wear out |
| Vosotros / as | os fatigaréis | You will wear out |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se fatigarán | They / you will wear out |
| Vos | te fatigarás | You will wear out |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | me fatigue |
| Tú | te fatigues |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se fatigue |
| Nosotros / as | nos fatiguemos |
| Vosotros / as | os fatiguéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se fatiguen |
| Vos | te fatigues |
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 fatigara | me fatigase |
| Tú | te fatigaras | me fatigase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se fatigara | se fatigase |
| Nosotros / as | nos fatigáramos | nos fatigásemos |
| Vosotros / as | os fatigarais | os fatigaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se fatigaran | se fatigasen |
| Vos | te fatigaras | me fatigase |
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 fatigare |
| Tú | te fatigares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se fatigare |
| Nosotros / as | nos fatigáremos |
| Vosotros / as | os fatigareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se fatigaren |
| Vos | te fatigares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “wear out!” and “don’t wear out!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | fatígate | no te fatigues |
| Él / Ella / Usted | fatíguese | no se fatigue |
| Nosotros / as | fatiguémonos | no nos fatiguemos |
| Vosotros / as | fatigaos | no os fatiguéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | fatíguense | no se fatiguen |
| Vos | fatigate | no te fatigues |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya worn out |
| Tú | hayas worn out |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya worn out |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos worn out |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis worn out |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan worn out |
| Vos | hayas worn out |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera worn out / hubiese worn out |
| Tú | hubieras worn out / hubieses worn out |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera worn out / hubiese worn out |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos worn out / hubiésemos worn out |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais worn out / hubieseis worn out |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran worn out / hubiesen worn out |
| Vos | hubieras worn out / hubieses worn out |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere worn out |
| Tú | hubieres worn out |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere worn out |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos worn out |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis worn out |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren worn out |
| Vos | hubieres worn out |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté fatigándose |
| Tú | estés fatigándose |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté fatigándose |
| Nosotros / as | estemos fatigándose |
| Vosotros / as | estéis fatigándose |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén fatigándose |
| Vos | estés fatigándose |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera fatigándose / estuviese fatigándose |
| Tú | estuvieras fatigándose / estuvieses fatigándose |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera fatigándose / estuviese fatigándose |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos fatigándose / estuviésamos fatigándose |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais fatigándose / estuvieseis fatigándose |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera fatigándose / estuviese fatigándose |
| Vos | estuvieras fatigándose / estuvieses fatigándose |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere fatigándose |
| Tú | estuvieres fatigándose |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere fatigándose |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos fatigándose |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis fatigándose |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere fatigándose |
| Vos | estuvieres fatigándose |
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 fatigás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos te fatigaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos te fatigabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos te fatigarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos te fatigarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos te fatigues |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos te fatigaras / Vos me fatigase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos fatigate |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no te fatigues |