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Habituarse is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to become accustomed to”.
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 habitúo) or after the infinitive (e.g. Él tiene que habituarse).
Below are all of the conjugations for habituarse 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 become accustomed to |
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Spanish Infinitive | habituarse |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está habituándose) and past continuous (estaba habituándose). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. became acostomed to).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he become acostomed to and hubiera become acostomed to. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have becoming acostomed to).
Gerundio / Gerund | habituándose |
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Participio / Past Participle | become acostomed to |
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 become acostomed to” or “they become acostomed to”.
Pronoun | Spanish |
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Yo | me habitúo |
Tú | te habitúas |
Él / Ella / Usted | se habitúa |
Nosotros / as | nos habituamos |
Vosotros / as | os habituáis |
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se habitúan |
Vos | te habituás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I become acostomed to” or “she become acostomed to” 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 |
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Yo | me habitué | I become acostomed to |
Tú | te habituaste | You become acostomed to |
Él / Ella / Usted | se habituó | He / she / you become acostomed to |
Nosotros / as | nos habituamos | We become acostomed to |
Vosotros / as | os habituasteis | You become acostomed to |
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se habituaron | They / you become acostomed to |
Vos | te habituaste | You become acostomed to |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was became acostomed to” or “she was became acostomed to” 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 |
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Yo | me habituaba | I was became acostomed to |
Tú | te habituabas | You were became acostomed to |
Él / Ella / Usted | se habituaba | He was / she was / you were became acostomed to |
Nosotros / as | nos habituábamos | We were became acostomed to |
Vosotros / as | os habituabais | You were became acostomed to |
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se habituaban | They / you were became acostomed to |
Vos | te habituabas | You were became acostomed to |
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 becoming acostomed to” and “she has becoming acostomed to”.
Pronoun | Spanish | English |
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Yo | me he become acostomed to | I have becoming acostomed to |
Tú | te has become acostomed to | You have becoming acostomed to |
Él / Ella / Usted | se ha become acostomed to | He has / she has / you have becoming acostomed to |
Nosotros / as | nos hemos become acostomed to | We have becoming acostomed to |
Vosotros / as | os habéis become acostomed to | You have becoming acostomed to |
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se han become acostomed to | They / you have becoming acostomed to |
Vos | te has become acostomed to | You have becoming acostomed to |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would become acostomed to” or “she would become acostomed to”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
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Yo | me habituaría | I would become acostomed to |
Tú | te habituarías | You would become acostomed to |
Él / Ella / Usted | se habituaría | He / she / you would become acostomed to |
Nosotros / as | nos habituaríamos | We would become acostomed to |
Vosotros / as | os habituaríais | You would become acostomed to |
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se habituarían | They / you would become acostomed to |
Vos | te habituarías | You would become acostomed to |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will become acostomed to” or “they will become acostomed to”.
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 habituarse” means “They are going to become acostomed to”.
Pronoun | Spanish | English |
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Yo | me habituaré | I will become acostomed to |
Tú | te habituarás | You will become acostomed to |
Él / Ella / Usted | se habituará | He / she / you will become acostomed to |
Nosotros / as | nos habituaremos | We will become acostomed to |
Vosotros / as | os habituaréis | You will become acostomed to |
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se habituarán | They / you will become acostomed to |
Vos | te habituarás | You will become acostomed to |
Pronoun | Spanish |
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Yo | me habitúe |
Tú | te habitúes |
Él / Ella / Usted | se habitúe |
Nosotros / as | nos habituemos |
Vosotros / as | os habituéis |
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se habitúen |
Vos | te habitúes |
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 |
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Yo | me habituara | me habituase |
Tú | te habituaras | me habituase |
Él / Ella / Usted | se habituara | se habituase |
Nosotros / as | nos habituáramos | nos habituásemos |
Vosotros / as | os habituarais | os habituaseis |
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se habituaran | se habituasen |
Vos | te habituaras | me habituase |
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 |
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Yo | me habituare |
Tú | te habituares |
Él / Ella / Usted | se habituare |
Nosotros / as | nos habituáremos |
Vosotros / as | os habituareis |
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se habituaren |
Vos | te habituares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “become acostomed to!” and “don’t become acostomed to!”.
Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
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Tú | habitúate | no te habitúes |
Él / Ella / Usted | habitúese | no se habitúe |
Nosotros / as | habituémonos | no nos habituemos |
Vosotros / as | habituaos | no os habituéis |
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | habitúense | no se habitúen |
Vos | habituate | no te habitúes |
Pronoun | Spanish |
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Yo | haya become acostomed to |
Tú | hayas become acostomed to |
Él / Ella / Usted | haya become acostomed to |
Nosotros / as | hayamos become acostomed to |
Vosotros / as | hayáis become acostomed to |
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan become acostomed to |
Vos | hayas become acostomed to |
Pronoun | Spanish |
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Yo | hubiera become acostomed to / hubiese become acostomed to |
Tú | hubieras become acostomed to / hubieses become acostomed to |
Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera become acostomed to / hubiese become acostomed to |
Nosotros / as | hubiéramos become acostomed to / hubiésemos become acostomed to |
Vosotros / as | hubierais become acostomed to / hubieseis become acostomed to |
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran become acostomed to / hubiesen become acostomed to |
Vos | hubieras become acostomed to / hubieses become acostomed to |
Pronoun | Spanish |
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Yo | hubiere become acostomed to |
Tú | hubieres become acostomed to |
Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere become acostomed to |
Nosotros / as | hubiéremos become acostomed to |
Vosotros / as | hubiereis become acostomed to |
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren become acostomed to |
Vos | hubieres become acostomed to |
Pronoun | Spanish |
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Yo | esté habituándose |
Tú | estés habituándose |
Él / Ella / Usted | esté habituándose |
Nosotros / as | estemos habituándose |
Vosotros / as | estéis habituándose |
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén habituándose |
Vos | estés habituándose |
Pronoun | Spanish |
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Yo | estuviera habituándose / estuviese habituándose |
Tú | estuvieras habituándose / estuvieses habituándose |
Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera habituándose / estuviese habituándose |
Nosotros / as | estuviéramos habituándose / estuviésamos habituándose |
Vosotros / as | estuvierais habituándose / estuvieseis habituándose |
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera habituándose / estuviese habituándose |
Vos | estuvieras habituándose / estuvieses habituándose |
Pronoun | Spanish |
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Yo | estuviere habituándose |
Tú | estuvieres habituándose |
Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere habituándose |
Nosotros / as | estuviéremos habituándose |
Vosotros / as | estuviereis habituándose |
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere habituándose |
Vos | estuvieres habituándose |
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 |
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Present Indicative Presente de Indicativo | Vos te habituás |
Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos te habituaste |
Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos te habituabas |
Conditional Condicional | Vos te habituarías |
Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos te habituarás |
Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos te habitúes |
Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos te habituaras / Vos me habituase |
Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos habituate |
Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no te habitúes |