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Hincharse is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to become swollen”.
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 hincho) or after the infinitive (e.g. Él tiene que hincharse).
Below are all of the conjugations for hincharse 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 swollen |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | hincharse |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está hinchándose) and past continuous (estaba hinchándose). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. became swollen).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he become swollen and hubiera become swollen. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have becoming swollen).
| Gerundio / Gerund | hinchándose |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | become swollen |
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 swollen” or “they become swollen”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | me hincho |
| Tú | te hinchas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se hincha |
| Nosotros / as | nos hinchamos |
| Vosotros / as | os hincháis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se hinchan |
| Vos | te hinchás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I become swollen” or “she become swollen” 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 hinché | I become swollen |
| Tú | te hinchaste | You become swollen |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se hinchó | He / she / you become swollen |
| Nosotros / as | nos hinchamos | We become swollen |
| Vosotros / as | os hinchasteis | You become swollen |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se hincharon | They / you become swollen |
| Vos | te hinchaste | You become swollen |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was became swollen” or “she was became swollen” 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 hinchaba | I was became swollen |
| Tú | te hinchabas | You were became swollen |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se hinchaba | He was / she was / you were became swollen |
| Nosotros / as | nos hinchábamos | We were became swollen |
| Vosotros / as | os hinchabais | You were became swollen |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se hinchaban | They / you were became swollen |
| Vos | te hinchabas | You were became swollen |
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 swollen” and “she has becoming swollen”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me he become swollen | I have becoming swollen |
| Tú | te has become swollen | You have becoming swollen |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se ha become swollen | He has / she has / you have becoming swollen |
| Nosotros / as | nos hemos become swollen | We have becoming swollen |
| Vosotros / as | os habéis become swollen | You have becoming swollen |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se han become swollen | They / you have becoming swollen |
| Vos | te has become swollen | You have becoming swollen |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would become swolen” or “she would become swolen”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me hincharía | I would become swollen |
| Tú | te hincharías | You would become swollen |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se hincharía | He / she / you would become swollen |
| Nosotros / as | nos hincharíamos | We would become swollen |
| Vosotros / as | os hincharíais | You would become swollen |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se hincharían | They / you would become swollen |
| Vos | te hincharías | You would become swollen |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will become swolen” or “they will become swolen”.
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 hincharse” means “They are going to become swolen”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me hincharé | I will become swollen |
| Tú | te hincharás | You will become swollen |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se hinchará | He / she / you will become swollen |
| Nosotros / as | nos hincharemos | We will become swollen |
| Vosotros / as | os hincharéis | You will become swollen |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se hincharán | They / you will become swollen |
| Vos | te hincharás | You will become swollen |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | me hinche |
| Tú | te hinches |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se hinche |
| Nosotros / as | nos hinchemos |
| Vosotros / as | os hinchéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se hinchen |
| Vos | te hinches |
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 hinchara | me hinchase |
| Tú | te hincharas | me hinchase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se hinchara | se hinchase |
| Nosotros / as | nos hincháramos | nos hinchásemos |
| Vosotros / as | os hincharais | os hinchaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se hincharan | se hinchasen |
| Vos | te hincharas | me hinchase |
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 hinchare |
| Tú | te hinchares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se hinchare |
| Nosotros / as | nos hincháremos |
| Vosotros / as | os hinchareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se hincharen |
| Vos | te hinchares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “become swolen!” and “don’t become swolen!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | hínchate | no te hinches |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hínchese | no se hinche |
| Nosotros / as | hinchémonos | no nos hinchemos |
| Vosotros / as | hinchaos | no os hinchéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hínchense | no se hinchen |
| Vos | hinchate | no te hinches |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya become swollen |
| Tú | hayas become swollen |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya become swollen |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos become swollen |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis become swollen |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan become swollen |
| Vos | hayas become swollen |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera become swollen / hubiese become swollen |
| Tú | hubieras become swollen / hubieses become swollen |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera become swollen / hubiese become swollen |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos become swollen / hubiésemos become swollen |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais become swollen / hubieseis become swollen |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran become swollen / hubiesen become swollen |
| Vos | hubieras become swollen / hubieses become swollen |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere become swollen |
| Tú | hubieres become swollen |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere become swollen |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos become swollen |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis become swollen |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren become swollen |
| Vos | hubieres become swollen |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté hinchándose |
| Tú | estés hinchándose |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté hinchándose |
| Nosotros / as | estemos hinchándose |
| Vosotros / as | estéis hinchándose |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén hinchándose |
| Vos | estés hinchándose |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera hinchándose / estuviese hinchándose |
| Tú | estuvieras hinchándose / estuvieses hinchándose |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera hinchándose / estuviese hinchándose |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos hinchándose / estuviésamos hinchándose |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais hinchándose / estuvieseis hinchándose |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera hinchándose / estuviese hinchándose |
| Vos | estuvieras hinchándose / estuvieses hinchándose |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere hinchándose |
| Tú | estuvieres hinchándose |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere hinchándose |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos hinchándose |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis hinchándose |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere hinchándose |
| Vos | estuvieres hinchándose |
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 hinchás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos te hinchaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos te hinchabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos te hincharías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos te hincharás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos te hinches |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos te hincharas / Vos me hinchase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos hinchate |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no te hinches |