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Ilusionarse is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to have hope”.
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 ilusiono) or after the infinitive (e.g. Él tiene que ilusionarse).
Below are all of the conjugations for ilusionarse 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 have hope |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | ilusionarse |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está ilusionándose) and past continuous (estaba ilusionándose). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. had hope).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he had hope and hubiera had hope. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have having hope).
| Gerundio / Gerund | ilusionándose |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | had hope |
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 have hope” or “they have hope”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | me ilusiono |
| Tú | te ilusionas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se ilusiona |
| Nosotros / as | nos ilusionamos |
| Vosotros / as | os ilusionáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se ilusionan |
| Vos | ilusionás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I have hope” or “she have hope” 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 ilusioné | I have hope |
| Tú | te ilusionaste | You have hope |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se ilusionó | He / she / you have hope |
| Nosotros / as | nos ilusionamos | We have hope |
| Vosotros / as | os ilusionasteis | You have hope |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se ilusionaron | They / you have hope |
| Vos | te ilusionaste | You have hope |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was had hope” or “she was had hope” 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 ilusionaba | I was had hope |
| Tú | te ilusionabas | You were had hope |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se ilusionaba | He was / she was / you were had hope |
| Nosotros / as | nos ilusionábamos | We were had hope |
| Vosotros / as | os ilusionabais | You were had hope |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se ilusionaban | They / you were had hope |
| Vos | te ilusionabas | You were had hope |
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 having hope” and “she has having hope”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me he had hope | I have having hope |
| Tú | te has had hope | You have having hope |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se ha had hope | He has / she has / you have having hope |
| Nosotros / as | nos hemos had hope | We have having hope |
| Vosotros / as | os habéis had hope | You have having hope |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se han had hope | They / you have having hope |
| Vos | te has had hope | You have having hope |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would have hope” or “she would have hope”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me ilusionaría | I would have hope |
| Tú | te ilusionarías | You would have hope |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se ilusionaría | He / she / you would have hope |
| Nosotros / as | nos ilusionaríamos | We would have hope |
| Vosotros / as | os ilusionaríais | You would have hope |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se ilusionarían | They / you would have hope |
| Vos | te ilusionarías | You would have hope |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will have hope” or “they will have hope”.
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 ilusionarse” means “They are going to have hope”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me ilusionaré | I will have hope |
| Tú | te ilusionarás | You will have hope |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se ilusionará | He / she / you will have hope |
| Nosotros / as | nos ilusionaremos | We will have hope |
| Vosotros / as | os ilusionaréis | You will have hope |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se ilusionarán | They / you will have hope |
| Vos | te ilusionarás | You will have hope |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | me ilusione |
| Tú | te ilusiones |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se ilusione |
| Nosotros / as | nos ilusionemos |
| Vosotros / as | os ilusionéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se ilusionen |
| Vos | te ilusiones |
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 ilusionara | me ilusionase |
| Tú | te ilusionaras | me ilusionase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se ilusionara | se ilusionase |
| Nosotros / as | nos ilusionáramos | nos ilusionásemos |
| Vosotros / as | os ilusionarais | os ilusionaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se ilusionaran | se ilusionasen |
| Vos | te ilusionaras | me ilusionase |
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 ilusionare |
| Tú | te ilusionares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se ilusionare |
| Nosotros / as | nos ilusionáremos |
| Vosotros / as | os ilusionareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se ilusionaren |
| Vos | te ilusionares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “have hope!” and “don’t have hope!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | ilusiónate | no te ilusiones |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ilusiónese | no se ilusione |
| Nosotros / as | ilusionémonos | no nos ilusionemos |
| Vosotros / as | ilusionaos | no os ilusionéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | ilusiónense | no se ilusionen |
| Vos | ilusioná | no te ilusiones |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya had hope |
| Tú | hayas had hope |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya had hope |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos had hope |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis had hope |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan had hope |
| Vos | hayas had hope |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera had hope / hubiese had hope |
| Tú | hubieras had hope / hubieses had hope |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera had hope / hubiese had hope |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos had hope / hubiésemos had hope |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais had hope / hubieseis had hope |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran had hope / hubiesen had hope |
| Vos | hubieras had hope / hubieses had hope |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere had hope |
| Tú | hubieres had hope |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere had hope |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos had hope |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis had hope |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren had hope |
| Vos | hubieres had hope |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté ilusionándose |
| Tú | estés ilusionándose |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté ilusionándose |
| Nosotros / as | estemos ilusionándose |
| Vosotros / as | estéis ilusionándose |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén ilusionándose |
| Vos | estés ilusionándose |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera ilusionándose / estuviese ilusionándose |
| Tú | estuvieras ilusionándose / estuvieses ilusionándose |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera ilusionándose / estuviese ilusionándose |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos ilusionándose / estuviésamos ilusionándose |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais ilusionándose / estuvieseis ilusionándose |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera ilusionándose / estuviese ilusionándose |
| Vos | estuvieras ilusionándose / estuvieses ilusionándose |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere ilusionándose |
| Tú | estuvieres ilusionándose |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere ilusionándose |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos ilusionándose |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis ilusionándose |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere ilusionándose |
| Vos | estuvieres ilusionándose |
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 ilusionás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos te ilusionaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos te ilusionabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos te ilusionarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos te ilusionarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos te ilusiones |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos te ilusionaras / Vos me ilusionase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos ilusioná |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no te ilusiones |