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Maravillarse is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to marvel, wonder at”.
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 maravillo) or after the infinitive (e.g. Él tiene que maravillarse).
Below are all of the conjugations for maravillarse 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 marvel, wonder at |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | maravillarse |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está maravillándose) and past continuous (estaba maravillándose). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. marveling).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he maravillado and hubiera maravillado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have marveled).
| Gerundio / Gerund | maravillándose |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | maravillado |
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 marvel” or “they marvel”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | me maravillo |
| Tú | te maravillas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se maravilla |
| Nosotros / as | nos maravillamos |
| Vosotros / as | os maravilláis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se maravillan |
| Vos |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I marveled” or “she marveled” 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 maravillé | I marveled |
| Tú | te maravillaste | You marveled |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se maravilló | He / she / you marveled |
| Nosotros / as | nos maravillamos | We marveled |
| Vosotros / as | os maravillasteis | You marveled |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se maravillaron | They / you marveled |
| Vos | te maravillaste | You marveled |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was marveling” or “she was marveling” 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 maravillaba | I was marveling |
| Tú | te maravillabas | You were marveling |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se maravillaba | He was / she was / you were marveling |
| Nosotros / as | nos maravillábamos | We were marveling |
| Vosotros / as | os maravillabais | You were marveling |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se maravillaban | They / you were marveling |
| Vos | te maravillabas | You were marveling |
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 marveled” and “she has marveled”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me he maravillado | I have marveled |
| Tú | te has maravillado | You have marveled |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se ha maravillado | He has / she has / you have marveled |
| Nosotros / as | nos hemos maravillado | We have marveled |
| Vosotros / as | os habéis maravillado | You have marveled |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se han maravillado | They / you have marveled |
| Vos | te has maravillado | You have marveled |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would marvel” or “she would marvel”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me maravillaría | I would marvel |
| Tú | te maravillarías | You would marvel |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se maravillaría | He / she / you would marvel |
| Nosotros / as | nos maravillaríamos | We would marvel |
| Vosotros / as | os maravillaríais | You would marvel |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se maravillarían | They / you would marvel |
| Vos | te maravillarías | You would marvel |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will marvel” or “they will marvel”.
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 maravillarse” means “They are going to marvel”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me maravillaré | I will marvel |
| Tú | te maravillarás | You will marvel |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se maravillará | He / she / you will marvel |
| Nosotros / as | nos maravillaremos | We will marvel |
| Vosotros / as | os maravillaréis | You will marvel |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se maravillarán | They / you will marvel |
| Vos | te maravillarás | You will marvel |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | me maraville |
| Tú | te maravilles |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se maraville |
| Nosotros / as | nos maravillemos |
| Vosotros / as | os maravilléis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se maravillen |
| Vos | te maravilles |
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 maravillara | me maravillase |
| Tú | te maravillaras | me maravillase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se maravillara | se maravillase |
| Nosotros / as | nos maravilláramos | nos maravillásemos |
| Vosotros / as | os maravillarais | os maravillaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se maravillaran | se maravillasen |
| Vos | te maravillaras | me maravillase |
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 maravillare |
| Tú | te maravillares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se maravillare |
| Nosotros / as | nos maravilláremos |
| Vosotros / as | os maravillareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se maravillaren |
| Vos | te maravillares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “marvel!” and “don’t marvel!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | maravíllate | no te maravilles |
| Él / Ella / Usted | maravíllese | no se maraville |
| Nosotros / as | maravillémonos | no nos maravillemos |
| Vosotros / as | maravillaos | no os maravilléis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | maravíllense | no se maravillen |
| Vos | no te maravilles |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya maravillado |
| Tú | hayas maravillado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya maravillado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos maravillado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis maravillado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan maravillado |
| Vos | hayas maravillado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera maravillado / hubiese maravillado |
| Tú | hubieras maravillado / hubieses maravillado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera maravillado / hubiese maravillado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos maravillado / hubiésemos maravillado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais maravillado / hubieseis maravillado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran maravillado / hubiesen maravillado |
| Vos | hubieras maravillado / hubieses maravillado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere maravillado |
| Tú | hubieres maravillado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere maravillado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos maravillado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis maravillado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren maravillado |
| Vos | hubieres maravillado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté maravillándose |
| Tú | estés maravillándose |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté maravillándose |
| Nosotros / as | estemos maravillándose |
| Vosotros / as | estéis maravillándose |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén maravillándose |
| Vos | estés maravillándose |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera maravillándose / estuviese maravillándose |
| Tú | estuvieras maravillándose / estuvieses maravillándose |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera maravillándose / estuviese maravillándose |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos maravillándose / estuviésamos maravillándose |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais maravillándose / estuvieseis maravillándose |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera maravillándose / estuviese maravillándose |
| Vos | estuvieras maravillándose / estuvieses maravillándose |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere maravillándose |
| Tú | estuvieres maravillándose |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere maravillándose |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos maravillándose |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis maravillándose |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere maravillándose |
| Vos | estuvieres maravillándose |
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 |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos te maravillaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos te maravillabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos te maravillarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos te maravillarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos te maravilles |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos te maravillaras / Vos me maravillase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no te maravilles |