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Marearse is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to get dizzy or seasick, to get off-balance”.
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 mareo) or after the infinitive (e.g. Él tiene que marearse).
Below are all of the conjugations for marearse 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 get dizzy or seasick, to get off-balance |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | marearse |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está mareándose) and past continuous (estaba mareándose). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. getting dizzy).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he mareado and hubiera mareado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have gotten dizzy).
| Gerundio / Gerund | mareándose |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | mareado |
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 get dizzy” or “they get dizzy”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | me mareo |
| Tú | te mareas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se marea |
| Nosotros / as | nos mareamos |
| Vosotros / as | os mareáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se marean |
| Vos |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I got dizzy” or “she got dizzy” 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 mareé | I got dizzy |
| Tú | te mareaste | You got dizzy |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se mareó | He / she / you got dizzy |
| Nosotros / as | nos mareamos | We got dizzy |
| Vosotros / as | os mareasteis | You got dizzy |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se marearon | They / you got dizzy |
| Vos | te mareaste | You got dizzy |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was getting dizzy” or “she was getting dizzy” 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 mareaba | I was getting dizzy |
| Tú | te mareabas | You were getting dizzy |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se mareaba | He was / she was / you were getting dizzy |
| Nosotros / as | nos mareábamos | We were getting dizzy |
| Vosotros / as | os mareabais | You were getting dizzy |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se mareaban | They / you were getting dizzy |
| Vos | te mareabas | You were getting dizzy |
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 gotten dizzy” and “she has gotten dizzy”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me he mareado | I have gotten dizzy |
| Tú | te has mareado | You have gotten dizzy |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se ha mareado | He has / she has / you have gotten dizzy |
| Nosotros / as | nos hemos mareado | We have gotten dizzy |
| Vosotros / as | os habéis mareado | You have gotten dizzy |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se han mareado | They / you have gotten dizzy |
| Vos | te has mareado | You have gotten dizzy |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would get dizzy” or “she would get dizzy”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me marearía | I would get dizzy |
| Tú | te marearías | You would get dizzy |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se marearía | He / she / you would get dizzy |
| Nosotros / as | nos marearíamos | We would get dizzy |
| Vosotros / as | os marearíais | You would get dizzy |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se marearían | They / you would get dizzy |
| Vos | te marearías | You would get dizzy |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will get dizzy” or “they will get dizzy”.
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 marearse” means “They are going to get dizzy”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me marearé | I will get dizzy |
| Tú | te marearás | You will get dizzy |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se mareará | He / she / you will get dizzy |
| Nosotros / as | nos marearemos | We will get dizzy |
| Vosotros / as | os marearéis | You will get dizzy |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se marearán | They / you will get dizzy |
| Vos | te marearás | You will get dizzy |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | me maree |
| Tú | te marees |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se maree |
| Nosotros / as | nos mareemos |
| Vosotros / as | os mareéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se mareen |
| Vos | te marees |
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 mareara | me marease |
| Tú | te marearas | me marease |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se mareara | se marease |
| Nosotros / as | nos mareáramos | nos mareásemos |
| Vosotros / as | os marearais | os mareaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se marearan | se mareasen |
| Vos | te marearas | me marease |
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 mareare |
| Tú | te mareares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se mareare |
| Nosotros / as | nos mareáremos |
| Vosotros / as | os mareareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se marearen |
| Vos | te mareares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “get dizzy!” and “don’t get dizzy!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | maréate | no te marees |
| Él / Ella / Usted | maréese | no se maree |
| Nosotros / as | mareémonos | no nos mareemos |
| Vosotros / as | mareaos | no os mareéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | maréense | no se mareen |
| Vos | no te marees |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya mareado |
| Tú | hayas mareado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya mareado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos mareado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis mareado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan mareado |
| Vos | hayas mareado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera mareado / hubiese mareado |
| Tú | hubieras mareado / hubieses mareado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera mareado / hubiese mareado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos mareado / hubiésemos mareado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais mareado / hubieseis mareado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran mareado / hubiesen mareado |
| Vos | hubieras mareado / hubieses mareado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere mareado |
| Tú | hubieres mareado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere mareado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos mareado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis mareado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren mareado |
| Vos | hubieres mareado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté mareándose |
| Tú | estés mareándose |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté mareándose |
| Nosotros / as | estemos mareándose |
| Vosotros / as | estéis mareándose |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén mareándose |
| Vos | estés mareándose |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera mareándose / estuviese mareándose |
| Tú | estuvieras mareándose / estuvieses mareándose |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera mareándose / estuviese mareándose |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos mareándose / estuviésamos mareándose |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais mareándose / estuvieseis mareándose |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera mareándose / estuviese mareándose |
| Vos | estuvieras mareándose / estuvieses mareándose |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere mareándose |
| Tú | estuvieres mareándose |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere mareándose |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos mareándose |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis mareándose |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere mareándose |
| Vos | estuvieres mareándose |
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 mareaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos te mareabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos te marearías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos te marearás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos te marees |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos te marearas / Vos me marease |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no te marees |