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Mojarse is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to get wet, wet oneself”.
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 mojo) or after the infinitive (e.g. Él tiene que mojarse).
Below are all of the conjugations for mojarse 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 wet, wet oneself |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | mojarse |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está mojándose) and past continuous (estaba mojándose). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. getting wet).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he mojado and hubiera mojado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have gotten wet).
| Gerundio / Gerund | mojándose |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | mojado |
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 wet” or “they get wet”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | me mojo |
| Tú | te mojas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se moja |
| Nosotros / as | nos mojamos |
| Vosotros / as | os mojáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se mojan |
| Vos |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I got wet” or “she got wet” 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 mojé | I got wet |
| Tú | te mojaste | You got wet |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se mojó | He / she / you got wet |
| Nosotros / as | nos mojamos | We got wet |
| Vosotros / as | os mojasteis | You got wet |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se mojaron | They / you got wet |
| Vos | te mojaste | You got wet |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was getting wet” or “she was getting wet” 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 mojaba | I was getting wet |
| Tú | te mojabas | You were getting wet |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se mojaba | He was / she was / you were getting wet |
| Nosotros / as | nos mojábamos | We were getting wet |
| Vosotros / as | os mojabais | You were getting wet |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se mojaban | They / you were getting wet |
| Vos | te mojabas | You were getting wet |
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 wet” and “she has gotten wet”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me he mojado | I have gotten wet |
| Tú | te has mojado | You have gotten wet |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se ha mojado | He has / she has / you have gotten wet |
| Nosotros / as | nos hemos mojado | We have gotten wet |
| Vosotros / as | os habéis mojado | You have gotten wet |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se han mojado | They / you have gotten wet |
| Vos | te has mojado | You have gotten wet |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would get wet” or “she would get wet”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me mojaría | I would get wet |
| Tú | te mojarías | You would get wet |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se mojaría | He / she / you would get wet |
| Nosotros / as | nos mojaríamos | We would get wet |
| Vosotros / as | os mojaríais | You would get wet |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se mojarían | They / you would get wet |
| Vos | te mojarías | You would get wet |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will get wet” or “they will get wet”.
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 mojarse” means “They are going to get wet”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me mojaré | I will get wet |
| Tú | te mojarás | You will get wet |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se mojará | He / she / you will get wet |
| Nosotros / as | nos mojaremos | We will get wet |
| Vosotros / as | os mojaréis | You will get wet |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se mojarán | They / you will get wet |
| Vos | te mojarás | You will get wet |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | me moje |
| Tú | te mojes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se moje |
| Nosotros / as | nos mojemos |
| Vosotros / as | os mojéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se mojen |
| Vos | te mojes |
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 mojara | me mojase |
| Tú | te mojaras | me mojase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se mojara | se mojase |
| Nosotros / as | nos mojáramos | nos mojásemos |
| Vosotros / as | os mojarais | os mojaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se mojaran | se mojasen |
| Vos | te mojaras | me mojase |
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 mojare |
| Tú | te mojares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se mojare |
| Nosotros / as | nos mojáremos |
| Vosotros / as | os mojareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se mojaren |
| Vos | te mojares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “get wet!” and “don’t get wet!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | mójate | no te mojes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | mójese | no se moje |
| Nosotros / as | mojémonos | no nos mojemos |
| Vosotros / as | mojaos | no os mojéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | mójense | no se mojen |
| Vos | no te mojes |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya mojado |
| Tú | hayas mojado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya mojado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos mojado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis mojado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan mojado |
| Vos | hayas mojado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera mojado / hubiese mojado |
| Tú | hubieras mojado / hubieses mojado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera mojado / hubiese mojado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos mojado / hubiésemos mojado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais mojado / hubieseis mojado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran mojado / hubiesen mojado |
| Vos | hubieras mojado / hubieses mojado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere mojado |
| Tú | hubieres mojado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere mojado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos mojado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis mojado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren mojado |
| Vos | hubieres mojado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté mojándose |
| Tú | estés mojándose |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté mojándose |
| Nosotros / as | estemos mojándose |
| Vosotros / as | estéis mojándose |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén mojándose |
| Vos | estés mojándose |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera mojándose / estuviese mojándose |
| Tú | estuvieras mojándose / estuvieses mojándose |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera mojándose / estuviese mojándose |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos mojándose / estuviésamos mojándose |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais mojándose / estuvieseis mojándose |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera mojándose / estuviese mojándose |
| Vos | estuvieras mojándose / estuvieses mojándose |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere mojándose |
| Tú | estuvieres mojándose |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere mojándose |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos mojándose |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis mojándose |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere mojándose |
| Vos | estuvieres mojándose |
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 mojaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos te mojabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos te mojarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos te mojarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos te mojes |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos te mojaras / Vos me mojase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no te mojes |