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Accidentarse is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to have an accident, be hurt or injured”.
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. accidento) or after the infinitive (e.g. Él tiene que accidentarse).
Below are all of the conjugations for accidentarse 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 an accident, be hurt or injured |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | accidentarse |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está accidentando) and past continuous (estaba accidentando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. having an accident).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he accidentado and hubiera accidentado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have had an accident).
| Gerundio / Gerund | accidentando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | accidentado |
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 an accident” or “they have an accident”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | accidento |
| Tú | accidentas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | accidenta |
| Nosotros / as | accidentamos |
| Vosotros / as | accidentáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | accidentan |
| Vos | te accidentás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I had an accident” or “she had an accident” 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 | accidenté | I had an accident |
| Tú | accidentaste | You had an accident |
| Él / Ella / Usted | accidentó | He / she / you had an accident |
| Nosotros / as | accidentamos | We had an accident |
| Vosotros / as | accidentasteis | You had an accident |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | accidentaron | They / you had an accident |
| Vos | accidentaste | You had an accident |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was having an accident” or “she was having an accident” 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 | accidentaba | I was having an accident |
| Tú | accidentabas | You were having an accident |
| Él / Ella / Usted | accidentaba | He was / she was / you were having an accident |
| Nosotros / as | accidentábamos | We were having an accident |
| Vosotros / as | accidentabais | You were having an accident |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | accidentaban | They / you were having an accident |
| Vos | accidentabas | You were having an accident |
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 had an accident” and “she has had an accident”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me he accidentado | I have had an accident |
| Tú | te has accidentado | You have had an accident |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se ha accidentado | He has / she has / you have had an accident |
| Nosotros / as | nos hemos accidentado | We have had an accident |
| Vosotros / as | os habéis accidentado | You have had an accident |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se han accidentado | They / you have had an accident |
| Vos | te has accidentado | You have had an accident |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would have an accident” or “she would have an accident”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | accidentaría | I would have an accident |
| Tú | accidentarías | You would have an accident |
| Él / Ella / Usted | accidentaría | He / she / you would have an accident |
| Nosotros / as | accidentaríamos | We would have an accident |
| Vosotros / as | accidentaríais | You would have an accident |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | accidentarían | They / you would have an accident |
| Vos | accidentarías | You would have an accident |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will have an accident” or “they will have an accident”.
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 accidentarse” means “They are going to have an accident”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | accidentaré | I will have an accident |
| Tú | accidentarás | You will have an accident |
| Él / Ella / Usted | accidentará | He / she / you will have an accident |
| Nosotros / as | accidentaremos | We will have an accident |
| Vosotros / as | accidentaréis | You will have an accident |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | accidentarán | They / you will have an accident |
| Vos | accidentarás | You will have an accident |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | accidente |
| Tú | accidentes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | accidente |
| Nosotros / as | accidentemos |
| Vosotros / as | accidentéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | accidenten |
| Vos | accidentes |
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 | accidentara | accidentase |
| Tú | accidentaras | accidentase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | accidentara | accidentase |
| Nosotros / as | accidentáramos | accidentásemos |
| Vosotros / as | accidentarais | accidentaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | accidentaran | accidentasen |
| Vos | accidentaras | accidentase |
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 | accidentare |
| Tú | accidentares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | accidentare |
| Nosotros / as | accidentáremos |
| Vosotros / as | accidentareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | accidentaren |
| Vos | accidentares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “have an accident!” and “don’t have an accident!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | accidenta | no accidentes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | accidente | no accidente |
| Nosotros / as | accidentemos | no accidentemos |
| Vosotros / as | accidentad | no accidentéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | accidenten | no accidenten |
| Vos | accidentate | no accidentes |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya accidentado |
| Tú | hayas accidentado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya accidentado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos accidentado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis accidentado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan accidentado |
| Vos | hayas accidentado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera accidentado / hubiese accidentado |
| Tú | hubieras accidentado / hubieses accidentado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera accidentado / hubiese accidentado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos accidentado / hubiésemos accidentado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais accidentado / hubieseis accidentado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran accidentado / hubiesen accidentado |
| Vos | hubieras accidentado / hubieses accidentado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere accidentado |
| Tú | hubieres accidentado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere accidentado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos accidentado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis accidentado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren accidentado |
| Vos | hubieres accidentado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté accidentando |
| Tú | estés accidentando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté accidentando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos accidentando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis accidentando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén accidentando |
| Vos | estés accidentando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera accidentando / estuviese accidentando |
| Tú | estuvieras accidentando / estuvieses accidentando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera accidentando / estuviese accidentando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos accidentando / estuviésamos accidentando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais accidentando / estuvieseis accidentando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera accidentando / estuviese accidentando |
| Vos | estuvieras accidentando / estuvieses accidentando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere accidentando |
| Tú | estuvieres accidentando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere accidentando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos accidentando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis accidentando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere accidentando |
| Vos | estuvieres accidentando |
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 accidentás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos accidentaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos accidentabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos accidentarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos accidentarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos accidentes |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos accidentaras / Vos accidentase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos accidentate |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no accidentes |