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Acomplejarse is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to suffer from a complex”.
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 acomplejo) or after the infinitive (e.g. Él tiene que acomplejarse).
Below are all of the conjugations for acomplejarse 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 suffer from a complex |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | acomplejarse |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está acomplejándose) and past continuous (estaba acomplejándose). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. suffering from a complex).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he acomplejado and hubiera acomplejado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have suffered from a complex).
| Gerundio / Gerund | acomplejándose |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | acomplejado |
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 suffer from a complex” or “they suffer from a complex”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | me acomplejo |
| Tú | te acomplejas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se acompleja |
| Nosotros / as | nos acomplejamos |
| Vosotros / as | os acomplejáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se acomplejan |
| Vos | te acomplejás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I suffered from a complex” or “she suffered from a complex” 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 acomplejé | I suffered from a complex |
| Tú | te acomplejaste | You suffered from a complex |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se acomplejó | He / she / you suffered from a complex |
| Nosotros / as | nos acomplejamos | We suffered from a complex |
| Vosotros / as | os acomplejasteis | You suffered from a complex |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se acomplejaron | They / you suffered from a complex |
| Vos | te acomplejaste | You suffered from a complex |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was suffering from a complex” or “she was suffering from a complex” 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 acomplejaba | I was suffering from a complex |
| Tú | te acomplejabas | You were suffering from a complex |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se acomplejaba | He was / she was / you were suffering from a complex |
| Nosotros / as | nos acomplejábamos | We were suffering from a complex |
| Vosotros / as | os acomplejabais | You were suffering from a complex |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se acomplejaban | They / you were suffering from a complex |
| Vos | te acomplejabas | You were suffering from a complex |
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 suffered from a complex” and “she has suffered from a complex”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me he acomplejado | I have suffered from a complex |
| Tú | te has acomplejado | You have suffered from a complex |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se ha acomplejado | He has / she has / you have suffered from a complex |
| Nosotros / as | nos hemos acomplejado | We have suffered from a complex |
| Vosotros / as | os habéis acomplejado | You have suffered from a complex |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se han acomplejado | They / you have suffered from a complex |
| Vos | te has acomplejado | You have suffered from a complex |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would suffer from a complex” or “she would suffer from a complex”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me acomplejaría | I would suffer from a complex |
| Tú | te acomplejarías | You would suffer from a complex |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se acomplejaría | He / she / you would suffer from a complex |
| Nosotros / as | nos acomplejaríamos | We would suffer from a complex |
| Vosotros / as | os acomplejaríais | You would suffer from a complex |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se acomplejarían | They / you would suffer from a complex |
| Vos | te acomplejarías | You would suffer from a complex |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will suffer from a complex” or “they will suffer from a complex”.
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 acomplejarse” means “They are going to suffer from a complex”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me acomplejaré | I will suffer from a complex |
| Tú | te acomplejarás | You will suffer from a complex |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se acomplejará | He / she / you will suffer from a complex |
| Nosotros / as | nos acomplejaremos | We will suffer from a complex |
| Vosotros / as | os acomplejaréis | You will suffer from a complex |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se acomplejarán | They / you will suffer from a complex |
| Vos | te acomplejarás | You will suffer from a complex |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | me acompleje |
| Tú | te acomplejes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se acompleje |
| Nosotros / as | nos acomplejemos |
| Vosotros / as | os acomplejéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se acomplejen |
| Vos | te acomplejes |
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 acomplejara | me acomplejase |
| Tú | te acomplejaras | me acomplejase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se acomplejara | se acomplejase |
| Nosotros / as | nos acomplejáramos | nos acomplejásemos |
| Vosotros / as | os acomplejarais | os acomplejaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se acomplejaran | se acomplejasen |
| Vos | te acomplejaras | me acomplejase |
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 acomplejare |
| Tú | te acomplejares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se acomplejare |
| Nosotros / as | nos acomplejáremos |
| Vosotros / as | os acomplejareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se acomplejaren |
| Vos | te acomplejares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “suffer from a complex!” and “don’t suffer from a complex!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | acompléjate | no te acomplejes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | acompléjese | no se acompleje |
| Nosotros / as | acomplejémonos | no nos acomplejemos |
| Vosotros / as | acomplejaos | no os acomplejéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | acompléjense | no se acomplejen |
| Vos | acomplejate | no te acomplejes |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya acomplejado |
| Tú | hayas acomplejado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya acomplejado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos acomplejado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis acomplejado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan acomplejado |
| Vos | hayas acomplejado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera acomplejado / hubiese acomplejado |
| Tú | hubieras acomplejado / hubieses acomplejado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera acomplejado / hubiese acomplejado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos acomplejado / hubiésemos acomplejado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais acomplejado / hubieseis acomplejado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran acomplejado / hubiesen acomplejado |
| Vos | hubieras acomplejado / hubieses acomplejado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere acomplejado |
| Tú | hubieres acomplejado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere acomplejado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos acomplejado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis acomplejado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren acomplejado |
| Vos | hubieres acomplejado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté acomplejándose |
| Tú | estés acomplejándose |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté acomplejándose |
| Nosotros / as | estemos acomplejándose |
| Vosotros / as | estéis acomplejándose |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén acomplejándose |
| Vos | estés acomplejándose |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera acomplejándose / estuviese acomplejándose |
| Tú | estuvieras acomplejándose / estuvieses acomplejándose |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera acomplejándose / estuviese acomplejándose |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos acomplejándose / estuviésamos acomplejándose |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais acomplejándose / estuvieseis acomplejándose |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera acomplejándose / estuviese acomplejándose |
| Vos | estuvieras acomplejándose / estuvieses acomplejándose |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere acomplejándose |
| Tú | estuvieres acomplejándose |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere acomplejándose |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos acomplejándose |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis acomplejándose |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere acomplejándose |
| Vos | estuvieres acomplejándose |
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 acomplejás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos te acomplejaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos te acomplejabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos te acomplejarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos te acomplejarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos te acomplejes |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos te acomplejaras / Vos me acomplejase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos acomplejate |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no te acomplejes |