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Afeitarse is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to shave 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 afeito) or after the infinitive (e.g. Él tiene que afeitarse).
Below are all of the conjugations for afeitarse 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 shave oneself |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | afeitarse |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está afeitándose) and past continuous (estaba afeitándose). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. shaving myself).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he afeitado and hubiera afeitado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have shaved myself).
| Gerundio / Gerund | afeitándose |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | afeitado |
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 shave myself” or “they shave myself”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | me afeito |
| Tú | te afeitas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se afeita |
| Nosotros / as | nos afeitamos |
| Vosotros / as | os afeitáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se afeitan |
| Vos | te aferrás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I shaved myself” or “she shaved myself” 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 afeité | I shaved myself |
| Tú | te afeitaste | You shaved myself |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se afeitó | He / she / you shaved myself |
| Nosotros / as | nos afeitamos | We shaved myself |
| Vosotros / as | os afeitasteis | You shaved myself |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se afeitaron | They / you shaved myself |
| Vos | te afeitaste | You shaved myself |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was shaving myself” or “she was shaving myself” 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 afeitaba | I was shaving myself |
| Tú | te afeitabas | You were shaving myself |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se afeitaba | He was / she was / you were shaving myself |
| Nosotros / as | nos afeitábamos | We were shaving myself |
| Vosotros / as | os afeitabais | You were shaving myself |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se afeitaban | They / you were shaving myself |
| Vos | te afeitabas | You were shaving myself |
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 shaved myself” and “she has shaved myself”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me he afeitado | I have shaved myself |
| Tú | te has afeitado | You have shaved myself |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se ha afeitado | He has / she has / you have shaved myself |
| Nosotros / as | nos hemos afeitado | We have shaved myself |
| Vosotros / as | os habéis afeitado | You have shaved myself |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se han afeitado | They / you have shaved myself |
| Vos | te has afeitado | You have shaved myself |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would shave oneself” or “she would shave oneself”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me afeitaría | I would shave myself |
| Tú | te afeitarías | You would shave myself |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se afeitaría | He / she / you would shave myself |
| Nosotros / as | nos afeitaríamos | We would shave myself |
| Vosotros / as | os afeitaríais | You would shave myself |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se afeitarían | They / you would shave myself |
| Vos | te afeitarías | You would shave myself |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will shave oneself” or “they will shave oneself”.
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 afeitarse” means “They are going to shave oneself”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me afeitaré | I will shave myself |
| Tú | te afeitarás | You will shave myself |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se afeitará | He / she / you will shave myself |
| Nosotros / as | nos afeitaremos | We will shave myself |
| Vosotros / as | os afeitaréis | You will shave myself |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se afeitarán | They / you will shave myself |
| Vos | te afeitarás | You will shave myself |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | me afeite |
| Tú | te afeites |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se afeite |
| Nosotros / as | nos afeitemos |
| Vosotros / as | os afeitéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se afeiten |
| Vos | te afeites |
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 afeitara | me afeitase |
| Tú | te afeitaras | me afeitase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se afeitara | se afeitase |
| Nosotros / as | nos afeitáramos | nos afeitásemos |
| Vosotros / as | os afeitarais | os afeitaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se afeitaran | se afeitasen |
| Vos | te afeitaras | me afeitase |
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 afeitare |
| Tú | te afeitares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se afeitare |
| Nosotros / as | nos afeitáremos |
| Vosotros / as | os afeitareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se afeitaren |
| Vos | te afeitares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “shave oneself!” and “don’t shave oneself!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | aféitate | no te afeites |
| Él / Ella / Usted | aféitese | no se afeite |
| Nosotros / as | afeitémonos | no nos afeitemos |
| Vosotros / as | afeitaos | no os afeitéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | aféitense | no se afeiten |
| Vos | afeitate | no te afeites |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya afeitado |
| Tú | hayas afeitado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya afeitado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos afeitado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis afeitado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan afeitado |
| Vos | hayas afeitado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera afeitado / hubiese afeitado |
| Tú | hubieras afeitado / hubieses afeitado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera afeitado / hubiese afeitado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos afeitado / hubiésemos afeitado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais afeitado / hubieseis afeitado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran afeitado / hubiesen afeitado |
| Vos | hubieras afeitado / hubieses afeitado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere afeitado |
| Tú | hubieres afeitado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere afeitado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos afeitado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis afeitado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren afeitado |
| Vos | hubieres afeitado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté afeitándose |
| Tú | estés afeitándose |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté afeitándose |
| Nosotros / as | estemos afeitándose |
| Vosotros / as | estéis afeitándose |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén afeitándose |
| Vos | estés afeitándose |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera afeitándose / estuviese afeitándose |
| Tú | estuvieras afeitándose / estuvieses afeitándose |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera afeitándose / estuviese afeitándose |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos afeitándose / estuviésamos afeitándose |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais afeitándose / estuvieseis afeitándose |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera afeitándose / estuviese afeitándose |
| Vos | estuvieras afeitándose / estuvieses afeitándose |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere afeitándose |
| Tú | estuvieres afeitándose |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere afeitándose |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos afeitándose |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis afeitándose |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere afeitándose |
| Vos | estuvieres afeitándose |
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 aferrás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos te afeitaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos te afeitabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos te afeitarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos te afeitarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos te afeites |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos te afeitaras / Vos me afeitase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos afeitate |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no te afeites |