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Agacharse is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to stoop, crouch”.
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 agacho) or after the infinitive (e.g. Él tiene que agacharse).
Below are all of the conjugations for agacharse 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 stoop, crouch |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | agacharse |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está agachándose) and past continuous (estaba agachándose). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. stooping).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he agachado and hubiera agachado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have stooped).
| Gerundio / Gerund | agachándose |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | agachado |
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 stoop” or “they stoop”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | me agacho |
| Tú | te agachas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se agacha |
| Nosotros / as | nos agachamos |
| Vosotros / as | os agacháis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se agachan |
| Vos | te agachás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I stooped” or “she stooped” 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 agaché | I stooped |
| Tú | te agachaste | You stooped |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se agachó | He / she / you stooped |
| Nosotros / as | nos agachamos | We stooped |
| Vosotros / as | os agachasteis | You stooped |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se agacharon | They / you stooped |
| Vos | te agachaste | You stooped |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was stooping” or “she was stooping” 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 agachaba | I was stooping |
| Tú | te agachabas | You were stooping |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se agachaba | He was / she was / you were stooping |
| Nosotros / as | nos agachábamos | We were stooping |
| Vosotros / as | os agachabais | You were stooping |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se agachaban | They / you were stooping |
| Vos | te agachabas | You were stooping |
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 stooped” and “she has stooped”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me he agachado | I have stooped |
| Tú | te has agachado | You have stooped |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se ha agachado | He has / she has / you have stooped |
| Nosotros / as | nos hemos agachado | We have stooped |
| Vosotros / as | os habéis agachado | You have stooped |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se han agachado | They / you have stooped |
| Vos | te has agachado | You have stooped |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would stoop” or “she would stoop”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me agacharía | I would stoop |
| Tú | te agacharías | You would stoop |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se agacharía | He / she / you would stoop |
| Nosotros / as | nos agacharíamos | We would stoop |
| Vosotros / as | os agacharíais | You would stoop |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se agacharían | They / you would stoop |
| Vos | te agacharías | You would stoop |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will stoop” or “they will stoop”.
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 agacharse” means “They are going to stoop”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me agacharé | I will stoop |
| Tú | te agacharás | You will stoop |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se agachará | He / she / you will stoop |
| Nosotros / as | nos agacharemos | We will stoop |
| Vosotros / as | os agacharéis | You will stoop |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se agacharán | They / you will stoop |
| Vos | te agacharás | You will stoop |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | me agache |
| Tú | te agaches |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se agache |
| Nosotros / as | nos agachemos |
| Vosotros / as | os agachéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se agachen |
| Vos | te agaches |
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 agachara | me agachase |
| Tú | te agacharas | me agachase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se agachara | se agachase |
| Nosotros / as | nos agacháramos | nos agachásemos |
| Vosotros / as | os agacharais | os agachaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se agacharan | se agachasen |
| Vos | te agacharas | me agachase |
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 agachare |
| Tú | te agachares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se agachare |
| Nosotros / as | nos agacháremos |
| Vosotros / as | os agachareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se agacharen |
| Vos | te agachares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “stoop!” and “don’t stoop!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | agáchate | no te agaches |
| Él / Ella / Usted | agáchese | no se agache |
| Nosotros / as | agachémonos | no nos agachemos |
| Vosotros / as | agachaos | no os agachéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | agáchense | no se agachen |
| Vos | agacháte | no te agaches |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya agachado |
| Tú | hayas agachado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya agachado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos agachado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis agachado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan agachado |
| Vos | hayas agachado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera agachado / hubiese agachado |
| Tú | hubieras agachado / hubieses agachado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera agachado / hubiese agachado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos agachado / hubiésemos agachado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais agachado / hubieseis agachado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran agachado / hubiesen agachado |
| Vos | hubieras agachado / hubieses agachado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere agachado |
| Tú | hubieres agachado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere agachado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos agachado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis agachado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren agachado |
| Vos | hubieres agachado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté agachándose |
| Tú | estés agachándose |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté agachándose |
| Nosotros / as | estemos agachándose |
| Vosotros / as | estéis agachándose |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén agachándose |
| Vos | estés agachándose |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera agachándose / estuviese agachándose |
| Tú | estuvieras agachándose / estuvieses agachándose |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera agachándose / estuviese agachándose |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos agachándose / estuviésamos agachándose |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais agachándose / estuvieseis agachándose |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera agachándose / estuviese agachándose |
| Vos | estuvieras agachándose / estuvieses agachándose |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere agachándose |
| Tú | estuvieres agachándose |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere agachándose |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos agachándose |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis agachándose |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere agachándose |
| Vos | estuvieres agachándose |
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 agachás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos te agachaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos te agachabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos te agacharías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos te agacharás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos te agaches |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos te agacharas / Vos me agachase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos agacháte |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no te agaches |