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Arrimarse is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to bring close or move near”.
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 arrimo) or after the infinitive (e.g. Él tiene que arrimarse).
Below are all of the conjugations for arrimarse 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 bring close or move near |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | arrimarse |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está arrimándose) and past continuous (estaba arrimándose). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. bringing closer).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he arrimado and hubiera arrimado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have brought closer).
| Gerundio / Gerund | arrimándose |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | arrimado |
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 bring closer” or “they bring closer”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | me arrimo |
| Tú | te arrimas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se arrima |
| Nosotros / as | nos arrimamos |
| Vosotros / as | os arrimáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se arriman |
| Vos | te arrimás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I brought closer” or “she brought closer” 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 arrimé | I brought closer |
| Tú | te arrimaste | You brought closer |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se arrimó | He / she / you brought closer |
| Nosotros / as | nos arrimamos | We brought closer |
| Vosotros / as | os arrimasteis | You brought closer |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se arrimaron | They / you brought closer |
| Vos | te arrimaste | You brought closer |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was bringing closer” or “she was bringing closer” 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 arrimaba | I was bringing closer |
| Tú | te arrimabas | You were bringing closer |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se arrimaba | He was / she was / you were bringing closer |
| Nosotros / as | nos arrimábamos | We were bringing closer |
| Vosotros / as | os arrimabais | You were bringing closer |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se arrimaban | They / you were bringing closer |
| Vos | te arrimabas | You were bringing closer |
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 brought closer” and “she has brought closer”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me he arrimado | I have brought closer |
| Tú | te has arrimado | You have brought closer |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se ha arrimado | He has / she has / you have brought closer |
| Nosotros / as | nos hemos arrimado | We have brought closer |
| Vosotros / as | os habéis arrimado | You have brought closer |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se han arrimado | They / you have brought closer |
| Vos | te has arrimado | You have brought closer |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would bring closer” or “she would bring closer”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me arrimaría | I would bring closer |
| Tú | te arrimarías | You would bring closer |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se arrimaría | He / she / you would bring closer |
| Nosotros / as | nos arrimaríamos | We would bring closer |
| Vosotros / as | os arrimaríais | You would bring closer |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se arrimarían | They / you would bring closer |
| Vos | te arrimarías | You would bring closer |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will bring closer” or “they will bring closer”.
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 arrimarse” means “They are going to bring closer”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me arrimaré | I will bring closer |
| Tú | te arrimarás | You will bring closer |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se arrimará | He / she / you will bring closer |
| Nosotros / as | nos arrimaremos | We will bring closer |
| Vosotros / as | os arrimaréis | You will bring closer |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se arrimarán | They / you will bring closer |
| Vos | te arrimarás | You will bring closer |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | me arrime |
| Tú | te arrimes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se arrime |
| Nosotros / as | nos arrimemos |
| Vosotros / as | os arriméis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se arrimen |
| Vos | te arrimes |
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 arrimara | me arrimase |
| Tú | te arrimaras | me arrimase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se arrimara | se arrimase |
| Nosotros / as | nos arrimáramos | nos arrimásemos |
| Vosotros / as | os arrimarais | os arrimaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se arrimaran | se arrimasen |
| Vos | te arrimaras | me arrimase |
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 arrimare |
| Tú | te arrimares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se arrimare |
| Nosotros / as | nos arrimáremos |
| Vosotros / as | os arrimareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se arrimaren |
| Vos | te arrimares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “bring closer!” and “don’t bring closer!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | arrímate | no te arrimes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | arrímese | no se arrime |
| Nosotros / as | arrimémonos | no nos arrimemos |
| Vosotros / as | arrimaos | no os arriméis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | arrímense | no se arrimen |
| Vos | arrimate | no te arrimes |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya arrimado |
| Tú | hayas arrimado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya arrimado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos arrimado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis arrimado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan arrimado |
| Vos | hayas arrimado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera arrimado / hubiese arrimado |
| Tú | hubieras arrimado / hubieses arrimado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera arrimado / hubiese arrimado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos arrimado / hubiésemos arrimado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais arrimado / hubieseis arrimado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran arrimado / hubiesen arrimado |
| Vos | hubieras arrimado / hubieses arrimado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere arrimado |
| Tú | hubieres arrimado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere arrimado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos arrimado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis arrimado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren arrimado |
| Vos | hubieres arrimado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté arrimándose |
| Tú | estés arrimándose |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté arrimándose |
| Nosotros / as | estemos arrimándose |
| Vosotros / as | estéis arrimándose |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén arrimándose |
| Vos | estés arrimándose |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera arrimándose / estuviese arrimándose |
| Tú | estuvieras arrimándose / estuvieses arrimándose |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera arrimándose / estuviese arrimándose |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos arrimándose / estuviésamos arrimándose |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais arrimándose / estuvieseis arrimándose |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera arrimándose / estuviese arrimándose |
| Vos | estuvieras arrimándose / estuvieses arrimándose |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere arrimándose |
| Tú | estuvieres arrimándose |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere arrimándose |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos arrimándose |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis arrimándose |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere arrimándose |
| Vos | estuvieres arrimándose |
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 arrimás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos te arrimaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos te arrimabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos te arrimarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos te arrimarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos te arrimes |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos te arrimaras / Vos me arrimase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos arrimate |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no te arrimes |