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Asociarse is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to associate, become a member”.
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 asocio) or after the infinitive (e.g. Él tiene que asociarse).
Below are all of the conjugations for asociarse 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 associate, become a member |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | asociarse |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está asociándose) and past continuous (estaba asociándose). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. associating).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he asociado and hubiera asociado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have associated).
| Gerundio / Gerund | asociándose |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | asociado |
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 associate” or “they associate”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | me asocio |
| Tú | te asocias |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se asocia |
| Nosotros / as | nos asociamos |
| Vosotros / as | os asociáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se asocian |
| Vos | asociás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I associated” or “she associated” 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 asocié | I associated |
| Tú | te asociaste | You associated |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se asoció | He / she / you associated |
| Nosotros / as | nos asociamos | We associated |
| Vosotros / as | os asociasteis | You associated |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se asociaron | They / you associated |
| Vos | te asociaste | You associated |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was associating” or “she was associating” 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 asociaba | I was associating |
| Tú | te asociabas | You were associating |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se asociaba | He was / she was / you were associating |
| Nosotros / as | nos asociábamos | We were associating |
| Vosotros / as | os asociabais | You were associating |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se asociaban | They / you were associating |
| Vos | te asociabas | You were associating |
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 associated” and “she has associated”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me he asociado | I have associated |
| Tú | te has asociado | You have associated |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se ha asociado | He has / she has / you have associated |
| Nosotros / as | nos hemos asociado | We have associated |
| Vosotros / as | os habéis asociado | You have associated |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se han asociado | They / you have associated |
| Vos | te has asociado | You have associated |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would associate” or “she would associate”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me asociaría | I would associate |
| Tú | te asociarías | You would associate |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se asociaría | He / she / you would associate |
| Nosotros / as | nos asociaríamos | We would associate |
| Vosotros / as | os asociaríais | You would associate |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se asociarían | They / you would associate |
| Vos | te asociarías | You would associate |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will associate” or “they will associate”.
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 asociarse” means “They are going to associate”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me asociaré | I will associate |
| Tú | te asociarás | You will associate |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se asociará | He / she / you will associate |
| Nosotros / as | nos asociaremos | We will associate |
| Vosotros / as | os asociaréis | You will associate |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se asociarán | They / you will associate |
| Vos | te asociarás | You will associate |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | me asocie |
| Tú | te asocies |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se asocie |
| Nosotros / as | nos asociemos |
| Vosotros / as | os asociéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se asocien |
| Vos | te asocies |
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 asociara | me asociase |
| Tú | te asociaras | me asociase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se asociara | se asociase |
| Nosotros / as | nos asociáramos | nos asociásemos |
| Vosotros / as | os asociarais | os asociaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se asociaran | se asociasen |
| Vos | te asociaras | me asociase |
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 asociare |
| Tú | te asociares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se asociare |
| Nosotros / as | nos asociáremos |
| Vosotros / as | os asociareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se asociaren |
| Vos | te asociares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “associate!” and “don’t associate!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | ásociate | no te asocies |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ásociese | no se asocie |
| Nosotros / as | asociémonos | no nos asociemos |
| Vosotros / as | asociaos | no os asociéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | ásociense | no se asocien |
| Vos | asociá | no te asocies |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya asociado |
| Tú | hayas asociado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya asociado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos asociado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis asociado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan asociado |
| Vos | hayas asociado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera asociado / hubiese asociado |
| Tú | hubieras asociado / hubieses asociado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera asociado / hubiese asociado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos asociado / hubiésemos asociado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais asociado / hubieseis asociado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran asociado / hubiesen asociado |
| Vos | hubieras asociado / hubieses asociado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere asociado |
| Tú | hubieres asociado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere asociado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos asociado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis asociado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren asociado |
| Vos | hubieres asociado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté asociándose |
| Tú | estés asociándose |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté asociándose |
| Nosotros / as | estemos asociándose |
| Vosotros / as | estéis asociándose |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén asociándose |
| Vos | estés asociándose |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera asociándose / estuviese asociándose |
| Tú | estuvieras asociándose / estuvieses asociándose |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera asociándose / estuviese asociándose |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos asociándose / estuviésamos asociándose |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais asociándose / estuvieseis asociándose |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera asociándose / estuviese asociándose |
| Vos | estuvieras asociándose / estuvieses asociándose |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere asociándose |
| Tú | estuvieres asociándose |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere asociándose |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos asociándose |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis asociándose |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere asociándose |
| Vos | estuvieres asociándose |
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 asociás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos te asociaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos te asociabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos te asociarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos te asociarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos te asocies |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos te asociaras / Vos me asociase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos asociá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no te asocies |