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Aventurarse is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to venture, dare”.
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 aventuro) or after the infinitive (e.g. Él tiene que aventurarse).
Below are all of the conjugations for aventurarse 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 venture, dare |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | aventurarse |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está aventurándose) and past continuous (estaba aventurándose). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. venturing).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he aventurado and hubiera aventurado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have ventured).
| Gerundio / Gerund | aventurándose |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | aventurado |
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 venture” or “they venture”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | me aventuro |
| Tú | te aventuras |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se aventura |
| Nosotros / as | nos aventuramos |
| Vosotros / as | os aventuráis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se aventuran |
| Vos | te aventurás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I ventured” or “she ventured” 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 aventuré | I ventured |
| Tú | te aventuraste | You ventured |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se aventuró | He / she / you ventured |
| Nosotros / as | nos aventuramos | We ventured |
| Vosotros / as | os aventurasteis | You ventured |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se aventuraron | They / you ventured |
| Vos | te aventuraste | You ventured |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was venturing” or “she was venturing” 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 aventuraba | I was venturing |
| Tú | te aventurabas | You were venturing |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se aventuraba | He was / she was / you were venturing |
| Nosotros / as | nos aventurábamos | We were venturing |
| Vosotros / as | os aventurabais | You were venturing |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se aventuraban | They / you were venturing |
| Vos | te aventurabas | You were venturing |
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 ventured” and “she has ventured”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me he aventurado | I have ventured |
| Tú | te has aventurado | You have ventured |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se ha aventurado | He has / she has / you have ventured |
| Nosotros / as | nos hemos aventurado | We have ventured |
| Vosotros / as | os habéis aventurado | You have ventured |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se han aventurado | They / you have ventured |
| Vos | te has aventurado | You have ventured |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would venture” or “she would venture”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me aventuraría | I would venture |
| Tú | te aventurarías | You would venture |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se aventuraría | He / she / you would venture |
| Nosotros / as | nos aventuraríamos | We would venture |
| Vosotros / as | os aventuraríais | You would venture |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se aventurarían | They / you would venture |
| Vos | te aventurarías | You would venture |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will venture” or “they will venture”.
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 aventurarse” means “They are going to venture”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me aventuraré | I will venture |
| Tú | te aventurarás | You will venture |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se aventurará | He / she / you will venture |
| Nosotros / as | nos aventuraremos | We will venture |
| Vosotros / as | os aventuraréis | You will venture |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se aventurarán | They / you will venture |
| Vos | te aventurarás | You will venture |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | me aventure |
| Tú | te aventures |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se aventure |
| Nosotros / as | nos aventuremos |
| Vosotros / as | os aventuréis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se aventuren |
| Vos | te aventures |
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 aventurara | me aventurase |
| Tú | te aventuraras | me aventurase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se aventurara | se aventurase |
| Nosotros / as | nos aventuráramos | nos aventurásemos |
| Vosotros / as | os aventurarais | os aventuraseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se aventuraran | se aventurasen |
| Vos | te aventuraras | me aventurase |
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 aventurare |
| Tú | te aventurares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se aventurare |
| Nosotros / as | nos aventuráremos |
| Vosotros / as | os aventurareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se aventuraren |
| Vos | te aventurares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “venture!” and “don’t venture!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | aventúrate | no te aventures |
| Él / Ella / Usted | aventúrese | no se aventure |
| Nosotros / as | aventurémonos | no nos aventuremos |
| Vosotros / as | aventuraos | no os aventuréis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | aventúrense | no se aventuren |
| Vos | aventurate | no te aventures |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya aventurado |
| Tú | hayas aventurado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya aventurado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos aventurado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis aventurado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan aventurado |
| Vos | hayas aventurado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera aventurado / hubiese aventurado |
| Tú | hubieras aventurado / hubieses aventurado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera aventurado / hubiese aventurado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos aventurado / hubiésemos aventurado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais aventurado / hubieseis aventurado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran aventurado / hubiesen aventurado |
| Vos | hubieras aventurado / hubieses aventurado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere aventurado |
| Tú | hubieres aventurado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere aventurado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos aventurado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis aventurado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren aventurado |
| Vos | hubieres aventurado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté aventurándose |
| Tú | estés aventurándose |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté aventurándose |
| Nosotros / as | estemos aventurándose |
| Vosotros / as | estéis aventurándose |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén aventurándose |
| Vos | estés aventurándose |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera aventurándose / estuviese aventurándose |
| Tú | estuvieras aventurándose / estuvieses aventurándose |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera aventurándose / estuviese aventurándose |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos aventurándose / estuviésamos aventurándose |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais aventurándose / estuvieseis aventurándose |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera aventurándose / estuviese aventurándose |
| Vos | estuvieras aventurándose / estuvieses aventurándose |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere aventurándose |
| Tú | estuvieres aventurándose |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere aventurándose |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos aventurándose |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis aventurándose |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere aventurándose |
| Vos | estuvieres aventurándose |
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 aventurás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos te aventuraste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos te aventurabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos te aventurarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos te aventurarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos te aventures |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos te aventuraras / Vos me aventurase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos aventurate |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no te aventures |