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Casarse is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to get married”.
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 caso) or after the infinitive (e.g. Él tiene que casarse).
Below are all of the conjugations for casarse 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 get married |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | casarse |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está casándose) and past continuous (estaba casándose). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. getting married).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he casado and hubiera casado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have got married).
| Gerundio / Gerund | casándose |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | casado |
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 get married” or “they get married”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | me caso |
| Tú | te casas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se casa |
| Nosotros / as | nos casamos |
| Vosotros / as | os casáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se casan |
| Vos | te casás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I got married” or “she got married” 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 casé | I got married |
| Tú | te casaste | You got married |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se casó | He / she / you got married |
| Nosotros / as | nos casamos | We got married |
| Vosotros / as | os casasteis | You got married |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se casaron | They / you got married |
| Vos | te casaste | You got married |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was getting married” or “she was getting married” 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 casaba | I was getting married |
| Tú | te casabas | You were getting married |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se casaba | He was / she was / you were getting married |
| Nosotros / as | nos casábamos | We were getting married |
| Vosotros / as | os casabais | You were getting married |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se casaban | They / you were getting married |
| Vos | te casabas | You were getting married |
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 got married” and “she has got married”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me he casado | I have got married |
| Tú | te has casado | You have got married |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se ha casado | He has / she has / you have got married |
| Nosotros / as | nos hemos casado | We have got married |
| Vosotros / as | os habéis casado | You have got married |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se han casado | They / you have got married |
| Vos | te has casado | You have got married |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would get married” or “she would get married”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me casaría | I would get married |
| Tú | te casarías | You would get married |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se casaría | He / she / you would get married |
| Nosotros / as | nos casaríamos | We would get married |
| Vosotros / as | os casaríais | You would get married |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se casarían | They / you would get married |
| Vos | te casarías | You would get married |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will get married” or “they will get married”.
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 casarse” means “They are going to get married”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me casaré | I will get married |
| Tú | te casarás | You will get married |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se casará | He / she / you will get married |
| Nosotros / as | nos casaremos | We will get married |
| Vosotros / as | os casaréis | You will get married |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se casarán | They / you will get married |
| Vos | te casarás | You will get married |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | me case |
| Tú | te cases |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se case |
| Nosotros / as | nos casemos |
| Vosotros / as | os caséis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se casen |
| Vos | te cases |
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 casara | me casase |
| Tú | te casaras | me casase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se casara | se casase |
| Nosotros / as | nos casáramos | nos casásemos |
| Vosotros / as | os casarais | os casaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se casaran | se casasen |
| Vos | te casaras | me casase |
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 casare |
| Tú | te casares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se casare |
| Nosotros / as | nos casáremos |
| Vosotros / as | os casareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se casaren |
| Vos | te casares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “get married!” and “don’t get married!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | cásate | no te cases |
| Él / Ella / Usted | cásese | no se case |
| Nosotros / as | casémonos | no nos casemos |
| Vosotros / as | casaos | no os caséis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | cásense | no se casen |
| Vos | casate | no te cases |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya casado |
| Tú | hayas casado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya casado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos casado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis casado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan casado |
| Vos | hayas casado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera casado / hubiese casado |
| Tú | hubieras casado / hubieses casado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera casado / hubiese casado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos casado / hubiésemos casado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais casado / hubieseis casado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran casado / hubiesen casado |
| Vos | hubieras casado / hubieses casado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere casado |
| Tú | hubieres casado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere casado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos casado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis casado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren casado |
| Vos | hubieres casado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté casándose |
| Tú | estés casándose |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté casándose |
| Nosotros / as | estemos casándose |
| Vosotros / as | estéis casándose |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén casándose |
| Vos | estés casándose |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera casándose / estuviese casándose |
| Tú | estuvieras casándose / estuvieses casándose |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera casándose / estuviese casándose |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos casándose / estuviésamos casándose |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais casándose / estuvieseis casándose |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera casándose / estuviese casándose |
| Vos | estuvieras casándose / estuvieses casándose |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere casándose |
| Tú | estuvieres casándose |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere casándose |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos casándose |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis casándose |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere casándose |
| Vos | estuvieres casándose |
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 casás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos te casaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos te casabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos te casarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos te casarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos te cases |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos te casaras / Vos me casase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos casate |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no te cases |