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Adueñarse conjugation

Adueñarse is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to take possession of”.

Reflexive Spanish Verbs

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 adueño) or after the infinitive (e.g. Él tiene que adueñarse).

Below are all of the conjugations for adueñarse 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.

Adueñarse Infinitive

English Infinitive	to take possession of
Spanish Infinitive	adueñarse

Adueñarse Gerund and Past Participle

The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está adueñándose) and past continuous (estaba adueñándose). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. taking possession of).

The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he adueñado and hubiera adueñado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have taken possession of).

Gerundio / Gerund	adueñándose
Participio / Past Participle	adueñado

Adueñarse Indicative Conjugations

The basic form of speech, el indicativo is used for making statements, talking about facts, events and things that are certain and objective.

Adueñarse Presente / Present

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 take possession of” or “they take possession of”.

Pronoun	Spanish
Yo	me adueño
Tú	te adueñas
Él / Ella / Usted	se adueña
Nosotros / as	nos adueñamos
Vosotros / as	os adueñáis
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	se adueñan
Vos	adulás

Adueñarse Preterite / Pretérito Indefinido

Your simple past tense, e.g. “I took possession of” or “she took possession of” 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 adueñé	I took possession of
Tú	te adueñaste	You took possession of
Él / Ella / Usted	se adueñó	He / she / you took possession of
Nosotros / as	nos adueñamos	We took possession of
Vosotros / as	os adueñasteis	You took possession of
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	se adueñaron	They / you took possession of
Vos	te adueñaste	You took possession of

Adueñarse Imperfect / Pretérito Imperfecto

The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was taking possession of” or “she was taking possession of” 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 adueñaba	I was taking possession of
Tú	te adueñabas	You were taking possession of
Él / Ella / Usted	se adueñaba	He was / she was / you were taking possession of
Nosotros / as	nos adueñábamos	We were taking possession of
Vosotros / as	os adueñabais	You were taking possession of
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	se adueñaban	They / you were taking possession of
Vos	te adueñabas	You were taking possession of

Adueñarse Perfect / Perfecto

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 taken possession of” and “she has taken possession of”.

Pronoun	Spanish	English
Yo	me he adueñado	I have taken possession of
Tú	te has adueñado	You have taken possession of
Él / Ella / Usted	se ha adueñado	He has / she has / you have taken possession of
Nosotros / as	nos hemos adueñado	We have taken possession of
Vosotros / as	os habéis adueñado	You have taken possession of
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	se han adueñado	They / you have taken possession of
Vos	te has adueñado	You have taken possession of

Adueñarse Conditional / Condicional

The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would take possession of” or “she would take possession of”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.

Pronoun	Spanish	Englush
Yo	me adueñaría	I would take possession of
Tú	te adueñarías	You would take possession of
Él / Ella / Usted	se adueñaría	He / she / you would take possession of
Nosotros / as	nos adueñaríamos	We would take possession of
Vosotros / as	os adueñaríais	You would take possession of
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	se adueñarían	They / you would take possession of
Vos	te adueñarías	You would take possession of

Adueñarse Future / Futuro

The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will take possession of” or “they will take possession of”.

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 adueñarse” means “They are going to take possession of”.

Pronoun	Spanish	English
Yo	me adueñaré	I will take possession of
Tú	te adueñarás	You will take possession of
Él / Ella / Usted	se adueñará	He / she / you will take possession of
Nosotros / as	nos adueñaremos	We will take possession of
Vosotros / as	os adueñaréis	You will take possession of
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	se adueñarán	They / you will take possession of
Vos	te adueñarás	You will take possession of

Adueñarse Subjunctive Conjugations

Adueñarse Present Subjunctive / Presente de Subjuntivo

Pronoun	Spanish
Yo	me adueñe
Tú	te adueñes
Él / Ella / Usted	se adueñe
Nosotros / as	nos adueñemos
Vosotros / as	os adueñéis
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	se adueñen
Vos	te adueñes

Adueñarse Past Subjunctive / Imperfecto de Subjuntivo

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 adueñara	me adueñase
Tú	te adueñaras	me adueñase
Él / Ella / Usted	se adueñara	se adueñase
Nosotros / as	nos adueñáramos	nos adueñásemos
Vosotros / as	os adueñarais	os adueñaseis
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	se adueñaran	se adueñasen
Vos	te adueñaras	me adueñase

Adueñarse Future Subjunctive / Futuro de Subjuntivo

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 adueñare
Tú	te adueñares
Él / Ella / Usted	se adueñare
Nosotros / as	nos adueñáremos
Vosotros / as	os adueñareis
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	se adueñaren
Vos	te adueñares

Adueñarse Imperative Conjugations

Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “take possession of!” and “don’t take possession of!”.

Pronoun	Spanish Affirmative	Spanish Negative
Tú	aduéñate	no te adueñes
Él / Ella / Usted	aduéñese	no se adueñe
Nosotros / as	adueñémonos	no nos adueñemos
Vosotros / as	adueñaos	no os adueñéis
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	aduéñense	no se adueñen
Vos	adueñate	no te adueñes

Adueñarse Compound Subjunctive Tenses

Adueñarse Subjunctive Perfect

Pronoun	Spanish
Yo	haya adueñado
Tú	hayas adueñado
Él / Ella / Usted	haya adueñado
Nosotros / as	hayamos adueñado
Vosotros / as	hayáis adueñado
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	hayan adueñado
Vos	hayas adueñado

Adueñarse Subjunctive Past Perfect

Pronoun	Spanish
Yo	hubiera adueñado / hubiese adueñado
Tú	hubieras adueñado / hubieses adueñado
Él / Ella / Usted	hubiera adueñado / hubiese adueñado
Nosotros / as	hubiéramos adueñado / hubiésemos adueñado
Vosotros / as	hubierais adueñado / hubieseis adueñado
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	hubieran adueñado / hubiesen adueñado
Vos	hubieras adueñado / hubieses adueñado

Adueñarse Subjunctive Future Perfect

Pronoun	Spanish
Yo	hubiere adueñado
Tú	hubieres adueñado
Él / Ella / Usted	hubiere adueñado
Nosotros / as	hubiéremos adueñado
Vosotros / as	hubiereis adueñado
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	hubieren adueñado
Vos	hubieres adueñado

Adueñarse Subjective Progressive Perfect

Pronoun	Spanish
Yo	esté adueñándose
Tú	estés adueñándose
Él / Ella / Usted	esté adueñándose
Nosotros / as	estemos adueñándose
Vosotros / as	estéis adueñándose
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	estén adueñándose
Vos	estés adueñándose

Adueñarse Subjunctive Past Progressive

Pronoun	Spanish
Yo	estuviera adueñándose / estuviese adueñándose
Tú	estuvieras adueñándose / estuvieses adueñándose
Él / Ella / Usted	estuviera adueñándose / estuviese adueñándose
Nosotros / as	estuviéramos adueñándose / estuviésamos adueñándose
Vosotros / as	estuvierais adueñándose / estuvieseis adueñándose
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	estuviera adueñándose / estuviese adueñándose
Vos	estuvieras adueñándose / estuvieses adueñándose

Adueñarse Subjunctive Future Progressive

Pronoun	Spanish
Yo	estuviere adueñándose
Tú	estuvieres adueñándose
Él / Ella / Usted	estuviere adueñándose
Nosotros / as	estuviéremos adueñándose
Vosotros / as	estuviereis adueñándose
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	estuviere adueñándose
Vos	estuvieres adueñándose

Adueñarse Vos Conjugation

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 adulás
Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo	Vos te adueñaste
Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo	Vos te adueñabas
Conditional Condicional	Vos te adueñarías
Future Futuro de Indicativo	Vos te adueñarás
Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo	Vos te adueñes
Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo	Vos te adueñaras / Vos me adueñase
Affirmative Imperative Imperativo	Vos adueñate
Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo	Vos no te adueñes