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Antojarse is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to want, fancy, feel like”.
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 antojo) or after the infinitive (e.g. Él tiene que antojarse).
Below are all of the conjugations for antojarse 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 want, fancy, feel like |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | antojarse |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está antojándose) and past continuous (estaba antojándose). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. feeling like).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he antojado and hubiera antojado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have felt like).
| Gerundio / Gerund | antojándose |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | antojado |
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 feel like” or “they feel like”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | me antojo |
| Tú | te antojas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se antoja |
| Nosotros / as | nos antojamos |
| Vosotros / as | os antojáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se antojan |
| Vos | te antojás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I felt like” or “she felt like” 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 antojé | I felt like |
| Tú | te antojaste | You felt like |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se antojó | He / she / you felt like |
| Nosotros / as | nos antojamos | We felt like |
| Vosotros / as | os antojasteis | You felt like |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se antojaron | They / you felt like |
| Vos | te antojaste | You felt like |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was feeling like” or “she was feeling like” 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 antojaba | I was feeling like |
| Tú | te antojabas | You were feeling like |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se antojaba | He was / she was / you were feeling like |
| Nosotros / as | nos antojábamos | We were feeling like |
| Vosotros / as | os antojabais | You were feeling like |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se antojaban | They / you were feeling like |
| Vos | te antojabas | You were feeling like |
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 felt like” and “she has felt like”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me he antojado | I have felt like |
| Tú | te has antojado | You have felt like |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se ha antojado | He has / she has / you have felt like |
| Nosotros / as | nos hemos antojado | We have felt like |
| Vosotros / as | os habéis antojado | You have felt like |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se han antojado | They / you have felt like |
| Vos | te has antojado | You have felt like |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would feel like” or “she would feel like”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me antojaría | I would feel like |
| Tú | te antojarías | You would feel like |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se antojaría | He / she / you would feel like |
| Nosotros / as | nos antojaríamos | We would feel like |
| Vosotros / as | os antojaríais | You would feel like |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se antojarían | They / you would feel like |
| Vos | te antojarías | You would feel like |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will feel like” or “they will feel like”.
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 antojarse” means “They are going to feel like”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me antojaré | I will feel like |
| Tú | te antojarás | You will feel like |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se antojará | He / she / you will feel like |
| Nosotros / as | nos antojaremos | We will feel like |
| Vosotros / as | os antojaréis | You will feel like |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se antojarán | They / you will feel like |
| Vos | te antojarás | You will feel like |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | me antoje |
| Tú | te antojes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se antoje |
| Nosotros / as | nos antojemos |
| Vosotros / as | os antojéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se antojen |
| Vos | te antojes |
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 antojara | me antojase |
| Tú | te antojaras | me antojase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se antojara | se antojase |
| Nosotros / as | nos antojáramos | nos antojásemos |
| Vosotros / as | os antojarais | os antojaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se antojaran | se antojasen |
| Vos | te antojaras | me antojase |
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 antojare |
| Tú | te antojares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se antojare |
| Nosotros / as | nos antojáremos |
| Vosotros / as | os antojareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se antojaren |
| Vos | te antojares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “feel like!” and “don’t feel like!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | antójate | no te antojes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | antójese | no se antoje |
| Nosotros / as | antojémonos | no nos antojemos |
| Vosotros / as | antojaos | no os antojéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | antójense | no se antojen |
| Vos | antojate | no te antojes |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya antojado |
| Tú | hayas antojado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya antojado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos antojado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis antojado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan antojado |
| Vos | hayas antojado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera antojado / hubiese antojado |
| Tú | hubieras antojado / hubieses antojado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera antojado / hubiese antojado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos antojado / hubiésemos antojado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais antojado / hubieseis antojado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran antojado / hubiesen antojado |
| Vos | hubieras antojado / hubieses antojado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere antojado |
| Tú | hubieres antojado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere antojado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos antojado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis antojado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren antojado |
| Vos | hubieres antojado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté antojándose |
| Tú | estés antojándose |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté antojándose |
| Nosotros / as | estemos antojándose |
| Vosotros / as | estéis antojándose |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén antojándose |
| Vos | estés antojándose |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera antojándose / estuviese antojándose |
| Tú | estuvieras antojándose / estuvieses antojándose |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera antojándose / estuviese antojándose |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos antojándose / estuviésamos antojándose |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais antojándose / estuvieseis antojándose |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera antojándose / estuviese antojándose |
| Vos | estuvieras antojándose / estuvieses antojándose |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere antojándose |
| Tú | estuvieres antojándose |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere antojándose |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos antojándose |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis antojándose |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere antojándose |
| Vos | estuvieres antojándose |
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 antojás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos te antojaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos te antojabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos te antojarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos te antojarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos te antojes |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos te antojaras / Vos me antojase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos antojate |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no te antojes |