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Apegarse conjugation

Apegarse is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to become fond, become attached to”.

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 apego) or after the infinitive (e.g. Él tiene que apegarse).

Below are all of the conjugations for apegarse 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.

Apegarse Infinitive

English Infinitive	to become fond, become attached to
Spanish Infinitive	apegarse

Apegarse Gerund and Past Participle

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

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

Gerundio / Gerund	apegándose
Participio / Past Participle	apegado

Apegarse 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.

Apegarse 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 become fond of” or “they become fond of”.

Pronoun	Spanish
Yo	me apego
Tú	te apegas
Él / Ella / Usted	se apega
Nosotros / as	nos apegamos
Vosotros / as	os apegáis
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	se apegan
Vos	te apegás

Apegarse Preterite / Pretérito Indefinido

Your simple past tense, e.g. “I became fond of” or “she became fond 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 apegué	I became fond of
Tú	te apegaste	You became fond of
Él / Ella / Usted	se apegó	He / she / you became fond of
Nosotros / as	nos apegamos	We became fond of
Vosotros / as	os apegasteis	You became fond of
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	se apegaron	They / you became fond of
Vos	te apegaste	You became fond of

Apegarse Imperfect / Pretérito Imperfecto

The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was becoming fond of” or “she was becoming fond 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 apegaba	I was becoming fond of
Tú	te apegabas	You were becoming fond of
Él / Ella / Usted	se apegaba	He was / she was / you were becoming fond of
Nosotros / as	nos apegábamos	We were becoming fond of
Vosotros / as	os apegabais	You were becoming fond of
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	se apegaban	They / you were becoming fond of
Vos	te apegabas	You were becoming fond of

Apegarse 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 become fond of” and “she has become fond of”.

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

Apegarse Conditional / Condicional

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

Pronoun	Spanish	Englush
Yo	me apegaría	I would become fond of
Tú	te apegarías	You would become fond of
Él / Ella / Usted	se apegaría	He / she / you would become fond of
Nosotros / as	nos apegaríamos	We would become fond of
Vosotros / as	os apegaríais	You would become fond of
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	se apegarían	They / you would become fond of
Vos	te apegarías	You would become fond of

Apegarse Future / Futuro

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

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 apegarse” means “They are going to become fond”.

Pronoun	Spanish	English
Yo	me apegaré	I will become fond of
Tú	te apegarás	You will become fond of
Él / Ella / Usted	se apegará	He / she / you will become fond of
Nosotros / as	nos apegaremos	We will become fond of
Vosotros / as	os apegaréis	You will become fond of
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	se apegarán	They / you will become fond of
Vos	te apegarás	You will become fond of

Apegarse Subjunctive Conjugations

Apegarse Present Subjunctive / Presente de Subjuntivo

Pronoun	Spanish
Yo	me apegue
Tú	te apegues
Él / Ella / Usted	se apegue
Nosotros / as	nos apeguemos
Vosotros / as	os apeguéis
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	se apeguen
Vos	te apegues

Apegarse 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 apegara	me apegase
Tú	te apegaras	me apegase
Él / Ella / Usted	se apegara	se apegase
Nosotros / as	nos apegáramos	nos apegásemos
Vosotros / as	os apegarais	os apegaseis
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	se apegaran	se apegasen
Vos	te apegaras	me apegase

Apegarse 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 apegare
Tú	te apegares
Él / Ella / Usted	se apegare
Nosotros / as	nos apegáremos
Vosotros / as	os apegareis
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	se apegaren
Vos	te apegares

Apegarse Imperative Conjugations

Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “become fond!” and “don’t become fond!”.

Pronoun	Spanish Affirmative	Spanish Negative
Tú	apégate	no te apegues
Él / Ella / Usted	apéguese	no se apegue
Nosotros / as	apeguémonos	no nos apeguemos
Vosotros / as	apegaos	no os apeguéis
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	apéguense	no se apeguen
Vos	apegate	no te apegues

Apegarse Compound Subjunctive Tenses

Apegarse Subjunctive Perfect

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

Apegarse Subjunctive Past Perfect

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

Apegarse Subjunctive Future Perfect

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

Apegarse Subjective Progressive Perfect

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

Apegarse Subjunctive Past Progressive

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

Apegarse Subjunctive Future Progressive

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

Apegarse 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 te apegás
Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo	Vos te apegaste
Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo	Vos te apegabas
Conditional Condicional	Vos te apegarías
Future Futuro de Indicativo	Vos te apegarás
Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo	Vos te apegues
Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo	Vos te apegaras / Vos me apegase
Affirmative Imperative Imperativo	Vos apegate
Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo	Vos no te apegues