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Aprovecharse conjugation

Aprovecharse is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to take advantage of, make use 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 aprovecho) or after the infinitive (e.g. Él tiene que aprovecharse).

Below are all of the conjugations for aprovecharse 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.

Aprovecharse Infinitive

English Infinitive	to take advantage of, make use of
Spanish Infinitive	aprovecharse

Aprovecharse Gerund and Past Participle

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

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

Gerundio / Gerund	aprovechándose
Participio / Past Participle	aprovechado

Aprovecharse 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.

Aprovecharse 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 advantage of” or “they take advantage of”.

Pronoun	Spanish
Yo	me aprovecho
Tú	te aprovechas
Él / Ella / Usted	se aprovecha
Nosotros / as	nos aprovechamos
Vosotros / as	os aprovecháis
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	se aprovechan
Vos	aprovechás

Aprovecharse Preterite / Pretérito Indefinido

Your simple past tense, e.g. “I took advantage of” or “she took advantage 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 aproveché	I took advantage of
Tú	te aprovechaste	You took advantage of
Él / Ella / Usted	se aprovechó	He / she / you took advantage of
Nosotros / as	nos aprovechamos	We took advantage of
Vosotros / as	os aprovechasteis	You took advantage of
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	se aprovecharon	They / you took advantage of
Vos	te aprovechaste	You took advantage of

Aprovecharse Imperfect / Pretérito Imperfecto

The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was taking advantage of” or “she was taking advantage 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 aprovechaba	I was taking advantage of
Tú	te aprovechabas	You were taking advantage of
Él / Ella / Usted	se aprovechaba	He was / she was / you were taking advantage of
Nosotros / as	nos aprovechábamos	We were taking advantage of
Vosotros / as	os aprovechabais	You were taking advantage of
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	se aprovechaban	They / you were taking advantage of
Vos	te aprovechabas	You were taking advantage of

Aprovecharse 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 advantage of” and “she has taken advantage of”.

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

Aprovecharse Conditional / Condicional

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

Pronoun	Spanish	Englush
Yo	me aprovecharía	I would take advantage of
Tú	te aprovecharías	You would take advantage of
Él / Ella / Usted	se aprovecharía	He / she / you would take advantage of
Nosotros / as	nos aprovecharíamos	We would take advantage of
Vosotros / as	os aprovecharíais	You would take advantage of
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	se aprovecharían	They / you would take advantage of
Vos	te aprovecharías	You would take advantage of

Aprovecharse Future / Futuro

The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will take advantage of” or “they will take advantage 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 aprovecharse” means “They are going to take advantage of”.

Pronoun	Spanish	English
Yo	me aprovecharé	I will take advantage of
Tú	te aprovecharás	You will take advantage of
Él / Ella / Usted	se aprovechará	He / she / you will take advantage of
Nosotros / as	nos aprovecharemos	We will take advantage of
Vosotros / as	os aprovecharéis	You will take advantage of
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	se aprovecharán	They / you will take advantage of
Vos	te aprovecharás	You will take advantage of

Aprovecharse Subjunctive Conjugations

Aprovecharse Present Subjunctive / Presente de Subjuntivo

Pronoun	Spanish
Yo	me aproveche
Tú	te aproveches
Él / Ella / Usted	se aproveche
Nosotros / as	nos aprovechemos
Vosotros / as	os aprovechéis
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	se aprovechen
Vos	te aproveches

Aprovecharse 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 aprovechara	me aprovechase
Tú	te aprovecharas	me aprovechase
Él / Ella / Usted	se aprovechara	se aprovechase
Nosotros / as	nos aprovecháramos	nos aprovechásemos
Vosotros / as	os aprovecharais	os aprovechaseis
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	se aprovecharan	se aprovechasen
Vos	te aprovecharas	me aprovechase

Aprovecharse 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 aprovechare
Tú	te aprovechares
Él / Ella / Usted	se aprovechare
Nosotros / as	nos aprovecháremos
Vosotros / as	os aprovechareis
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	se aprovecharen
Vos	te aprovechares

Aprovecharse Imperative Conjugations

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

Pronoun	Spanish Affirmative	Spanish Negative
Tú	aprovéchate	no te aproveches
Él / Ella / Usted	aprovéchese	no se aproveche
Nosotros / as	aprovechémonos	no nos aprovechemos
Vosotros / as	aprovechaos	no os aprovechéis
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	aprovéchense	no se aprovechen
Vos	aprovechá	no te aproveches

Aprovecharse Compound Subjunctive Tenses

Aprovecharse Subjunctive Perfect

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

Aprovecharse Subjunctive Past Perfect

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

Aprovecharse Subjunctive Future Perfect

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

Aprovecharse Subjective Progressive Perfect

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

Aprovecharse Subjunctive Past Progressive

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

Aprovecharse Subjunctive Future Progressive

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

Aprovecharse 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 aprovechás
Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo	Vos te aprovechaste
Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo	Vos te aprovechabas
Conditional Condicional	Vos te aprovecharías
Future Futuro de Indicativo	Vos te aprovecharás
Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo	Vos te aproveches
Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo	Vos te aprovecharas / Vos me aprovechase
Affirmative Imperative Imperativo	Vos aprovechá
Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo	Vos no te aproveches