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Asomarse is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to peep, look out at”.
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 asomo) or after the infinitive (e.g. Él tiene que asomarse).
Below are all of the conjugations for asomarse 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 peep, look out at |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | asomarse |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está asomándose) and past continuous (estaba asomándose). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. looking).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he asomado and hubiera asomado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have looked).
| Gerundio / Gerund | asomándose |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | asomado |
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 look” or “they look”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | me asomo |
| Tú | te asomas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se asoma |
| Nosotros / as | nos asomamos |
| Vosotros / as | os asomáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se asoman |
| Vos | asomás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I looked” or “she looked” 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 asomé | I looked |
| Tú | te asomaste | You looked |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se asomó | He / she / you looked |
| Nosotros / as | nos asomamos | We looked |
| Vosotros / as | os asomasteis | You looked |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se asomaron | They / you looked |
| Vos | te asomaste | You looked |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was looking” or “she was looking” 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 asomaba | I was looking |
| Tú | te asomabas | You were looking |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se asomaba | He was / she was / you were looking |
| Nosotros / as | nos asomábamos | We were looking |
| Vosotros / as | os asomabais | You were looking |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se asomaban | They / you were looking |
| Vos | te asomabas | You were looking |
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 looked” and “she has looked”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me he asomado | I have looked |
| Tú | te has asomado | You have looked |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se ha asomado | He has / she has / you have looked |
| Nosotros / as | nos hemos asomado | We have looked |
| Vosotros / as | os habéis asomado | You have looked |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se han asomado | They / you have looked |
| Vos | te has asomado | You have looked |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would look” or “she would look”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me asomaría | I would look |
| Tú | te asomarías | You would look |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se asomaría | He / she / you would look |
| Nosotros / as | nos asomaríamos | We would look |
| Vosotros / as | os asomaríais | You would look |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se asomarían | They / you would look |
| Vos | te asomarías | You would look |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will look” or “they will look”.
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 asomarse” means “They are going to look”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me asomaré | I will look |
| Tú | te asomarás | You will look |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se asomará | He / she / you will look |
| Nosotros / as | nos asomaremos | We will look |
| Vosotros / as | os asomaréis | You will look |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se asomarán | They / you will look |
| Vos | te asomarás | You will look |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | me asome |
| Tú | te asomes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se asome |
| Nosotros / as | nos asomemos |
| Vosotros / as | os asoméis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se asomen |
| Vos | te asomes |
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 asomara | me asomase |
| Tú | te asomaras | me asomase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se asomara | se asomase |
| Nosotros / as | nos asomáramos | nos asomásemos |
| Vosotros / as | os asomarais | os asomaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se asomaran | se asomasen |
| Vos | te asomaras | me asomase |
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 asomare |
| Tú | te asomares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se asomare |
| Nosotros / as | nos asomáremos |
| Vosotros / as | os asomareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se asomaren |
| Vos | te asomares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “look!” and “don’t look!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | asómate | no te asomes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | asómese | no se asome |
| Nosotros / as | asomémonos | no nos asomemos |
| Vosotros / as | asomaos | no os asoméis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | asómense | no se asomen |
| Vos | asomá | no te asomes |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya asomado |
| Tú | hayas asomado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya asomado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos asomado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis asomado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan asomado |
| Vos | hayas asomado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera asomado / hubiese asomado |
| Tú | hubieras asomado / hubieses asomado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera asomado / hubiese asomado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos asomado / hubiésemos asomado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais asomado / hubieseis asomado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran asomado / hubiesen asomado |
| Vos | hubieras asomado / hubieses asomado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere asomado |
| Tú | hubieres asomado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere asomado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos asomado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis asomado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren asomado |
| Vos | hubieres asomado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté asomándose |
| Tú | estés asomándose |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté asomándose |
| Nosotros / as | estemos asomándose |
| Vosotros / as | estéis asomándose |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén asomándose |
| Vos | estés asomándose |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera asomándose / estuviese asomándose |
| Tú | estuvieras asomándose / estuvieses asomándose |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera asomándose / estuviese asomándose |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos asomándose / estuviésamos asomándose |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais asomándose / estuvieseis asomándose |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera asomándose / estuviese asomándose |
| Vos | estuvieras asomándose / estuvieses asomándose |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere asomándose |
| Tú | estuvieres asomándose |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere asomándose |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos asomándose |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis asomándose |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere asomándose |
| Vos | estuvieres asomándose |
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 asomás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos te asomaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos te asomabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos te asomarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos te asomarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos te asomes |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos te asomaras / Vos me asomase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos asomá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no te asomes |