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Broncearse is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to get a tan, bronze, tan”.
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 bronceo) or after the infinitive (e.g. Él tiene que broncearse).
Below are all of the conjugations for broncearse 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 get a tan, bronze, tan |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | broncearse |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está bronceándose) and past continuous (estaba bronceándose). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. tanning).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he bronceado and hubiera bronceado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have tanned).
| Gerundio / Gerund | bronceándose |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | bronceado |
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 tan” or “they tan”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | me bronceo |
| Tú | te bronceas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se broncea |
| Nosotros / as | nos bronceamos |
| Vosotros / as | os bronceáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se broncean |
| Vos | te bronceás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I tanned” or “she tanned” 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 bronceé | I tanned |
| Tú | te bronceaste | You tanned |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se bronceó | He / she / you tanned |
| Nosotros / as | nos bronceamos | We tanned |
| Vosotros / as | os bronceasteis | You tanned |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se broncearon | They / you tanned |
| Vos | te bronceaste | You tanned |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was tanning” or “she was tanning” 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 bronceaba | I was tanning |
| Tú | te bronceabas | You were tanning |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se bronceaba | He was / she was / you were tanning |
| Nosotros / as | nos bronceábamos | We were tanning |
| Vosotros / as | os bronceabais | You were tanning |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se bronceaban | They / you were tanning |
| Vos | te bronceabas | You were tanning |
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 tanned” and “she has tanned”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me he bronceado | I have tanned |
| Tú | te has bronceado | You have tanned |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se ha bronceado | He has / she has / you have tanned |
| Nosotros / as | nos hemos bronceado | We have tanned |
| Vosotros / as | os habéis bronceado | You have tanned |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se han bronceado | They / you have tanned |
| Vos | te has bronceado | You have tanned |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would tan” or “she would tan”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me broncearía | I would tan |
| Tú | te broncearías | You would tan |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se broncearía | He / she / you would tan |
| Nosotros / as | nos broncearíamos | We would tan |
| Vosotros / as | os broncearíais | You would tan |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se broncearían | They / you would tan |
| Vos | te broncearías | You would tan |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will tan” or “they will tan”.
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 broncearse” means “They are going to tan”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me broncearé | I will tan |
| Tú | te broncearás | You will tan |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se bronceará | He / she / you will tan |
| Nosotros / as | nos broncearemos | We will tan |
| Vosotros / as | os broncearéis | You will tan |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se broncearán | They / you will tan |
| Vos | te broncearás | You will tan |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | me broncee |
| Tú | te broncees |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se broncee |
| Nosotros / as | nos bronceemos |
| Vosotros / as | os bronceéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se bronceen |
| Vos | te broncees |
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 bronceara | me broncease |
| Tú | te broncearas | me broncease |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se bronceara | se broncease |
| Nosotros / as | nos bronceáramos | nos bronceásemos |
| Vosotros / as | os broncearais | os bronceaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se broncearan | se bronceasen |
| Vos | te broncearas | me broncease |
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 bronceare |
| Tú | te bronceares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se bronceare |
| Nosotros / as | nos bronceáremos |
| Vosotros / as | os bronceareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se broncearen |
| Vos | te bronceares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “tan!” and “don’t tan!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | broncéate | no te broncees |
| Él / Ella / Usted | broncéese | no se broncee |
| Nosotros / as | bronceémonos | no nos bronceemos |
| Vosotros / as | bronceaos | no os bronceéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | broncéense | no se bronceen |
| Vos | bronceate | no te broncees |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya bronceado |
| Tú | hayas bronceado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya bronceado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos bronceado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis bronceado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan bronceado |
| Vos | hayas bronceado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera bronceado / hubiese bronceado |
| Tú | hubieras bronceado / hubieses bronceado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera bronceado / hubiese bronceado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos bronceado / hubiésemos bronceado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais bronceado / hubieseis bronceado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran bronceado / hubiesen bronceado |
| Vos | hubieras bronceado / hubieses bronceado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere bronceado |
| Tú | hubieres bronceado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere bronceado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos bronceado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis bronceado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren bronceado |
| Vos | hubieres bronceado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté bronceándose |
| Tú | estés bronceándose |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté bronceándose |
| Nosotros / as | estemos bronceándose |
| Vosotros / as | estéis bronceándose |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén bronceándose |
| Vos | estés bronceándose |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera bronceándose / estuviese bronceándose |
| Tú | estuvieras bronceándose / estuvieses bronceándose |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera bronceándose / estuviese bronceándose |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos bronceándose / estuviésamos bronceándose |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais bronceándose / estuvieseis bronceándose |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera bronceándose / estuviese bronceándose |
| Vos | estuvieras bronceándose / estuvieses bronceándose |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere bronceándose |
| Tú | estuvieres bronceándose |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere bronceándose |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos bronceándose |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis bronceándose |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere bronceándose |
| Vos | estuvieres bronceándose |
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 bronceás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos te bronceaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos te bronceabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos te broncearías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos te broncearás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos te broncees |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos te broncearas / Vos me broncease |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos bronceate |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no te broncees |