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Burlarse conjugation

Burlarse is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to ridicule, make fun of, evade”.

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 burlo) or after the infinitive (e.g. Él tiene que burlarse).

Below are all of the conjugations for burlarse 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.

Burlarse Infinitive

English Infinitive	to ridicule, make fun of, evade
Spanish Infinitive	burlarse

Burlarse Gerund and Past Participle

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

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

Gerundio / Gerund	burlándose
Participio / Past Participle	burlado

Burlarse 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.

Burlarse 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 make fun of” or “they make fun of”.

Pronoun	Spanish
Yo	me burlo
Tú	te burlas
Él / Ella / Usted	se burla
Nosotros / as	nos burlamos
Vosotros / as	os burláis
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	se burlan
Vos	te burlás

Burlarse Preterite / Pretérito Indefinido

Your simple past tense, e.g. “I made fun of” or “she made fun 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 burlé	I made fun of
Tú	te burlaste	You made fun of
Él / Ella / Usted	se burló	He / she / you made fun of
Nosotros / as	nos burlamos	We made fun of
Vosotros / as	os burlasteis	You made fun of
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	se burlaron	They / you made fun of
Vos	te burlaste	You made fun of

Burlarse Imperfect / Pretérito Imperfecto

The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was making fun” or “she was making fun” 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 burlaba	I was making fun
Tú	te burlabas	You were making fun
Él / Ella / Usted	se burlaba	He was / she was / you were making fun
Nosotros / as	nos burlábamos	We were making fun
Vosotros / as	os burlabais	You were making fun
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	se burlaban	They / you were making fun
Vos	te burlabas	You were making fun

Burlarse 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 made fun” and “she has made fun”.

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

Burlarse Conditional / Condicional

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

Pronoun	Spanish	Englush
Yo	me burlaría	I would make fun of
Tú	te burlarías	You would make fun of
Él / Ella / Usted	se burlaría	He / she / you would make fun of
Nosotros / as	nos burlaríamos	We would make fun of
Vosotros / as	os burlaríais	You would make fun of
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	se burlarían	They / you would make fun of
Vos	te burlarías	You would make fun of

Burlarse Future / Futuro

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

Pronoun	Spanish	English
Yo	me burlaré	I will make fun of
Tú	te burlarás	You will make fun of
Él / Ella / Usted	se burlará	He / she / you will make fun of
Nosotros / as	nos burlaremos	We will make fun of
Vosotros / as	os burlaréis	You will make fun of
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	se burlarán	They / you will make fun of
Vos	te burlarás	You will make fun of

Burlarse Subjunctive Conjugations

Burlarse Present Subjunctive / Presente de Subjuntivo

Pronoun	Spanish
Yo	me burle
Tú	te burles
Él / Ella / Usted	se burle
Nosotros / as	nos burlemos
Vosotros / as	os burléis
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	se burlen
Vos	te burles

Burlarse 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 burlara	me burlase
Tú	te burlaras	me burlase
Él / Ella / Usted	se burlara	se burlase
Nosotros / as	nos burláramos	nos burlásemos
Vosotros / as	os burlarais	os burlaseis
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	se burlaran	se burlasen
Vos	te burlaras	me burlase

Burlarse 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 burlare
Tú	te burlares
Él / Ella / Usted	se burlare
Nosotros / as	nos burláremos
Vosotros / as	os burlareis
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	se burlaren
Vos	te burlares

Burlarse Imperative Conjugations

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

Pronoun	Spanish Affirmative	Spanish Negative
Tú	búrlate	no te burles
Él / Ella / Usted	búrlese	no se burle
Nosotros / as	burlémonos	no nos burlemos
Vosotros / as	burlaos	no os burléis
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	búrlense	no se burlen
Vos	burlate	no te burles

Burlarse Compound Subjunctive Tenses

Burlarse Subjunctive Perfect

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

Burlarse Subjunctive Past Perfect

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

Burlarse Subjunctive Future Perfect

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

Burlarse Subjective Progressive Perfect

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

Burlarse Subjunctive Past Progressive

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

Burlarse Subjunctive Future Progressive

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

Burlarse 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 burlás
Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo	Vos te burlaste
Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo	Vos te burlabas
Conditional Condicional	Vos te burlarías
Future Futuro de Indicativo	Vos te burlarás
Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo	Vos te burles
Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo	Vos te burlaras / Vos me burlase
Affirmative Imperative Imperativo	Vos burlate
Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo	Vos no te burles