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Burlarse conjugation

Burlarse conjugation - to ridicule

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

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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.

TenseVos 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