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Conformarse is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to be satisfied with”.
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 conformo) or after the infinitive (e.g. Él tiene que conformarse).
Below are all of the conjugations for conformarse 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 be satisfied with |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | conformarse |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está conformándose) and past continuous (estaba conformándose). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. being satisfied with).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he conformado and hubiera conformado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have been satisfied with).
| Gerundio / Gerund | conformándose |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | conformado |
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 be satisfied with” or “they be satisfied with”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | me conformo |
| Tú | te conformas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se conforma |
| Nosotros / as | nos conformamos |
| Vosotros / as | os conformáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se conforman |
| Vos | te conformás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I was satisfied with” or “she was satisfied with” 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 conformé | I was satisfied with |
| Tú | te conformaste | You was satisfied with |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se conformó | He / she / you was satisfied with |
| Nosotros / as | nos conformamos | We was satisfied with |
| Vosotros / as | os conformasteis | You was satisfied with |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se conformaron | They / you was satisfied with |
| Vos | te conformaste | You was satisfied with |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was being satisfied with” or “she was being satisfied with” 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 conformaba | I was being satisfied with |
| Tú | te conformabas | You were being satisfied with |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se conformaba | He was / she was / you were being satisfied with |
| Nosotros / as | nos conformábamos | We were being satisfied with |
| Vosotros / as | os conformabais | You were being satisfied with |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se conformaban | They / you were being satisfied with |
| Vos | te conformabas | You were being satisfied with |
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 been satisfied with” and “she has been satisfied with”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me he conformado | I have been satisfied with |
| Tú | te has conformado | You have been satisfied with |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se ha conformado | He has / she has / you have been satisfied with |
| Nosotros / as | nos hemos conformado | We have been satisfied with |
| Vosotros / as | os habéis conformado | You have been satisfied with |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se han conformado | They / you have been satisfied with |
| Vos | te has conformado | You have been satisfied with |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would be satisfied with” or “she would be satisfied with”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me conformaría | I would be satisfied with |
| Tú | te conformarías | You would be satisfied with |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se conformaría | He / she / you would be satisfied with |
| Nosotros / as | nos conformaríamos | We would be satisfied with |
| Vosotros / as | os conformaríais | You would be satisfied with |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se conformarían | They / you would be satisfied with |
| Vos | te conformarías | You would be satisfied with |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will be satisfied with” or “they will be satisfied with”.
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 conformarse” means “They are going to be satisfied with”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me conformaré | I will be satisfied with |
| Tú | te conformarás | You will be satisfied with |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se conformará | He / she / you will be satisfied with |
| Nosotros / as | nos conformaremos | We will be satisfied with |
| Vosotros / as | os conformaréis | You will be satisfied with |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se conformarán | They / you will be satisfied with |
| Vos | te conformarás | You will be satisfied with |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | me conforme |
| Tú | te conformes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se conforme |
| Nosotros / as | nos conformemos |
| Vosotros / as | os conforméis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se conformen |
| Vos | te conformes |
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 conformara | me conformase |
| Tú | te conformaras | me conformase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se conformara | se conformase |
| Nosotros / as | nos conformáramos | nos conformásemos |
| Vosotros / as | os conformarais | os conformaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se conformaran | se conformasen |
| Vos | te conformaras | me conformase |
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 conformare |
| Tú | te conformares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se conformare |
| Nosotros / as | nos conformáremos |
| Vosotros / as | os conformareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se conformaren |
| Vos | te conformares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “be satisfied with!” and “don’t be satisfied with!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | confórmate | no te conformes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | confórmese | no se conforme |
| Nosotros / as | conformémonos | no nos conformemos |
| Vosotros / as | conformaos | no os conforméis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | confórmense | no se conformen |
| Vos | conformate | no te conformes |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya conformado |
| Tú | hayas conformado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya conformado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos conformado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis conformado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan conformado |
| Vos | hayas conformado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera conformado / hubiese conformado |
| Tú | hubieras conformado / hubieses conformado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera conformado / hubiese conformado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos conformado / hubiésemos conformado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais conformado / hubieseis conformado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran conformado / hubiesen conformado |
| Vos | hubieras conformado / hubieses conformado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere conformado |
| Tú | hubieres conformado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere conformado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos conformado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis conformado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren conformado |
| Vos | hubieres conformado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté conformándose |
| Tú | estés conformándose |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté conformándose |
| Nosotros / as | estemos conformándose |
| Vosotros / as | estéis conformándose |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén conformándose |
| Vos | estés conformándose |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera conformándose / estuviese conformándose |
| Tú | estuvieras conformándose / estuvieses conformándose |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera conformándose / estuviese conformándose |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos conformándose / estuviésamos conformándose |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais conformándose / estuvieseis conformándose |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera conformándose / estuviese conformándose |
| Vos | estuvieras conformándose / estuvieses conformándose |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere conformándose |
| Tú | estuvieres conformándose |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere conformándose |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos conformándose |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis conformándose |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere conformándose |
| Vos | estuvieres conformándose |
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 conformás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos te conformaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos te conformabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos te conformarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos te conformarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos te conformes |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos te conformaras / Vos me conformase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos conformate |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no te conformes |