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Embarazarse is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to become pregnant”.
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 embarazo) or after the infinitive (e.g. Él tiene que embarazarse).
Below are all of the conjugations for embarazarse 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 become pregnant |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | embarazarse |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está embarazándose) and past continuous (estaba embarazándose). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. becoming pregnant).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he embarazado and hubiera embarazado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have become pregnant).
| Gerundio / Gerund | embarazándose |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | embarazado |
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 become pregnant” or “they become pregnant”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | me embarazo |
| Tú | te embarazas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se embaraza |
| Nosotros / as | nos embarazamos |
| Vosotros / as | os embarazáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se embarazan |
| Vos | te embarazás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I became pregnant” or “she became pregnant” 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 embaracé | I became pregnant |
| Tú | te embarazaste | You became pregnant |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se embarazó | He / she / you became pregnant |
| Nosotros / as | nos embarazamos | We became pregnant |
| Vosotros / as | os embarazasteis | You became pregnant |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se embarazaron | They / you became pregnant |
| Vos | te embarazaste | You became pregnant |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was becoming pregnant” or “she was becoming pregnant” 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 embarazaba | I was becoming pregnant |
| Tú | te embarazabas | You were becoming pregnant |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se embarazaba | He was / she was / you were becoming pregnant |
| Nosotros / as | nos embarazábamos | We were becoming pregnant |
| Vosotros / as | os embarazabais | You were becoming pregnant |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se embarazaban | They / you were becoming pregnant |
| Vos | te embarazabas | You were becoming pregnant |
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 become pregnant” and “she has become pregnant”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me he embarazado | I have become pregnant |
| Tú | te has embarazado | You have become pregnant |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se ha embarazado | He has / she has / you have become pregnant |
| Nosotros / as | nos hemos embarazado | We have become pregnant |
| Vosotros / as | os habéis embarazado | You have become pregnant |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se han embarazado | They / you have become pregnant |
| Vos | te has embarazado | You have become pregnant |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would become pregnant” or “she would become pregnant”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me embarazaría | I would become pregnant |
| Tú | te embarazarías | You would become pregnant |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se embarazaría | He / she / you would become pregnant |
| Nosotros / as | nos embarazaríamos | We would become pregnant |
| Vosotros / as | os embarazaríais | You would become pregnant |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se embarazarían | They / you would become pregnant |
| Vos | te embarazarías | You would become pregnant |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will become pregnant” or “they will become pregnant”.
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 embarazarse” means “They are going to become pregnant”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me embarazaré | I will become pregnant |
| Tú | te embarazarás | You will become pregnant |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se embarazará | He / she / you will become pregnant |
| Nosotros / as | nos embarazaremos | We will become pregnant |
| Vosotros / as | os embarazaréis | You will become pregnant |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se embarazarán | They / you will become pregnant |
| Vos | te embarazarás | You will become pregnant |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | me embarace |
| Tú | te embaraces |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se embarace |
| Nosotros / as | nos embaracemos |
| Vosotros / as | os embaracéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se embaracen |
| Vos | te embaraces |
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 embarazara | me embarazase |
| Tú | te embarazaras | me embarazase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se embarazara | se embarazase |
| Nosotros / as | nos embarazáramos | nos embarazásemos |
| Vosotros / as | os embarazarais | os embarazaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se embarazaran | se embarazasen |
| Vos | te embarazaras | me embarazase |
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 embarazare |
| Tú | te embarazares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se embarazare |
| Nosotros / as | nos embarazáremos |
| Vosotros / as | os embarazareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se embarazaren |
| Vos | te embarazares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “become pregnant!” and “don’t become pregnant!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | embarázate | no te embaraces |
| Él / Ella / Usted | embarácese | no se embarace |
| Nosotros / as | embaracémonos | no nos embaracemos |
| Vosotros / as | embarazaos | no os embaracéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | embarácense | no se embaracen |
| Vos | embarazate | no te embaraces |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya embarazado |
| Tú | hayas embarazado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya embarazado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos embarazado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis embarazado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan embarazado |
| Vos | hayas embarazado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera embarazado / hubiese embarazado |
| Tú | hubieras embarazado / hubieses embarazado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera embarazado / hubiese embarazado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos embarazado / hubiésemos embarazado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais embarazado / hubieseis embarazado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran embarazado / hubiesen embarazado |
| Vos | hubieras embarazado / hubieses embarazado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere embarazado |
| Tú | hubieres embarazado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere embarazado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos embarazado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis embarazado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren embarazado |
| Vos | hubieres embarazado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté embarazándose |
| Tú | estés embarazándose |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté embarazándose |
| Nosotros / as | estemos embarazándose |
| Vosotros / as | estéis embarazándose |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén embarazándose |
| Vos | estés embarazándose |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera embarazándose / estuviese embarazándose |
| Tú | estuvieras embarazándose / estuvieses embarazándose |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera embarazándose / estuviese embarazándose |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos embarazándose / estuviésamos embarazándose |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais embarazándose / estuvieseis embarazándose |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera embarazándose / estuviese embarazándose |
| Vos | estuvieras embarazándose / estuvieses embarazándose |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere embarazándose |
| Tú | estuvieres embarazándose |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere embarazándose |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos embarazándose |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis embarazándose |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere embarazándose |
| Vos | estuvieres embarazándose |
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 embarazás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos te embarazaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos te embarazabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos te embarazarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos te embarazarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos te embaraces |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos te embarazaras / Vos me embarazase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos embarazate |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no te embaraces |