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Emocionarse is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to be moved, be touched inside”.
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 emociono) or after the infinitive (e.g. Él tiene que emocionarse).
Below are all of the conjugations for emocionarse 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 moved, be touched inside |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | emocionarse |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está emocionándose) and past continuous (estaba emocionándose). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. being moved).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he emocionado and hubiera emocionado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have been moved).
| Gerundio / Gerund | emocionándose |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | emocionado |
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 moved” or “they be moved”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | me emociono |
| Tú | te emocionas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se emociona |
| Nosotros / as | nos emocionamos |
| Vosotros / as | os emocionáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se emocionan |
| Vos | te emocionás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I was moved” or “she was moved” 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 emocioné | I was moved |
| Tú | te emocionaste | You was moved |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se emocionó | He / she / you was moved |
| Nosotros / as | nos emocionamos | We was moved |
| Vosotros / as | os emocionasteis | You was moved |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se emocionaron | They / you was moved |
| Vos | te emocionaste | You was moved |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was being moved” or “she was being moved” 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 emocionaba | I was being moved |
| Tú | te emocionabas | You were being moved |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se emocionaba | He was / she was / you were being moved |
| Nosotros / as | nos emocionábamos | We were being moved |
| Vosotros / as | os emocionabais | You were being moved |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se emocionaban | They / you were being moved |
| Vos | te emocionabas | You were being moved |
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 moved” and “she has been moved”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me he emocionado | I have been moved |
| Tú | te has emocionado | You have been moved |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se ha emocionado | He has / she has / you have been moved |
| Nosotros / as | nos hemos emocionado | We have been moved |
| Vosotros / as | os habéis emocionado | You have been moved |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se han emocionado | They / you have been moved |
| Vos | te has emocionado | You have been moved |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would be moved” or “she would be moved”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me emocionaría | I would be moved |
| Tú | te emocionarías | You would be moved |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se emocionaría | He / she / you would be moved |
| Nosotros / as | nos emocionaríamos | We would be moved |
| Vosotros / as | os emocionaríais | You would be moved |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se emocionarían | They / you would be moved |
| Vos | te emocionarías | You would be moved |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will be moved” or “they will be moved”.
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 emocionarse” means “They are going to be moved”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me emocionaré | I will be moved |
| Tú | te emocionarás | You will be moved |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se emocionará | He / she / you will be moved |
| Nosotros / as | nos emocionaremos | We will be moved |
| Vosotros / as | os emocionaréis | You will be moved |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se emocionarán | They / you will be moved |
| Vos | te emocionarás | You will be moved |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | me emocione |
| Tú | te emociones |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se emocione |
| Nosotros / as | nos emocionemos |
| Vosotros / as | os emocionéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se emocionen |
| Vos | te emociones |
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 emocionara | me emocionase |
| Tú | te emocionaras | me emocionase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se emocionara | se emocionase |
| Nosotros / as | nos emocionáramos | nos emocionásemos |
| Vosotros / as | os emocionarais | os emocionaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se emocionaran | se emocionasen |
| Vos | te emocionaras | me emocionase |
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 emocionare |
| Tú | te emocionares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se emocionare |
| Nosotros / as | nos emocionáremos |
| Vosotros / as | os emocionareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se emocionaren |
| Vos | te emocionares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “be moved!” and “don’t be moved!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | emociónate | no te emociones |
| Él / Ella / Usted | emociónese | no se emocione |
| Nosotros / as | emocionémonos | no nos emocionemos |
| Vosotros / as | emocionaos | no os emocionéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | emociónense | no se emocionen |
| Vos | emocionate | no te emociones |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya emocionado |
| Tú | hayas emocionado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya emocionado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos emocionado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis emocionado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan emocionado |
| Vos | hayas emocionado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera emocionado / hubiese emocionado |
| Tú | hubieras emocionado / hubieses emocionado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera emocionado / hubiese emocionado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos emocionado / hubiésemos emocionado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais emocionado / hubieseis emocionado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran emocionado / hubiesen emocionado |
| Vos | hubieras emocionado / hubieses emocionado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere emocionado |
| Tú | hubieres emocionado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere emocionado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos emocionado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis emocionado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren emocionado |
| Vos | hubieres emocionado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté emocionándose |
| Tú | estés emocionándose |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté emocionándose |
| Nosotros / as | estemos emocionándose |
| Vosotros / as | estéis emocionándose |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén emocionándose |
| Vos | estés emocionándose |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera emocionándose / estuviese emocionándose |
| Tú | estuvieras emocionándose / estuvieses emocionándose |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera emocionándose / estuviese emocionándose |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos emocionándose / estuviésamos emocionándose |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais emocionándose / estuvieseis emocionándose |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera emocionándose / estuviese emocionándose |
| Vos | estuvieras emocionándose / estuvieses emocionándose |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere emocionándose |
| Tú | estuvieres emocionándose |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere emocionándose |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos emocionándose |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis emocionándose |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere emocionándose |
| Vos | estuvieres emocionándose |
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 emocionás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos te emocionaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos te emocionabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos te emocionarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos te emocionarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos te emociones |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos te emocionaras / Vos me emocionase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos emocionate |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no te emociones |