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Enloquecerse is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to go crazy or mad”.
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 enloquezco) or after the infinitive (e.g. Él tiene que enloquecerse).
Below are all of the conjugations for enloquecerse 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 go crazy or mad |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | enloquecerse |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está enloqueciéndose) and past continuous (estaba enloqueciéndose). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. going crazy).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he enloquecido and hubiera enloquecido. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have gone crazy).
| Gerundio / Gerund | enloqueciéndose |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | enloquecido |
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 go crazy” or “they go crazy”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | me enloquezco |
| Tú | te enloqueces |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se enloquece |
| Nosotros / as | nos enloquecemos |
| Vosotros / as | os enloquecéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se enloquecen |
| Vos | te enloquecés |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I went crazy” or “she went crazy” 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 enloquecí | I went crazy |
| Tú | te enloqueciste | You went crazy |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se enloqueció | He / she / you went crazy |
| Nosotros / as | nos enloquecimos | We went crazy |
| Vosotros / as | os enloquecisteis | You went crazy |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se enloquecieron | They / you went crazy |
| Vos | te enloqueciste | You went crazy |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was going crazy” or “she was going crazy” 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 enloquecía | I was going crazy |
| Tú | te enloquecías | You were going crazy |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se enloquecía | He was / she was / you were going crazy |
| Nosotros / as | nos enloquecíamos | We were going crazy |
| Vosotros / as | os enloquecíais | You were going crazy |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se enloquecían | They / you were going crazy |
| Vos | te enloquecías | You were going crazy |
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 gone crazy” and “she has gone crazy”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me he enloquecido | I have gone crazy |
| Tú | te has enloquecido | You have gone crazy |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se ha enloquecido | He has / she has / you have gone crazy |
| Nosotros / as | nos hemos enloquecido | We have gone crazy |
| Vosotros / as | os habéis enloquecido | You have gone crazy |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se han enloquecido | They / you have gone crazy |
| Vos | te has enloquecido | You have gone crazy |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would go crazy” or “she would go crazy”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me enloquecería | I would go crazy |
| Tú | te enloquecerías | You would go crazy |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se enloquecería | He / she / you would go crazy |
| Nosotros / as | nos enloqueceríamos | We would go crazy |
| Vosotros / as | os enloqueceríais | You would go crazy |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se enloquecerían | They / you would go crazy |
| Vos | te enloquecerías | You would go crazy |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will go crazy” or “they will go crazy”.
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 enloquecerse” means “They are going to go crazy”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me enloqueceré | I will go crazy |
| Tú | te enloquecerás | You will go crazy |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se enloquecerá | He / she / you will go crazy |
| Nosotros / as | nos enloqueceremos | We will go crazy |
| Vosotros / as | os enloqueceréis | You will go crazy |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se enloquecerán | They / you will go crazy |
| Vos | te enloquecerás | You will go crazy |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | me enloquezca |
| Tú | te enloquezcas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se enloquezca |
| Nosotros / as | nos enloquezcamos |
| Vosotros / as | os enloquezcáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se enloquezcan |
| Vos | te enloquezcas |
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 enloqueciera | me enloqueciese |
| Tú | te enloquecieras | me enloqueciese |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se enloqueciera | se enloqueciese |
| Nosotros / as | nos enloqueciéramos | nos enloqueciésemos |
| Vosotros / as | os enloquecierais | os enloquecieseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se enloquecieran | se enloqueciesen |
| Vos | te enloquecieras | me enloqueciese |
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 enloqueciere |
| Tú | te enloquecieres |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se enloqueciere |
| Nosotros / as | nos enloqueciéremos |
| Vosotros / as | os enloqueciereis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se enloquecieren |
| Vos | te enloquecieres |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “go crazy!” and “don’t go crazy!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | enloquécete | no te enloquezcas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | enloquézcase | no se enloquezca |
| Nosotros / as | enloquezcámonos | no nos enloquezcamos |
| Vosotros / as | enloqueceos | no os enloquezcáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | enloquézcanse | no se enloquezcan |
| Vos | enloquecete | no te enloquezcas |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya enloquecido |
| Tú | hayas enloquecido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya enloquecido |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos enloquecido |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis enloquecido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan enloquecido |
| Vos | hayas enloquecido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera enloquecido / hubiese enloquecido |
| Tú | hubieras enloquecido / hubieses enloquecido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera enloquecido / hubiese enloquecido |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos enloquecido / hubiésemos enloquecido |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais enloquecido / hubieseis enloquecido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran enloquecido / hubiesen enloquecido |
| Vos | hubieras enloquecido / hubieses enloquecido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere enloquecido |
| Tú | hubieres enloquecido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere enloquecido |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos enloquecido |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis enloquecido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren enloquecido |
| Vos | hubieres enloquecido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté enloqueciéndose |
| Tú | estés enloqueciéndose |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté enloqueciéndose |
| Nosotros / as | estemos enloqueciéndose |
| Vosotros / as | estéis enloqueciéndose |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén enloqueciéndose |
| Vos | estés enloqueciéndose |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera enloqueciéndose / estuviese enloqueciéndose |
| Tú | estuvieras enloqueciéndose / estuvieses enloqueciéndose |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera enloqueciéndose / estuviese enloqueciéndose |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos enloqueciéndose / estuviésamos enloqueciéndose |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais enloqueciéndose / estuvieseis enloqueciéndose |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera enloqueciéndose / estuviese enloqueciéndose |
| Vos | estuvieras enloqueciéndose / estuvieses enloqueciéndose |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere enloqueciéndose |
| Tú | estuvieres enloqueciéndose |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere enloqueciéndose |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos enloqueciéndose |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis enloqueciéndose |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere enloqueciéndose |
| Vos | estuvieres enloqueciéndose |
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 enloquecés |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos te enloqueciste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos te enloquecías |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos te enloquecerías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos te enloquecerás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos te enloquezcas |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos te enloquecieras / Vos me enloqueciese |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos enloquecete |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no te enloquezcas |