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Enriquecerse is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to become rich, prosper”.
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 enriquezco) or after the infinitive (e.g. Él tiene que enriquecerse).
Below are all of the conjugations for enriquecerse 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 rich, prosper |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | enriquecerse |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está enriqueciéndose) and past continuous (estaba enriqueciéndose). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. becoming rich).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he enriquecido and hubiera enriquecido. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have become rich).
| Gerundio / Gerund | enriqueciéndose |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | enriquecido |
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 rich” or “they become rich”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | me enriquezco |
| Tú | te enriqueces |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se enriquece |
| Nosotros / as | nos enriquecemos |
| Vosotros / as | os enriquecéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se enriquecen |
| Vos | te enriquecés |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I became rich” or “she became rich” 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 enriquecí | I became rich |
| Tú | te enriqueciste | You became rich |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se enriqueció | He / she / you became rich |
| Nosotros / as | nos enriquecimos | We became rich |
| Vosotros / as | os enriquecisteis | You became rich |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se enriquecieron | They / you became rich |
| Vos | te enriqueciste | You became rich |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was becoming rich” or “she was becoming rich” 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 enriquecía | I was becoming rich |
| Tú | te enriquecías | You were becoming rich |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se enriquecía | He was / she was / you were becoming rich |
| Nosotros / as | nos enriquecíamos | We were becoming rich |
| Vosotros / as | os enriquecíais | You were becoming rich |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se enriquecían | They / you were becoming rich |
| Vos | te enriquecías | You were becoming rich |
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 rich” and “she has become rich”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me he enriquecido | I have become rich |
| Tú | te has enriquecido | You have become rich |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se ha enriquecido | He has / she has / you have become rich |
| Nosotros / as | nos hemos enriquecido | We have become rich |
| Vosotros / as | os habéis enriquecido | You have become rich |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se han enriquecido | They / you have become rich |
| Vos | te has enriquecido | You have become rich |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would become rich” or “she would become rich”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me enriquecería | I would become rich |
| Tú | te enriquecerías | You would become rich |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se enriquecería | He / she / you would become rich |
| Nosotros / as | nos enriqueceríamos | We would become rich |
| Vosotros / as | os enriqueceríais | You would become rich |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se enriquecerían | They / you would become rich |
| Vos | te enriquecerías | You would become rich |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will become rich” or “they will become rich”.
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 enriquecerse” means “They are going to become rich”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me enriqueceré | I will become rich |
| Tú | te enriquecerás | You will become rich |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se enriquecerá | He / she / you will become rich |
| Nosotros / as | nos enriqueceremos | We will become rich |
| Vosotros / as | os enriqueceréis | You will become rich |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se enriquecerán | They / you will become rich |
| Vos | te enriquecerás | You will become rich |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | me enriquezca |
| Tú | te enriquezcas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se enriquezca |
| Nosotros / as | nos enriquezcamos |
| Vosotros / as | os enriquezcáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se enriquezcan |
| Vos | te enriquezcas |
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 enriqueciera | me enriqueciese |
| Tú | te enriquecieras | me enriqueciese |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se enriqueciera | se enriqueciese |
| Nosotros / as | nos enriqueciéramos | nos enriqueciésemos |
| Vosotros / as | os enriquecierais | os enriquecieseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se enriquecieran | se enriqueciesen |
| Vos | te enriquecieras | me enriqueciese |
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 enriqueciere |
| Tú | te enriquecieres |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se enriqueciere |
| Nosotros / as | nos enriqueciéremos |
| Vosotros / as | os enriqueciereis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se enriquecieren |
| Vos | te enriquecieres |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “become rich!” and “don’t become rich!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | enriquécete | no te enriquezcas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | enriquézcase | no se enriquezca |
| Nosotros / as | enriquezcámonos | no nos enriquezcamos |
| Vosotros / as | enriqueceos | no os enriquezcáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | enriquézcanse | no se enriquezcan |
| Vos | enriquecete | no te enriquezcas |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya enriquecido |
| Tú | hayas enriquecido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya enriquecido |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos enriquecido |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis enriquecido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan enriquecido |
| Vos | hayas enriquecido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera enriquecido / hubiese enriquecido |
| Tú | hubieras enriquecido / hubieses enriquecido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera enriquecido / hubiese enriquecido |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos enriquecido / hubiésemos enriquecido |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais enriquecido / hubieseis enriquecido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran enriquecido / hubiesen enriquecido |
| Vos | hubieras enriquecido / hubieses enriquecido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere enriquecido |
| Tú | hubieres enriquecido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere enriquecido |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos enriquecido |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis enriquecido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren enriquecido |
| Vos | hubieres enriquecido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté enriqueciéndose |
| Tú | estés enriqueciéndose |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté enriqueciéndose |
| Nosotros / as | estemos enriqueciéndose |
| Vosotros / as | estéis enriqueciéndose |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén enriqueciéndose |
| Vos | estés enriqueciéndose |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera enriqueciéndose / estuviese enriqueciéndose |
| Tú | estuvieras enriqueciéndose / estuvieses enriqueciéndose |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera enriqueciéndose / estuviese enriqueciéndose |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos enriqueciéndose / estuviésamos enriqueciéndose |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais enriqueciéndose / estuvieseis enriqueciéndose |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera enriqueciéndose / estuviese enriqueciéndose |
| Vos | estuvieras enriqueciéndose / estuvieses enriqueciéndose |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere enriqueciéndose |
| Tú | estuvieres enriqueciéndose |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere enriqueciéndose |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos enriqueciéndose |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis enriqueciéndose |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere enriqueciéndose |
| Vos | estuvieres enriqueciéndose |
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 enriquecés |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos te enriqueciste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos te enriquecías |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos te enriquecerías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos te enriquecerás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos te enriquezcas |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos te enriquecieras / Vos me enriqueciese |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos enriquecete |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no te enriquezcas |