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Enrojecerse is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to blush, turn red”.
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 enrojezco) or after the infinitive (e.g. Él tiene que enrojecerse).
Below are all of the conjugations for enrojecerse 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 blush, turn red |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | enrojecerse |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está enrojeciéndose) and past continuous (estaba enrojeciéndose). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. blushing).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he enrojecido and hubiera enrojecido. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have blushed).
| Gerundio / Gerund | enrojeciéndose |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | enrojecido |
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 blush” or “they blush”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | me enrojezco |
| Tú | te enrojeces |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se enrojece |
| Nosotros / as | nos enrojecemos |
| Vosotros / as | os enrojecéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se enrojecen |
| Vos | te enrojecés |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I blushed” or “she blushed” 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 enrojecí | I blushed |
| Tú | te enrojeciste | You blushed |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se enrojeció | He / she / you blushed |
| Nosotros / as | nos enrojecimos | We blushed |
| Vosotros / as | os enrojecisteis | You blushed |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se enrojecieron | They / you blushed |
| Vos | te enrojeciste | You blushed |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was blushing” or “she was blushing” 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 enrojecía | I was blushing |
| Tú | te enrojecías | You were blushing |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se enrojecía | He was / she was / you were blushing |
| Nosotros / as | nos enrojecíamos | We were blushing |
| Vosotros / as | os enrojecíais | You were blushing |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se enrojecían | They / you were blushing |
| Vos | te enrojecías | You were blushing |
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 blushed” and “she has blushed”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me he enrojecido | I have blushed |
| Tú | te has enrojecido | You have blushed |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se ha enrojecido | He has / she has / you have blushed |
| Nosotros / as | nos hemos enrojecido | We have blushed |
| Vosotros / as | os habéis enrojecido | You have blushed |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se han enrojecido | They / you have blushed |
| Vos | te has enrojecido | You have blushed |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would blush” or “she would blush”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me enrojecería | I would blush |
| Tú | te enrojecerías | You would blush |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se enrojecería | He / she / you would blush |
| Nosotros / as | nos enrojeceríamos | We would blush |
| Vosotros / as | os enrojeceríais | You would blush |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se enrojecerían | They / you would blush |
| Vos | te enrojecerías | You would blush |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will blush” or “they will blush”.
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 enrojecerse” means “They are going to blush”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me enrojeceré | I will blush |
| Tú | te enrojecerás | You will blush |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se enrojecerá | He / she / you will blush |
| Nosotros / as | nos enrojeceremos | We will blush |
| Vosotros / as | os enrojeceréis | You will blush |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se enrojecerán | They / you will blush |
| Vos | te enrojecerás | You will blush |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | me enrojezca |
| Tú | te enrojezcas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se enrojezca |
| Nosotros / as | nos enrojezcamos |
| Vosotros / as | os enrojezcáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se enrojezcan |
| Vos | te enrojezcas |
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 enrojeciera | me enrojeciese |
| Tú | te enrojecieras | me enrojeciese |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se enrojeciera | se enrojeciese |
| Nosotros / as | nos enrojeciéramos | nos enrojeciésemos |
| Vosotros / as | os enrojecierais | os enrojecieseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se enrojecieran | se enrojeciesen |
| Vos | te enrojecieras | me enrojeciese |
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 enrojeciere |
| Tú | te enrojecieres |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se enrojeciere |
| Nosotros / as | nos enrojeciéremos |
| Vosotros / as | os enrojeciereis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se enrojecieren |
| Vos | te enrojecieres |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “blush!” and “don’t blush!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | enrojécete | no te enrojezcas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | enrojézcase | no se enrojezca |
| Nosotros / as | enrojezcámonos | no nos enrojezcamos |
| Vosotros / as | enrojeceos | no os enrojezcáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | enrojézcanse | no se enrojezcan |
| Vos | enrojecete | no te enrojezcas |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya enrojecido |
| Tú | hayas enrojecido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya enrojecido |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos enrojecido |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis enrojecido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan enrojecido |
| Vos | hayas enrojecido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera enrojecido / hubiese enrojecido |
| Tú | hubieras enrojecido / hubieses enrojecido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera enrojecido / hubiese enrojecido |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos enrojecido / hubiésemos enrojecido |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais enrojecido / hubieseis enrojecido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran enrojecido / hubiesen enrojecido |
| Vos | hubieras enrojecido / hubieses enrojecido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere enrojecido |
| Tú | hubieres enrojecido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere enrojecido |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos enrojecido |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis enrojecido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren enrojecido |
| Vos | hubieres enrojecido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté enrojeciéndose |
| Tú | estés enrojeciéndose |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté enrojeciéndose |
| Nosotros / as | estemos enrojeciéndose |
| Vosotros / as | estéis enrojeciéndose |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén enrojeciéndose |
| Vos | estés enrojeciéndose |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera enrojeciéndose / estuviese enrojeciéndose |
| Tú | estuvieras enrojeciéndose / estuvieses enrojeciéndose |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera enrojeciéndose / estuviese enrojeciéndose |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos enrojeciéndose / estuviésamos enrojeciéndose |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais enrojeciéndose / estuvieseis enrojeciéndose |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera enrojeciéndose / estuviese enrojeciéndose |
| Vos | estuvieras enrojeciéndose / estuvieses enrojeciéndose |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere enrojeciéndose |
| Tú | estuvieres enrojeciéndose |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere enrojeciéndose |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos enrojeciéndose |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis enrojeciéndose |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere enrojeciéndose |
| Vos | estuvieres enrojeciéndose |
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 enrojecés |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos te enrojeciste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos te enrojecías |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos te enrojecerías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos te enrojecerás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos te enrojezcas |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos te enrojecieras / Vos me enrojeciese |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos enrojecete |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no te enrojezcas |