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Familiarizarse conjugation

Familiarizarse is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to get familiar with”.

Reflexive Spanish Verbs

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 familiarizo) or after the infinitive (e.g. Él tiene que familiarizarse).

Below are all of the conjugations for familiarizarse 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.

Familiarizarse Infinitive

English Infinitive	to get familiar with
Spanish Infinitive	familiarizarse

Familiarizarse Gerund and Past Participle

The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está familiarizándose) and past continuous (estaba familiarizándose). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. got familiar with).

The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he got familiar with and hubiera got familiar with. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have getting familiar with).

Gerundio / Gerund	familiarizándose
Participio / Past Participle	got familiar with

Familiarizarse Indicative Conjugations

The basic form of speech, el indicativo is used for making statements, talking about facts, events and things that are certain and objective.

Familiarizarse Presente / Present

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 get familiar with” or “they get familiar with”.

Pronoun	Spanish
Yo	me familiarizo
Tú	te familiarizas
Él / Ella / Usted	se familiariza
Nosotros / as	nos familiarizamos
Vosotros / as	os familiarizáis
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	se familiarizan
Vos	te familiarizás

Familiarizarse Preterite / Pretérito Indefinido

Your simple past tense, e.g. “I get familiar with” or “she get familiar with” 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 familiaricé	I get familiar with
Tú	te familiarizaste	You get familiar with
Él / Ella / Usted	se familiarizó	He / she / you get familiar with
Nosotros / as	nos familiarizamos	We get familiar with
Vosotros / as	os familiarizasteis	You get familiar with
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	se familiarizaron	They / you get familiar with
Vos	te familiarizaste	You get familiar with

Familiarizarse Imperfect / Pretérito Imperfecto

The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was got familiar with” or “she was got familiar with” 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 familiarizaba	I was got familiar with
Tú	te familiarizabas	You were got familiar with
Él / Ella / Usted	se familiarizaba	He was / she was / you were got familiar with
Nosotros / as	nos familiarizábamos	We were got familiar with
Vosotros / as	os familiarizabais	You were got familiar with
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	se familiarizaban	They / you were got familiar with
Vos	te familiarizabas	You were got familiar with

Familiarizarse Perfect / Perfecto

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 getting familiar with” and “she has getting familiar with”.

Pronoun	Spanish	English
Yo	me he got familiar with	I have getting familiar with
Tú	te has got familiar with	You have getting familiar with
Él / Ella / Usted	se ha got familiar with	He has / she has / you have getting familiar with
Nosotros / as	nos hemos got familiar with	We have getting familiar with
Vosotros / as	os habéis got familiar with	You have getting familiar with
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	se han got familiar with	They / you have getting familiar with
Vos	te has got familiar with	You have getting familiar with

Familiarizarse Conditional / Condicional

The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would get familiar with” or “she would get familiar with”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.

Pronoun	Spanish	Englush
Yo	me familiarizaría	I would get familiar with
Tú	te familiarizarías	You would get familiar with
Él / Ella / Usted	se familiarizaría	He / she / you would get familiar with
Nosotros / as	nos familiarizaríamos	We would get familiar with
Vosotros / as	os familiarizaríais	You would get familiar with
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	se familiarizarían	They / you would get familiar with
Vos	te familiarizarías	You would get familiar with

Familiarizarse Future / Futuro

The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will get familiar with” or “they will get familiar with”.

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 familiarizarse” means “They are going to get familiar with”.

Pronoun	Spanish	English
Yo	me familiarizaré	I will get familiar with
Tú	te familiarizarás	You will get familiar with
Él / Ella / Usted	se familiarizará	He / she / you will get familiar with
Nosotros / as	nos familiarizaremos	We will get familiar with
Vosotros / as	os familiarizaréis	You will get familiar with
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	se familiarizarán	They / you will get familiar with
Vos	te familiarizarás	You will get familiar with

Familiarizarse Subjunctive Conjugations

Familiarizarse Present Subjunctive / Presente de Subjuntivo

Pronoun	Spanish
Yo	me familiarice
Tú	te familiarices
Él / Ella / Usted	se familiarice
Nosotros / as	nos familiaricemos
Vosotros / as	os familiaricéis
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	se familiaricen
Vos	te familiarices

Familiarizarse Past Subjunctive / Imperfecto de Subjuntivo

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 familiarizara	me familiarizase
Tú	te familiarizaras	me familiarizase
Él / Ella / Usted	se familiarizara	se familiarizase
Nosotros / as	nos familiarizáramos	nos familiarizásemos
Vosotros / as	os familiarizarais	os familiarizaseis
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	se familiarizaran	se familiarizasen
Vos	te familiarizaras	me familiarizase

Familiarizarse Future Subjunctive / Futuro de Subjuntivo

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 familiarizare
Tú	te familiarizares
Él / Ella / Usted	se familiarizare
Nosotros / as	nos familiarizáremos
Vosotros / as	os familiarizareis
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	se familiarizaren
Vos	te familiarizares

Familiarizarse Imperative Conjugations

Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “get familiar with!” and “don’t get familiar with!”.

Pronoun	Spanish Affirmative	Spanish Negative
Tú	familiarízate	no te familiarices
Él / Ella / Usted	familiarícese	no se familiarice
Nosotros / as	familiaricémonos	no nos familiaricemos
Vosotros / as	familiarizaos	no os familiaricéis
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	familiarícense	no se familiaricen
Vos	familiarizate	no te familiarices

Familiarizarse Compound Subjunctive Tenses

Familiarizarse Subjunctive Perfect

Pronoun	Spanish
Yo	haya got familiar with
Tú	hayas got familiar with
Él / Ella / Usted	haya got familiar with
Nosotros / as	hayamos got familiar with
Vosotros / as	hayáis got familiar with
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	hayan got familiar with
Vos	hayas got familiar with

Familiarizarse Subjunctive Past Perfect

Pronoun	Spanish
Yo	hubiera got familiar with / hubiese got familiar with
Tú	hubieras got familiar with / hubieses got familiar with
Él / Ella / Usted	hubiera got familiar with / hubiese got familiar with
Nosotros / as	hubiéramos got familiar with / hubiésemos got familiar with
Vosotros / as	hubierais got familiar with / hubieseis got familiar with
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	hubieran got familiar with / hubiesen got familiar with
Vos	hubieras got familiar with / hubieses got familiar with

Familiarizarse Subjunctive Future Perfect

Pronoun	Spanish
Yo	hubiere got familiar with
Tú	hubieres got familiar with
Él / Ella / Usted	hubiere got familiar with
Nosotros / as	hubiéremos got familiar with
Vosotros / as	hubiereis got familiar with
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	hubieren got familiar with
Vos	hubieres got familiar with

Familiarizarse Subjective Progressive Perfect

Pronoun	Spanish
Yo	esté familiarizándose
Tú	estés familiarizándose
Él / Ella / Usted	esté familiarizándose
Nosotros / as	estemos familiarizándose
Vosotros / as	estéis familiarizándose
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	estén familiarizándose
Vos	estés familiarizándose

Familiarizarse Subjunctive Past Progressive

Pronoun	Spanish
Yo	estuviera familiarizándose / estuviese familiarizándose
Tú	estuvieras familiarizándose / estuvieses familiarizándose
Él / Ella / Usted	estuviera familiarizándose / estuviese familiarizándose
Nosotros / as	estuviéramos familiarizándose / estuviésamos familiarizándose
Vosotros / as	estuvierais familiarizándose / estuvieseis familiarizándose
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	estuviera familiarizándose / estuviese familiarizándose
Vos	estuvieras familiarizándose / estuvieses familiarizándose

Familiarizarse Subjunctive Future Progressive

Pronoun	Spanish
Yo	estuviere familiarizándose
Tú	estuvieres familiarizándose
Él / Ella / Usted	estuviere familiarizándose
Nosotros / as	estuviéremos familiarizándose
Vosotros / as	estuviereis familiarizándose
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	estuviere familiarizándose
Vos	estuvieres familiarizándose

Familiarizarse Vos Conjugation

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 familiarizás
Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo	Vos te familiarizaste
Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo	Vos te familiarizabas
Conditional Condicional	Vos te familiarizarías
Future Futuro de Indicativo	Vos te familiarizarás
Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo	Vos te familiarices
Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo	Vos te familiarizaras / Vos me familiarizase
Affirmative Imperative Imperativo	Vos familiarizate
Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo	Vos no te familiarices