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Inmutarse is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to change, alter”.
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 inmuto) or after the infinitive (e.g. Él tiene que inmutarse).
Below are all of the conjugations for inmutarse 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 change, alter |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | inmutarse |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está inmutándose) and past continuous (estaba inmutándose). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. altering).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he inmutado and hubiera inmutado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have altered).
| Gerundio / Gerund | inmutándose |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | inmutado |
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 alter” or “they alter”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | me inmuto |
| Tú | te inmutas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se inmuta |
| Nosotros / as | nos inmutamos |
| Vosotros / as | os inmutáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se inmutan |
| Vos | inmutás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I altered” or “she altered” 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 inmuté | I altered |
| Tú | te inmutaste | You altered |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se inmutó | He / she / you altered |
| Nosotros / as | nos inmutamos | We altered |
| Vosotros / as | os inmutasteis | You altered |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se inmutaron | They / you altered |
| Vos | te inmutaste | You altered |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was altering” or “she was altering” 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 inmutaba | I was altering |
| Tú | te inmutabas | You were altering |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se inmutaba | He was / she was / you were altering |
| Nosotros / as | nos inmutábamos | We were altering |
| Vosotros / as | os inmutabais | You were altering |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se inmutaban | They / you were altering |
| Vos | te inmutabas | You were altering |
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 altered” and “she has altered”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me he inmutado | I have altered |
| Tú | te has inmutado | You have altered |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se ha inmutado | He has / she has / you have altered |
| Nosotros / as | nos hemos inmutado | We have altered |
| Vosotros / as | os habéis inmutado | You have altered |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se han inmutado | They / you have altered |
| Vos | te has inmutado | You have altered |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would alter” or “she would alter”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me inmutaría | I would alter |
| Tú | te inmutarías | You would alter |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se inmutaría | He / she / you would alter |
| Nosotros / as | nos inmutaríamos | We would alter |
| Vosotros / as | os inmutaríais | You would alter |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se inmutarían | They / you would alter |
| Vos | te inmutarías | You would alter |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will alter” or “they will alter”.
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 inmutarse” means “They are going to alter”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me inmutaré | I will alter |
| Tú | te inmutarás | You will alter |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se inmutará | He / she / you will alter |
| Nosotros / as | nos inmutaremos | We will alter |
| Vosotros / as | os inmutaréis | You will alter |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se inmutarán | They / you will alter |
| Vos | te inmutarás | You will alter |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | me inmute |
| Tú | te inmutes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se inmute |
| Nosotros / as | nos inmutemos |
| Vosotros / as | os inmutéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se inmuten |
| Vos | te inmutes |
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 inmutara | me inmutase |
| Tú | te inmutaras | me inmutase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se inmutara | se inmutase |
| Nosotros / as | nos inmutáramos | nos inmutásemos |
| Vosotros / as | os inmutarais | os inmutaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se inmutaran | se inmutasen |
| Vos | te inmutaras | me inmutase |
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 inmutare |
| Tú | te inmutares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se inmutare |
| Nosotros / as | nos inmutáremos |
| Vosotros / as | os inmutareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se inmutaren |
| Vos | te inmutares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “alter!” and “don’t alter!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | inmútate | no te inmutes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | inmútese | no se inmute |
| Nosotros / as | inmutémonos | no nos inmutemos |
| Vosotros / as | inmutaos | no os inmutéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | inmútense | no se inmuten |
| Vos | inmutá | no te inmutes |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya inmutado |
| Tú | hayas inmutado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya inmutado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos inmutado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis inmutado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan inmutado |
| Vos | hayas inmutado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera inmutado / hubiese inmutado |
| Tú | hubieras inmutado / hubieses inmutado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera inmutado / hubiese inmutado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos inmutado / hubiésemos inmutado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais inmutado / hubieseis inmutado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran inmutado / hubiesen inmutado |
| Vos | hubieras inmutado / hubieses inmutado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere inmutado |
| Tú | hubieres inmutado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere inmutado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos inmutado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis inmutado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren inmutado |
| Vos | hubieres inmutado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté inmutándose |
| Tú | estés inmutándose |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté inmutándose |
| Nosotros / as | estemos inmutándose |
| Vosotros / as | estéis inmutándose |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén inmutándose |
| Vos | estés inmutándose |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera inmutándose / estuviese inmutándose |
| Tú | estuvieras inmutándose / estuvieses inmutándose |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera inmutándose / estuviese inmutándose |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos inmutándose / estuviésamos inmutándose |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais inmutándose / estuvieseis inmutándose |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera inmutándose / estuviese inmutándose |
| Vos | estuvieras inmutándose / estuvieses inmutándose |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere inmutándose |
| Tú | estuvieres inmutándose |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere inmutándose |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos inmutándose |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis inmutándose |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere inmutándose |
| Vos | estuvieres inmutándose |
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 inmutás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos te inmutaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos te inmutabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos te inmutarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos te inmutarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos te inmutes |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos te inmutaras / Vos me inmutase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos inmutá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no te inmutes |