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Inscribirse is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to enroll yourself, register, inscribe”.
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 inscribo) or after the infinitive (e.g. Él tiene que inscribirse).
Below are all of the conjugations for inscribirse 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 enroll yourself, register, inscribe |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | inscribirse |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está inscribiéndose) and past continuous (estaba inscribiéndose). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. registering).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he inscrito and hubiera inscrito. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have registered).
| Gerundio / Gerund | inscribiéndose |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | inscrito |
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 register” or “they register”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | me inscribo |
| Tú | te inscribes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se inscribe |
| Nosotros / as | nos inscribimos |
| Vosotros / as | os inscribís |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se inscriben |
| Vos | inscribís |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I registered” or “she registered” 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 inscribí | I registered |
| Tú | te inscribiste | You registered |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se inscribió | He / she / you registered |
| Nosotros / as | nos inscribimos | We registered |
| Vosotros / as | os inscribisteis | You registered |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se inscribieron | They / you registered |
| Vos | te inscribiste | You registered |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was registering” or “she was registering” 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 inscribía | I was registering |
| Tú | te inscribías | You were registering |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se inscribía | He was / she was / you were registering |
| Nosotros / as | nos inscribíamos | We were registering |
| Vosotros / as | os inscribíais | You were registering |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se inscribían | They / you were registering |
| Vos | te inscribías | You were registering |
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 registered” and “she has registered”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me he inscrito | I have registered |
| Tú | te has inscrito | You have registered |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se ha inscrito | He has / she has / you have registered |
| Nosotros / as | nos hemos inscrito | We have registered |
| Vosotros / as | os habéis inscrito | You have registered |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se han inscrito | They / you have registered |
| Vos | te has inscrito | You have registered |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would register” or “she would register”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me inscribiría | I would register |
| Tú | te inscribirías | You would register |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se inscribiría | He / she / you would register |
| Nosotros / as | nos inscribiríamos | We would register |
| Vosotros / as | os inscribiríais | You would register |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se inscribirían | They / you would register |
| Vos | te inscribirías | You would register |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will register” or “they will register”.
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 inscribirse” means “They are going to register”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me inscribiré | I will register |
| Tú | te inscribirás | You will register |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se inscribirá | He / she / you will register |
| Nosotros / as | nos inscribiremos | We will register |
| Vosotros / as | os inscribiréis | You will register |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se inscribirán | They / you will register |
| Vos | te inscribirás | You will register |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | me inscriba |
| Tú | te inscribas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se inscriba |
| Nosotros / as | nos inscribamos |
| Vosotros / as | os inscribáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se inscriban |
| Vos | te inscribas |
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 inscribiera | me inscribiese |
| Tú | te inscribieras | me inscribiese |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se inscribiera | se inscribiese |
| Nosotros / as | nos inscribiéramos | nos inscribiésemos |
| Vosotros / as | os inscribierais | os inscribieseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se inscribieran | se inscribiesen |
| Vos | te inscribieras | me inscribiese |
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 inscribiere |
| Tú | te inscribieres |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se inscribiera |
| Nosotros / as | nos inscribiéremos |
| Vosotros / as | os inscribiereis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se inscribieren |
| Vos | te inscribieres |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “register!” and “don’t register!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | inscríbete | no te inscribas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | inscríbase | no se inscriba |
| Nosotros / as | inscribámonos | no nos inscribamos |
| Vosotros / as | inscribíos | no os inscribáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | inscríbanse | no se inscriban |
| Vos | inscribí | no te inscribas |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya inscrito |
| Tú | hayas inscrito |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya inscrito |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos inscrito |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis inscrito |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan inscrito |
| Vos | hayas inscrito |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera inscrito / hubiese inscrito |
| Tú | hubieras inscrito / hubieses inscrito |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera inscrito / hubiese inscrito |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos inscrito / hubiésemos inscrito |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais inscrito / hubieseis inscrito |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran inscrito / hubiesen inscrito |
| Vos | hubieras inscrito / hubieses inscrito |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere inscrito |
| Tú | hubieres inscrito |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere inscrito |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos inscrito |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis inscrito |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren inscrito |
| Vos | hubieres inscrito |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté inscribiéndose |
| Tú | estés inscribiéndose |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté inscribiéndose |
| Nosotros / as | estemos inscribiéndose |
| Vosotros / as | estéis inscribiéndose |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén inscribiéndose |
| Vos | estés inscribiéndose |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera inscribiéndose / estuviese inscribiéndose |
| Tú | estuvieras inscribiéndose / estuvieses inscribiéndose |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera inscribiéndose / estuviese inscribiéndose |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos inscribiéndose / estuviésamos inscribiéndose |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais inscribiéndose / estuvieseis inscribiéndose |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera inscribiéndose / estuviese inscribiéndose |
| Vos | estuvieras inscribiéndose / estuvieses inscribiéndose |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere inscribiéndose |
| Tú | estuvieres inscribiéndose |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere inscribiéndose |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos inscribiéndose |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis inscribiéndose |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere inscribiéndose |
| Vos | estuvieres inscribiéndose |
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 inscribís |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos te inscribiste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos te inscribías |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos te inscribirías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos te inscribirás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos te inscribas |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos te inscribieras / Vos me inscribiese |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos inscribí |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no te inscribas |