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Mudarse is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to move, change, relocate”.
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 mudo) or after the infinitive (e.g. Él tiene que mudarse).
Below are all of the conjugations for mudarse 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 move, change, relocate |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | mudarse |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está mudándose) and past continuous (estaba mudándose). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. moving).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he mudado and hubiera mudado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have moved).
| Gerundio / Gerund | mudándose |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | mudado |
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 move” or “they move”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | me mudo |
| Tú | te mudas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se muda |
| Nosotros / as | nos mudamos |
| Vosotros / as | os mudáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se mudan |
| Vos |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I moved” or “she moved” 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 mudé | I moved |
| Tú | te mudaste | You moved |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se mudó | He / she / you moved |
| Nosotros / as | nos mudamos | We moved |
| Vosotros / as | os mudasteis | You moved |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se mudaron | They / you moved |
| Vos | te mudaste | You moved |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was moving” or “she was moving” 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 mudaba | I was moving |
| Tú | te mudabas | You were moving |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se mudaba | He was / she was / you were moving |
| Nosotros / as | nos mudábamos | We were moving |
| Vosotros / as | os mudabais | You were moving |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se mudaban | They / you were moving |
| Vos | te mudabas | You were moving |
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 moved” and “she has moved”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me he mudado | I have moved |
| Tú | te has mudado | You have moved |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se ha mudado | He has / she has / you have moved |
| Nosotros / as | nos hemos mudado | We have moved |
| Vosotros / as | os habéis mudado | You have moved |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se han mudado | They / you have moved |
| Vos | te has mudado | You have moved |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would move” or “she would move”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me mudaría | I would move |
| Tú | te mudarías | You would move |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se mudaría | He / she / you would move |
| Nosotros / as | nos mudaríamos | We would move |
| Vosotros / as | os mudaríais | You would move |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se mudarían | They / you would move |
| Vos | te mudarías | You would move |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will move” or “they will move”.
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 mudarse” means “They are going to move”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me mudaré | I will move |
| Tú | te mudarás | You will move |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se mudará | He / she / you will move |
| Nosotros / as | nos mudaremos | We will move |
| Vosotros / as | os mudaréis | You will move |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se mudarán | They / you will move |
| Vos | te mudarás | You will move |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | me mude |
| Tú | te mudes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se mude |
| Nosotros / as | nos mudemos |
| Vosotros / as | os mudéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se muden |
| Vos | te mudes |
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 mudara | me mudase |
| Tú | te mudaras | me mudase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se mudara | se mudase |
| Nosotros / as | nos mudáramos | nos mudásemos |
| Vosotros / as | os mudarais | os mudaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se mudaran | se mudasen |
| Vos | te mudaras | me mudase |
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 mudare |
| Tú | te mudares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se mudare |
| Nosotros / as | nos mudáremos |
| Vosotros / as | os mudareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se mudaren |
| Vos | te mudares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “move!” and “don’t move!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | múdate | no te mudes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | múdese | no se mude |
| Nosotros / as | mudémonos | no nos mudemos |
| Vosotros / as | mudaos | no os mudéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | múdense | no se muden |
| Vos | no te mudes |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya mudado |
| Tú | hayas mudado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya mudado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos mudado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis mudado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan mudado |
| Vos | hayas mudado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera mudado / hubiese mudado |
| Tú | hubieras mudado / hubieses mudado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera mudado / hubiese mudado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos mudado / hubiésemos mudado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais mudado / hubieseis mudado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran mudado / hubiesen mudado |
| Vos | hubieras mudado / hubieses mudado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere mudado |
| Tú | hubieres mudado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere mudado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos mudado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis mudado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren mudado |
| Vos | hubieres mudado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté mudándose |
| Tú | estés mudándose |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté mudándose |
| Nosotros / as | estemos mudándose |
| Vosotros / as | estéis mudándose |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén mudándose |
| Vos | estés mudándose |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera mudándose / estuviese mudándose |
| Tú | estuvieras mudándose / estuvieses mudándose |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera mudándose / estuviese mudándose |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos mudándose / estuviésamos mudándose |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais mudándose / estuvieseis mudándose |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera mudándose / estuviese mudándose |
| Vos | estuvieras mudándose / estuvieses mudándose |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere mudándose |
| Tú | estuvieres mudándose |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere mudándose |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos mudándose |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis mudándose |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere mudándose |
| Vos | estuvieres mudándose |
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 |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos te mudaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos te mudabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos te mudarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos te mudarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos te mudes |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos te mudaras / Vos me mudase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no te mudes |