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Aburrirse is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to be bored, grow tired, grow weary”.
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 aburro) or after the infinitive (e.g. Él tiene que aburrirse).
Below are all of the conjugations for aburrirse 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 be bored, grow tired, grow weary |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | aburrirse |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está aburriéndose) and past continuous (estaba aburriéndose). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. growing tired).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he aburrido and hubiera aburrido. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have grown tired).
| Gerundio / Gerund | aburriéndose |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | aburrido |
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 grow tired” or “they grow tired”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | me aburro |
| Tú | te aburres |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se aburre |
| Nosotros / as | nos aburrimos |
| Vosotros / as | os aburrís |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se aburren |
| Vos | te aburrís |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I grew tired” or “she grew tired” 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 aburrí | I grew tired |
| Tú | te aburriste | You grew tired |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se aburrió | He / she / you grew tired |
| Nosotros / as | nos aburrimos | We grew tired |
| Vosotros / as | os aburristeis | You grew tired |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se aburrieron | They / you grew tired |
| Vos | te aburriste | You grew tired |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was growing tired” or “she was growing tired” 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 aburría | I was growing tired |
| Tú | te aburrías | You were growing tired |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se aburría | He was / she was / you were growing tired |
| Nosotros / as | nos aburríamos | We were growing tired |
| Vosotros / as | os aburríais | You were growing tired |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se aburrían | They / you were growing tired |
| Vos | te aburrías | You were growing tired |
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 grown tired” and “she has grown tired”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me he aburrido | I have grown tired |
| Tú | te has aburrido | You have grown tired |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se ha aburrido | He has / she has / you have grown tired |
| Nosotros / as | nos hemos aburrido | We have grown tired |
| Vosotros / as | os habéis aburrido | You have grown tired |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se han aburrido | They / you have grown tired |
| Vos | te has aburrido | You have grown tired |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would grow tired” or “she would grow tired”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me aburriría | I would grow tired |
| Tú | te aburrirías | You would grow tired |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se aburriría | He / she / you would grow tired |
| Nosotros / as | nos aburriríamos | We would grow tired |
| Vosotros / as | os aburriríais | You would grow tired |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se aburrirían | They / you would grow tired |
| Vos | te aburrirías | You would grow tired |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will grow tired” or “they will grow tired”.
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 aburrirse” means “They are going to grow tired”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me aburriré | I will grow tired |
| Tú | te aburrirás | You will grow tired |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se aburrirá | He / she / you will grow tired |
| Nosotros / as | nos aburriremos | We will grow tired |
| Vosotros / as | os aburriréis | You will grow tired |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se aburrirán | They / you will grow tired |
| Vos | te aburrirás | You will grow tired |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | me aburra |
| Tú | te aburras |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se aburra |
| Nosotros / as | nos aburramos |
| Vosotros / as | os aburráis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se aburran |
| Vos | te aburras |
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 aburriera | me aburriese |
| Tú | te aburrieras | me aburriese |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se aburriera | se aburriese |
| Nosotros / as | nos aburriéramos | nos aburriésemos |
| Vosotros / as | os aburrierais | os aburrieseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se aburrieran | se aburriesen |
| Vos | te aburrieras | me aburriese |
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 aburriere |
| Tú | te aburrieres |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se aburriera |
| Nosotros / as | nos aburriéremos |
| Vosotros / as | os aburriereis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se aburrieren |
| Vos | te aburrieres |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “grow tired!” and “don’t grow tired!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | abúrrete | no te aburras |
| Él / Ella / Usted | abúrrase | no se aburra |
| Nosotros / as | aburrámonos | no nos aburramos |
| Vosotros / as | aburríos | no os aburráis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | abúrranse | no se aburran |
| Vos | aburríte | no te aburras |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya aburrido |
| Tú | hayas aburrido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya aburrido |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos aburrido |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis aburrido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan aburrido |
| Vos | hayas aburrido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera aburrido / hubiese aburrido |
| Tú | hubieras aburrido / hubieses aburrido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera aburrido / hubiese aburrido |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos aburrido / hubiésemos aburrido |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais aburrido / hubieseis aburrido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran aburrido / hubiesen aburrido |
| Vos | hubieras aburrido / hubieses aburrido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere aburrido |
| Tú | hubieres aburrido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere aburrido |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos aburrido |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis aburrido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren aburrido |
| Vos | hubieres aburrido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté aburriéndose |
| Tú | estés aburriéndose |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté aburriéndose |
| Nosotros / as | estemos aburriéndose |
| Vosotros / as | estéis aburriéndose |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén aburriéndose |
| Vos | estés aburriéndose |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera aburriéndose / estuviese aburriéndose |
| Tú | estuvieras aburriéndose / estuvieses aburriéndose |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera aburriéndose / estuviese aburriéndose |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos aburriéndose / estuviésamos aburriéndose |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais aburriéndose / estuvieseis aburriéndose |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera aburriéndose / estuviese aburriéndose |
| Vos | estuvieras aburriéndose / estuvieses aburriéndose |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere aburriéndose |
| Tú | estuvieres aburriéndose |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere aburriéndose |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos aburriéndose |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis aburriéndose |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere aburriéndose |
| Vos | estuvieres aburriéndose |
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 aburrís |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos te aburriste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos te aburrías |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos te aburrirías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos te aburrirás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos te aburras |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos te aburrieras / Vos me aburriese |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos aburríte |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no te aburras |