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Amoldarse is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to adapt oneself, conform”.
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 amoldo) or after the infinitive (e.g. Él tiene que amoldarse).
Below are all of the conjugations for amoldarse 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 adapt oneself, conform |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | amoldarse |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está amoldándose) and past continuous (estaba amoldándose). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. adapting oneself).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he amoldado and hubiera amoldado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have adapted oneself).
| Gerundio / Gerund | amoldándose |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | amoldado |
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 adapt onself” or “they adapt onself”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | me amoldo |
| Tú | te amoldas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se amolda |
| Nosotros / as | nos amoldamos |
| Vosotros / as | os amoldáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se amoldan |
| Vos | te amoldás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I adapted oneself” or “she adapted oneself” 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 amoldé | I adapted oneself |
| Tú | te amoldaste | You adapted oneself |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se amoldó | He / she / you adapted oneself |
| Nosotros / as | nos amoldamos | We adapted oneself |
| Vosotros / as | os amoldasteis | You adapted oneself |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se amoldaron | They / you adapted oneself |
| Vos | te amoldaste | You adapted oneself |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was adapting oneself” or “she was adapting oneself” 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 amoldaba | I was adapting oneself |
| Tú | te amoldabas | You were adapting oneself |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se amoldaba | He was / she was / you were adapting oneself |
| Nosotros / as | nos amoldábamos | We were adapting oneself |
| Vosotros / as | os amoldabais | You were adapting oneself |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se amoldaban | They / you were adapting oneself |
| Vos | te amoldabas | You were adapting oneself |
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 adapted oneself” and “she has adapted oneself”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me he amoldado | I have adapted oneself |
| Tú | te has amoldado | You have adapted oneself |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se ha amoldado | He has / she has / you have adapted oneself |
| Nosotros / as | nos hemos amoldado | We have adapted oneself |
| Vosotros / as | os habéis amoldado | You have adapted oneself |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se han amoldado | They / you have adapted oneself |
| Vos | te has amoldado | You have adapted oneself |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would adapt onself” or “she would adapt onself”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me amoldaría | I would adapt onself |
| Tú | te amoldarías | You would adapt onself |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se amoldaría | He / she / you would adapt onself |
| Nosotros / as | nos amoldaríamos | We would adapt onself |
| Vosotros / as | os amoldaríais | You would adapt onself |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se amoldarían | They / you would adapt onself |
| Vos | te amoldarías | You would adapt onself |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will adapt onself” or “they will adapt onself”.
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 amoldarse” means “They are going to adapt onself”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me amoldaré | I will adapt onself |
| Tú | te amoldarás | You will adapt onself |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se amoldará | He / she / you will adapt onself |
| Nosotros / as | nos amoldaremos | We will adapt onself |
| Vosotros / as | os amoldaréis | You will adapt onself |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se amoldarán | They / you will adapt onself |
| Vos | te amoldarás | You will adapt onself |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | me amolde |
| Tú | te amoldes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se amolde |
| Nosotros / as | nos amoldemos |
| Vosotros / as | os amoldéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se amolden |
| Vos | te amoldes |
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 amoldara | me amoldase |
| Tú | te amoldaras | me amoldase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se amoldara | se amoldase |
| Nosotros / as | nos amoldáramos | nos amoldásemos |
| Vosotros / as | os amoldarais | os amoldaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se amoldaran | se amoldasen |
| Vos | te amoldaras | me amoldase |
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 amoldare |
| Tú | te amoldares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se amoldare |
| Nosotros / as | nos amoldáremos |
| Vosotros / as | os amoldareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se amoldaren |
| Vos | te amoldares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “adapt onself!” and “don’t adapt onself!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | amóldate | no te amoldes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | amóldese | no se amolde |
| Nosotros / as | amoldémonos | no nos amoldemos |
| Vosotros / as | amoldaos | no os amoldéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | amóldense | no se amolden |
| Vos | amoldate | no te amoldes |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya amoldado |
| Tú | hayas amoldado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya amoldado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos amoldado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis amoldado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan amoldado |
| Vos | hayas amoldado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera amoldado / hubiese amoldado |
| Tú | hubieras amoldado / hubieses amoldado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera amoldado / hubiese amoldado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos amoldado / hubiésemos amoldado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais amoldado / hubieseis amoldado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran amoldado / hubiesen amoldado |
| Vos | hubieras amoldado / hubieses amoldado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere amoldado |
| Tú | hubieres amoldado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere amoldado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos amoldado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis amoldado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren amoldado |
| Vos | hubieres amoldado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté amoldándose |
| Tú | estés amoldándose |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté amoldándose |
| Nosotros / as | estemos amoldándose |
| Vosotros / as | estéis amoldándose |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén amoldándose |
| Vos | estés amoldándose |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera amoldándose / estuviese amoldándose |
| Tú | estuvieras amoldándose / estuvieses amoldándose |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera amoldándose / estuviese amoldándose |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos amoldándose / estuviésamos amoldándose |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais amoldándose / estuvieseis amoldándose |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera amoldándose / estuviese amoldándose |
| Vos | estuvieras amoldándose / estuvieses amoldándose |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere amoldándose |
| Tú | estuvieres amoldándose |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere amoldándose |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos amoldándose |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis amoldándose |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere amoldándose |
| Vos | estuvieres amoldándose |
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 amoldás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos te amoldaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos te amoldabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos te amoldarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos te amoldarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos te amoldes |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos te amoldaras / Vos me amoldase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos amoldate |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no te amoldes |