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Arrepentirse is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to repent, regret”.
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 arrepiento) or after the infinitive (e.g. Él tiene que arrepentirse).
Below are all of the conjugations for arrepentirse 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 repent, regret |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | arrepentirse |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está arrepintiéndose) and past continuous (estaba arrepintiéndose). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. repenting).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he arrepentido and hubiera arrepentido. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have repented).
| Gerundio / Gerund | arrepintiéndose |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | arrepentido |
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 repent” or “they repent”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | me arrepiento |
| Tú | te arrepientes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se arrepiente |
| Nosotros / as | nos arrepentimos |
| Vosotros / as | os arrepentís |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se arrepienten |
| Vos | te arrepentís |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I repented” or “she repented” 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 arrepentí | I repented |
| Tú | te arrepentiste | You repented |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se arrepintió | He / she / you repented |
| Nosotros / as | nos arrepentimos | We repented |
| Vosotros / as | os arrepentisteis | You repented |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se arrepintieron | They / you repented |
| Vos | te arrepentiste | You repented |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was repenting” or “she was repenting” 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 arrepentía | I was repenting |
| Tú | te arrepentías | You were repenting |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se arrepentía | He was / she was / you were repenting |
| Nosotros / as | nos arrepentíamos | We were repenting |
| Vosotros / as | os arrepentíais | You were repenting |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se arrepentían | They / you were repenting |
| Vos | te arrepentías | You were repenting |
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 repented” and “she has repented”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me he arrepentido | I have repented |
| Tú | te has arrepentido | You have repented |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se ha arrepentido | He has / she has / you have repented |
| Nosotros / as | nos hemos arrepentido | We have repented |
| Vosotros / as | os habéis arrepentido | You have repented |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se han arrepentido | They / you have repented |
| Vos | te has arrepentido | You have repented |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would repent” or “she would repent”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me arrepentiría | I would repent |
| Tú | te arrepentirías | You would repent |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se arrepentiría | He / she / you would repent |
| Nosotros / as | nos arrepentiríamos | We would repent |
| Vosotros / as | os arrepentiríais | You would repent |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se arrepentirían | They / you would repent |
| Vos | te arrepentirías | You would repent |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will repent” or “they will repent”.
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 arrepentirse” means “They are going to repent”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me arrepentiré | I will repent |
| Tú | te arrepentirás | You will repent |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se arrepentirá | He / she / you will repent |
| Nosotros / as | nos arrepentiremos | We will repent |
| Vosotros / as | os arrepentiréis | You will repent |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se arrepentirán | They / you will repent |
| Vos | te arrepentirás | You will repent |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | me arrepienta |
| Tú | te arrepientas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se arrepienta |
| Nosotros / as | nos arrepintamos |
| Vosotros / as | os arrepintáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se arrepientan |
| Vos | te arrepientas |
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 arrepintiera | me arrepintiese |
| Tú | te arrepintieras | me arrepintiese |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se arrepintiera | se arrepintiese |
| Nosotros / as | nos arrepintiéramos | nos arrepintiésemos |
| Vosotros / as | os arrepintierais | os arrepintieseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se arrepintieran | se arrepintiesen |
| Vos | te arrepintieras | me arrepintiese |
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 arrepintiere |
| Tú | te arrepintieres |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se arrepintiera |
| Nosotros / as | nos arrepintiéremos |
| Vosotros / as | os arrepintiereis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se arrepintieren |
| Vos | te arrepintieres |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “repent!” and “don’t repent!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | arrepiéntete | no te arrepientas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | arrepiéntase | no se arrepienta |
| Nosotros / as | arrepintámonos | no nos arrepintamos |
| Vosotros / as | arrepentíos | no os arrepintáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | arrepiéntanse | no se arrepientan |
| Vos | arrepentite | no te arrepientas |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya arrepentido |
| Tú | hayas arrepentido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya arrepentido |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos arrepentido |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis arrepentido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan arrepentido |
| Vos | hayas arrepentido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera arrepentido / hubiese arrepentido |
| Tú | hubieras arrepentido / hubieses arrepentido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera arrepentido / hubiese arrepentido |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos arrepentido / hubiésemos arrepentido |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais arrepentido / hubieseis arrepentido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran arrepentido / hubiesen arrepentido |
| Vos | hubieras arrepentido / hubieses arrepentido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere arrepentido |
| Tú | hubieres arrepentido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere arrepentido |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos arrepentido |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis arrepentido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren arrepentido |
| Vos | hubieres arrepentido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté arrepintiéndose |
| Tú | estés arrepintiéndose |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté arrepintiéndose |
| Nosotros / as | estemos arrepintiéndose |
| Vosotros / as | estéis arrepintiéndose |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén arrepintiéndose |
| Vos | estés arrepintiéndose |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera arrepintiéndose / estuviese arrepintiéndose |
| Tú | estuvieras arrepintiéndose / estuvieses arrepintiéndose |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera arrepintiéndose / estuviese arrepintiéndose |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos arrepintiéndose / estuviésamos arrepintiéndose |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais arrepintiéndose / estuvieseis arrepintiéndose |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera arrepintiéndose / estuviese arrepintiéndose |
| Vos | estuvieras arrepintiéndose / estuvieses arrepintiéndose |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere arrepintiéndose |
| Tú | estuvieres arrepintiéndose |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere arrepintiéndose |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos arrepintiéndose |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis arrepintiéndose |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere arrepintiéndose |
| Vos | estuvieres arrepintiéndose |
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 arrepentís |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos te arrepentiste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos te arrepentías |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos te arrepentirías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos te arrepentirás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos te arrepientas |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos te arrepintieras / Vos me arrepintiese |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos arrepentite |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no te arrepientas |