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Asemejarse is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to resemble, look like”.
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 asemejo) or after the infinitive (e.g. Él tiene que asemejarse).
Below are all of the conjugations for asemejarse 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 resemble, look like |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | asemejarse |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está asemejándose) and past continuous (estaba asemejándose). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. resembling).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he asemejado and hubiera asemejado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have resembled).
| Gerundio / Gerund | asemejándose |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | asemejado |
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 resemble” or “they resemble”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | me asemejo |
| Tú | te asemejas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se asemeja |
| Nosotros / as | nos asemejamos |
| Vosotros / as | os asemejáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se asemejan |
| Vos | te asemejás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I resembled” or “she resembled” 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 asemejé | I resembled |
| Tú | te asemejaste | You resembled |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se asemejó | He / she / you resembled |
| Nosotros / as | nos asemejamos | We resembled |
| Vosotros / as | os asemejasteis | You resembled |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se asemejaron | They / you resembled |
| Vos | te asemejaste | You resembled |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was resembling” or “she was resembling” 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 asemejaba | I was resembling |
| Tú | te asemejabas | You were resembling |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se asemejaba | He was / she was / you were resembling |
| Nosotros / as | nos asemejábamos | We were resembling |
| Vosotros / as | os asemejabais | You were resembling |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se asemejaban | They / you were resembling |
| Vos | te asemejabas | You were resembling |
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 resembled” and “she has resembled”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me he asemejado | I have resembled |
| Tú | te has asemejado | You have resembled |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se ha asemejado | He has / she has / you have resembled |
| Nosotros / as | nos hemos asemejado | We have resembled |
| Vosotros / as | os habéis asemejado | You have resembled |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se han asemejado | They / you have resembled |
| Vos | te has asemejado | You have resembled |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would resemble” or “she would resemble”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me asemejaría | I would resemble |
| Tú | te asemejarías | You would resemble |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se asemejaría | He / she / you would resemble |
| Nosotros / as | nos asemejaríamos | We would resemble |
| Vosotros / as | os asemejaríais | You would resemble |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se asemejarían | They / you would resemble |
| Vos | te asemejarías | You would resemble |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will resemble” or “they will resemble”.
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 asemejarse” means “They are going to resemble”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me asemejaré | I will resemble |
| Tú | te asemejarás | You will resemble |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se asemejará | He / she / you will resemble |
| Nosotros / as | nos asemejaremos | We will resemble |
| Vosotros / as | os asemejaréis | You will resemble |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se asemejarán | They / you will resemble |
| Vos | te asemejarás | You will resemble |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | me asemeje |
| Tú | te asemejes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se asemeje |
| Nosotros / as | nos asemejemos |
| Vosotros / as | os asemejéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se asemejen |
| Vos | te asemejes |
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 asemejara | me asemejase |
| Tú | te asemejaras | me asemejase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se asemejara | se asemejase |
| Nosotros / as | nos asemejáramos | nos asemejásemos |
| Vosotros / as | os asemejarais | os asemejaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se asemejaran | se asemejasen |
| Vos | te asemejaras | me asemejase |
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 asemejare |
| Tú | te asemejares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se asemejare |
| Nosotros / as | nos asemejáremos |
| Vosotros / as | os asemejareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se asemejaren |
| Vos | te asemejares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “resemble!” and “don’t resemble!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | aseméjate | no te asemejes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | aseméjese | no se asemeje |
| Nosotros / as | asemejémonos | no nos asemejemos |
| Vosotros / as | asemejaos | no os asemejéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | aseméjense | no se asemejen |
| Vos | asemejate | no te asemejes |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya asemejado |
| Tú | hayas asemejado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya asemejado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos asemejado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis asemejado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan asemejado |
| Vos | hayas asemejado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera asemejado / hubiese asemejado |
| Tú | hubieras asemejado / hubieses asemejado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera asemejado / hubiese asemejado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos asemejado / hubiésemos asemejado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais asemejado / hubieseis asemejado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran asemejado / hubiesen asemejado |
| Vos | hubieras asemejado / hubieses asemejado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere asemejado |
| Tú | hubieres asemejado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere asemejado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos asemejado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis asemejado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren asemejado |
| Vos | hubieres asemejado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté asemejándose |
| Tú | estés asemejándose |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté asemejándose |
| Nosotros / as | estemos asemejándose |
| Vosotros / as | estéis asemejándose |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén asemejándose |
| Vos | estés asemejándose |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera asemejándose / estuviese asemejándose |
| Tú | estuvieras asemejándose / estuvieses asemejándose |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera asemejándose / estuviese asemejándose |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos asemejándose / estuviésamos asemejándose |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais asemejándose / estuvieseis asemejándose |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera asemejándose / estuviese asemejándose |
| Vos | estuvieras asemejándose / estuvieses asemejándose |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere asemejándose |
| Tú | estuvieres asemejándose |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere asemejándose |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos asemejándose |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis asemejándose |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere asemejándose |
| Vos | estuvieres asemejándose |
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 asemejás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos te asemejaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos te asemejabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos te asemejarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos te asemejarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos te asemejes |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos te asemejaras / Vos me asemejase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos asemejate |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no te asemejes |