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Bañarse is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to take a bath, bathe oneself”.
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 baño) or after the infinitive (e.g. Él tiene que bañarse).
Below are all of the conjugations for bañarse 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 take a bath, bathe oneself |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | bañarse |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está bañándose) and past continuous (estaba bañándose). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. taking a bath).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he bañado and hubiera bañado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have taken a bath).
| Gerundio / Gerund | bañándose |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | bañado |
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 take a bath” or “they take a bath”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | me baño |
| Tú | te bañas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se baña |
| Nosotros / as | nos bañamos |
| Vosotros / as | os bañáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se bañan |
| Vos | te bañás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I took a bath” or “she took a bath” 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 bañé | I took a bath |
| Tú | te bañaste | You took a bath |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se bañó | He / she / you took a bath |
| Nosotros / as | nos bañamos | We took a bath |
| Vosotros / as | os bañasteis | You took a bath |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se bañaron | They / you took a bath |
| Vos | te bañaste | You took a bath |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was taking a bath” or “she was taking a bath” 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 bañaba | I was taking a bath |
| Tú | te bañabas | You were taking a bath |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se bañaba | He was / she was / you were taking a bath |
| Nosotros / as | nos bañábamos | We were taking a bath |
| Vosotros / as | os bañabais | You were taking a bath |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se bañaban | They / you were taking a bath |
| Vos | te bañabas | You were taking a bath |
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 taken a bath” and “she has taken a bath”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me he bañado | I have taken a bath |
| Tú | te has bañado | You have taken a bath |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se ha bañado | He has / she has / you have taken a bath |
| Nosotros / as | nos hemos bañado | We have taken a bath |
| Vosotros / as | os habéis bañado | You have taken a bath |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se han bañado | They / you have taken a bath |
| Vos | te has bañado | You have taken a bath |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would take a bath” or “she would take a bath”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me bañaría | I would take a bath |
| Tú | te bañarías | You would take a bath |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se bañaría | He / she / you would take a bath |
| Nosotros / as | nos bañaríamos | We would take a bath |
| Vosotros / as | os bañaríais | You would take a bath |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se bañarían | They / you would take a bath |
| Vos | te bañarías | You would take a bath |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will take a bath” or “they will take a bath”.
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 bañarse” means “They are going to take a bath”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me bañaré | I will take a bath |
| Tú | te bañarás | You will take a bath |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se bañará | He / she / you will take a bath |
| Nosotros / as | nos bañaremos | We will take a bath |
| Vosotros / as | os bañaréis | You will take a bath |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se bañarán | They / you will take a bath |
| Vos | te bañarás | You will take a bath |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | me bañe |
| Tú | te bañes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se bañe |
| Nosotros / as | nos bañemos |
| Vosotros / as | os bañéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se bañen |
| Vos | te bañes |
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 bañara | me bañase |
| Tú | te bañaras | me bañase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se bañara | se bañase |
| Nosotros / as | nos bañáramos | nos bañásemos |
| Vosotros / as | os bañarais | os bañaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se bañaran | se bañasen |
| Vos | te bañaras | me bañase |
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 bañare |
| Tú | te bañares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se bañare |
| Nosotros / as | nos bañáremos |
| Vosotros / as | os bañareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se bañaren |
| Vos | te bañares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “take a bath!” and “don’t take a bath!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | báñate | no te bañes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | báñese | no se bañe |
| Nosotros / as | bañémonos | no nos bañemos |
| Vosotros / as | bañaos | no os bañéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | báñense | no se bañen |
| Vos | bañate | no te bañes |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya bañado |
| Tú | hayas bañado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya bañado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos bañado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis bañado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan bañado |
| Vos | hayas bañado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera bañado / hubiese bañado |
| Tú | hubieras bañado / hubieses bañado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera bañado / hubiese bañado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos bañado / hubiésemos bañado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais bañado / hubieseis bañado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran bañado / hubiesen bañado |
| Vos | hubieras bañado / hubieses bañado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere bañado |
| Tú | hubieres bañado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere bañado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos bañado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis bañado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren bañado |
| Vos | hubieres bañado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté bañándose |
| Tú | estés bañándose |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté bañándose |
| Nosotros / as | estemos bañándose |
| Vosotros / as | estéis bañándose |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén bañándose |
| Vos | estés bañándose |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera bañándose / estuviese bañándose |
| Tú | estuvieras bañándose / estuvieses bañándose |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera bañándose / estuviese bañándose |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos bañándose / estuviésamos bañándose |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais bañándose / estuvieseis bañándose |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera bañándose / estuviese bañándose |
| Vos | estuvieras bañándose / estuvieses bañándose |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere bañándose |
| Tú | estuvieres bañándose |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere bañándose |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos bañándose |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis bañándose |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere bañándose |
| Vos | estuvieres bañándose |
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 bañás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos te bañaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos te bañabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos te bañarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos te bañarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos te bañes |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos te bañaras / Vos me bañase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos bañate |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no te bañes |