Present
Presente · now, habits and facts
- yo I wrap up warm
- tú you wrap up warm
- usted, él, ella he/she wraps up warm
- nosotros we wrap up warm
- vosotros Spain you all wrap up warm
- ustedes, ellos, ellas they wrap up warm
SPANISH VERB
abrigarse
to wrap up warm
- Regular -ar verb
- Gerund: abrigándose
- Past participle: abrigado
Conjugation
Tap any form to hear it. The part that changes is in colour.
Past
Pretérito indefinido · finished actions
- yo I wrapped up warm
- tú you wrapped up warm
- usted, él, ella he/she wrapped up warm
- nosotros we wrapped up warm
- vosotros Spain you all wrapped up warm
- ustedes, ellos, ellas they wrapped up warm
Imperfect
Pretérito imperfecto · “used to” and “was …ing”
- yo I used to wrap up warm
- tú you used to wrap up warm
- usted, él, ella he/she used to wrap up warm
- nosotros we used to wrap up warm
- vosotros Spain you all used to wrap up warm
- ustedes, ellos, ellas they used to wrap up warm
Future
Futuro · plans and promises; in speech, “voy a hablar” is just as common
- yo I will wrap up warm
- tú you will wrap up warm
- usted, él, ella he/she will wrap up warm
- nosotros we will wrap up warm
- vosotros Spain you all will wrap up warm
- ustedes, ellos, ellas they will wrap up warm
Conditional
Condicional · “would”
- yo I would wrap up warm
- tú you would wrap up warm
- usted, él, ella he/she would wrap up warm
- nosotros we would wrap up warm
- vosotros Spain you all would wrap up warm
- ustedes, ellos, ellas they would wrap up warm
Present subjunctive
Presente de subjuntivo · wishes, doubts, “que …”
- yo (that) I wrap up warm
- tú (that) you wrap up warm
- usted, él, ella (that) he/she wrap up warm
- nosotros (that) we wrap up warm
- vosotros Spain (that) you all wrap up warm
- ustedes, ellos, ellas (that) they wrap up warm
Past subjunctive
Imperfecto de subjuntivo · “if I were”, “si …”
- yo (if) I wrapped up warm
- tú (if) you wrapped up warm
- usted, él, ella (if) he/she wrapped up warm
- nosotros (if) we wrapped up warm
- vosotros Spain (if) you all wrapped up warm
- ustedes, ellos, ellas (if) they wrapped up warm
Imperative
Imperativo · requests and orders; a negative one uses the subjunctive (no hables)
- tú wrap up warm!
- usted wrap up warm! (formal)
- nosotros wrap up warm! (let’s)
- vosotros Spain wrap up warm! (all of you)
- ustedes wrap up warm! (all of you)
How to use abrigarse
One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.
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Present
En Toluca la gente se abriga desde octubre.
In Toluca people wrap up warm from October on.
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Past
Nos abrigamos bien y salimos a ver las estrellas.
We wrapped up well and went out to see the stars.
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Imperfect
De niña nunca me abrigaba y siempre me enfermaba.
As a girl I never wrapped up and always got sick.
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Future
Si vamos al Nevado, nos abrigaremos como osos.
If we go to the Nevado, we'll wrap up like bears.
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Conditional
Yo me abrigaría más, en la noche baja mucho la temperatura.
I'd wrap up more, the temperature drops a lot at night.
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Present subjunctive
Mi mamá siempre me pide que me abrigue en invierno.
My mom always asks me to wrap up in winter.
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Past subjunctive
Te dije que te abrigaras y mírate, con gripa.
I told you to wrap up, and look at you, with the flu.
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Imperative
¡Abrígate bien, que afuera está helando!
Wrap up well, it's freezing outside!
Good to know
- "Abrígate" is what every Mexican mom says before you leave the house; "un abrigo" is a coat.
Where you hear abrigarse
The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.
Spanish · Intermediate Level 3
- En diciembre siempre me abrigo con un rebozo. In December I always wrap up in a shawl.
- En el avión me abrigué con el rebozo de la abuela. On the plane I wrapped up in the grandmother's shawl.
- En Sevilla nos vamos a abrigar bien en invierno. In Seville we're going to wrap up well in winter.
Verbs like this one
The same pattern, on other verbs: regular -ar verb.