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SPANISH VERB

aburrirse

to get bored

  • #266 most used
  • Regular -ir verb
  • Gerund: aburriéndose
  • Past participle: aburrido

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

  1. yo I get bored
  2. tú you get bored
  3. usted, él, ella he/she gets bored
  4. nosotros we get bored
  5. vosotros Spain you all get bored
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they get bored

Past

Pretérito indefinido · finished actions

  1. yo I got bored
  2. tú you got bored
  3. usted, él, ella he/she got bored
  4. nosotros we got bored
  5. vosotros Spain you all got bored
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they got bored

Imperfect

Pretérito imperfecto · “used to” and “was …ing”

  1. yo I used to get bored
  2. tú you used to get bored
  3. usted, él, ella he/she used to get bored
  4. nosotros we used to get bored
  5. vosotros Spain you all used to get bored
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they used to get bored

Future

Futuro · plans and promises; in speech, “voy a hablar” is just as common

  1. yo I will get bored
  2. tú you will get bored
  3. usted, él, ella he/she will get bored
  4. nosotros we will get bored
  5. vosotros Spain you all will get bored
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they will get bored

Conditional

Condicional · “would”

  1. yo I would get bored
  2. tú you would get bored
  3. usted, él, ella he/she would get bored
  4. nosotros we would get bored
  5. vosotros Spain you all would get bored
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they would get bored

Present subjunctive

Presente de subjuntivo · wishes, doubts, “que …”

  1. yo (that) I get bored
  2. tú (that) you get bored
  3. usted, él, ella (that) he/she get bored
  4. nosotros (that) we get bored
  5. vosotros Spain (that) you all get bored
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas (that) they get bored

Past subjunctive

Imperfecto de subjuntivo · “if I were”, “si …”

  1. yo (if) I got bored
  2. tú (if) you got bored
  3. usted, él, ella (if) he/she got bored
  4. nosotros (if) we got bored
  5. vosotros Spain (if) you all got bored
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas (if) they got bored

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders; a negative one uses the subjunctive (no hables)

  1. tú get bored!
  2. usted get bored! (formal)
  3. nosotros get bored! (let’s)
  4. vosotros Spain get bored! (all of you)
  5. ustedes get bored! (all of you)

How to use aburrirse

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present

    Mi hijo se aburre en clase de matemáticas.

    My son gets bored in maths class.

  2. Past

    Nos aburrimos como ostras en la boda de mi primo.

    We were bored stiff at my cousin's wedding.

  3. Imperfect

    De niña me aburría muchísimo los domingos por la tarde.

    As a girl I got terribly bored on Sunday afternoons.

  4. Future

    ¿No te aburrirás sola en el pueblo todo el verano?

    Won't you get bored on your own in the village all summer?

  5. Conditional

    Sin un libro, me aburriría en la sala de espera.

    Without a book I'd get bored in the waiting room.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Que los niños no se aburran es tarea de los abuelos.

    Keeping the kids from getting bored is the grandparents' job.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Mi madre nunca permitía que nos aburriéramos en vacaciones.

    My mother never let us get bored on holiday.

  8. Imperative

    ¡No os aburráis, chicos, que la feria está empezando!

    Don't get bored, guys, the fair is just starting!

Good to know

  • In Spain you get "aburrido como una ostra", bored as an oyster: bored stiff.

Where you hear aburrirse

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

Spanish · Fluency Level 1

  • Sin vosotros en el patio, me aburro. Without you two in the patio, I get bored.
  • En el avión a Boston me aburrí muchísimo. On the plane to Boston I got terribly bored.
  • En nuestra boda nadie se va a aburrir. Nobody's going to get bored at our wedding.
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It's Not That

Fluency Level 1 · aburro

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