Present
Presente · now, habits and facts
- yo I come true
- tú you come true
- usted, él, ella he/she comes true
- nosotros we come true
- vosotros Spain you all come true
- ustedes, ellos, ellas they come true
SPANISH VERB
cumplirse
to come true
- Regular -ir verb
- Gerund: cumpliéndose
- Past participle: cumplido
Conjugation
Tap any form to hear it. The part that changes is in colour.
Past
Pretérito indefinido · finished actions
- yo I came true
- tú you came true
- usted, él, ella he/she came true
- nosotros we came true
- vosotros Spain you all came true
- ustedes, ellos, ellas they came true
Imperfect
Pretérito imperfecto · “used to” and “was …ing”
- yo I used to come true
- tú you used to come true
- usted, él, ella he/she used to come true
- nosotros we used to come true
- vosotros Spain you all used to come true
- ustedes, ellos, ellas they used to come true
Future
Futuro · plans and promises; in speech, “voy a hablar” is just as common
- yo I will come true
- tú you will come true
- usted, él, ella he/she will come true
- nosotros we will come true
- vosotros Spain you all will come true
- ustedes, ellos, ellas they will come true
Conditional
Condicional · “would”
- yo I would come true
- tú you would come true
- usted, él, ella he/she would come true
- nosotros we would come true
- vosotros Spain you all would come true
- ustedes, ellos, ellas they would come true
Present subjunctive
Presente de subjuntivo · wishes, doubts, “que …”
- yo (that) I come true
- tú (that) you come true
- usted, él, ella (that) he/she come true
- nosotros (that) we come true
- vosotros Spain (that) you all come true
- ustedes, ellos, ellas (that) they come true
Past subjunctive
Imperfecto de subjuntivo · “if I were”, “si …”
- yo (if) I came true
- tú (if) you came true
- usted, él, ella (if) he/she came true
- nosotros (if) we came true
- vosotros Spain (if) you all came true
- ustedes, ellos, ellas (if) they came true
Imperative
Imperativo · requests and orders; a negative one uses the subjunctive (no hables)
- tú come true!
- usted come true! (formal)
- nosotros come true! (let’s)
- vosotros Spain come true! (all of you)
- ustedes come true! (all of you)
How to use cumplirse
One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.
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Present
Hoy se cumplen diez años de nuestra boda.
Today it's ten years since our wedding.
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Past
Por fin se cumplió mi sueño de ver Sevilla.
My dream of seeing Seville finally came true.
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Imperfect
De niña creía que los deseos siempre se cumplían.
As a girl I believed wishes always came true.
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Future
Si trabajas así, tu sueño se cumplirá pronto.
If you work like that, your dream will come true soon.
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Conditional
Sin tu ayuda, este plan nunca se cumpliría.
Without your help, this plan would never come true.
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Present subjunctive
Ojalá que se cumpla todo lo que deseas.
I hope everything you wish for comes true.
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Past subjunctive
Nadie esperaba que la profecía se cumpliera.
Nobody expected the prophecy to come true.
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Imperative
¡Cúmplete ya, deseo mío, que llevo años esperando!
Come true now, wish of mine, I've been waiting for years!
Good to know
- Cumplirse also counts time: hoy se cumplen diez años is "today it's ten years".
Where you hear cumplirse
The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.
Spanish · Advanced Level 3
- El deseo se cumple si no lo dices. The wish comes true if you don't say it.
- Mi deseo de San Juan se cumplió. My Saint John's wish came true.
- Ya verás como se cumple. You'll see, it'll come true.
Spanish · Fluency Level 1
- Si arde bien, el deseo se cumple. If it burns well, the wish comes true.
- Mi deseo de cumpleaños se cumplió en la boda. My birthday wish came true at the wedding.
- Ya verás como se cumple en enero. You'll see, it'll come true in January.
Verbs like this one
The same pattern, on other verbs: regular -ir verb.