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SPANISH VERB

disfrazarse

to dress up

  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: disfrazándose
  • Past participle: disfrazado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito indefinido · finished actions

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

Imperfect

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

Condicional · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

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

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

How to use disfrazarse

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

  1. Present

    En Carnaval todo Cádiz se disfraza.

    At Carnival all of Cadiz dresses up.

  2. Past

    El año pasado me disfracé de torero.

    Last year I dressed up as a bullfighter.

  3. Imperfect

    De niños nos disfrazábamos con la ropa de mi madre.

    As kids we dressed up in my mother's clothes.

  4. Future

    ¿De qué te disfrazarás este año?

    What will you dress up as this year?

  5. Conditional

    Yo me disfrazaría de flamenca otra vez.

    I'd dress up as a flamenco dancer again.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Quieren que nos disfracemos todos de lo mismo.

    They want us all to dress up as the same thing.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Mi hija me pidió que me disfrazara de bruja.

    My daughter asked me to dress up as a witch.

  8. Imperative

    ¡Disfrázate de algo gracioso, que es una fiesta!

    Dress up as something funny, it's a party!

Good to know

  • "Disfrazarse de" is to dress up as: me disfracé de pirata. The costume is "el disfraz".

Where you hear disfrazarse

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

Spanish · Advanced Level 2

  • En Cádiz todo el mundo se disfraza en Carnaval. In Cadiz everyone dresses up at Carnival.
  • Me disfracé de monja. I dressed up as a nun.
  • El año que viene me voy a disfrazar de pirata otra vez. Next year I'm going to dress up as a pirate again.
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Advanced Level 2 · disfrázate · me disfrazo

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