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SPANISH VERB

equivocarse

to make a mistake

  • #262 most used
  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: equivocándose
  • Past participle: equivocado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito indefinido · finished actions

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

Imperfect

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

Condicional · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

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

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

How to use equivocarse

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

  1. Present

    Todo el mundo se equivoca alguna vez, no pasa nada.

    Everyone makes a mistake sometimes, it's no big deal.

  2. Past

    Me equivoqué de parada y acabé en Nervión.

    I got off at the wrong stop and ended up in Nervión.

  3. Imperfect

    Al principio me equivocaba mucho con los verbos.

    At first I made a lot of mistakes with verbs.

  4. Future

    Si eliges ese piso, no te equivocarás.

    If you choose that flat, you won't go wrong.

  5. Conditional

    Yo no me equivocaría de camino con el mapa del móvil.

    I wouldn't take the wrong way with the map on my phone.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Es normal que te equivoques cuando aprendes un idioma.

    It's normal to make mistakes when you learn a language.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Temía que me equivocara de fecha con el vuelo.

    I was afraid I'd got the flight date wrong.

  8. Imperative

    ¡Equivócate todo lo que quieras, así se aprende!

    Make all the mistakes you like, that's how you learn!

Good to know

  • "Equivocarse de" is to get the wrong one: me equivoqué de tren.

Where you hear equivocarse

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

Spanish · Advanced Level 1

  • A veces me equivoco cuando escribo. Sometimes I make mistakes when I write.
  • Me equivoqué de calle. I went down the wrong street.
  • Nos vamos a equivocar alguna vez. We're going to make a mistake at some point.
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Had I Known

Advanced Level 1 · me equivoco

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