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SPANISH VERB

ganarse

to earn

  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: ganándose
  • Past participle: ganado

Conjugation

Tap any form to hear it. The part that changes is in colour.

Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito indefinido · finished actions

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

Imperfect

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

Condicional · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

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

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

How to use ganarse

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

  1. Present

    Mi hermano se gana la vida vendiendo tacos.

    My brother earns his living selling tacos.

  2. Past

    Con esa sonrisa te ganaste a toda mi familia.

    With that smile you won over my whole family.

  3. Imperfect

    Mi abuelo se ganaba unos pesos arreglando bicicletas.

    My grandfather earned a few pesos fixing bicycles.

  4. Future

    Con esa actitud te ganarás el respeto de todos.

    With that attitude you'll earn everyone's respect.

  5. Conditional

    Trabajando aquí me ganaría el doble que en Puebla.

    Working here I'd earn twice what I did in Puebla.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Quiero que te ganes tu propio dinero, hijo.

    I want you to earn your own money, son.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Si me ganara la lotería, compraría una casa en la playa.

    If I won the lottery, I'd buy a house on the beach.

  8. Imperative

    ¡Gánate la confianza del jefe poco a poco!

    Earn the boss's trust little by little!

Good to know

  • "Ganarse la vida" is to earn a living; "ganarse a alguien" is to win someone over; in Mexico you can also "ganarte la lotería".

Where you hear ganarse

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

Spanish · Intermediate Level 3

  • El que trabaja, se gana su pan. Whoever works earns their bread.
  • Te ganaste la receta, mija. You earned the recipe, my girl.
  • Daniela se va a ganar su lugar. Daniela is going to earn her place.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: regular -ar verb.