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SPANISH VERB

imaginarse

to imagine

  • #397 most used
  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: imaginándose
  • Past participle: imaginado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito indefinido · finished actions

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

Imperfect

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

Condicional · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

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

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

How to use imaginarse

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

  1. Present

    Me imagino que estarás cansada después del viaje.

    I imagine you'll be tired after the trip.

  2. Past

    Nunca me imaginé que Sevilla fuera tan bonita.

    I never imagined Seville would be so beautiful.

  3. Imperfect

    De niña me imaginaba viviendo en un castillo.

    As a girl I imagined myself living in a castle.

  4. Future

    Ya te imaginarás lo que me dijo mi jefe.

    You can imagine what my boss said to me.

  5. Conditional

    ¿Quién se imaginaría que acabaríamos viviendo juntos?

    Who would have imagined we'd end up living together?

  6. Present subjunctive

    No quiero que te imagines cosas que no son.

    I don't want you imagining things that aren't so.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Si me imaginara el final, no leería el libro.

    If I could imagine the ending, I wouldn't read the book.

  8. Imperative

    ¡Imagínate, cuarenta grados y sin aire acondicionado!

    Just imagine, forty degrees and no air conditioning!

Good to know

  • "¡Imagínate!" is "just imagine!"; "me imagino que sí" is "I suppose so".

Where you hear imaginarse

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

Spanish · Advanced Level 1

  • Me imagino a Sor Isabel saliendo de noche. I imagine Sister Isabel going out at night.
  • Me imaginé una historia completamente distinta. I imagined a completely different story.
  • Voy a imaginarme cómo era aquella ciudad. I'm going to imagine what that city was like.
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It Was Written in Oaxaca

Advanced Level 1 · me imagino

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