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SPANISH VERB

jubilarse

to retire

  • #451 most used
  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: jubilándose
  • Past participle: jubilado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito indefinido · finished actions

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

Imperfect

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

Condicional · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

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

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

How to use jubilarse

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

  1. Present

    Mi padre se jubila el año que viene.

    My father retires next year.

  2. Past

    Mi abuela se jubiló a los sesenta y cinco.

    My grandmother retired at sixty-five.

  3. Imperfect

    Antes la gente se jubilaba mucho más joven.

    People used to retire much younger.

  4. Future

    ¿Cuándo te jubilarás tú, Rosario?

    When will you retire, Rosario?

  5. Conditional

    Con ese dinero me jubilaría mañana mismo.

    With that money I'd retire tomorrow.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Cuando me jubile, me voy a vivir a Cádiz.

    When I retire, I'm going to live in Cadiz.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Si se jubilara ahora, cobraría menos pensión.

    If he retired now, he'd get a smaller pension.

  8. Imperative

    ¡Jubílate ya, que has trabajado bastante!

    Retire now, you've worked enough!

Good to know

  • "Jubilarse" is to retire from work; "retirarse" is to withdraw or to leave a room.

Where you hear jubilarse

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

Spanish · Advanced Level 2

  • Me jubilo en junio, después de treinta y dos años. I retire in June, after thirty-two years.
  • Mi padre se jubiló a los sesenta y cinco. My father retired at sixty-five.
  • Cuando me jubile, me iré a Cádiz. When I retire, I'll go to Cadiz.

Spanish · Advanced Level 3

  • Me jubilo el treinta de junio. I retire on June thirtieth.
  • Mi hermana se jubiló después de treinta y dos años. My sister retired after thirty-two years.
  • Yo no me voy a jubilar nunca. I'm never going to retire.
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That Remains to Be Seen

Advanced Level 2 · jubilarse · cuando te jubiles

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Forty Bundles

Advanced Level 2 · jubilarme

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Don't Put Me in the Middle

Advanced Level 3 · desde que te jubilaste

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Passing the Baton

Fluency Level 1 · Me jubilo. · jubilarse · ¿Usted? ¿Jubilarse?

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The Unwritten Rules

Fluency Level 2 · jubilado

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