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SPANISH VERB

molestarse

to go to trouble, to bother

  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: molestándose
  • Past participle: molestado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito indefinido · finished actions

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

Imperfect

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

Condicional · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

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

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

How to use molestarse

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

  1. Present

    Mi marido nunca se molesta en recoger la mesa.

    My husband never bothers to clear the table.

  2. Past

    Se molestó en traerme la receta desde casa.

    She went to the trouble of bringing me the prescription from home.

  3. Imperfect

    Antes la gente se molestaba en escribir cartas.

    People used to take the trouble to write letters.

  4. Future

    Seguro que no se molestará ni en llamar.

    I'm sure he won't even bother to call.

  5. Conditional

    Yo no me molestaría en contestarle, de verdad.

    I wouldn't bother answering him, honestly.

  6. Present subjunctive

    No hace falta que te molestes, ya lo hago yo.

    No need for you to go to any trouble, I'll do it.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Me extrañó que se molestara en venir hasta aquí.

    I was surprised he went to the trouble of coming all this way.

  8. Imperative

    Moléstate en leerlo antes de firmar, por favor.

    Take the trouble to read it before signing, please.

Good to know

  • "Molestarse en" with a verb is to take the trouble to do it; "molestarse por" is to be offended by something: se molestó por el comentario.
  • "No te molestes" is "don't bother", when someone offers to do something for you.

Where you hear molestarse

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

Spanish · Fluency Level 3

  • Mi marido nunca se molesta en hablar. My husband never bothers to talk.
  • Mi mamá se molestó en hacer la pasta a mano. My mom went to the trouble of making the paste by hand.
  • Mañana no me voy a molestar en cocinar. Comemos en el bar. Tomorrow I'm not going to bother cooking. We'll eat at the bar.
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Fluency Level 3 · No te molestes por nosotros.

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