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SPANISH VERB

moverse

to move

  • #431 most used
  • Irregular -er verb
  • Gerund: moviéndose
  • Past participle: movido

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito indefinido · finished actions

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

Imperfect

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

Condicional · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

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

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

How to use moverse

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

  1. Present

    El bebé se mueve mucho cuando duerme.

    The baby moves a lot when he sleeps.

  2. Past

    La fila no se movió en media hora.

    The line didn't move in half an hour.

  3. Imperfect

    Las hojas se movían con el viento.

    The leaves were moving in the wind.

  4. Future

    El coche no se moverá sin gasolina.

    The car won't move without gas.

  5. Conditional

    Yo me movería a otra mesa, aquí hay mucho sol.

    I'd move to another table, there's a lot of sun here.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Quédate quieto, no quiero que te muevas.

    Stay still, I don't want you to move.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Si el tráfico se moviera, llegaríamos a tiempo.

    If the traffic moved, we'd arrive on time.

  8. Imperative

    ¡Muévete, que el camión ya viene!

    Move, the bus is coming!

Where you hear moverse

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

Spanish · Beginner Level 2

  • No se mueva, por favor. Don't move, please.
  • No me moví. I didn't move.
  • Emiliano, no te vas a mover, ¿verdad? Emiliano, you're not going to move, are you?

Spanish · Beginner Level 3

  • El kayak se mueve mucho. The kayak moves a lot.
  • No me moví. I didn't move.
  • Si te mueves, nos vamos a caer. If you move, we're going to fall in.
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Don't Move!

Beginner Level 2 · No se mueva. · No te muevas.

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Don't Touch Them!

Beginner Level 3 · ¡No te muevas!

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Just in Case

Advanced Level 3 · cómo que se mueven · es normal, tienen que moverse

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Not That Bad

Advanced Level 3 · se mueve

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