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SPANISH VERB

quejarse

to complain

  • #218 most used
  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: quejándose
  • Past participle: quejado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito indefinido · finished actions

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

Imperfect

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

Condicional · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

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

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

How to use quejarse

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

  1. Present

    Mi vecino se queja del ruido todos los fines de semana.

    My neighbor complains about the noise every weekend.

  2. Past

    Me quejé con el gerente por el mal servicio.

    I complained to the manager about the bad service.

  3. Imperfect

    De chiquito te quejabas de todo lo que cocinaba.

    As a little kid you complained about everything I cooked.

  4. Future

    Si sube la renta, los inquilinos se quejarán.

    If the rent goes up, the tenants will complain.

  5. Conditional

    Yo me quejaría, la sopa llegó fría.

    I would complain, the soup came cold.

  6. Present subjunctive

    No es bueno que te quejes delante de los clientes.

    It's not good for you to complain in front of customers.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Me molestó que se quejara del regalo.

    It bothered me that he complained about the gift.

  8. Imperative

    ¡No te quejes tanto y ayúdame con las bolsas!

    Don't complain so much and help me with the bags!

Good to know

  • "Quejarse de" is to complain about: se queja del calor.

Where you hear quejarse

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

Spanish · Intermediate Level 1

  • Me quejo cuando hay mucho ruido. I complain when there's a lot of noise.
  • Me quejé del ruido. I complained about the noise.
  • Voy a quejarme si la música está muy fuerte. I'm going to complain if the music is very loud.

Spanish · Advanced Level 2

  • Yo nunca me quejo. Bueno, casi nunca. I never complain. Well, almost never.
  • La madre no se quejó en toda la noche. The mother didn't complain all night.
  • En Cádiz me voy a quejar de mi hermana todos los días. In Cadiz I'm going to complain about my sister every day.
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The Housewarming

Intermediate Level 1 · no se puede quejar

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If I Were You

Intermediate Level 1 · se quejaría

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An Eight from Rosario

Advanced Level 2 · No te quejes.

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Said Out Loud

Fluency Level 1 · no me quejaría

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