Present
Presente · now, habits and facts
- yo I dry out
- tú you dry out
- usted, él, ella he/she dries out
- nosotros we dry out
- vosotros Spain you all dry out
- ustedes, ellos, ellas they dry out
SPANISH VERB
secarse
to dry out
- Regular -ar verb
- Gerund: secándose
- Past participle: secado
Conjugation
Tap any form to hear it. The part that changes is in colour.
Past
Pretérito indefinido · finished actions
- yo I dried out
- tú you dried out
- usted, él, ella he/she dried out
- nosotros we dried out
- vosotros Spain you all dried out
- ustedes, ellos, ellas they dried out
Imperfect
Pretérito imperfecto · “used to” and “was …ing”
- yo I used to dry out
- tú you used to dry out
- usted, él, ella he/she used to dry out
- nosotros we used to dry out
- vosotros Spain you all used to dry out
- ustedes, ellos, ellas they used to dry out
Future
Futuro · plans and promises; in speech, “voy a hablar” is just as common
- yo I will dry out
- tú you will dry out
- usted, él, ella he/she will dry out
- nosotros we will dry out
- vosotros Spain you all will dry out
- ustedes, ellos, ellas they will dry out
Conditional
Condicional · “would”
- yo I would dry out
- tú you would dry out
- usted, él, ella he/she would dry out
- nosotros we would dry out
- vosotros Spain you all would dry out
- ustedes, ellos, ellas they would dry out
Present subjunctive
Presente de subjuntivo · wishes, doubts, “que …”
- yo (that) I dry out
- tú (that) you dry out
- usted, él, ella (that) he/she dry out
- nosotros (that) we dry out
- vosotros Spain (that) you all dry out
- ustedes, ellos, ellas (that) they dry out
Past subjunctive
Imperfecto de subjuntivo · “if I were”, “si …”
- yo (if) I dried out
- tú (if) you dried out
- usted, él, ella (if) he/she dried out
- nosotros (if) we dried out
- vosotros Spain (if) you all dried out
- ustedes, ellos, ellas (if) they dried out
Imperative
Imperativo · requests and orders; a negative one uses the subjunctive (no hables)
- tú dry out!
- usted dry out! (formal)
- nosotros dry out! (let’s)
- vosotros Spain dry out! (all of you)
- ustedes dry out! (all of you)
How to use secarse
One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.
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Present
En la azotea la ropa se seca en una hora.
On the rooftop the laundry dries in an hour.
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Past
¿Ya se secó el piso que trapeé?
Has the floor I mopped dried yet?
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Imperfect
Antes el río se secaba cada primavera.
The river used to dry up every spring.
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Future
Con este sol, el cabello se te secará rapidísimo.
With this sun, your hair will dry super fast.
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Conditional
Sin agua, las plantas se secarían en una semana.
Without water, the plants would dry out in a week.
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Present subjunctive
Espera a que se seque la pintura antes de tocarla.
Wait for the paint to dry before touching it.
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Past subjunctive
Puse la toalla al sol para que se secara.
I put the towel in the sun so it would dry.
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Imperative
¡Sécate bien las manos antes de agarrar el celular!
Dry your hands well before picking up your phone!
Good to know
- "Secarse" is for things drying by themselves: la ropa se seca al sol. You dry something yourself with "secar".
Where you hear secarse
The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.
Spanish · Intermediate Level 3
- Los rábanos se secan muy rápido. The radishes dry out very fast.
- Se secaron las hojas. The husks dried out.
- La ropa se va a secar en una hora. The clothes are going to dry in an hour.
Spanish · Advanced Level 3
- En agosto todo se seca en el patio. In August everything dries out in the courtyard.
- Este verano no se ha secado ni una maceta. This summer not a single plant has dried out.
- Con este levante, la ropa se secará en un minuto. With this east wind, the washing will dry in a minute.
Verbs like this one
The same pattern, on other verbs: regular -ar verb.