Presente
Present
What happens now or regularly: hablo español, trabajo en un banco.
Spanish verb conjugation
Conjugation of levantarse
Levantarse — “to get up”. Every tense with audio: tap a form to hear it, or the speaker to hear the whole tense.
- Translation
- to get up
- Group
- reflexive verb
- Participio
- levantado
- Present perfect with haber
- yo me he levantado
Levantarse in every tense
Él / ella / usted and ellos / ellas / ustedes share their forms. Spanish usually drops the subject pronoun.
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Pretérito indefinido
Preterite
A completed action in a past cut off from now: ayer, el año pasado — Ayer hablé con Ana.
Pretérito imperfecto
Imperfect
Description, habit or background in the past: De niño vivía en Odesa y jugaba al fútbol.
Pretérito perfecto
Present perfect
An action in an unfinished period, or experience: Hoy he trabajado mucho. ¿Has estado en España?
Pluscuamperfecto
Pluperfect
What happened before another past action: Cuando llegué, ya habían cenado.
Futuro simple
Future
What will happen: Mañana lloverá. In speech, ir a + infinitive is common: Voy a llamar.
Condicional simple
Conditional
Polite requests and hypotheticals: ¿Podría ayudarme? Yo en tu lugar no iría.
Subjuntivo presente
Present subjunctive
After expressions of wishes, doubt, feelings and advice: Quiero que vengas. Ojalá haga sol.
Imperativo afirmativo
Imperative
Requests, advice, orders: ¡Habla más alto! ¡Venid aquí!
What to know
A reflexive verb: the pronoun goes before the verb (me levanto, me he levantado), but in the imperative it’s attached to the end: levántate, levantaos.
Examples
- Me levanto a las siete.I get up at seven.
- Hoy me he levantado tarde.I got up late today.
- ¡Levántate, que es tarde!Get up, it’s late!
Practice
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How is levantarse conjugated in the present?
yo me levanto, tú te levantas, él/ella/Ud. se levanta, nosotros nos levantamos, vosotros os levantáis, ellos/ellas/Uds. se levantan.
What is levantarse in the preterite (indefinido)?
yo me levanté, tú te levantaste, él/ella/Ud. se levantó, nosotros nos levantamos, vosotros os levantasteis, ellos/ellas/Uds. se levantaron.
How is the present perfect of levantarse formed?
Haber in the present + the participle: yo me he levantado, tú te has levantado, él/ella/Ud. se ha levantado, nosotros nos hemos levantado, vosotros os habéis levantado, ellos/ellas/Uds. se han levantado.
What is levantarse in the future?
yo me levantaré, tú te levantarás, él/ella/Ud. se levantará, nosotros nos levantaremos, vosotros os levantaréis, ellos/ellas/Uds. se levantarán.
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