Ella Verbsabrazarse to hug (oneself, each other) Irregular Verb
At a glance: Abrazarse (to hug (oneself, each other)) is a reflexive irregular verb in Spanish. In the present tense: me abrazo, te abrazas, se abraza, nos abrazamos, os abrazáis, se abrazan. The present tense is regular. In the preterite: yo changes z to c (abracé); the other forms are regular. It is also irregular in the present subjunctive (me abrace).

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The Indicative Present of abrazarse is used to talk about situations, events or thoughts that are happening now or in the near future. It is also used to talk about facts and truths. For example, “me abrazo”, meaning “I hug”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Present is known as "El Presente".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me abrazo | I hug |
| Tú | te abrazas | you hug |
| Ella / Él / Usted | se abraza | s/he hugs |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | nos abrazamos | we hug |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | os abrazáis | you (plural) hug |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | se abrazan | they hug |
How it’s built: Regular: stem abraz- plus the -ar endings. The reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes in front.
The Indicative Preterite of abrazarse is used to talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time. For example, “me abracé”, meaning “I hugged”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Preterite is known as "El Pretérito Indefinido".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me abracé | I hugged |
| Tú | te abrazaste | you hugged |
| Ella / Él / Usted | se abrazó | s/he hugged |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | nos abrazamos | we hugged |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | os abrazasteis | you (plural) hugged |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | se abrazaron | they hugged |
How it’s built: Yo changes z to c (abracé); the other forms are regular. The reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes in front.
Letters in red show where a form differs from the regular pattern.
The Indicative Imperfect of abrazarse is used to describe regular and repeated actions that happened in the past and descriptions of things you used to do. For example, “me abrazaba”, meaning “I used to hug”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Imperfect is known as "El Pretérito Imperfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me abrazaba | I used to hug |
| Tú | te abrazabas | you used to hug |
| Ella / Él / Usted | se abrazaba | s/he used to hug |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | nos abrazábamos | we used to hug |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | os abrazabais | you (plural) used to hug |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | se abrazaban | they used to hug |
How it’s built: Regular: stem abraz- plus the -ar endings. The reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes in front.
The Indicative Present Continuous of abrazarse is used to talk about something that is happening continuously or right now. For example, “me estoy abrazando”, meaning “I am hugging”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Present Continuous is known as "El Presente Progresivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me estoy abrazando | I am hugging |
| Tú | te estás abrazando | you are hugging |
| Ella / Él / Usted | se está abrazando | s/he is hugging |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | nos estamos abrazando | we are hugging |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | os estáis abrazando | you (plural) are hugging |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | se están abrazando | they are hugging |
How it’s built: Estar in the present (estoy, estás, está, estamos, estáis, están) plus the gerund abrazando. The reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes in front.
The Indicative Informal Future of abrazarse is used to talk about something that will happen in the future, especially in the near future. For example, “me voy a abrazar”, meaning “I am going to hug”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Informal Future is known as "El Futuro Próximo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me voy a abrazar | I am going to hug |
| Tú | te vas a abrazar | you are going to hug |
| Ella / Él / Usted | se va a abrazar | s/he is going to hug |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | nos vamos a abrazar | we are going to hug |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | os vais a abrazar | you (plural) are going to hug |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | se van a abrazar | they are going to hug |
How it’s built: Ir in the present (voy, vas, va, vamos, vais, van), then a, then the infinitive abrazar. The reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes in front.
The Indicative Future of abrazarse is used to talk about something that will happen in the future. For example, “me abrazaré”, meaning “I will hug”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Future is known as "El Futuro Simple".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me abrazaré | I will hug |
| Tú | te abrazarás | you will hug |
| Ella / Él / Usted | se abrazará | s/he will hug |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | nos abrazaremos | we will hug |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | os abrazaréis | you (plural) will hug |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | se abrazarán | they will hug |
How it’s built: Regular: the infinitive abrazar plus the future endings. The reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes in front.
The Indicative Conditional of abrazarse is used to talk about something that may happen in the future, hypothesis and probabilities. For example, “me abrazaría”, meaning “I would hug”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Conditional is known as "El Condicional Simple".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me abrazaría | I would hug |
| Tú | te abrazarías | you would hug |
| Ella / Él / Usted | se abrazaría | s/he would hug |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | nos abrazaríamos | we would hug |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | os abrazaríais | you (plural) would hug |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | se abrazarían | they would hug |
How it’s built: Regular: the infinitive abrazar plus the conditional endings. The reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes in front.
The Indicative Present Perfect of abrazarse is used to describe actions that started recently (in the past) and are still happening now or things that have been done recently. For example, “me he abrazado”, meaning “I have hugged”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Present Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Perfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me he abrazado | I have hugged |
| Tú | te has abrazado | you have hugged |
| Ella / Él / Usted | se ha abrazado | s/he has hugged |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | nos hemos abrazado | we have hugged |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | os habéis abrazado | you (plural) have hugged |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | se han abrazado | they have hugged |
How it’s built: Haber in the present (he, has, ha, hemos, habéis, han) plus the past participle abrazado. The reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes in front.
The Indicative Past Perfect of abrazarse is used to talk about actions that happened before another action in the past. For example, “me había abrazado”, meaning “I had hugged”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Past Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me había abrazado | I had hugged |
| Tú | te habías abrazado | you had hugged |
| Ella / Él / Usted | se había abrazado | s/he had hugged |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | nos habíamos abrazado | we had hugged |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | os habíais abrazado | you (plural) had hugged |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | se habían abrazado | they had hugged |
How it’s built: Haber in the imperfect (había, habías, había, habíamos, habíais, habían) plus the past participle abrazado. The reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes in front.
The Indicative Future Perfect of abrazarse is used to talk about something that will have happened in the future after something else has already happened. For example, “me habré abrazado”, meaning “I will have hugged”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Future Perfect is known as "El Futuro Perfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me habré abrazado | I will have hugged |
| Tú | te habrás abrazado | you will have hugged |
| Ella / Él / Usted | se habrá abrazado | s/he will have hugged |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | nos habremos abrazado | we will have hugged |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | os habréis abrazado | you (plural) will have hugged |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | se habrán abrazado | they will have hugged |
How it’s built: Haber in the future (habré, habrás, habrá, habremos, habréis, habrán) plus the past participle abrazado. The reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes in front.
The Indicative Conditional Perfect of abrazarse is used to talk about something that would have happened in the past but didn’t due to another action. For example, “me habría abrazado”, meaning “I would have hugged”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Conditional Perfect is known as "El Condicional Perfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me habría abrazado | I would have hugged |
| Tú | te habrías abrazado | you would have hugged |
| Ella / Él / Usted | se habría abrazado | s/he would have hugged |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | nos habríamos abrazado | we would have hugged |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | os habríais abrazado | you (plural) would have hugged |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | se habrían abrazado | they would have hugged |
How it’s built: Haber in the conditional (habría, habrías, habría, habríamos, habríais, habrían) plus the past participle abrazado. The reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes in front.
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The Subjunctive Present is used to talk about situations of uncertainty, or emotions such as wishes, desires and hopes. It differs from the indicative mood due to the uncertainty of the events which are being spoken about. For example, “me abrace”, meaning “I hug”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Present is known as "El Presente de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me abrace | I hug |
| Tú | te abraces | you hug |
| Ella / Él / Usted | se abrace | s/he hugs |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | nos abracemos | we hug |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | os abracéis | you (plural) hug |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | se abracen | they hug |
How it’s built: Every form changes z to c (abrace, abraces, abrace, abracemos, abracéis, abracen). The reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes in front.
Letters in red show where a form differs from the regular pattern.
The Subjunctive Imperfect is used to speak about unlikely or uncertain events in the past or to cast an opinion (emotional) about something that happened in the past. For example, “me abrazara”, meaning “I hugged”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Imperfect is known as "El Imperfecto Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me abrazara | I hugged |
| Tú | te abrazaras | you hugged |
| Ella / Él / Usted | se abrazara | s/he hugged |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | nos abrazáramos | we hugged |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | os abrazarais | you (plural) hugged |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | se abrazaran | they hugged |
How it’s built: Regular: the ellas/ellos preterite, abrazaron, without -ron, plus the -ra endings; nosotros adds an accent (abrazáramos). The reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes in front.
The Subjunctive Future is used to speak about hypothetical situations, and actions/events that may happen in the future. For example, “me abrazare”, meaning “I will hug”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Future is known as "El Futuro de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me abrazare | I will hug |
| Tú | te abrazares | you will hug |
| Ella / Él / Usted | se abrazare | s/he will hug |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | nos abrazáremos | we will hug |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | os abrazareis | you (plural) will hug |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | se abrazaren | they will hug |
How it’s built: Regular: the ellas/ellos preterite, abrazaron, without -ron, plus the -re endings; nosotros adds an accent (abrazáremos). The reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes in front.
The Subjunctive Present Perfect is used to describe past actions or events that are still connected to the present day and to speak about an action that will have happened by a certain time in the future. For example, “me haya abrazado”, meaning “I have hugged”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Present Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Perfecto de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me haya abrazado | I have hugged |
| Tú | te hayas abrazado | you have hugged |
| Ella / Él / Usted | se haya abrazado | s/he has hugged |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | nos hayamos abrazado | we have hugged |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | os hayáis abrazado | you (plural) have hugged |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | se hayan abrazado | they have hugged |
How it’s built: Haber in the subjunctive present (haya, hayas, haya, hayamos, hayáis, hayan) plus the past participle abrazado. The reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes in front.
The Subjunctive Past Perfect is used to speak about hypothetical situations, and actions/events that occurred before other actions/events in the past. For example, “me hubiera abrazado”, meaning “I had hugged”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Past Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me hubiera abrazado | I had hugged |
| Tú | te hubieras abrazado | you had hugged |
| Ella / Él / Usted | se hubiera abrazado | s/he had hugged |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | nos hubiéramos abrazado | we had hugged |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | os hubierais abrazado | you (plural) had hugged |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | se hubieran abrazado | they had hugged |
How it’s built: Haber in the subjunctive imperfect (hubiera, hubieras, hubiera, hubiéramos, hubierais, hubieran) plus the past participle abrazado. The reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes in front.
The Subjunctive Future Perfect is used to speak about something that will have happened if a hypothetical situations occurs in the future. For example, “me hubiere abrazado”, meaning “I will have hugged”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Future Perfect is known as "El Futuro Perfecto de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me hubiere abrazado | I will have hugged |
| Tú | te hubieres abrazado | you will have hugged |
| Ella / Él / Usted | se hubiere abrazado | s/he will have hugged |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | nos hubiéremos abrazado | we will have hugged |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | os hubiereis abrazado | you (plural) will have hugged |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | se hubieren abrazado | they will have hugged |
How it’s built: Haber in the subjunctive future (hubiere, hubieres, hubiere, hubiéremos, hubiereis, hubieren) plus the past participle abrazado. The reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes in front.
The Imperative Affirmative is used to give orders and commands, to tell someone to do something. For example, “abrácese”, meaning “(to you formal) hug!”.
In Spanish, the Imperative Affirmative is known as "El Imperativo Afirmativo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | - | - |
| Tú | abrázate | (to you) hug! |
| Ella / Él / Usted | abrácese | (to you formal) hug! |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | abracémonos | let's hug! |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | abrazaos | (to you plural) hug! |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | abrácense | (to you plural formal) hug! |
How it’s built: Tú takes the ella/él present and attaches te (abrázate); usted and ustedes take the subjunctive present and attach se (abrácese, abrácense); nosotros takes the subjunctive present, drops the s and attaches nos (abracémonos); vosotros drops the final r of the infinitive and attaches os (abrazaos).
Letters in red show where a form differs from the regular pattern.
The Imperative Negative is used to give orders and commands, telling someone not to do something. For example, “no se abrace”, meaning “(to you formal) don't hug!”.
In Spanish, the Imperative Negative is known as "El Imperativo Negativo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | - | - |
| Tú | no te abraces | (to you) don't hug! |
| Ella / Él / Usted | no se abrace | (to you formal) don't hug! |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | no nos abracemos | let's not hug! |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | no os abracéis | (to you plural) don't hug! |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | no se abracen | (to you plural formal) don't hug! |
How it’s built: No plus the subjunctive present: no te abraces, no se abrace, no nos abracemos, no os abracéis, no se abracen.
Letters in red show where a form differs from the regular pattern.
Abrazarse is an irregular Spanish verb. The present tense is regular. In the preterite: yo changes z to c (abracé); the other forms are regular. It is also irregular in the present subjunctive (me abrace).
In the present tense (presente), abrazarse is conjugated as: yo me abrazo, tú te abrazas, él/ella/usted se abraza, nosotros nos abrazamos, vosotros os abrazáis, ellos/ellas/ustedes se abrazan. The present tense is used To talk about situations, events or thoughts that are happening now or in the near future. It is also used to talk about facts and truths.
In the preterite (pretérito indefinido), abrazarse is conjugated as: yo me abracé, tú te abrazaste, él/ella/usted se abrazó, nosotros nos abrazamos, vosotros os abrazasteis, ellos/ellas/ustedes se abrazaron. The preterite is used To talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time.
In the imperfect (pretérito imperfecto), abrazarse is conjugated as: yo me abrazaba, tú te abrazabas, él/ella/usted se abrazaba, nosotros nos abrazábamos, vosotros os abrazabais, ellos/ellas/ustedes se abrazaban. The imperfect is used To describe regular and repeated actions that happened in the past and descriptions of things you used to do.
In the future tense (futuro simple), abrazarse is conjugated as: yo me abrazaré, tú te abrazarás, él/ella/usted se abrazará, nosotros nos abrazaremos, vosotros os abrazaréis, ellos/ellas/ustedes se abrazarán. The future tense is used To talk about something that will happen in the future.
In the present subjunctive (subjuntivo presente), abrazarse is conjugated as: yo me abrace, tú te abraces, él/ella/usted se abrace, nosotros nos abracemos, vosotros os abracéis, ellos/ellas/ustedes se abracen. The present subjunctive is used To talk about situations of uncertainty, or emotions such as wishes, desires and hopes. It differs from the indicative mood due to the uncertainty of the events which are being spoken about.
Abrazar means ‘to hug, to embrace’ and abrazarse means ‘to hug (oneself, each other)’. Abrazarse is the reflexive form of abrazar, so it always takes a reflexive pronoun – me, te, se, nos, os or se – that matches the subject. The verb itself is conjugated the same way: in the present tense, yo abrazo becomes me abrazo. In the affirmative tú imperative the pronoun attaches to the end of the verb, so abraza becomes abrázate.
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