Ella Verbsdedicarse to devote (oneself), to dedicate (oneself) Irregular Verb
At a glance: Dedicarse (to devote (oneself), to dedicate (oneself)) is a widely used reflexive irregular verbs in Spanish. In the present tense: me dedico, te dedicas, se dedica, nos dedicamos, os dedicáis, se dedican. The present tense is regular. In the preterite: yo changes c to qu (dediqué); the other forms are regular. It is also irregular in the present subjunctive (me dedique).

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The Indicative Present of dedicarse 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 dedico”, meaning “I devote”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Present is known as "El Presente".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me dedico | I devote |
| Tú | te dedicas | you devote |
| Ella / Él / Usted | se dedica | s/he devotes |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | nos dedicamos | we devote |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | os dedicáis | you (plural) devote |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | se dedican | they devote |
How it’s built: Regular: stem dedic- plus the -ar endings. The reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes in front.
The Indicative Preterite of dedicarse is used to talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time. For example, “me dediqué”, meaning “I devoted”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Preterite is known as "El Pretérito Indefinido".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me dediqué | I devoted |
| Tú | te dedicaste | you devoted |
| Ella / Él / Usted | se dedicó | s/he devoted |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | nos dedicamos | we devoted |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | os dedicasteis | you (plural) devoted |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | se dedicaron | they devoted |
How it’s built: Yo changes c to qu (dediqué); 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 dedicarse is used to describe regular and repeated actions that happened in the past and descriptions of things you used to do. For example, “me dedicaba”, meaning “I used to devote”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Imperfect is known as "El Pretérito Imperfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me dedicaba | I used to devote |
| Tú | te dedicabas | you used to devote |
| Ella / Él / Usted | se dedicaba | s/he used to devote |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | nos dedicábamos | we used to devote |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | os dedicabais | you (plural) used to devote |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | se dedicaban | they used to devote |
How it’s built: Regular: stem dedic- plus the -ar endings. The reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes in front.
The Indicative Present Continuous of dedicarse is used to talk about something that is happening continuously or right now. For example, “me estoy dedicando”, meaning “I am devoting”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Present Continuous is known as "El Presente Progresivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me estoy dedicando | I am devoting |
| Tú | te estás dedicando | you are devoting |
| Ella / Él / Usted | se está dedicando | s/he is devoting |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | nos estamos dedicando | we are devoting |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | os estáis dedicando | you (plural) are devoting |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | se están dedicando | they are devoting |
How it’s built: Estar in the present (estoy, estás, está, estamos, estáis, están) plus the gerund dedicando. The reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes in front.
The Indicative Informal Future of dedicarse is used to talk about something that will happen in the future, especially in the near future. For example, “me voy a dedicar”, meaning “I am going to devote”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Informal Future is known as "El Futuro Próximo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me voy a dedicar | I am going to devote |
| Tú | te vas a dedicar | you are going to devote |
| Ella / Él / Usted | se va a dedicar | s/he is going to devote |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | nos vamos a dedicar | we are going to devote |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | os vais a dedicar | you (plural) are going to devote |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | se van a dedicar | they are going to devote |
How it’s built: Ir in the present (voy, vas, va, vamos, vais, van), then a, then the infinitive dedicar. The reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes in front.
The Indicative Future of dedicarse is used to talk about something that will happen in the future. For example, “me dedicaré”, meaning “I will devote”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Future is known as "El Futuro Simple".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me dedicaré | I will devote |
| Tú | te dedicarás | you will devote |
| Ella / Él / Usted | se dedicará | s/he will devote |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | nos dedicaremos | we will devote |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | os dedicaréis | you (plural) will devote |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | se dedicarán | they will devote |
How it’s built: Regular: the infinitive dedicar plus the future endings. The reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes in front.
The Indicative Conditional of dedicarse is used to talk about something that may happen in the future, hypothesis and probabilities. For example, “me dedicaría”, meaning “I would devote”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Conditional is known as "El Condicional Simple".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me dedicaría | I would devote |
| Tú | te dedicarías | you would devote |
| Ella / Él / Usted | se dedicaría | s/he would devote |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | nos dedicaríamos | we would devote |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | os dedicaríais | you (plural) would devote |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | se dedicarían | they would devote |
How it’s built: Regular: the infinitive dedicar plus the conditional endings. The reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes in front.
The Indicative Present Perfect of dedicarse 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 dedicado”, meaning “I have devoted”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Present Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Perfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me he dedicado | I have devoted |
| Tú | te has dedicado | you have devoted |
| Ella / Él / Usted | se ha dedicado | s/he has devoted |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | nos hemos dedicado | we have devoted |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | os habéis dedicado | you (plural) have devoted |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | se han dedicado | they have devoted |
How it’s built: Haber in the present (he, has, ha, hemos, habéis, han) plus the past participle dedicado. The reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes in front.
The Indicative Past Perfect of dedicarse is used to talk about actions that happened before another action in the past. For example, “me había dedicado”, meaning “I had devoted”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Past Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me había dedicado | I had devoted |
| Tú | te habías dedicado | you had devoted |
| Ella / Él / Usted | se había dedicado | s/he had devoted |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | nos habíamos dedicado | we had devoted |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | os habíais dedicado | you (plural) had devoted |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | se habían dedicado | they had devoted |
How it’s built: Haber in the imperfect (había, habías, había, habíamos, habíais, habían) plus the past participle dedicado. The reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes in front.
The Indicative Future Perfect of dedicarse is used to talk about something that will have happened in the future after something else has already happened. For example, “me habré dedicado”, meaning “I will have devoted”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Future Perfect is known as "El Futuro Perfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me habré dedicado | I will have devoted |
| Tú | te habrás dedicado | you will have devoted |
| Ella / Él / Usted | se habrá dedicado | s/he will have devoted |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | nos habremos dedicado | we will have devoted |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | os habréis dedicado | you (plural) will have devoted |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | se habrán dedicado | they will have devoted |
How it’s built: Haber in the future (habré, habrás, habrá, habremos, habréis, habrán) plus the past participle dedicado. The reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes in front.
The Indicative Conditional Perfect of dedicarse is used to talk about something that would have happened in the past but didn’t due to another action. For example, “me habría dedicado”, meaning “I would have devoted”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Conditional Perfect is known as "El Condicional Perfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me habría dedicado | I would have devoted |
| Tú | te habrías dedicado | you would have devoted |
| Ella / Él / Usted | se habría dedicado | s/he would have devoted |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | nos habríamos dedicado | we would have devoted |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | os habríais dedicado | you (plural) would have devoted |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | se habrían dedicado | they would have devoted |
How it’s built: Haber in the conditional (habría, habrías, habría, habríamos, habríais, habrían) plus the past participle dedicado. 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 dedique”, meaning “I devote”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Present is known as "El Presente de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me dedique | I devote |
| Tú | te dediques | you devote |
| Ella / Él / Usted | se dedique | s/he devotes |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | nos dediquemos | we devote |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | os dediquéis | you (plural) devote |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | se dediquen | they devote |
How it’s built: Every form changes c to qu (dedique, dediques, dedique, dediquemos, dediquéis, dediquen). 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 dedicara”, meaning “I devoted”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Imperfect is known as "El Imperfecto Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me dedicara | I devoted |
| Tú | te dedicaras | you devoted |
| Ella / Él / Usted | se dedicara | s/he devoted |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | nos dedicáramos | we devoted |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | os dedicarais | you (plural) devoted |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | se dedicaran | they devoted |
How it’s built: Regular: the ellas/ellos preterite, dedicaron, without -ron, plus the -ra endings; nosotros adds an accent (dedicáramos). 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 dedicare”, meaning “I will devote”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Future is known as "El Futuro de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me dedicare | I will devote |
| Tú | te dedicares | you will devote |
| Ella / Él / Usted | se dedicare | s/he will devote |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | nos dedicáremos | we will devote |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | os dedicareis | you (plural) will devote |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | se dedicaren | they will devote |
How it’s built: Regular: the ellas/ellos preterite, dedicaron, without -ron, plus the -re endings; nosotros adds an accent (dedicáremos). 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 dedicado”, meaning “I have devoted”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Present Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Perfecto de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me haya dedicado | I have devoted |
| Tú | te hayas dedicado | you have devoted |
| Ella / Él / Usted | se haya dedicado | s/he has devoted |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | nos hayamos dedicado | we have devoted |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | os hayáis dedicado | you (plural) have devoted |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | se hayan dedicado | they have devoted |
How it’s built: Haber in the subjunctive present (haya, hayas, haya, hayamos, hayáis, hayan) plus the past participle dedicado. 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 dedicado”, meaning “I had devoted”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Past Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me hubiera dedicado | I had devoted |
| Tú | te hubieras dedicado | you had devoted |
| Ella / Él / Usted | se hubiera dedicado | s/he had devoted |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | nos hubiéramos dedicado | we had devoted |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | os hubierais dedicado | you (plural) had devoted |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | se hubieran dedicado | they had devoted |
How it’s built: Haber in the subjunctive imperfect (hubiera, hubieras, hubiera, hubiéramos, hubierais, hubieran) plus the past participle dedicado. 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 dedicado”, meaning “I will have devoted”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Future Perfect is known as "El Futuro Perfecto de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me hubiere dedicado | I will have devoted |
| Tú | te hubieres dedicado | you will have devoted |
| Ella / Él / Usted | se hubiere dedicado | s/he will have devoted |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | nos hubiéremos dedicado | we will have devoted |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | os hubiereis dedicado | you (plural) will have devoted |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | se hubieren dedicado | they will have devoted |
How it’s built: Haber in the subjunctive future (hubiere, hubieres, hubiere, hubiéremos, hubiereis, hubieren) plus the past participle dedicado. 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, “dedíquese”, meaning “(to you formal) devote!”.
In Spanish, the Imperative Affirmative is known as "El Imperativo Afirmativo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | - | - |
| Tú | dedícate | (to you) devote! |
| Ella / Él / Usted | dedíquese | (to you formal) devote! |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | dediquémonos | let's devote! |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | dedicaos | (to you plural) devote! |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | dedíquense | (to you plural formal) devote! |
How it’s built: Tú takes the ella/él present and attaches te (dedícate); usted and ustedes take the subjunctive present and attach se (dedíquese, dedíquense); nosotros takes the subjunctive present, drops the s and attaches nos (dediquémonos); vosotros drops the final r of the infinitive and attaches os (dedicaos).
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 dedique”, meaning “(to you formal) don't devote!”.
In Spanish, the Imperative Negative is known as "El Imperativo Negativo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | - | - |
| Tú | no te dediques | (to you) don't devote! |
| Ella / Él / Usted | no se dedique | (to you formal) don't devote! |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | no nos dediquemos | let's not devote! |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | no os dediquéis | (to you plural) don't devote! |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | no se dediquen | (to you plural formal) don't devote! |
How it’s built: No plus the subjunctive present: no te dediques, no se dedique, no nos dediquemos, no os dediquéis, no se dediquen.
Letters in red show where a form differs from the regular pattern.
Dedicarse is an irregular Spanish verb. The present tense is regular. In the preterite: yo changes c to qu (dediqué); the other forms are regular. It is also irregular in the present subjunctive (me dedique).
In the present tense (presente), dedicarse is conjugated as: yo me dedico, tú te dedicas, él/ella/usted se dedica, nosotros nos dedicamos, vosotros os dedicáis, ellos/ellas/ustedes se dedican. 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), dedicarse is conjugated as: yo me dediqué, tú te dedicaste, él/ella/usted se dedicó, nosotros nos dedicamos, vosotros os dedicasteis, ellos/ellas/ustedes se dedicaron. The preterite is used To talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time.
In the imperfect (pretérito imperfecto), dedicarse is conjugated as: yo me dedicaba, tú te dedicabas, él/ella/usted se dedicaba, nosotros nos dedicábamos, vosotros os dedicabais, ellos/ellas/ustedes se dedicaban. 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), dedicarse is conjugated as: yo me dedicaré, tú te dedicarás, él/ella/usted se dedicará, nosotros nos dedicaremos, vosotros os dedicaréis, ellos/ellas/ustedes se dedicarán. The future tense is used To talk about something that will happen in the future.
In the present subjunctive (subjuntivo presente), dedicarse is conjugated as: yo me dedique, tú te dediques, él/ella/usted se dedique, nosotros nos dediquemos, vosotros os dediquéis, ellos/ellas/ustedes se dediquen. 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.
Dedicar means ‘to devote, to dedicate’ and dedicarse means ‘to devote (oneself), to dedicate (oneself)’. Dedicarse is the reflexive form of dedicar, 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 dedico becomes me dedico. In the affirmative tú imperative the pronoun attaches to the end of the verb, so dedica becomes dedícate.
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