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How to conjugate Fingirse in Spanish

fingirse to pretend to be Irregular Verb

At a glance: Fingirse (to pretend to be) is a reflexive irregular verb in Spanish. In the present tense: me finjo, te finges, se finge, nos fingimos, os fingís, se fingen. Yo changes g to j (finjo); the other forms are regular. It is also irregular in the present subjunctive (me finja).

Past participle
fingido pretended to be
Gerund
fingiendo pretending to be
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Indicative tenses of Fingirse

Fingirse in the Indicative Present

The Indicative Present of fingirse 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 finjo”, meaning “I pretend to be”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Present is known as "El Presente".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yome finjoI pretend to be
Túte fingesyou pretend to be
Ella / Él / Ustedse finges/he pretends to be
Nosotras / Nosotrosnos fingimoswe pretend to be
Vosotras / Vosotrosos fingísyou (plural) pretend to be
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesse fingenthey pretend to be

How it’s built: Yo changes g to j (finjo); the other forms are regular. The reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes in front.

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Fingirse in the Indicative Preterite

The Indicative Preterite of fingirse is used to talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time. For example, “me fingí”, meaning “I pretended to be”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Preterite is known as "El Pretérito Indefinido".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yome fingíI pretended to be
Túte fingisteyou pretended to be
Ella / Él / Ustedse fingiós/he pretended to be
Nosotras / Nosotrosnos fingimoswe pretended to be
Vosotras / Vosotrosos fingisteisyou (plural) pretended to be
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesse fingieronthey pretended to be

How it’s built: Regular: stem fing- plus the -ir endings. The reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes in front.

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Fingirse in the Indicative Imperfect

The Indicative Imperfect of fingirse is used to describe regular and repeated actions that happened in the past and descriptions of things you used to do. For example, “me fingía”, meaning “I used to pretend to be”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Imperfect is known as "El Pretérito Imperfecto".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yome fingíaI used to pretend to be
Túte fingíasyou used to pretend to be
Ella / Él / Ustedse fingías/he used to pretend to be
Nosotras / Nosotrosnos fingíamoswe used to pretend to be
Vosotras / Vosotrosos fingíaisyou (plural) used to pretend to be
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesse fingíanthey used to pretend to be

How it’s built: Regular: stem fing- plus the -ir endings. The reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes in front.

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Fingirse in the Indicative Present Continuous

The Indicative Present Continuous of fingirse is used to talk about something that is happening continuously or right now. For example, “me estoy fingiendo”, meaning “I am pretending to be”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Present Continuous is known as "El Presente Progresivo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yome estoy fingiendoI am pretending to be
Túte estás fingiendoyou are pretending to be
Ella / Él / Ustedse está fingiendos/he is pretending to be
Nosotras / Nosotrosnos estamos fingiendowe are pretending to be
Vosotras / Vosotrosos estáis fingiendoyou (plural) are pretending to be
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesse están fingiendothey are pretending to be

How it’s built: Estar in the present (estoy, estás, está, estamos, estáis, están) plus the gerund fingiendo. The reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes in front.

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Fingirse in the Indicative Informal Future

The Indicative Informal Future of fingirse is used to talk about something that will happen in the future, especially in the near future. For example, “me voy a fingir”, meaning “I am going to pretend to be”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Informal Future is known as "El Futuro Próximo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yome voy a fingirI am going to pretend to be
Túte vas a fingiryou are going to pretend to be
Ella / Él / Ustedse va a fingirs/he is going to pretend to be
Nosotras / Nosotrosnos vamos a fingirwe are going to pretend to be
Vosotras / Vosotrosos vais a fingiryou (plural) are going to pretend to be
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesse van a fingirthey are going to pretend to be

How it’s built: Ir in the present (voy, vas, va, vamos, vais, van), then a, then the infinitive fingir. The reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes in front.

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Fingirse in the Indicative Future

The Indicative Future of fingirse is used to talk about something that will happen in the future. For example, “me fingiré”, meaning “I will pretend to be”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Future is known as "El Futuro Simple".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yome fingiréI will pretend to be
Túte fingirásyou will pretend to be
Ella / Él / Ustedse fingirás/he will pretend to be
Nosotras / Nosotrosnos fingiremoswe will pretend to be
Vosotras / Vosotrosos fingiréisyou (plural) will pretend to be
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesse fingiránthey will pretend to be

How it’s built: Regular: the infinitive fingir plus the future endings. The reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes in front.

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Fingirse in the Indicative Conditional

The Indicative Conditional of fingirse is used to talk about something that may happen in the future, hypothesis and probabilities. For example, “me fingiría”, meaning “I would pretend to be”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Conditional is known as "El Condicional Simple".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yome fingiríaI would pretend to be
Túte fingiríasyou would pretend to be
Ella / Él / Ustedse fingirías/he would pretend to be
Nosotras / Nosotrosnos fingiríamoswe would pretend to be
Vosotras / Vosotrosos fingiríaisyou (plural) would pretend to be
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesse fingiríanthey would pretend to be

How it’s built: Regular: the infinitive fingir plus the conditional endings. The reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes in front.

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Fingirse in the Indicative Present Perfect

The Indicative Present Perfect of fingirse 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 fingido”, meaning “I have pretended to be”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Present Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Perfecto".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yome he fingidoI have pretended to be
Túte has fingidoyou have pretended to be
Ella / Él / Ustedse ha fingidos/he has pretended to be
Nosotras / Nosotrosnos hemos fingidowe have pretended to be
Vosotras / Vosotrosos habéis fingidoyou (plural) have pretended to be
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesse han fingidothey have pretended to be

How it’s built: Haber in the present (he, has, ha, hemos, habéis, han) plus the past participle fingido. The reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes in front.

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Fingirse in the Indicative Past Perfect

The Indicative Past Perfect of fingirse is used to talk about actions that happened before another action in the past. For example, “me había fingido”, meaning “I had pretended to be”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Past Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yome había fingidoI had pretended to be
Túte habías fingidoyou had pretended to be
Ella / Él / Ustedse había fingidos/he had pretended to be
Nosotras / Nosotrosnos habíamos fingidowe had pretended to be
Vosotras / Vosotrosos habíais fingidoyou (plural) had pretended to be
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesse habían fingidothey had pretended to be

How it’s built: Haber in the imperfect (había, habías, había, habíamos, habíais, habían) plus the past participle fingido. The reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes in front.

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Fingirse in the Indicative Future Perfect

The Indicative Future Perfect of fingirse is used to talk about something that will have happened in the future after something else has already happened. For example, “me habré fingido”, meaning “I will have pretended to be”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Future Perfect is known as "El Futuro Perfecto".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yome habré fingidoI will have pretended to be
Túte habrás fingidoyou will have pretended to be
Ella / Él / Ustedse habrá fingidos/he will have pretended to be
Nosotras / Nosotrosnos habremos fingidowe will have pretended to be
Vosotras / Vosotrosos habréis fingidoyou (plural) will have pretended to be
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesse habrán fingidothey will have pretended to be

How it’s built: Haber in the future (habré, habrás, habrá, habremos, habréis, habrán) plus the past participle fingido. The reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes in front.

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Fingirse in the Indicative Conditional Perfect

The Indicative Conditional Perfect of fingirse is used to talk about something that would have happened in the past but didn’t due to another action. For example, “me habría fingido”, meaning “I would have pretended to be”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Conditional Perfect is known as "El Condicional Perfecto".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yome habría fingidoI would have pretended to be
Túte habrías fingidoyou would have pretended to be
Ella / Él / Ustedse habría fingidos/he would have pretended to be
Nosotras / Nosotrosnos habríamos fingidowe would have pretended to be
Vosotras / Vosotrosos habríais fingidoyou (plural) would have pretended to be
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesse habrían fingidothey would have pretended to be

How it’s built: Haber in the conditional (habría, habrías, habría, habríamos, habríais, habrían) plus the past participle fingido. The reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes in front.

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Subjunctive tenses of Fingirse

Fingirse in the Subjunctive Present

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 finja”, meaning “I pretend to be”.

In Spanish, the Subjunctive Present is known as "El Presente de Subjuntivo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yome finjaI pretend to be
Túte finjasyou pretend to be
Ella / Él / Ustedse finjas/he pretends to be
Nosotras / Nosotrosnos finjamoswe pretend to be
Vosotras / Vosotrosos finjáisyou (plural) pretend to be
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesse finjanthey pretend to be

How it’s built: Every form follows the yo present, finjo (finja, finjas, finja, finjamos, finjáis, finjan). The reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes in front.

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Fingirse in the Subjunctive Imperfect

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 fingiera”, meaning “I pretended to be”.

In Spanish, the Subjunctive Imperfect is known as "El Imperfecto Subjuntivo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yome fingieraI pretended to be
Túte fingierasyou pretended to be
Ella / Él / Ustedse fingieras/he pretended to be
Nosotras / Nosotrosnos fingiéramoswe pretended to be
Vosotras / Vosotrosos fingieraisyou (plural) pretended to be
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesse fingieranthey pretended to be

How it’s built: Regular: the ellas/ellos preterite, fingieron, without -ron, plus the -ra endings; nosotros adds an accent (fingiéramos). The reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes in front.

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Fingirse in the Subjunctive Future

The Subjunctive Future is used to speak about hypothetical situations, and actions/events that may happen in the future. For example, “me fingiere”, meaning “I will pretend to be”.

In Spanish, the Subjunctive Future is known as "El Futuro de Subjuntivo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yome fingiereI will pretend to be
Túte fingieresyou will pretend to be
Ella / Él / Ustedse fingieres/he will pretend to be
Nosotras / Nosotrosnos fingiéremoswe will pretend to be
Vosotras / Vosotrosos fingiereisyou (plural) will pretend to be
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesse fingierenthey will pretend to be

How it’s built: Regular: the ellas/ellos preterite, fingieron, without -ron, plus the -re endings; nosotros adds an accent (fingiéremos). The reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes in front.

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Fingirse in the Subjunctive Present Perfect

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 fingido”, meaning “I have pretended to be”.

In Spanish, the Subjunctive Present Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Perfecto de Subjuntivo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yome haya fingidoI have pretended to be
Túte hayas fingidoyou have pretended to be
Ella / Él / Ustedse haya fingidos/he has pretended to be
Nosotras / Nosotrosnos hayamos fingidowe have pretended to be
Vosotras / Vosotrosos hayáis fingidoyou (plural) have pretended to be
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesse hayan fingidothey have pretended to be

How it’s built: Haber in the subjunctive present (haya, hayas, haya, hayamos, hayáis, hayan) plus the past participle fingido. The reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes in front.

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Fingirse in the Subjunctive Past Perfect

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 fingido”, meaning “I had pretended to be”.

In Spanish, the Subjunctive Past Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto de Subjuntivo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yome hubiera fingidoI had pretended to be
Túte hubieras fingidoyou had pretended to be
Ella / Él / Ustedse hubiera fingidos/he had pretended to be
Nosotras / Nosotrosnos hubiéramos fingidowe had pretended to be
Vosotras / Vosotrosos hubierais fingidoyou (plural) had pretended to be
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesse hubieran fingidothey had pretended to be

How it’s built: Haber in the subjunctive imperfect (hubiera, hubieras, hubiera, hubiéramos, hubierais, hubieran) plus the past participle fingido. The reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes in front.

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Fingirse in the Subjunctive Future Perfect

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 fingido”, meaning “I will have pretended to be”.

In Spanish, the Subjunctive Future Perfect is known as "El Futuro Perfecto de Subjuntivo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yome hubiere fingidoI will have pretended to be
Túte hubieres fingidoyou will have pretended to be
Ella / Él / Ustedse hubiere fingidos/he will have pretended to be
Nosotras / Nosotrosnos hubiéremos fingidowe will have pretended to be
Vosotras / Vosotrosos hubiereis fingidoyou (plural) will have pretended to be
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesse hubieren fingidothey will have pretended to be

How it’s built: Haber in the subjunctive future (hubiere, hubieres, hubiere, hubiéremos, hubiereis, hubieren) plus the past participle fingido. The reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes in front.

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Imperative tenses of Fingirse

Fingirse in the Imperative Affirmative

The Imperative Affirmative is used to give orders and commands, to tell someone to do something. For example, “fínjase”, meaning “(to you formal) pretend to be!”.

In Spanish, the Imperative Affirmative is known as "El Imperativo Afirmativo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yo--
Túfíngete(to you) pretend to be!
Ella / Él / Ustedfínjase(to you formal) pretend to be!
Nosotras / Nosotrosfinjámonoslet's pretend to be!
Vosotras / Vosotrosfingíos(to you plural) pretend to be!
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesfínjanse(to you plural formal) pretend to be!

How it’s built: Tú takes the ella/él present and attaches te (fíngete); usted and ustedes take the subjunctive present and attach se (fínjase, fínjanse); nosotros takes the subjunctive present, drops the s and attaches nos (finjámonos); vosotros drops the final r of the infinitive and attaches os (fingíos).

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Fingirse in the Imperative Negative

The Imperative Negative is used to give orders and commands, telling someone not to do something. For example, “no se finja”, meaning “(to you formal) don't pretend to be!”.

In Spanish, the Imperative Negative is known as "El Imperativo Negativo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yo--
Túno te finjas(to you) don't pretend to be!
Ella / Él / Ustedno se finja(to you formal) don't pretend to be!
Nosotras / Nosotrosno nos finjamoslet's not pretend to be!
Vosotras / Vosotrosno os finjáis(to you plural) don't pretend to be!
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesno se finjan(to you plural formal) don't pretend to be!

How it’s built: No plus the subjunctive present: no te finjas, no se finja, no nos finjamos, no os finjáis, no se finjan.

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Frequently asked questions about Fingirse

Is fingirse a regular or irregular verb?

Fingirse is an irregular Spanish verb. In the present tense: yo changes g to j (finjo); the other forms are regular. It is also irregular in the present subjunctive (me finja).

How do you conjugate fingirse in the present tense (presente)?

In the present tense (presente), fingirse is conjugated as: yo me finjo, tú te finges, él/ella/usted se finge, nosotros nos fingimos, vosotros os fingís, ellos/ellas/ustedes se fingen. 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.

How do you conjugate fingirse in the preterite (pretérito indefinido)?

In the preterite (pretérito indefinido), fingirse is conjugated as: yo me fingí, tú te fingiste, él/ella/usted se fingió, nosotros nos fingimos, vosotros os fingisteis, ellos/ellas/ustedes se fingieron. The preterite is used To talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time.

How do you conjugate fingirse in the imperfect (pretérito imperfecto)?

In the imperfect (pretérito imperfecto), fingirse is conjugated as: yo me fingía, tú te fingías, él/ella/usted se fingía, nosotros nos fingíamos, vosotros os fingíais, ellos/ellas/ustedes se fingían. The imperfect is used To describe regular and repeated actions that happened in the past and descriptions of things you used to do.

How do you conjugate fingirse in the future tense (futuro simple)?

In the future tense (futuro simple), fingirse is conjugated as: yo me fingiré, tú te fingirás, él/ella/usted se fingirá, nosotros nos fingiremos, vosotros os fingiréis, ellos/ellas/ustedes se fingirán. The future tense is used To talk about something that will happen in the future.

How do you conjugate fingirse in the present subjunctive (subjuntivo presente)?

In the present subjunctive (subjuntivo presente), fingirse is conjugated as: yo me finja, tú te finjas, él/ella/usted se finja, nosotros nos finjamos, vosotros os finjáis, ellos/ellas/ustedes se finjan. 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.


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