Ella Verbsidentificarse to identify (oneself), to identify with Irregular Verb
At a glance: Identificarse (to identify (oneself), to identify with) is a reflexive irregular verb in Spanish. In the present tense: me identifico, te identificas, se identifica, nos identificamos, os identificáis, se identifican. The present tense is regular. In the preterite: yo changes c to qu (identifiqué); the other forms are regular. It is also irregular in the present subjunctive (me identifique).

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The Indicative Present of identificarse 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 identifico”, meaning “I identify”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Present is known as "El Presente".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me identifico | I identify |
| Tú | te identificas | you identify |
| Ella / Él / Usted | se identifica | s/he identifies |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | nos identificamos | we identify |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | os identificáis | you (plural) identify |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | se identifican | they identify |
How it’s built: Regular: stem identific- plus the -ar endings. The reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes in front.
The Indicative Preterite of identificarse is used to talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time. For example, “me identifiqué”, meaning “I identified”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Preterite is known as "El Pretérito Indefinido".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me identifiqué | I identified |
| Tú | te identificaste | you identified |
| Ella / Él / Usted | se identificó | s/he identified |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | nos identificamos | we identified |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | os identificasteis | you (plural) identified |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | se identificaron | they identified |
How it’s built: Yo changes c to qu (identifiqué); 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 identificarse is used to describe regular and repeated actions that happened in the past and descriptions of things you used to do. For example, “me identificaba”, meaning “I used to identify”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Imperfect is known as "El Pretérito Imperfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me identificaba | I used to identify |
| Tú | te identificabas | you used to identify |
| Ella / Él / Usted | se identificaba | s/he used to identify |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | nos identificábamos | we used to identify |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | os identificabais | you (plural) used to identify |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | se identificaban | they used to identify |
How it’s built: Regular: stem identific- plus the -ar endings. The reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes in front.
The Indicative Present Continuous of identificarse is used to talk about something that is happening continuously or right now. For example, “me estoy identificando”, meaning “I am identifying”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Present Continuous is known as "El Presente Progresivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me estoy identificando | I am identifying |
| Tú | te estás identificando | you are identifying |
| Ella / Él / Usted | se está identificando | s/he is identifying |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | nos estamos identificando | we are identifying |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | os estáis identificando | you (plural) are identifying |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | se están identificando | they are identifying |
How it’s built: Estar in the present (estoy, estás, está, estamos, estáis, están) plus the gerund identificando. The reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes in front.
The Indicative Informal Future of identificarse is used to talk about something that will happen in the future, especially in the near future. For example, “me voy a identificar”, meaning “I am going to identify”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Informal Future is known as "El Futuro Próximo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me voy a identificar | I am going to identify |
| Tú | te vas a identificar | you are going to identify |
| Ella / Él / Usted | se va a identificar | s/he is going to identify |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | nos vamos a identificar | we are going to identify |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | os vais a identificar | you (plural) are going to identify |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | se van a identificar | they are going to identify |
How it’s built: Ir in the present (voy, vas, va, vamos, vais, van), then a, then the infinitive identificar. The reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes in front.
The Indicative Future of identificarse is used to talk about something that will happen in the future. For example, “me identificaré”, meaning “I will identify”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Future is known as "El Futuro Simple".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me identificaré | I will identify |
| Tú | te identificarás | you will identify |
| Ella / Él / Usted | se identificará | s/he will identify |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | nos identificaremos | we will identify |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | os identificaréis | you (plural) will identify |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | se identificarán | they will identify |
How it’s built: Regular: the infinitive identificar plus the future endings. The reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes in front.
The Indicative Conditional of identificarse is used to talk about something that may happen in the future, hypothesis and probabilities. For example, “me identificaría”, meaning “I would identify”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Conditional is known as "El Condicional Simple".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me identificaría | I would identify |
| Tú | te identificarías | you would identify |
| Ella / Él / Usted | se identificaría | s/he would identify |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | nos identificaríamos | we would identify |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | os identificaríais | you (plural) would identify |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | se identificarían | they would identify |
How it’s built: Regular: the infinitive identificar plus the conditional endings. The reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes in front.
The Indicative Present Perfect of identificarse 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 identificado”, meaning “I have identified”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Present Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Perfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me he identificado | I have identified |
| Tú | te has identificado | you have identified |
| Ella / Él / Usted | se ha identificado | s/he has identified |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | nos hemos identificado | we have identified |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | os habéis identificado | you (plural) have identified |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | se han identificado | they have identified |
How it’s built: Haber in the present (he, has, ha, hemos, habéis, han) plus the past participle identificado. The reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes in front.
The Indicative Past Perfect of identificarse is used to talk about actions that happened before another action in the past. For example, “me había identificado”, meaning “I had identified”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Past Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me había identificado | I had identified |
| Tú | te habías identificado | you had identified |
| Ella / Él / Usted | se había identificado | s/he had identified |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | nos habíamos identificado | we had identified |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | os habíais identificado | you (plural) had identified |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | se habían identificado | they had identified |
How it’s built: Haber in the imperfect (había, habías, había, habíamos, habíais, habían) plus the past participle identificado. The reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes in front.
The Indicative Future Perfect of identificarse is used to talk about something that will have happened in the future after something else has already happened. For example, “me habré identificado”, meaning “I will have identified”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Future Perfect is known as "El Futuro Perfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me habré identificado | I will have identified |
| Tú | te habrás identificado | you will have identified |
| Ella / Él / Usted | se habrá identificado | s/he will have identified |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | nos habremos identificado | we will have identified |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | os habréis identificado | you (plural) will have identified |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | se habrán identificado | they will have identified |
How it’s built: Haber in the future (habré, habrás, habrá, habremos, habréis, habrán) plus the past participle identificado. The reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes in front.
The Indicative Conditional Perfect of identificarse is used to talk about something that would have happened in the past but didn’t due to another action. For example, “me habría identificado”, meaning “I would have identified”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Conditional Perfect is known as "El Condicional Perfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me habría identificado | I would have identified |
| Tú | te habrías identificado | you would have identified |
| Ella / Él / Usted | se habría identificado | s/he would have identified |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | nos habríamos identificado | we would have identified |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | os habríais identificado | you (plural) would have identified |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | se habrían identificado | they would have identified |
How it’s built: Haber in the conditional (habría, habrías, habría, habríamos, habríais, habrían) plus the past participle identificado. 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 identifique”, meaning “I identify”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Present is known as "El Presente de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me identifique | I identify |
| Tú | te identifiques | you identify |
| Ella / Él / Usted | se identifique | s/he identifies |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | nos identifiquemos | we identify |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | os identifiquéis | you (plural) identify |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | se identifiquen | they identify |
How it’s built: Every form changes c to qu (identifique, identifiques, identifique, identifiquemos, identifiquéis, identifiquen). 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 identificara”, meaning “I identified”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Imperfect is known as "El Imperfecto Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me identificara | I identified |
| Tú | te identificaras | you identified |
| Ella / Él / Usted | se identificara | s/he identified |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | nos identificáramos | we identified |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | os identificarais | you (plural) identified |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | se identificaran | they identified |
How it’s built: Regular: the ellas/ellos preterite, identificaron, without -ron, plus the -ra endings; nosotros adds an accent (identificáramos). 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 identificare”, meaning “I will identify”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Future is known as "El Futuro de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me identificare | I will identify |
| Tú | te identificares | you will identify |
| Ella / Él / Usted | se identificare | s/he will identify |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | nos identificáremos | we will identify |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | os identificareis | you (plural) will identify |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | se identificaren | they will identify |
How it’s built: Regular: the ellas/ellos preterite, identificaron, without -ron, plus the -re endings; nosotros adds an accent (identificáremos). 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 identificado”, meaning “I have identified”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Present Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Perfecto de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me haya identificado | I have identified |
| Tú | te hayas identificado | you have identified |
| Ella / Él / Usted | se haya identificado | s/he has identified |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | nos hayamos identificado | we have identified |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | os hayáis identificado | you (plural) have identified |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | se hayan identificado | they have identified |
How it’s built: Haber in the subjunctive present (haya, hayas, haya, hayamos, hayáis, hayan) plus the past participle identificado. 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 identificado”, meaning “I had identified”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Past Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me hubiera identificado | I had identified |
| Tú | te hubieras identificado | you had identified |
| Ella / Él / Usted | se hubiera identificado | s/he had identified |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | nos hubiéramos identificado | we had identified |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | os hubierais identificado | you (plural) had identified |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | se hubieran identificado | they had identified |
How it’s built: Haber in the subjunctive imperfect (hubiera, hubieras, hubiera, hubiéramos, hubierais, hubieran) plus the past participle identificado. 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 identificado”, meaning “I will have identified”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Future Perfect is known as "El Futuro Perfecto de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me hubiere identificado | I will have identified |
| Tú | te hubieres identificado | you will have identified |
| Ella / Él / Usted | se hubiere identificado | s/he will have identified |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | nos hubiéremos identificado | we will have identified |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | os hubiereis identificado | you (plural) will have identified |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | se hubieren identificado | they will have identified |
How it’s built: Haber in the subjunctive future (hubiere, hubieres, hubiere, hubiéremos, hubiereis, hubieren) plus the past participle identificado. 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, “identifíquese”, meaning “(to you formal) identify!”.
In Spanish, the Imperative Affirmative is known as "El Imperativo Afirmativo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | - | - |
| Tú | identifícate | (to you) identify! |
| Ella / Él / Usted | identifíquese | (to you formal) identify! |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | identifiquémonos | let's identify! |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | identificaos | (to you plural) identify! |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | identifíquense | (to you plural formal) identify! |
How it’s built: Tú takes the ella/él present and attaches te (identifícate); usted and ustedes take the subjunctive present and attach se (identifíquese, identifíquense); nosotros takes the subjunctive present, drops the s and attaches nos (identifiquémonos); vosotros drops the final r of the infinitive and attaches os (identificaos).
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 identifique”, meaning “(to you formal) don't identify!”.
In Spanish, the Imperative Negative is known as "El Imperativo Negativo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | - | - |
| Tú | no te identifiques | (to you) don't identify! |
| Ella / Él / Usted | no se identifique | (to you formal) don't identify! |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | no nos identifiquemos | let's not identify! |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | no os identifiquéis | (to you plural) don't identify! |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | no se identifiquen | (to you plural formal) don't identify! |
How it’s built: No plus the subjunctive present: no te identifiques, no se identifique, no nos identifiquemos, no os identifiquéis, no se identifiquen.
Letters in red show where a form differs from the regular pattern.
Identificarse is an irregular Spanish verb. The present tense is regular. In the preterite: yo changes c to qu (identifiqué); the other forms are regular. It is also irregular in the present subjunctive (me identifique).
In the present tense (presente), identificarse is conjugated as: yo me identifico, tú te identificas, él/ella/usted se identifica, nosotros nos identificamos, vosotros os identificáis, ellos/ellas/ustedes se identifican. 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), identificarse is conjugated as: yo me identifiqué, tú te identificaste, él/ella/usted se identificó, nosotros nos identificamos, vosotros os identificasteis, ellos/ellas/ustedes se identificaron. The preterite is used To talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time.
In the imperfect (pretérito imperfecto), identificarse is conjugated as: yo me identificaba, tú te identificabas, él/ella/usted se identificaba, nosotros nos identificábamos, vosotros os identificabais, ellos/ellas/ustedes se identificaban. 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), identificarse is conjugated as: yo me identificaré, tú te identificarás, él/ella/usted se identificará, nosotros nos identificaremos, vosotros os identificaréis, ellos/ellas/ustedes se identificarán. The future tense is used To talk about something that will happen in the future.
In the present subjunctive (subjuntivo presente), identificarse is conjugated as: yo me identifique, tú te identifiques, él/ella/usted se identifique, nosotros nos identifiquemos, vosotros os identifiquéis, ellos/ellas/ustedes se identifiquen. 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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