Ella Verbsmover to move (something) Irregular Verb
At a glance: Mover (to move (something)) is a widely used irregular verbs in Spanish. In the present tense: muevo, mueves, mueve, movemos, movéis, mueven. Yo, tú, ella/él and ellas/ellos change o to ue (muevo, mueves, mueve, mueven); nosotros and vosotros are regular. It is also irregular in the present subjunctive (mueva).

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The Indicative Present of mover 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, “muevo”, meaning “I move”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Present is known as "El Presente".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | muevo | I move |
| Tú | mueves | you move |
| Ella / Él / Usted | mueve | s/he moves |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | movemos | we move |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | movéis | you (plural) move |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | mueven | they move |
How it’s built: Yo, tú, ella/él and ellas/ellos change o to ue (muevo, mueves, mueve, mueven); nosotros and vosotros are regular.
Letters in red show where a form differs from the regular pattern.
The Indicative Preterite of mover is used to talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time. For example, “moví”, meaning “I moved”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Preterite is known as "El Pretérito Indefinido".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | moví | I moved |
| Tú | moviste | you moved |
| Ella / Él / Usted | movió | s/he moved |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | movimos | we moved |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | movisteis | you (plural) moved |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | movieron | they moved |
How it’s built: Regular: stem mov- plus the -er endings.
The Indicative Imperfect of mover is used to describe regular and repeated actions that happened in the past and descriptions of things you used to do. For example, “movía”, meaning “I used to move”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Imperfect is known as "El Pretérito Imperfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | movía | I used to move |
| Tú | movías | you used to move |
| Ella / Él / Usted | movía | s/he used to move |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | movíamos | we used to move |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | movíais | you (plural) used to move |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | movían | they used to move |
How it’s built: Regular: stem mov- plus the -er endings.
The Indicative Present Continuous of mover is used to talk about something that is happening continuously or right now. For example, “estoy moviendo”, meaning “I am moving”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Present Continuous is known as "El Presente Progresivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | estoy moviendo | I am moving |
| Tú | estás moviendo | you are moving |
| Ella / Él / Usted | está moviendo | s/he is moving |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | estamos moviendo | we are moving |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | estáis moviendo | you (plural) are moving |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | están moviendo | they are moving |
How it’s built: Estar in the present (estoy, estás, está, estamos, estáis, están) plus the gerund moviendo.
The Indicative Informal Future of mover is used to talk about something that will happen in the future, especially in the near future. For example, “voy a mover”, meaning “I am going to move”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Informal Future is known as "El Futuro Próximo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | voy a mover | I am going to move |
| Tú | vas a mover | you are going to move |
| Ella / Él / Usted | va a mover | s/he is going to move |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | vamos a mover | we are going to move |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | vais a mover | you (plural) are going to move |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | van a mover | they are going to move |
How it’s built: Ir in the present (voy, vas, va, vamos, vais, van), then a, then the infinitive mover.
The Indicative Future of mover is used to talk about something that will happen in the future. For example, “moveré”, meaning “I will move”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Future is known as "El Futuro Simple".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | moveré | I will move |
| Tú | moverás | you will move |
| Ella / Él / Usted | moverá | s/he will move |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | moveremos | we will move |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | moveréis | you (plural) will move |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | moverán | they will move |
How it’s built: Regular: the infinitive mover plus the future endings.
The Indicative Conditional of mover is used to talk about something that may happen in the future, hypothesis and probabilities. For example, “movería”, meaning “I would move”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Conditional is known as "El Condicional Simple".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | movería | I would move |
| Tú | moverías | you would move |
| Ella / Él / Usted | movería | s/he would move |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | moveríamos | we would move |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | moveríais | you (plural) would move |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | moverían | they would move |
How it’s built: Regular: the infinitive mover plus the conditional endings.
The Indicative Present Perfect of mover 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, “he movido”, meaning “I have moved”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Present Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Perfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he movido | I have moved |
| Tú | has movido | you have moved |
| Ella / Él / Usted | ha movido | s/he has moved |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hemos movido | we have moved |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habéis movido | you (plural) have moved |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | han movido | they have moved |
How it’s built: Haber in the present (he, has, ha, hemos, habéis, han) plus the past participle movido.
The Indicative Past Perfect of mover is used to talk about actions that happened before another action in the past. For example, “había movido”, meaning “I had moved”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Past Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | había movido | I had moved |
| Tú | habías movido | you had moved |
| Ella / Él / Usted | había movido | s/he had moved |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | habíamos movido | we had moved |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habíais movido | you (plural) had moved |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | habían movido | they had moved |
How it’s built: Haber in the imperfect (había, habías, había, habíamos, habíais, habían) plus the past participle movido.
The Indicative Future Perfect of mover is used to talk about something that will have happened in the future after something else has already happened. For example, “habré movido”, meaning “I will have moved”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Future Perfect is known as "El Futuro Perfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | habré movido | I will have moved |
| Tú | habrás movido | you will have moved |
| Ella / Él / Usted | habrá movido | s/he will have moved |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | habremos movido | we will have moved |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habréis movido | you (plural) will have moved |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | habrán movido | they will have moved |
How it’s built: Haber in the future (habré, habrás, habrá, habremos, habréis, habrán) plus the past participle movido.
The Indicative Conditional Perfect of mover is used to talk about something that would have happened in the past but didn’t due to another action. For example, “habría movido”, meaning “I would have moved”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Conditional Perfect is known as "El Condicional Perfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | habría movido | I would have moved |
| Tú | habrías movido | you would have moved |
| Ella / Él / Usted | habría movido | s/he would have moved |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | habríamos movido | we would have moved |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habríais movido | you (plural) would have moved |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | habrían movido | they would have moved |
How it’s built: Haber in the conditional (habría, habrías, habría, habríamos, habríais, habrían) plus the past participle movido.
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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, “mueva”, meaning “I move”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Present is known as "El Presente de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | mueva | I move |
| Tú | muevas | you move |
| Ella / Él / Usted | mueva | s/he moves |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | movamos | we move |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | mováis | you (plural) move |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | muevan | they move |
How it’s built: Yo, tú, ella/él and ellas/ellos follow the yo present, muevo (mueva, muevas, mueva, muevan); nosotros and vosotros are regular.
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, “moviera”, meaning “I moved”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Imperfect is known as "El Imperfecto Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | moviera | I moved |
| Tú | movieras | you moved |
| Ella / Él / Usted | moviera | s/he moved |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | moviéramos | we moved |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | movierais | you (plural) moved |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | movieran | they moved |
How it’s built: Regular: the ellas/ellos preterite, movieron, without -ron, plus the -ra endings; nosotros adds an accent (moviéramos).
The Subjunctive Future is used to speak about hypothetical situations, and actions/events that may happen in the future. For example, “moviere”, meaning “I will move”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Future is known as "El Futuro de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | moviere | I will move |
| Tú | movieres | you will move |
| Ella / Él / Usted | moviere | s/he will move |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | moviéremos | we will move |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | moviereis | you (plural) will move |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | movieren | they will move |
How it’s built: Regular: the ellas/ellos preterite, movieron, without -ron, plus the -re endings; nosotros adds an accent (moviéremos).
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, “haya movido”, meaning “I have moved”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Present Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Perfecto de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | haya movido | I have moved |
| Tú | hayas movido | you have moved |
| Ella / Él / Usted | haya movido | s/he has moved |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hayamos movido | we have moved |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | hayáis movido | you (plural) have moved |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | hayan movido | they have moved |
How it’s built: Haber in the subjunctive present (haya, hayas, haya, hayamos, hayáis, hayan) plus the past participle movido.
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, “hubiera movido”, meaning “I had moved”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Past Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera movido | I had moved |
| Tú | hubieras movido | you had moved |
| Ella / Él / Usted | hubiera movido | s/he had moved |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hubiéramos movido | we had moved |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | hubierais movido | you (plural) had moved |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | hubieran movido | they had moved |
How it’s built: Haber in the subjunctive imperfect (hubiera, hubieras, hubiera, hubiéramos, hubierais, hubieran) plus the past participle movido.
The Subjunctive Future Perfect is used to speak about something that will have happened if a hypothetical situations occurs in the future. For example, “hubiere movido”, meaning “I will have moved”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Future Perfect is known as "El Futuro Perfecto de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere movido | I will have moved |
| Tú | hubieres movido | you will have moved |
| Ella / Él / Usted | hubiere movido | s/he will have moved |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hubiéremos movido | we will have moved |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | hubiereis movido | you (plural) will have moved |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | hubieren movido | they will have moved |
How it’s built: Haber in the subjunctive future (hubiere, hubieres, hubiere, hubiéremos, hubiereis, hubieren) plus the past participle movido.
The Imperative Affirmative is used to give orders and commands, to tell someone to do something. For example, “mueva”, meaning “(to you formal) move!”.
In Spanish, the Imperative Affirmative is known as "El Imperativo Afirmativo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | - | - |
| Tú | mueve | (to you) move! |
| Ella / Él / Usted | mueva | (to you formal) move! |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | movamos | let's move! |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | moved | (to you plural) move! |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | muevan | (to you plural formal) move! |
How it’s built: Tú takes the ella/él present (mueve); usted, nosotros and ustedes take the subjunctive present (mueva, movamos, muevan); vosotros swaps the final r of the infinitive for a d (moved).
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 mueva”, meaning “(to you formal) don't move!”.
In Spanish, the Imperative Negative is known as "El Imperativo Negativo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | - | - |
| Tú | no muevas | (to you) don't move! |
| Ella / Él / Usted | no mueva | (to you formal) don't move! |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | no movamos | let's not move! |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | no mováis | (to you plural) don't move! |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | no muevan | (to you plural formal) don't move! |
How it’s built: No plus the subjunctive present: no muevas, no mueva, no movamos, no mováis, no muevan.
Letters in red show where a form differs from the regular pattern.
Mover is an irregular Spanish verb. In the present tense: yo, tú, ella/él and ellas/ellos change o to ue (muevo, mueves, mueve, mueven); nosotros and vosotros are regular. It is also irregular in the present subjunctive (mueva).
In the present tense (presente), mover is conjugated as: yo muevo, tú mueves, él/ella/usted mueve, nosotros movemos, vosotros movéis, ellos/ellas/ustedes mueven. 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), mover is conjugated as: yo moví, tú moviste, él/ella/usted movió, nosotros movimos, vosotros movisteis, ellos/ellas/ustedes movieron. The preterite is used To talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time.
In the imperfect (pretérito imperfecto), mover is conjugated as: yo movía, tú movías, él/ella/usted movía, nosotros movíamos, vosotros movíais, ellos/ellas/ustedes movían. 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), mover is conjugated as: yo moveré, tú moverás, él/ella/usted moverá, nosotros moveremos, vosotros moveréis, ellos/ellas/ustedes moverán. The future tense is used To talk about something that will happen in the future.
In the present subjunctive (subjuntivo presente), mover is conjugated as: yo mueva, tú muevas, él/ella/usted mueva, nosotros movamos, vosotros mováis, ellos/ellas/ustedes muevan. 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.
Mover means ‘to move (something)’ and moverse means ‘to move (oneself)’. Moverse is the reflexive form of mover, 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 muevo becomes me muevo. In the affirmative tú imperative the pronoun attaches to the end of the verb, so mueve becomes muévete.
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