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How to conjugate Ocuparse in Spanish

ocuparse to take care of, to deal with, to see to Regular AR Verb

At a glance: Ocuparse (to take care of, to deal with, to see to) is a widely used reflexive regular -AR verbs in Spanish. In the present tense: me ocupo, te ocupas, se ocupa, nos ocupamos, os ocupáis, se ocupan. Because it is fully regular, its endings apply directly to hundreds of other -AR verbs.

Past participle: ocupado taken care of
Gerund: ocupando taking care of
Similar: despachar, tratarse, encargarse

Indicative tenses of Ocuparse
Subjunctive tenses of Ocuparse
Imperative tenses of Ocuparse
- Ocuparse in the Imperative Affirmative
- Ocuparse in the Imperative Negative
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Indicative tenses of Ocuparse

Ocuparse in the Indicative Present

The Indicative Present of ocuparse 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 ocupo”, meaning “I take care of”.

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

Pronoun	Spanish	English
Yo	me ocupo	I take care of
Tú	te ocupas	you take care of
Ella / Él / Usted	se ocupa	s/he takes care of
Nosotras / Nosotros	nos ocupamos	we take care of
Vosotras / Vosotros	os ocupáis	you (plural) take care of
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes	se ocupan	they take care of

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

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Ocuparse in the Indicative Preterite

The Indicative Preterite of ocuparse is used to talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time. For example, “me ocupé”, meaning “I took care of”.

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

Pronoun	Spanish	English
Yo	me ocupé	I took care of
Tú	te ocupaste	you took care of
Ella / Él / Usted	se ocupó	s/he took care of
Nosotras / Nosotros	nos ocupamos	we took care of
Vosotras / Vosotros	os ocupasteis	you (plural) took care of
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes	se ocuparon	they took care of

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

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Ocuparse in the Indicative Imperfect

The Indicative Imperfect of ocuparse is used to describe regular and repeated actions that happened in the past and descriptions of things you used to do. For example, “me ocupaba”, meaning “I used to take care of”.

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

Pronoun	Spanish	English
Yo	me ocupaba	I used to take care of
Tú	te ocupabas	you used to take care of
Ella / Él / Usted	se ocupaba	s/he used to take care of
Nosotras / Nosotros	nos ocupábamos	we used to take care of
Vosotras / Vosotros	os ocupabais	you (plural) used to take care of
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes	se ocupaban	they used to take care of

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

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Ocuparse in the Indicative Present Continuous

The Indicative Present Continuous of ocuparse is used to talk about something that is happening continuously or right now. For example, “me estoy ocupando”, meaning “I am taking care of”.

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

Pronoun	Spanish	English
Yo	me estoy ocupando	I am taking care of
Tú	te estás ocupando	you are taking care of
Ella / Él / Usted	se está ocupando	s/he is taking care of
Nosotras / Nosotros	nos estamos ocupando	we are taking care of
Vosotras / Vosotros	os estáis ocupando	you (plural) are taking care of
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes	se están ocupando	they are taking care of

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

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Ocuparse in the Indicative Informal Future

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

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

Pronoun	Spanish	English
Yo	me voy a ocupar	I am going to take care of
Tú	te vas a ocupar	you are going to take care of
Ella / Él / Usted	se va a ocupar	s/he is going to take care of
Nosotras / Nosotros	nos vamos a ocupar	we are going to take care of
Vosotras / Vosotros	os vais a ocupar	you (plural) are going to take care of
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes	se van a ocupar	they are going to take care of

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

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Ocuparse in the Indicative Future

The Indicative Future of ocuparse is used to talk about something that will happen in the future. For example, “me ocuparé”, meaning “I will take care of”.

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

Pronoun	Spanish	English
Yo	me ocuparé	I will take care of
Tú	te ocuparás	you will take care of
Ella / Él / Usted	se ocupará	s/he will take care of
Nosotras / Nosotros	nos ocuparemos	we will take care of
Vosotras / Vosotros	os ocuparéis	you (plural) will take care of
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes	se ocuparán	they will take care of

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

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Ocuparse in the Indicative Conditional

The Indicative Conditional of ocuparse is used to talk about something that may happen in the future, hypothesis and probabilities. For example, “me ocuparía”, meaning “I would take care of”.

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

Pronoun	Spanish	English
Yo	me ocuparía	I would take care of
Tú	te ocuparías	you would take care of
Ella / Él / Usted	se ocuparía	s/he would take care of
Nosotras / Nosotros	nos ocuparíamos	we would take care of
Vosotras / Vosotros	os ocuparíais	you (plural) would take care of
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes	se ocuparían	they would take care of

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

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Ocuparse in the Indicative Present Perfect

The Indicative Present Perfect of ocuparse 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 ocupado”, meaning “I have taken care of”.

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

Pronoun	Spanish	English
Yo	me he ocupado	I have taken care of
Tú	te has ocupado	you have taken care of
Ella / Él / Usted	se ha ocupado	s/he has taken care of
Nosotras / Nosotros	nos hemos ocupado	we have taken care of
Vosotras / Vosotros	os habéis ocupado	you (plural) have taken care of
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes	se han ocupado	they have taken care of

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

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Ocuparse in the Indicative Past Perfect

The Indicative Past Perfect of ocuparse is used to talk about actions that happened before another action in the past. For example, “me había ocupado”, meaning “I had taken care of”.

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

Pronoun	Spanish	English
Yo	me había ocupado	I had taken care of
Tú	te habías ocupado	you had taken care of
Ella / Él / Usted	se había ocupado	s/he had taken care of
Nosotras / Nosotros	nos habíamos ocupado	we had taken care of
Vosotras / Vosotros	os habíais ocupado	you (plural) had taken care of
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes	se habían ocupado	they had taken care of

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

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Ocuparse in the Indicative Future Perfect

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

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

Pronoun	Spanish	English
Yo	me habré ocupado	I will have taken care of
Tú	te habrás ocupado	you will have taken care of
Ella / Él / Usted	se habrá ocupado	s/he will have taken care of
Nosotras / Nosotros	nos habremos ocupado	we will have taken care of
Vosotras / Vosotros	os habréis ocupado	you (plural) will have taken care of
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes	se habrán ocupado	they will have taken care of

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

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Ocuparse in the Indicative Conditional Perfect

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

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

Pronoun	Spanish	English
Yo	me habría ocupado	I would have taken care of
Tú	te habrías ocupado	you would have taken care of
Ella / Él / Usted	se habría ocupado	s/he would have taken care of
Nosotras / Nosotros	nos habríamos ocupado	we would have taken care of
Vosotras / Vosotros	os habríais ocupado	you (plural) would have taken care of
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes	se habrían ocupado	they would have taken care of

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

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Subjunctive tenses of Ocuparse

Ocuparse 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 ocupe”, meaning “I take care of”.

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

Pronoun	Spanish	English
Yo	me ocupe	I take care of
Tú	te ocupes	you take care of
Ella / Él / Usted	se ocupe	s/he takes care of
Nosotras / Nosotros	nos ocupemos	we take care of
Vosotras / Vosotros	os ocupéis	you (plural) take care of
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes	se ocupen	they take care of

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

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Ocuparse 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 ocupara”, meaning “I took care of”.

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

Pronoun	Spanish	English
Yo	me ocupara	I took care of
Tú	te ocuparas	you took care of
Ella / Él / Usted	se ocupara	s/he took care of
Nosotras / Nosotros	nos ocupáramos	we took care of
Vosotras / Vosotros	os ocuparais	you (plural) took care of
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes	se ocuparan	they took care of

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

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Ocuparse 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 ocupare”, meaning “I will take care of”.

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

Pronoun	Spanish	English
Yo	me ocupare	I will take care of
Tú	te ocupares	you will take care of
Ella / Él / Usted	se ocupare	s/he will take care of
Nosotras / Nosotros	nos ocupáremos	we will take care of
Vosotras / Vosotros	os ocupareis	you (plural) will take care of
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes	se ocuparen	they will take care of

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

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Ocuparse 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 ocupado”, meaning “I have taken care of”.

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

Pronoun	Spanish	English
Yo	me haya ocupado	I have taken care of
Tú	te hayas ocupado	you have taken care of
Ella / Él / Usted	se haya ocupado	s/he has taken care of
Nosotras / Nosotros	nos hayamos ocupado	we have taken care of
Vosotras / Vosotros	os hayáis ocupado	you (plural) have taken care of
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes	se hayan ocupado	they have taken care of

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

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Ocuparse 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 ocupado”, meaning “I had taken care of”.

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

Pronoun	Spanish	English
Yo	me hubiera ocupado	I had taken care of
Tú	te hubieras ocupado	you had taken care of
Ella / Él / Usted	se hubiera ocupado	s/he had taken care of
Nosotras / Nosotros	nos hubiéramos ocupado	we had taken care of
Vosotras / Vosotros	os hubierais ocupado	you (plural) had taken care of
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes	se hubieran ocupado	they had taken care of

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

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Ocuparse 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 ocupado”, meaning “I will have taken care of”.

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

Pronoun	Spanish	English
Yo	me hubiere ocupado	I will have taken care of
Tú	te hubieres ocupado	you will have taken care of
Ella / Él / Usted	se hubiere ocupado	s/he will have taken care of
Nosotras / Nosotros	nos hubiéremos ocupado	we will have taken care of
Vosotras / Vosotros	os hubiereis ocupado	you (plural) will have taken care of
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes	se hubieren ocupado	they will have taken care of

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

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Imperative tenses of Ocuparse

Ocuparse in the Imperative Affirmative

The Imperative Affirmative is used to give orders and commands, to tell someone to do something. For example, “ocúpese”, meaning “(to you formal) take care of!”.

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

Pronoun	Spanish	English
Yo	-	-
Tú	ocúpate	(to you) take care of!
Ella / Él / Usted	ocúpese	(to you formal) take care of!
Nosotras / Nosotros	ocupémonos	let's take care of!
Vosotras / Vosotros	ocupaos	(to you plural) take care of!
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes	ocúpense	(to you plural formal) take care of!

How it’s built: Tú takes the ella/él present and attaches te (ocúpate); usted and ustedes take the subjunctive present and attach se (ocúpese, ocúpense); nosotros takes the subjunctive present, drops the s and attaches nos (ocupémonos); vosotros drops the final r of the infinitive and attaches os (ocupaos).

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Ocuparse in the Imperative Negative

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

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

Pronoun	Spanish	English
Yo	-	-
Tú	no te ocupes	(to you) don't take care of!
Ella / Él / Usted	no se ocupe	(to you formal) don't take care of!
Nosotras / Nosotros	no nos ocupemos	let's not take care of!
Vosotras / Vosotros	no os ocupéis	(to you plural) don't take care of!
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes	no se ocupen	(to you plural formal) don't take care of!

How it’s built: No plus the subjunctive present: no te ocupes, no se ocupe, no nos ocupemos, no os ocupéis, no se ocupen.

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Frequently asked questions about Ocuparse

Is ocuparse a regular or irregular verb?

Ocuparse is a fully regular -AR reflexive verb. It follows the standard -AR conjugation pattern in every tense and mood without any stem changes, spelling changes, or irregular forms. This makes it a model verb for learning the -AR conjugation system.

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

In the present tense (presente), ocuparse is conjugated as: yo me ocupo, tú te ocupas, él/ella/usted se ocupa, nosotros nos ocupamos, vosotros os ocupáis, ellos/ellas/ustedes se ocupan. 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 ocuparse in the preterite (pretérito indefinido)?

In the preterite (pretérito indefinido), ocuparse is conjugated as: yo me ocupé, tú te ocupaste, él/ella/usted se ocupó, nosotros nos ocupamos, vosotros os ocupasteis, ellos/ellas/ustedes se ocuparon. The preterite is used To talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time.

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

In the imperfect (pretérito imperfecto), ocuparse is conjugated as: yo me ocupaba, tú te ocupabas, él/ella/usted se ocupaba, nosotros nos ocupábamos, vosotros os ocupabais, ellos/ellas/ustedes se ocupaban. 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 ocuparse in the future tense (futuro simple)?

In the future tense (futuro simple), ocuparse is conjugated as: yo me ocuparé, tú te ocuparás, él/ella/usted se ocupará, nosotros nos ocuparemos, vosotros os ocuparéis, ellos/ellas/ustedes se ocuparán. The future tense is used To talk about something that will happen in the future.

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

In the present subjunctive (subjuntivo presente), ocuparse is conjugated as: yo me ocupe, tú te ocupes, él/ella/usted se ocupe, nosotros nos ocupemos, vosotros os ocupéis, ellos/ellas/ustedes se ocupen. 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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