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How to conjugate Volverse in Spanish

volverse to become, to turn Irregular Verb Top 100

At a glance: Volverse (to become, to turn) is one of the most common reflexive irregular verbs in Spanish. In the present tense: me vuelvo, te vuelves, se vuelve, nos volvemos, os volvéis, se vuelven. Yo, tú, ella/él and ellas/ellos change o to ue (vuelvo, vuelves, vuelve, vuelven); nosotros and vosotros are regular. It is also irregular in the present subjunctive (me vuelva) and past participle (vuelto).

Past participle
vuelto become
Gerund
volviendo becoming
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Indicative tenses of Volverse

Volverse in the Indicative Present

The Indicative Present of volverse 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 vuelvo”, meaning “I become”.

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yome vuelvoI become
Túte vuelvesyou become
Ella / Él / Ustedse vuelves/he becomes
Nosotras / Nosotrosnos volvemoswe become
Vosotras / Vosotrosos volvéisyou (plural) become
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesse vuelventhey become

How it’s built: Yo, tú, ella/él and ellas/ellos change o to ue (vuelvo, vuelves, vuelve, vuelven); nosotros and vosotros are regular. The reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes in front.

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Volverse in the Indicative Preterite

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yome volvíI became
Túte volvisteyou became
Ella / Él / Ustedse volviós/he became
Nosotras / Nosotrosnos volvimoswe became
Vosotras / Vosotrosos volvisteisyou (plural) became
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesse volvieronthey became

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

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Volverse in the Indicative Imperfect

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yome volvíaI used to become
Túte volvíasyou used to become
Ella / Él / Ustedse volvías/he used to become
Nosotras / Nosotrosnos volvíamoswe used to become
Vosotras / Vosotrosos volvíaisyou (plural) used to become
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesse volvíanthey used to become

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

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Volverse in the Indicative Present Continuous

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yome estoy volviendoI am becoming
Túte estás volviendoyou are becoming
Ella / Él / Ustedse está volviendos/he is becoming
Nosotras / Nosotrosnos estamos volviendowe are becoming
Vosotras / Vosotrosos estáis volviendoyou (plural) are becoming
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesse están volviendothey are becoming

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

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Volverse in the Indicative Informal Future

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yome voy a volverI am going to become
Túte vas a volveryou are going to become
Ella / Él / Ustedse va a volvers/he is going to become
Nosotras / Nosotrosnos vamos a volverwe are going to become
Vosotras / Vosotrosos vais a volveryou (plural) are going to become
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesse van a volverthey are going to become

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

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Volverse in the Indicative Future

The Indicative Future of volverse is used to talk about something that will happen in the future. For example, “me volveré”, meaning “I will become”.

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yome volveréI will become
Túte volverásyou will become
Ella / Él / Ustedse volverás/he will become
Nosotras / Nosotrosnos volveremoswe will become
Vosotras / Vosotrosos volveréisyou (plural) will become
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesse volveránthey will become

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

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Volverse in the Indicative Conditional

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yome volveríaI would become
Túte volveríasyou would become
Ella / Él / Ustedse volverías/he would become
Nosotras / Nosotrosnos volveríamoswe would become
Vosotras / Vosotrosos volveríaisyou (plural) would become
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesse volveríanthey would become

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

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Volverse in the Indicative Present Perfect

The Indicative Present Perfect of volverse 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 vuelto”, meaning “I have become”.

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yome he vueltoI have become
Túte has vueltoyou have become
Ella / Él / Ustedse ha vueltos/he has become
Nosotras / Nosotrosnos hemos vueltowe have become
Vosotras / Vosotrosos habéis vueltoyou (plural) have become
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesse han vueltothey have become

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

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Volverse in the Indicative Past Perfect

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yome había vueltoI had become
Túte habías vueltoyou had become
Ella / Él / Ustedse había vueltos/he had become
Nosotras / Nosotrosnos habíamos vueltowe had become
Vosotras / Vosotrosos habíais vueltoyou (plural) had become
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesse habían vueltothey had become

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

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Volverse in the Indicative Future Perfect

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yome habré vueltoI will have become
Túte habrás vueltoyou will have become
Ella / Él / Ustedse habrá vueltos/he will have become
Nosotras / Nosotrosnos habremos vueltowe will have become
Vosotras / Vosotrosos habréis vueltoyou (plural) will have become
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesse habrán vueltothey will have become

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

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Volverse in the Indicative Conditional Perfect

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yome habría vueltoI would have become
Túte habrías vueltoyou would have become
Ella / Él / Ustedse habría vueltos/he would have become
Nosotras / Nosotrosnos habríamos vueltowe would have become
Vosotras / Vosotrosos habríais vueltoyou (plural) would have become
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesse habrían vueltothey would have become

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

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Subjunctive tenses of Volverse

Volverse 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 vuelva”, meaning “I become”.

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yome vuelvaI become
Túte vuelvasyou become
Ella / Él / Ustedse vuelvas/he becomes
Nosotras / Nosotrosnos volvamoswe become
Vosotras / Vosotrosos volváisyou (plural) become
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesse vuelvanthey become

How it’s built: Yo, tú, ella/él and ellas/ellos follow the yo present, vuelvo (vuelva, vuelvas, vuelva, vuelvan); nosotros and vosotros are regular. The reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes in front.

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Volverse 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 volviera”, meaning “I became”.

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yome volvieraI became
Túte volvierasyou became
Ella / Él / Ustedse volvieras/he became
Nosotras / Nosotrosnos volviéramoswe became
Vosotras / Vosotrosos volvieraisyou (plural) became
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesse volvieranthey became

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

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Volverse 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 volviere”, meaning “I will become”.

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yome volviereI will become
Túte volvieresyou will become
Ella / Él / Ustedse volvieres/he will become
Nosotras / Nosotrosnos volviéremoswe will become
Vosotras / Vosotrosos volviereisyou (plural) will become
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesse volvierenthey will become

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

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Volverse 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 vuelto”, meaning “I have become”.

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yome haya vueltoI have become
Túte hayas vueltoyou have become
Ella / Él / Ustedse haya vueltos/he has become
Nosotras / Nosotrosnos hayamos vueltowe have become
Vosotras / Vosotrosos hayáis vueltoyou (plural) have become
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesse hayan vueltothey have become

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

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Volverse 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 vuelto”, meaning “I had become”.

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yome hubiera vueltoI had become
Túte hubieras vueltoyou had become
Ella / Él / Ustedse hubiera vueltos/he had become
Nosotras / Nosotrosnos hubiéramos vueltowe had become
Vosotras / Vosotrosos hubierais vueltoyou (plural) had become
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesse hubieran vueltothey had become

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

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Volverse 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 vuelto”, meaning “I will have become”.

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yome hubiere vueltoI will have become
Túte hubieres vueltoyou will have become
Ella / Él / Ustedse hubiere vueltos/he will have become
Nosotras / Nosotrosnos hubiéremos vueltowe will have become
Vosotras / Vosotrosos hubiereis vueltoyou (plural) will have become
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesse hubieren vueltothey will have become

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

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Imperative tenses of Volverse

Volverse in the Imperative Affirmative

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yo--
Túvuélvete(to you) become!
Ella / Él / Ustedvuélvase(to you formal) become!
Nosotras / Nosotrosvolvámonoslet's become!
Vosotras / Vosotrosvolveos(to you plural) become!
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesvuélvanse(to you plural formal) become!

How it’s built: Tú takes the ella/él present and attaches te (vuélvete); usted and ustedes take the subjunctive present and attach se (vuélvase, vuélvanse); nosotros takes the subjunctive present, drops the s and attaches nos (volvámonos); vosotros drops the final r of the infinitive and attaches os (volveos).

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Volverse in the Imperative Negative

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

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

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yo--
Túno te vuelvas(to you) don't become!
Ella / Él / Ustedno se vuelva(to you formal) don't become!
Nosotras / Nosotrosno nos volvamoslet's not become!
Vosotras / Vosotrosno os volváis(to you plural) don't become!
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesno se vuelvan(to you plural formal) don't become!

How it’s built: No plus the subjunctive present: no te vuelvas, no se vuelva, no nos volvamos, no os volváis, no se vuelvan.

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Frequently asked questions about Volverse

Is volverse a regular or irregular verb?

Volverse is an irregular Spanish verb. In the present tense: yo, tú, ella/él and ellas/ellos change o to ue (vuelvo, vuelves, vuelve, vuelven); nosotros and vosotros are regular. It is also irregular in the present subjunctive (me vuelva) and past participle (vuelto).

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

In the present tense (presente), volverse is conjugated as: yo me vuelvo, tú te vuelves, él/ella/usted se vuelve, nosotros nos volvemos, vosotros os volvéis, ellos/ellas/ustedes se vuelven. 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 volverse in the preterite (pretérito indefinido)?

In the preterite (pretérito indefinido), volverse is conjugated as: yo me volví, tú te volviste, él/ella/usted se volvió, nosotros nos volvimos, vosotros os volvisteis, ellos/ellas/ustedes se volvieron. The preterite is used To talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time.

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

In the imperfect (pretérito imperfecto), volverse is conjugated as: yo me volvía, tú te volvías, él/ella/usted se volvía, nosotros nos volvíamos, vosotros os volvíais, ellos/ellas/ustedes se volvían. 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 volverse in the future tense (futuro simple)?

In the future tense (futuro simple), volverse is conjugated as: yo me volveré, tú te volverás, él/ella/usted se volverá, nosotros nos volveremos, vosotros os volveréis, ellos/ellas/ustedes se volverán. The future tense is used To talk about something that will happen in the future.

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

In the present subjunctive (subjuntivo presente), volverse is conjugated as: yo me vuelva, tú te vuelvas, él/ella/usted se vuelva, nosotros nos volvamos, vosotros os volváis, ellos/ellas/ustedes se vuelvan. 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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