Acostarse Conjugation in Spanish, Translation, Examples

The Spanish verb acostarse means to lay down or to go to bed. Since this verb is most commonly used in its reflexive form, the conjugation for acostarse in this article includes the reflexive pronouns (me, te, se, nos, os, se). Below you can find tables with conjugations for acostarse in the present, past and future indicative, present and past subjunctive, as well as the imperative and other verb forms.

Acostarse: Reflexive Verb

You will notice that the infinitive form of acostarse has the reflexive pronoun se. This indicates that it is a reflexive verb in which the action returns to the subject who does the action. For example, you can think of yo me acuesto as "I lay myself down" or "I put myself to bed." Some examples of how this verb is used are Ella se acuesta temprano (She goes to bed early) or Nosotros nos acostamos en el piso (We lay down on the floor). More figuratively, this verb can be used with the meaning of having sexual relations with someone, or "sleeping" with someone. For example, El hombre se acostó con su novia would be translated as "The man slept with his girlfriend."

You can also use the verb acostar without the reflexive pronoun, in which case it means to lay something or someone down, or to put someone to bed. For example, you can say Él acuesta a los niños temprano (He puts the kids to bed early) or Los enfermeros acostaron al paciente en la camilla (The nurses laid the patient down on the stretcher).

Acostar is a stem-changing verb like almorzar. This means that in some conjugations, there is a change in the vowel of the verb stem. In this case, the o changes to ue.

Acostarse Present Indicative

Since acostarse is a stem-changing verb, the o in the stem changes to ue for all the present tense conjugations except nosotros and vosotros. Also, note that when conjugating a reflexive verb, the corresponding reflexive pronoun for each person is included before the conjugated verb.

Yo	me acuesto	I lay down	Yo me acuesto en la cama.
Tú	te acuestas	You lay down	Tú te acuestas para la siesta.
Usted/él/ella	se acuesta	You/he/she lays down	Ella se acuesta después de almorzar.
Nosotros	nos acostamos	We lay down	Nosotros nos acostamos en la hamaca.
Vosotros	os acostáis	You lay down	Vosotros os acostáis para descansar.
Ustedes/ellos/ellas	se acuestan	You/they lay down	Ellos se acuestan en la alfombra.

Acostarse Preterite Indicative

The verb acostarse does not have a stem change in the preterite indicative tense.

Yo	me acosté	I laid down	Yo me acosté en la cama.
Tú	te acostaste	You laid down	Tú te acostaste para la siesta.
Usted/él/ella	se acostó	You/he/she laid down	Ella se acostó después de almorzar.
Nosotros	nos acostamos	We laid down	Nosotros nos acostamos en la hamaca.
Vosotros	os acostasteis	You (plural) laid down	Vosotros os acostasteis para descansar.
Ustedes/ellos/ellas	se acostaron	You(plural)/they laid down	Ellos se acostaron en la alfombra.

Acostarse Imperfect Indicative

The imperfect tense is used to talk about repeated or ongoing actions in the past, and can be translated as "I was laying down" or "I used to lay down". There is no stem change for this verb in the imperfect tense.

Yo	me acostaba	I used to lay down	Yo me acostaba en la cama.
Tú	te acostabas	You used to lay down	Tú te acostabas para la siesta.
Usted/él/ella	se acostaba	You/he/she used to lay down	Ella se acostaba después de almorzar.
Nosotros	nos acostábamos	We used to lay down	Nosotros nos acostábamos en la hamaca.
Vosotros	os acostabais	You used to lay down	Vosotros os acostabais para descansar.
Ustedes/ellos/ellas	se acostaban	You/they used to lay down	Ellos se acostaban en la alfombra.

Acostarse Future Indicative

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Yo	me acostaré	I will lay down	Yo me acostaré en la cama.
Tú	te acostarás	You will lay down	Tú te acostarás para la siesta.
Usted/él/ella	se acostará	You/he/she will lay down	Ella se acostará después de almorzar.
Nosotros	nos acostaremos	We will lay down	Nosotros nos acostaremos en la hamaca.
Vosotros	os acostaréis	You will lay down	Vosotros os acostaréis para descansar.
Ustedes/ellos/ellas	se acostarán	You/they will lay down	Ellos se acostarán en la alfombra.

Acostarse Periphrastic Future Indicative

The periphrastic future is formed with the auxiliary verb ir (to go) in the present indicative, followed by the preposition a, plus the infinitive of the verb. When conjugating a reflexive verb in the periphrastic future tense, the reflexive pronoun is placed before the conjugated auxiliary verb, which in this case is ir (voy, vas, va, vamos, vais, van).

Yo	me voy a acostar	I am going to lay down	Yo me voy a acostar en la cama.
Tú	te vas a acostar	You are going to lay down	Tú te vas a acostar para la siesta.
Usted/él/ella	se va a acostar	You/he/she is going to lay down	Ella se va a acostar después de almorzar.
Nosotros	nos vamos a acostar	We are going to lay down	Nosotros nos vamos a acostar en la hamaca.
Vosotros	os vais a acostar	You are going to lay down	Vosotros os vais a acostar para descansar.
Ustedes/ellos/ellas	se van a acostar	You/they are going to lay down	Ellos se van a acostar en la alfombra.

Acostarse Conditional Indicative

The conditional tense is used to talk about possibilities or probabilities, and it can be translated as "would + verb" in English. For example, Tú te acostarías si tuvieras tiempo means "You would lay down if you had time."

Yo	me acostaría	I would lay down	Yo me acostaría en la cama.
Tú	te acostarías	You would lay down	Tú te acostarías para la siesta.
Usted/él/ella	se acostaría	You/he/she would lay down	Ella se acostaría después de almorzar.
Nosotros	nos acostaríamos	We would lay down	Nosotros nos acostaríamos en la hamaca.
Vosotros	os acostaríais	You would lay down	Vosotros os acostaríais para descansar.
Ustedes/ellos/ellas	se acostarían	You/they would lay down	Ellos se acostarían en la alfombra.

Acostarse Present Progressive/Gerund form

The present progressive tense is formed with the present indicative form of the auxiliary verb estar (to be), followed by the present participle or gerund. For -ar verbs, the present participle is formed with the ending -ando. Remember that the reflexive pronoun is placed before the conjugated auxiliary verb (estar), since the auxiliary verb and the participle cannot be separated.

Present Progressive of Acostarse: se está acostando

She is laying down. -> Ella se está acostando en la cama.

Acostarse Past Participle

The past participle is used to form compound tenses, such as the present perfect. The present perfect is formed with the present indicative form of the verb haber, followed by the past participle, which in this case is formed with the ending -ado. Here again the reflexive pronoun is placed before the conjugated verb (haber).

Present Perfect of Acostarse: se ha acostado

She has laid down. -> Ella se ha acostado para la siesta.

Acostarse Present Subjunctive

The subjunctive mood is used to talk about emotions, doubts, desires, probabilities, and other subjective situations. In the present subjunctive, there is a stem-change for all of the conjugations except nosotros and vosotros.

Que yo	me acueste	That I lay down	Eric quiere que yo me acueste en la cama.
Que tú	te acuestes	That you lay down	Marisa quiere que tú te acuestes para la siesta.
Que usted/él/ella	se acueste	That you/he/she lay down	Hugo quiere que ella se acueste después de almorzar.
Que nosotros	nos acostemos	That we lay down	Fernanda quiere que nosotros nos acostemos en la hamaca.
Que vosotros	os acostéis	That you lay down	Daniel quiere que vosotros os acostéis para descansar.
Que ustedes/ellos/ellas	se acuesten	That you/they lay down	Larisa quiere que ellos se acuesten en la alfombra.

Acostarse Imperfect Subjunctive

The imperfect subjunctive is used in similar situations as the present subjunctive, except that it refers to situations in the past.

Option 1

Que yo	me acostara	That I laid down	Eric quería que yo me acostara en la cama.
Que tú	te acostaras	That you laid down	Marisa quería que tú te acostaras para la siesta.
Que usted/él/ella	se acostara	That you/he/she laid down	Hugo quería que ella se acostara después de almorzar.
Que nosotros	nos acostáramos	That we laid down	Fernanda quería que nosotros nos acostáramos en la hamaca.
Que vosotros	os acostarais	That you laid down	Daniel quería que vosotros os acostarais para descansar.
Que ustedes/ellos/ellas	se acostaran	That you/they laid down	Larisa quería que ellos se acostaran en la alfombra.

Option 2

Que yo	me acostase	That I laid down	Eric quería que yo me acostase en la cama.
Que tú	te acostases	That you laid down	Marisa quería que tú te acostases para la siesta.
Que usted/él/ella	se acostase	That you/he/she laid down	Hugo quería que ella se acostase después de almorzar.
Que nosotros	nos acostásemos	That we laid down	Fernanda quería que nosotros nos acostásemos en la hamaca.
Que vosotros	os acostaseis	That you laid down	Daniel quería que vosotros os acostaseis para descansar.
Que ustedes/ellos/ellas	se acostasen	That you/they laid down	Larisa quería que ellos se acostasen en la alfombra.

Acostarse Imperative

When giving direct commands, use the imperative mood. There are various forms of the imperative for the different persons, except for those to whom you cannot give a direct command (yo, él, ella, ellos, ellas). Note that there are slightly different forms for positive and negative commands for tú and vosotros. Also, you will note that there is a difference in the placement of the reflexive pronoun for the positive and negative commands. In the positive commands, the reflexive pronoun is attached at the end of the verb, while in the negative commands, the reflexive pronoun is a separate word placed between the adverb no and the verb.

Positive Commands

Tú	acuéstate	Lay down!	¡Acuéstate para la siesta!
Usted	acuéstese	Lay down!	¡Acuéstese después de almorzar!
Nosotros	acostémonos	Let's lay down!	¡Acostémonos en la hamaca!
Vosotros	acostaos	Lay down!	¡Acostaos para descansar!
Ustedes	acuéstense	Lay down!	¡Acuéstense en la alfombra!

Negative Commands

Tú	no te acuestes	Don't lay down!	¡No te acuestes para la siesta!
Usted	no se acueste	Don't lay down!	¡No se acueste después de almorzar!
Nosotros	no nos acostemos	Let's not lay down!	¡No nos acostemos en la hamaca!
Vosotros	no os acostéis	Don't lay down!	¡No os acostéis para descansar!
Ustedes	no se acuesten	Don't lay down!	¡No se acuesten en la alfombra!

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