Learn How to Use and Conjugate the Spanish Verb Acordarse (2023)

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Jocelly Meiners

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Dr. Jocelly Meiners has taught language courses at the University of Texas at Austin since 2008. She holds a Ph.D. in Hispanic linguistics and an M.A. in French linguistics.

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Updated on February 26, 2020

The Spanish verbacordarhas two different meanings depending on whether it is used as a reflexive verbor as a non-reflexive verb. Below you can find explanations and examples of the different meanings, as well as tables with the conjugations foracordarsein the present, past and future indicative, the present and past subjunctive, the imperative, and other verb forms.

How to Use Acordar and Acordarse in Spanish?

When it is used non-reflexively, the verb acordar means to agree on something. For example, Ellos acordaron encontrarse en la escuela (They agreed to meet up at school).

When the infinitive of the verb includes the reflexive pronoun se, it means that it is used as a reflexive verb. In this case, acordarse has a different meaning than acordar. When it is used reflexively, acordarse means to remember. For example,No me acuerdo cuándo es tu cumpleaños(I can't remember when your birthday is), orElla se acordó de llamar a su abuela(She remembered to call her grandmother).

Acordaris a stem-changing verb likealmorzarandacostarse.It is very similar to acostarsebecause both verbs can be used reflexively and they both have the stem change where the o changes to ue in certain conjugations.

Acordarse Present Indicative

The stem change otoue occurs when the vowel ois found in the stressed syllable of the verb. In thepresent tense that happens in all the conjugations except nosotros and vosotros.

Yo	me acuerdo	I remember	Yo me acuerdo de tu cumpleaños.
Tú	te acuerdas	You remember	Tú te acuerdas de cuando eras niño.
Usted/él/ella	se acuerda	You/he/she remembers	Ella se acuerda de hacer la tarea.
Nosotros	nos acordamos	We remember	Nosotros nos acordamos de llamarte.
Vosotros	os acordáis	You remember	Vosotros os acordáis de llegar temprano.
Ustedes/ellos/ellas	se acuerdan	You/they remember	Ellos se acuerdan de su bisabuelo.

AcordarsePreteriteIndicative

There are no stem changes in the preterite of the verbacordarse.

Yo	me acordé	I remembered	Yo me acordé de tu cumpleaños.
Tú	te acordaste	You remembered	Tú te acordaste de cuando eras niño.
Usted/él/ella	se acordó	You/he/she remembered	Ella se acordó de hacer la tarea.
Nosotros	nos acordamos	We remembered	Nosotros nos acordamos de llamarte.
Vosotros	os acordasteis	You remembered	Vosotros os acordasteis de llegar temprano.
Ustedes/ellos/ellas	se acordaron	You/they remembered	Ellos se acordaron de su bisabuelo.

AcordarseImperfectIndicative

In the imperfect tense,acordarse can mean "was remembering" or "used to remember," since it is used to talk about habitual or ongoing actions in the past. You do not have to worry about stem changes in the imperfect tense either.

Yo	me acordaba	I used to remember	Yo me acordaba de tu cumpleaños.
Tú	te acordabas	You used to remember	Tú te acordabas de cuando eras niño.
Usted/él/ella	se acordaba	You/he/she used to remember	Ella se acordaba de hacer la tarea.
Nosotros	nos acordábamos	We used to remember	Nosotros nos acordábamos de llamarte.
Vosotros	os acordabais	You used to remember	Vosotros os acordabais de llegar temprano.
Ustedes/ellos/ellas	se acordaban	You/they used to remember	Ellos se acordaban de su bisabuelo.

AcordarseFutureIndicative

Yo	me acordaré	I will remember	Yo me acordaré de tu cumpleaños.
Tú	te acordarás	You will remember	Tú te acordarás de cuando eras niño.
Usted/él/ella	se acordará	You/he/she will remember	Ella se acordará de hacer la tarea.
Nosotros	nos acordaremos	We will remember	Nosotros nos acordaremos de llamarte.
Vosotros	os acordaréis	You will remember	Vosotros os acordaréis de llegar temprano.
Ustedes/ellos/ellas	se acordarán	You/they will remember	Ellos se acordarán de su bisabuelo.

AcordarsePeriphrastic FutureIndicative

When conjugating the periphrastic future remember to place the reflexive pronoun beforethe auxiliary verbir(to go).

Yo	me voy a acordar	I am going to remember	Yo me voy a acordar de tu cumpleaños.
Tú	te vas a acordar	You are going to remember	Tú te vas a acordar de cuando eras niño.
Usted/él/ella	se va a acordar	You/he/she is going to remember	Ella se va a acordar de hacer la tarea.
Nosotros	nos vamos a acordar	We are going to remember	Nosotros nos vamos a acordar de llamarte.
Vosotros	os vais a acordar	You are going to remember	Vosotros os vais a acordar de llegar temprano.
Ustedes/ellos/ellas	se van a acordar	You/they are going to remember	Ellos se van a acordar de su bisabuelo.

AcordarseConditionalIndicative

Yo	me acordaría	I would remember	Yo me acordaría de tu cumpleaños.
Tú	te acordarías	You would remember	Tú te acordarías de cuando eras niño.
Usted/él/ella	se acordaría	You/he/she would remember	Ella se acordaría de hacer la tarea.
Nosotros	nos acordaríamos	We would remember	Nosotros nos acordaríamos de llamarte.
Vosotros	os acordaríais	You would remember	Vosotros os acordaríais de llegar temprano.
Ustedes/ellos/ellas	se acordarían	You/they would remember	Ellos se acordarían de su bisabuelo.

Acordarse Present Progressive/Gerund Form

Thepresent participle for -arverbs is formed with the ending-ando. You can use it to form progressive tenses such as thepresent progressive.With reflexive verbs in the present progressive, remember to place the reflexive pronounbefore the conjugated auxiliary verb (estar).

Present Progressive ofAcordarse:se está acordando

she is remembering ->Ella se está acordando de hacer la tarea.

Acordarse Past Participle

The past participleof-arverbs is formed with the ending -ado. You can use it to form compound tenses, such as the present perfect. This is another case where you must place the reflexive pronoun before the conjugated auxiliary verb (haber).

Present Perfect ofAcordarse:se ha acordado

she has remembered ->Ella se ha acordado de hacer la tarea.

AcordarsePresent Subjunctive

When conjugating the present subjunctive of acordarse, remember that the stem changes in all of the conjugations exceptnosotrosand vosotros.

Que yo	me acuerde	That I remember	Eduardo necesita que yo me acuerde de tu cumpleaños.
Que tú	te acuerdes	That you remember	María necesita que tú te acuerdes de cuando eras niño.
Que usted/él/ella	se acuerde	That you/he/she remember	Ana necesita que ella se acuerde de hacer la tarea.
Que nosotros	nos acordemos	That we remember	Fernando necesita que nosotros nos acordemos de llamarte.
Que vosotros	os acordéis	That you remember	Diego necesita que vosotros os acordéis de llegar temprano.
Que ustedes/ellos/ellas	se acuerden	That you/they remember	Lara necesita que ellos se acuerden de su bisabuelo.

AcordarseImperfectSubjunctive

There are two different options for conjugating the imperfect subjunctive. Speakers in different parts of the Spanish-speaking world use one or the other, but both are correct.

Option 1

Que yo	me acordara	That I remembered	Eduardo necesitaba que yo me acordara de tu cumpleaños.
Que tú	te acordaras	That you remembered	María necesitaba que tú te acordaras de cuando eras niño.
Que usted/él/ella	se acordara	That you/he/she remembered	Ana necesitaba que ella se acordara de hacer la tarea.
Que nosotros	nos acordáramos	That we remembered	Fernando necesitaba que nosotros nos acordáramos de llamarte.
Que vosotros	os acordarais	That you remembered	Diego necesitaba que vosotros os acordarais de llegar temprano.
Que ustedes/ellos/ellas	se acordaran	That you/they remembered	Lara necesitaba que ellos se acordaran de su bisabuelo.

Option 2

Que yo	me acordase	That I remembered	Eduardo necesitaba que yo me acordase de tu cumpleaños.
Que tú	te acordases	That you remembered	María necesitaba que tú te acordases de cuando eras niño.
Que usted/él/ella	se acordase	That you/he/she remembered	Ana necesitaba que ella se acordase de hacer la tarea.
Que nosotros	nos acordásemos	That we remembered	Fernando necesitaba que nosotros nos acordásemos de llamarte.
Que vosotros	os acordaseis	That you remembered	Diego necesitaba que vosotros os acordaseis de llegar temprano.
Que ustedes/ellos/ellas	se acordasen	That you/they remembered	Lara necesitaba que ellos se acordasen de su bisabuelo.

Acordarse Imperative

The imperative moodis used to give direct orders or commands. The placement of the reflexive pronoun varies depending on whether it is a positive or a negative command. In negative commands, the reflexive pronoun goes before the verb, while in positive commands, the reflexive pronoun gets attached to the end of the verb.

Positive Commands

Tú	acuérdate	Remember!	¡Acuérdate de cuando eras niño!
Usted	acuérdese	Remember!	¡Acuérdese de hacer la tarea!
Nosotros	acordémonos	Let's remember!	¡Acordémonos de llamarla!
Vosotros	acordaos	Remember!	¡Acordaos de llegar temprano!
Ustedes	acuérdense	Remember!	¡Acuérdense de su bisabuelo!

Negative Commands

Tú	no te acuerdes	Don't remember!	¡No te acuerdes de cuando eras niño!
Usted	no se acuerde	Don't remember!	¡No se acuerde de hacer la tarea!
Nosotros	no nos acordemos	Let's not remember!	¡No nos acordemos de llamarla!
Vosotros	no os acordéis	Don't remember!	¡No os acordéis de llegar temprano!
Ustedes	no se acuerden	Don't remember!	¡No se acuerden de su bisabuelo!

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