Aburrirse Conjugation in Spanish
aburrirse means "to get bored" in English, and it is one of the Spanish verbs you will use again and again in everyday conversation. It is used for talking about getting bored — in class, in meetings, on long journeys and on rainy days, which makes it a practical verb to learn early and to use confidently. This page gives you the complete conjugation of aburrirse in every tense and mood — present, preterite, imperfect, future, conditional, the four perfect tenses, both subjunctive tenses and the imperative — with all six persons, plus the gerund and the past participle. Every form below comes from VerbFlow's verified conjugation tables, so you can trust the accents and the irregular forms. Aburrirse is a reflexive -ir verb verb, and the notes under each tense explain exactly where it follows the rules and where it breaks them. To hear it in a real sentence: Yo me aburro en clase. — "I get bored in class.". Work through the tables, read the notes, then test yourself with the quiz at the end of the page.
Quick facts
- Infinitive: aburrirse
- English: to get bored
- Verb type: Reflexive -ir verb
- Gerund: aburriendo
- Past participle: aburrido
- Auxiliary verb: haber (all compound tenses use haber + aburrido)
- Reflexive: yes — always use it with the reflexive pronouns me, te, se, nos, os, se.
Full conjugation table
Every tense of aburrirse with all six persons. The gerund is aburriendo and the past participle is aburrido.
Present indicative
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | aburro |
| tú | aburres |
| él/ella/Ud. | aburre |
| nosotros/as | aburrimos |
| vosotros/as | aburrís |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | aburren |
Preterite (past)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | aburrí |
| tú | aburriste |
| él/ella/Ud. | aburrió |
| nosotros/as | aburrimos |
| vosotros/as | aburristeis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | aburrieron |
Imperfect (past)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | aburría |
| tú | aburrías |
| él/ella/Ud. | aburría |
| nosotros/as | aburríamos |
| vosotros/as | aburríais |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | aburrían |
Future
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | aburriré |
| tú | aburrirás |
| él/ella/Ud. | aburrirá |
| nosotros/as | aburriremos |
| vosotros/as | aburriréis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | aburrirán |
Conditional
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | aburriría |
| tú | aburrirías |
| él/ella/Ud. | aburriría |
| nosotros/as | aburriríamos |
| vosotros/as | aburriríais |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | aburrirían |
Present perfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | he aburrido |
| tú | has aburrido |
| él/ella/Ud. | ha aburrido |
| nosotros/as | hemos aburrido |
| vosotros/as | habéis aburrido |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | han aburrido |
Pluperfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | había aburrido |
| tú | habías aburrido |
| él/ella/Ud. | había aburrido |
| nosotros/as | habíamos aburrido |
| vosotros/as | habíais aburrido |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | habían aburrido |
Future perfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | habré aburrido |
| tú | habrás aburrido |
| él/ella/Ud. | habrá aburrido |
| nosotros/as | habremos aburrido |
| vosotros/as | habréis aburrido |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | habrán aburrido |
Conditional perfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | habría aburrido |
| tú | habrías aburrido |
| él/ella/Ud. | habría aburrido |
| nosotros/as | habríamos aburrido |
| vosotros/as | habríais aburrido |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | habrían aburrido |
Present subjunctive
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | aburra |
| tú | aburras |
| él/ella/Ud. | aburra |
| nosotros/as | aburramos |
| vosotros/as | aburráis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | aburran |
Imperfect subjunctive (-ra)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | aburriera |
| tú | aburrieras |
| él/ella/Ud. | aburriera |
| nosotros/as | aburriéramos |
| vosotros/as | aburrierais |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | aburrieran |
Imperative (affirmative)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| tú | aburre |
| él/ella/Ud. | aburra |
| nosotros/as | aburramos |
| vosotros/as | aburrid |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | aburran |
Imperative (negative)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| tú | aburras |
| él/ella/Ud. | aburra |
| nosotros/as | aburramos |
| vosotros/as | aburráis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | aburran |
Gerund and past participle
| Form | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Gerund | aburriendo |
| Past participle | aburrido |
How to use each tense
Each tense below explains when to use it with aburrirse, with one example sentence. The example forms are taken from the tables above.
Present indicative
The present tense talks about what happens now, habits, routines and general truths. It is the first tense every learner needs, because it covers daily life: what you do, what you like, where you live. For most verbs the present is also the base for the present subjunctive, so learning it well pays off twice.
Remember the reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes before the verb in these forms.
Example: Yo me aburro en clase.
Preterite (past)
The preterite talks about finished actions in the past — things that started and ended at a specific moment. Use it for events, for what happened yesterday, last year, or at a particular time. It answers the question "what happened?" and it is the tense of stories told as a sequence of events.
Remember the reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes before the verb in these forms.
Example: Ayer yo me aburrí en clase.
Imperfect (past)
The imperfect talks about the past as background: habits, repeated actions, descriptions, and things that were in progress when something else happened. Use it for "used to", for setting a scene, and for age, time and weather in the past. It answers "what was going on?" rather than "what happened?".
Remember the reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes before the verb in these forms.
Example: En aquella época, yo me aburría en clase.
Future
The future tense talks about what will happen: plans, predictions and promises. In everyday speech Spanish speakers often use "ir a + infinitive" instead, but the future tense is essential for formal writing, for promises, and for guessing about the present ("¿Dónde estará?").
Remember the reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes before the verb in these forms.
Example: Mañana yo me aburriré en clase.
Conditional
The conditional talks about what would happen: hypothetical situations, polite requests, and advice. It pairs with the imperfect subjunctive in "if" sentences ("Si pudiera, lo haría"). It is also the polite way to ask for things and to soften opinions.
Remember the reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes before the verb in these forms.
Example: Yo me aburriría en clase si pudiera.
Present perfect
The present perfect (haber + past participle) talks about the recent past and about experience: what you have done, what has just happened, what you have never tried. It connects the past to the present moment, so it often appears with "hoy", "esta semana", "ya" and "todavía no".
Remember the reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes before the verb in these forms.
Example: Yo ya me he aburrido en clase.
Pluperfect
The pluperfect (había + past participle) talks about the past before the past: what had already happened when something else happened. Use it to order two past events — the pluperfect one comes first in time. It appears constantly in stories and explanations.
Remember the reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes before the verb in these forms.
Example: Yo ya me había aburrido en clase antes.
Future perfect
The future perfect (habré + past participle) talks about something that will already be finished by a future moment: "Para mañana ya habré terminado". It is also used to guess about the past: "¿Dónde habrá ido?". It is less common in speech but regular in writing.
Remember the reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes before the verb in these forms.
Example: Para mañana yo ya me habré aburrido en clase.
Conditional perfect
The conditional perfect (habría + past participle) talks about what would have happened: the past of the conditional. It appears in "if" sentences about a past that did not happen ("Si hubiera sabido, habría venido") and in polite regrets and reproaches.
Remember the reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes before the verb in these forms.
Example: Yo me habría aburrido en clase si hubiera podido.
Present subjunctive
The present subjunctive is the mood of wishes, doubts, emotions and influence: what you want, hope, doubt or demand. It appears after "quiero que", "espero que", "es posible que", "ojalá" and after verbs of emotion and doubt. It never stands alone — a trigger in the main clause calls for it.
Remember the reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes before the verb in these forms.
Example: Espero que él se aburra en clase.
Imperfect subjunctive (-ra)
The imperfect subjunctive is the past of the subjunctive: it follows past-tense triggers ("Quería que vinieras") and it is the tense of "if" clauses about unlikely or impossible situations ("Si tuviera dinero, viajaría"). The -ra forms shown here are the standard ones; -se forms exist too but -ra is far more common in speech.
Remember the reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes before the verb in these forms.
Example: Si él se aburriera en clase, sería perfecto.
Imperative (affirmative)
Affirmative commands tell someone to do something: "¡Ven aquí!", "¡Siéntate!". The tú and vosotros forms are the ones you will use most, and they are also the ones that break the regular pattern most often — the tú affirmative command comes from the él/ella present form, not from the infinitive.
Remember the reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes before the verb in these forms.
In affirmative commands the reflexive pronoun attaches to the end of the verb. The table above gives the verb part of the command; add the pronoun (te, se, nos, os) after it.
Imperative (negative)
Negative commands tell someone not to do something: "¡No hables!", "¡No te vayas!". Unlike affirmative commands, negative commands always use the subjunctive forms, for every person. If you know the present subjunctive, you already know the negative imperative.
Remember the reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes before the verb in these forms.
Example: No te aburras en clase.
Example sentences
Ten natural sentences with aburrirse, covering different tenses and persons. Read the Spanish first, then check the English.
- Yo me aburro en clase. — "I get bored in class."
- ¿Tú te aburres en clase? — "Do you get bored in class?"
- Ayer me aburrí en clase. — "Yesterday I got bored in class."
- Ella se aburría en clase cada día. — "She used to get bored in class every day."
- Mañana yo me aburriré en clase. — "Tomorrow I will get bored in class."
- Yo me aburriría en clase si no hay debate. — "I would get bored in class if there were no discussion."
- Ya me he aburrido en clase hoy. — "I have already got bored in class today."
- Espero que no te aburras en clase. — "I hope you don't get bored in class."
Common mistakes
The errors learners actually make with aburrirse — and how to fix them.
- Wrong: *Yo aburro en clase — the pronoun is often forgotten. → Right: Yo me aburro en clase.. Aburrirse is reflexive: me aburro, te aburres, se aburre. Without the pronoun, aburrir means to bore someone else: La clase me aburre.
- Wrong: *Estoy aburrido en clase — learners sometimes write estoy aburriendo to say "I am bored". → Right: Estoy aburrido en clase.. The participle aburrido works as an adjective: Estoy aburrido means "I am bored". Estoy aburriendo would mean "I am boring (someone)", which is different.
- Wrong: *Me aburrí en clase — the accent is often dropped: me aburri. → Right: Me aburrí en clase.. The preterite yo form is me aburrí, with an accent on the final i. The pronoun goes before the verb: me aburrí, te aburriste, se aburrió.
- Wrong: *No te aburres en clase — learners sometimes use the indicative aburres in a negative command. → Right: No te aburras en clase.. Negative commands use the subjunctive: No te aburras, not No te aburres.
Quiz: test yourself
Ten questions on aburrirse. Answers are at the end, with a short explanation for each.
What is the yo form of aburrirse in the present indicative?
- a) aburre
- b) aburro
- c) aburres
- d) aburrimos
What is the él/ella/Ud. form of aburrirse in the preterite (past)?
- a) aburrimos
- b) aburrió
- c) aburrí
- d) aburriste
What is the nosotros/as form of aburrirse in the imperfect (past)?
- a) aburríamos
- b) aburría
- c) aburría
- d) aburrías
What is the tú form of aburrirse in the future?
- a) aburriremos
- b) aburrirá
- c) aburrirás
- d) aburriré
What is the ellos/ellas/Uds. form of aburrirse in the conditional?
- a) aburrirías
- b) aburrirían
- c) aburriría
- d) aburriría
What is the yo form of aburrirse in the present subjunctive?
- a) aburra
- b) aburras
- c) aburramos
- d) aburra
What is the gerund of aburrirse?
- a) aburrido
- b) aburrirse
- c) aburriendo
- d) aburre
What is the past participle of aburrirse?
- a) he aburrido
- b) aburrido
- c) aburriendo
- d) aburro
What does aburrirse mean in English?
- a) to cry
- b) to forbid, to prohibit
- c) to forget
- d) to get bored
The form aburrí belongs to which tense?
- a) Imperfect
- b) Present
- c) Future
- d) Preterite
Answer key
- aburro — The yo form in the present indicative is aburro — the other options are the same tense but different persons.
- aburrió — The él/ella/Ud. form in the preterite (past) is aburrió — the other options are the same tense but different persons.
- aburríamos — The nosotros/as form in the imperfect (past) is aburríamos — the other options are the same tense but different persons.
- aburrirás — The tú form in the future is aburrirás — the other options are the same tense but different persons.
- aburrirían — The ellos/ellas/Uds. form in the conditional is aburrirían — the other options are the same tense but different persons.
- aburra — The yo form in the present subjunctive is aburra — the other options are the same tense but different persons.
- aburriendo — The gerund is aburriendo — it is the form used with estar for the progressive (estoy aburriendo). The past participle is aburrido.
- aburrido — The past participle is aburrido — it is the form used after haber in the perfect tenses (he aburrido).
- to get bored — aburrirse means "to get bored".
- Preterite — aburrí is the yo form of the preterite of aburrirse — a finished past action. The imperfect yo form is aburría.
Frequently asked questions
Is aburrirse reflexive?
Yes. Aburrirse always takes a reflexive pronoun: me aburro, te aburres, se aburre, nos aburrimos, os aburrís, se aburren. The non-reflexive aburrir means to bore someone else: La película me aburre.
What is the difference between aburrirse and estar aburrido?
Aburrirse describes the process of getting bored (Me aburro en clase), while estar aburrido describes the state (Estoy aburrido). The participle aburrido is the adjective you use most often.
How do you say "I'm bored" in Spanish?
Estoy aburrido (male) or Estoy aburrida (female). For the process, say Me aburro: Me aburro en clase. Both are correct; estoy aburrido describes how you feel right now.
Does aburrirse take a preposition?
Yes, de for the cause (Me aburro de esperar) and en for the place (Me aburro en clase). Use con for the people: Me aburro con mis primos.
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