Aficionarse Examples, Sentences & Quiz in Spanish
aficionarse means "to become fond of" in English, and this page shows it in everyday use: real example sentences in several tenses, two short dialogues, the mistakes learners actually make, and a quiz to test yourself. You will see aficionarse with music at school, football with his friends, reading in winter and cooking with his grandmother — the situations where Spanish speakers really use it. A good first sentence to learn is: Cada día, yo me aficiono a la música en la escuela. — "Every day, I become fond of to music at school." Read the examples aloud, notice which tense each one uses, and then try the dialogues and the quiz.
aficionarse in everyday sentences
Twelve sentences with aficionarse, grouped by situation. Each one shows the verb in a different tense or person, with its English translation and a note on when to use that form.
Everyday use
- Cada día, yo me aficiono a la música en la escuela. — "Every day, I become fond of to music at school." The present tense fits a habit here.
- Ayer, yo me aficioné al fútbol con sus amigos. — "Yesterday, I became fond of to football with his friends." The preterite fits one finished action.
- Antes, yo me aficionaba a la lectura en invierno. — "In the past, I used to become fond of to reading in winter." The imperfect fits a repeated action in the past.
- Mañana, nosotros nos aficionaremos a la cocina con su abuela. — "Tomorrow, we will become fond of to cooking with his grandmother." The future tense fits a plan for tomorrow.
- Si pudieras, tú te aficionarías a la música en la escuela. — "If you could, you would become fond of to music at school." The conditional fits something that would happen.
- Yo me he aficionado al fútbol con sus amigos. — "I have become fond of to football with his friends." The present perfect fits an action with present relevance.
More situations
- Normalmente, él se aficiona a la lectura en invierno. — "Normally, he/she becomes fond of to reading in winter." The present tense fits a general truth here.
- Ayer, él se aficionó a la cocina con su abuela. — "Yesterday, he/she became fond of to cooking with his grandmother." The preterite fits one finished action.
- Antes, nosotros nos aficionábamos a la música en la escuela. — "In the past, we used to become fond of to music at school." The imperfect fits a repeated action in the past.
- Mañana, yo me aficionaré al fútbol con sus amigos. — "Tomorrow, I will become fond of to football with his friends." The future tense fits a plan for tomorrow.
- Espero que él se aficione a la lectura en invierno. — "I hope that he/she becomes fond of to reading in winter." The present subjunctive follows espero que.
- ¡No te aficiones a la cocina con su abuela! — "Do not become fond of to cooking with his grandmother!" The imperative fits a direct order or request.
The verb in context
Two short dialogues using aficionarse naturally. Notice how the verb changes person and tense as the conversation moves, and how the complements stay the same kind of situation: music at school, football with his friends, reading in winter and cooking with his grandmother.
Dialogue 1: talking about music at school
Ana: ¿Tú te aficionas a la música en la escuela? — "Do you become fond of to music at school?" Luis: Sí, yo me aficiono a la música en la escuela. — "I become fond of to music at school." Ana: ¿Y ayer? — "And yesterday?" Luis: Ayer, yo me aficioné al fútbol con sus amigos. — "Yesterday, I became fond of to football with his friends." Ana: Mañana, nosotros nos aficionaremos a la lectura en invierno. — "Tomorrow, we will become fond of to reading in winter." Luis: Si pudiera, yo me aficionaría a la cocina con su abuela. — "If I could, I would become fond of to cooking with his grandmother." Ana: Antes, yo me aficionaba al fútbol con sus amigos. — "In the past, I used to become fond of to football with his friends." Luis: Yo me he aficionado a la música en la escuela. — "I have become fond of to music at school." Ana: ¡No te aficiones a la lectura en invierno! — "Do not become fond of to reading in winter!"
In this dialogue aficionarse appears in the present, the preterite, the imperfect, the future, the conditional and the present perfect. That is the point: one verb, many tenses, and the complement tells you which situation you are in. Try the same dialogue with your own complements.
Dialogue 2: talking about reading in winter
Ana: Él se aficiona a la lectura en invierno. — "he/she becomes fond of to reading in winter." Luis: ¿De verdad? ¿Él se aficiona a la lectura en invierno todos los días? — "Really? Does he/she becomes fond of to reading in winter every day?" Ana: Sí, y ellos se aficionan a la cocina con su abuela. — "they become fond of to cooking with his grandmother." Luis: Ayer, ellos se aficionaron a la lectura en invierno. — "Yesterday, they became fond of to reading in winter." Ana: Espero que él se aficione a la cocina con su abuela. — "I hope that he/she becomes fond of to cooking with his grandmother." Luis: Mañana, él se aficionará a la lectura en invierno. — "Tomorrow, he/she will become fond of to reading in winter." Ana: Antes, nosotros nos aficionábamos a la cocina con su abuela. — "In the past, we used to become fond of to cooking with his grandmother." Luis: Nosotros nos aficionamos a la música en la escuela también. — "we become fond of to music at school too."
This dialogue shows aficionarse in the third person and in the plural, which is where learners most often hesitate. Read it aloud with a partner, swapping the names and the complements for your own life, and the forms will start to feel automatic.
Common mistakes with aficionarse
The errors learners actually make with aficionarse in everyday use, each with the wrong form, the right form, and why it is wrong.
Mistake 1: Forgetting the reflexive pronoun
- Wrong: Yo aficiono a la música en la escuela.
- Right: Yo me aficiono a la música en la escuela.
- Why: aficionarse is reflexive, so the pronoun is part of the verb: Yo me aficiono a la música en la escuela.. Without me the sentence is incomplete.
Mistake 2: Using the infinitive as a conjugated form
- Wrong: Yo aficionarse a la música en la escuela.
- Right: Yo me aficiono a la música en la escuela.
- Why: The infinitive aficionarse is the dictionary form, not a conjugated form. In a sentence with yo you need the present-tense form aficiono.
Mistake 3: Using the present tense for yesterday
- Wrong: Ayer, yo me aficiono al fútbol con sus amigos.
- Right: Ayer, yo me aficioné al fútbol con sus amigos.
- Why: Ayer means yesterday, so the action is finished and needs the preterite: Ayer, yo me aficioné al fútbol con sus amigos. — "Yesterday, I became fond of to football with his friends."
Mistake 4: Mixing up the gerund and the participle
- Wrong: Me estoy aficionado a la lectura en invierno.
- Right: Me estoy aficionando a la lectura en invierno.
- Why: After estar you need the gerund aficionando for the progressive. The participle aficionado goes with haber in the perfect tenses (me he aficionado), never after estar.
Mistake 5: Using the él form for nosotros
- Wrong: Nosotros nos aficiona a la música en la escuela.
- Right: Nosotros nos aficionamos a la música en la escuela.
- Why: The person and the ending must match: nosotros takes aficionamos, while aficiona belongs to él and ella.
Quiz: aficionarse in use
Test yourself with ten questions on aficionarse. The answers are explained, so read them even when you get a question right.
1. What is the yo form of aficionarse in the present tense?
- (a) aficionas
- (b) aficiona
- (c) aficionamos
- (d) aficiono
Answer: (d) aficiono. The yo form is aficiono.
2. What is the tú form of aficionarse in the present tense?
- (a) aficiona
- (b) aficionamos
- (c) aficionas
- (d) aficiono
Answer: (c) aficionas. The tú form is aficionas.
3. What is the él/ella form of aficionarse in the present tense?
- (a) aficionamos
- (b) aficiona
- (c) aficiono
- (d) aficionas
Answer: (b) aficiona. The él/ella form is aficiona.
4. Complete the sentence: Cada día, yo ___ a la música en la escuela.
- (a) aficiono
- (b) aficionas
- (c) aficiona
- (d) aficionamos
Answer: (a) aficiono. The sentence needs the yo form aficiono.
5. Complete the sentence: Ayer, yo ___ al fútbol con sus amigos.
- (a) aficionaste
- (b) aficionó
- (c) aficionamos
- (d) aficioné
Answer: (d) aficioné. Ayer needs the preterite, and the yo form is aficioné.
6. Complete the sentence: Antes, yo ___ a la lectura en invierno.
- (a) aficionábamos
- (b) aficionabais
- (c) aficionaba
- (d) aficionabas
Answer: (c) aficionaba. Antes needs the imperfect, and the yo form is aficionaba.
7. Complete the sentence: Mañana, yo ___ a la cocina con su abuela.
- (a) aficionaremos
- (b) aficionaré
- (c) aficionarás
- (d) aficionará
Answer: (b) aficionaré. Mañana needs the future, and the yo form is aficionaré.
8. Complete the sentence: Yo ___ a la música en la escuela.
- (a) nos hemos aficionado
- (b) me he aficionado
- (c) te has aficionado
- (d) se ha aficionado
Answer: (b) me he aficionado. The present perfect uses haber plus the participle: me he aficionado.
9. Complete the sentence: Espero que él ___ a la lectura en invierno.
- (a) aficiones
- (b) aficionemos
- (c) aficionéis
- (d) aficione
Answer: (d) aficione. After espero que Spanish needs the subjunctive, and the él form is aficione.
10. What does aficionarse mean in English?
- (a) to beautify
- (b) to moisten
- (c) to shine brightly
- (d) to become fond of
Answer: (d) to become fond of. aficionarse means "to become fond of" in English.
Frequently asked questions about aficionarse
What does aficionarse mean?
aficionarse means "to become fond of" in English. Use it when you talk about music at school, football with his friends, reading in winter and cooking with his grandmother — for example: Cada día, yo me aficiono a la música en la escuela. — "Every day, I become fond of to music at school."
Is aficionarse reflexive?
Yes. aficionarse is reflexive, so it always travels with a pronoun: me, te, se, nos, os, se. Cada día, yo me aficiono a la música en la escuela. — "Every day, I become fond of to music at school." If you drop the pronoun, the sentence is incomplete.
What is the most common mistake with aficionarse?
Forgetting the reflexive pronoun. Learners write the bare form — for example, Yo aficiono a la música en la escuela — when the verb needs its pronoun: Cada día, yo me aficiono a la música en la escuela. — "Every day, I become fond of to music at school." Keep the pronoun with the verb and the mistake disappears.
How can I practise aficionarse?
Take the quiz above, then make your own sentences: change the person in each example, change the complement to something from your own life, and say the sentence aloud. The verb quiz and the verb translator on this site give you more practice with the same forms.