Alojarse Conjugation in Spanish

The Spanish verb alojarse means to stay (lodging), and it is a verb you will use again and again once you know it. Alojarse means to stay somewhere, in the lodging sense: to stay in a hotel, a flat or a friend's house while travelling. It is a reflexive verb, and it is more formal than quedarse, which is the everyday verb for staying put. Like every Spanish verb, alojarse changes its ending for each person and tense, and this page gives you the complete picture: every tense, every person, the gerund and the past participle, all from the verified conjugation tables. For example, in the present tense you say me alojo en un hotel cerca de la playa, and in the preterite you say me alojé en un apartamento del centro. Work through the tables below, read the notes for each tense, and then test yourself with the examples, the common mistakes and the quiz at the end of the page.

Quick facts

  • Infinitive: alojarse
  • English: to stay (lodging)
  • Verb type: regular -ar verb, reflexive
  • Ending: -ar
  • Gerund: alojando
  • Past participle: alojado
  • Auxiliary verb: haber (all perfect tenses are formed with haber + alojado)
  • Reflexive pronouns: me, te, se, nos, os, se — one before every conjugated form, matching the person.

Pronunciation is not listed on this page: the verified tables do not include IPA for alojarse, so no pronunciation is given rather than an invented one. Alojarse is reflexive: me alojo, te alojas. It always answers the question of where you are staying while travelling.

Full conjugation tables

Every form below comes from the verified conjugation tables for alojarse. The imperfect subjunctive is shown in its -ra forms; the -se forms use the same stem. For reflexive verbs, the pronoun column shows the reflexive pronoun that goes before each form.

Present indicative

Person Pronoun Form
yo me alojo
tú te alojas
él/ella/Ud. se aloja
nosotros/as nos alojamos
vosotros/as os alojáis
ellos/ellas/Uds. se alojan

Preterite

Person Pronoun Form
yo me alojé
tú te alojaste
él/ella/Ud. se alojó
nosotros/as nos alojamos
vosotros/as os alojasteis
ellos/ellas/Uds. se alojaron

Imperfect

Person Pronoun Form
yo me alojaba
tú te alojabas
él/ella/Ud. se alojaba
nosotros/as nos alojábamos
vosotros/as os alojabais
ellos/ellas/Uds. se alojaban

Future

Person Pronoun Form
yo me alojaré
tú te alojarás
él/ella/Ud. se alojará
nosotros/as nos alojaremos
vosotros/as os alojaréis
ellos/ellas/Uds. se alojarán

Conditional

Person Pronoun Form
yo me alojaría
tú te alojarías
él/ella/Ud. se alojaría
nosotros/as nos alojaríamos
vosotros/as os alojaríais
ellos/ellas/Uds. se alojarían

Present perfect

Person Pronoun Form
yo me he alojado
tú te has alojado
él/ella/Ud. se ha alojado
nosotros/as nos hemos alojado
vosotros/as os habéis alojado
ellos/ellas/Uds. se han alojado

Pluperfect

Person Pronoun Form
yo me había alojado
tú te habías alojado
él/ella/Ud. se había alojado
nosotros/as nos habíamos alojado
vosotros/as os habíais alojado
ellos/ellas/Uds. se habían alojado

Future perfect

Person Pronoun Form
yo me habré alojado
tú te habrás alojado
él/ella/Ud. se habrá alojado
nosotros/as nos habremos alojado
vosotros/as os habréis alojado
ellos/ellas/Uds. se habrán alojado

Conditional perfect

Person Pronoun Form
yo me habría alojado
tú te habrías alojado
él/ella/Ud. se habría alojado
nosotros/as nos habríamos alojado
vosotros/as os habríais alojado
ellos/ellas/Uds. se habrían alojado

Present subjunctive

Person Pronoun Form
yo me aloje
tú te alojes
él/ella/Ud. se aloje
nosotros/as nos alojemos
vosotros/as os alojéis
ellos/ellas/Uds. se alojen

Imperfect subjunctive (-ra)

Person Pronoun Form
yo me alojara
tú te alojaras
él/ella/Ud. se alojara
nosotros/as nos alojáramos
vosotros/as os alojarais
ellos/ellas/Uds. se alojaran

Imperative (affirmative)

Person Pronoun Form
tú te aloja
él/ella/Ud. se aloje
nosotros/as nos alojemos
vosotros/as os alojad
ellos/ellas/Uds. se alojen

Imperative (negative)

Person Pronoun Form
tú te alojes
él/ella/Ud. se aloje
nosotros/as nos alojemos
vosotros/as os alojéis
ellos/ellas/Uds. se alojen

Gerund and past participle

Form Spanish Use
Gerund alojando with estar for the progressive: estoy alojando (or me estoy alojando for this reflexive verb)
Past participle alojado with haber for the perfect tenses: he alojado

How to use each tense

Present indicative

Use the present for routines, general facts and what is happening right now. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For alojarse, the present looks like this in a real sentence: Me alojo en un hotel cerca de la playa. Learn the present forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.

Preterite

Use the preterite for finished actions with a clear end, often with ayer, el año pasado or anoche. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For alojarse, the preterite looks like this in a real sentence: Ayer, me alojé en casa de unos amigos. Learn the preterite forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.

Imperfect

Use the imperfect for background, habits and actions in progress in the past, often with de niño, antes or mientras. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For alojarse, the imperfect looks like this in a real sentence: De niño, me alojaba en un apartamento del centro. Learn the imperfect forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.

Future

Use the future for plans, predictions and promises, often with mañana, el año que viene or pronto. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For alojarse, the future looks like this in a real sentence: Mañana, me alojaré en el hostal de la estación. Learn the future forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.

Conditional

Use the conditional for polite requests, hypotheticals and what would happen, often with si clauses. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For alojarse, the conditional looks like this in a real sentence: Me alojaría en un hotel cerca de la playa si pudiera. Learn the conditional forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.

Present perfect

Use the present perfect for recent actions and experiences, often with hoy, esta semana or ya. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For alojarse, the present perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Hoy, me he alojado en casa de unos amigos. Learn the present perfect forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.

Pluperfect

Use the pluperfect when one past action happened before another past action. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For alojarse, the pluperfect looks like this in a real sentence: Me había alojado en un apartamento del centro antes de salir. Learn the pluperfect forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.

Future perfect

Use the future perfect for something that will already be finished by a future time. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For alojarse, the future perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Para mañana, me habré alojado en el hostal de la estación. Learn the future perfect forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.

Conditional perfect

Use the conditional perfect for what would have happened under different conditions. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For alojarse, the conditional perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Me habría alojado en un hotel cerca de la playa con más tiempo. Learn the conditional perfect forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.

Present subjunctive

Use the present subjunctive after expressions of wish, doubt, emotion and hope, such as espero que or quiero que. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For alojarse, the present subjunctive looks like this in a real sentence: Espero que él se aloje en casa de unos amigos. Learn the present subjunctive forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.

Imperfect subjunctive (-ra)

Use the imperfect subjunctive after past wishes and in si clauses about the past, and note the -ra forms shown here; the -se forms use the same stem. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For alojarse, the imperfect subjunctive looks like this in a real sentence: Si él se alojara en un apartamento del centro, todo cambiaría. Learn the imperfect subjunctive forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.

Imperative (affirmative)

Use the affirmative imperative for direct commands, instructions and invitations. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For alojarse, the affirmative imperative looks like this in a real sentence: Que se aloje en el hostal de la estación. Learn the affirmative imperative forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.

Imperative (negative)

Use the negative imperative, always with no, to tell someone not to do something. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For alojarse, the negative imperative looks like this in a real sentence: No te alojes en un hotel cerca de la playa. Learn the negative imperative forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.

Example sentences

Ten natural sentences with alojarse, covering different tenses and persons. Each one uses a form from the tables above.

  1. Me alojo en un hotel cerca de la playa. — I stay in a hotel near the beach.
  2. Se aloja en casa de unos amigos. — He/she stays at some friends' house.
  3. Ayer, me alojé en un apartamento del centro. — Yesterday, I stayed in a flat in the centre.
  4. Antes, nosotros nos alojábamos en el hostal de la estación. — Before, we used to stay in the hostel by the station.
  5. Mañana, tú te alojarás en un hotel cerca de la playa. — Tomorrow, you will stay in a hotel near the beach.
  6. Yo me alojaría en casa de unos amigos si tuviera más tiempo. — I would stay at some friends' house if I had more time.
  7. Él se ha alojado en un apartamento del centro. — He has stayed in a flat in the centre.
  8. Espero que él se aloje en el hostal de la estación. — I hope he stays in the hostel by the station.
  9. Yo ya me había alojado en un hotel cerca de la playa antes de salir. — I had already stayed in a hotel near the beach before leaving.
  10. Ellos se alojaban en casa de unos amigos cuando eran jóvenes. — They used to stay at some friends' house when they were young.

Common mistakes

  1. Wrong: Yo alojo en un hotel cerca de la playa. — Right: Yo me alojo en un hotel cerca de la playa. — Alojarse is reflexive, so the pronoun me is required: without it the verb means something else, or nothing at all.
  2. Wrong: Vosotros alojais en casa de unos amigos. — Right: Vosotros alojáis en casa de unos amigos. — The vosotros present form carries a written accent: alojáis, not alojais. The accent marks the stressed vowel.
  3. Wrong: Treating alojarse and quedarse as identical in every context. — Right: Alojarse means to stay (lodging), while quedarse means to stay put, the everyday verb. — They overlap, but each has uses the other does not: alojarse fits sentences such as Me alojo en un hotel cerca de la playa, while quedarse belongs in a different sentence. Check the meaning you want before choosing.
  4. Wrong: Yo soy alojado en casa de unos amigos. — Right: Yo he alojado en casa de unos amigos. — Spanish perfect tenses use haber, not ser: he alojado, has alojado, ha alojado. Ser plus the participle makes a passive, not a perfect tense.
  5. Wrong: De niño, yo alojé en un apartamento del centro todos los días. — Right: De niño, yo alojaba en un apartamento del centro todos los días. — For a repeated habit in the past, use the imperfect (alojaba), not the preterite. The preterite (alojé) is for one finished action.

Quiz: test yourself

Ten questions on alojarse. Choose the right form, then check the answer key below.

  1. Complete the sentence: Yo ___ en un hotel cerca de la playa. (present tense) A. me alojo B. te alojas C. se aloja D. nos alojamos

  2. Complete the sentence: Ayer, él ___ en casa de unos amigos. (preterite) A. me alojé B. te alojaste C. se alojaron D. se alojó

  3. Complete the sentence: Antes, nosotros ___ en un apartamento del centro. (imperfect) A. te alojabas B. se alojaban C. nos alojábamos D. me alojaba

  4. Complete the sentence: Mañana, tú ___ en el hostal de la estación. (future) A. nos alojaremos B. te alojarás C. me alojaré D. se alojará

  5. Complete the sentence: Yo ___ en un hotel cerca de la playa si pudiera. (conditional) A. me alojaría B. te alojarías C. se alojaría D. se alojarían

  6. Complete the sentence: Espero que él ___ en casa de unos amigos. (present subjunctive) A. me aloje B. te alojes C. nos alojemos D. se aloje

  7. Complete the sentence: Si yo ___ en un apartamento del centro, todo cambiaría. (imperfect subjunctive, -ra form) A. se alojara B. nos alojáramos C. me alojara D. te alojaras

  8. Complete the sentence: Nosotros ___ en el hostal de la estación. (present perfect) A. se han alojado B. nos hemos alojado C. me he alojado D. te has alojado

  9. Complete the command: No ___ en un hotel cerca de la playa. (negative imperative, tú) A. te alojes B. se aloje C. nos alojemos D. os alojéis

  10. Which is the gerund of alojarse, used with estar for the progressive? A. alojado B. alojo C. alojé D. alojando

Answer key

  1. me alojo — The first-person present of alojarse is me alojo. The other options are the tú, él/ella and nosotros forms.
  2. se alojó — The third-person preterite of alojarse is se alojó, the form for a single finished action in the past.
  3. nos alojábamos — The nosotros imperfect of alojarse is nos alojábamos, used here for a repeated past habit.
  4. te alojarás — The second-person future of alojarse is te alojarás.
  5. me alojaría — The first-person conditional of alojarse is me alojaría, the form for what would happen.
  6. se aloje — After espero que, the subjunctive is required: the third-person present subjunctive of alojarse is se aloje.
  7. me alojara — The first-person imperfect subjunctive (-ra) of alojarse is me alojara.
  8. nos hemos alojado — The nosotros present perfect of alojarse is nos hemos alojado: hemos + alojado.
  9. te alojes — The negative tú imperative uses the present subjunctive form with no before it: te alojes.
  10. alojando — The gerund of alojarse is alojando: estoy alojando. The participle alojado is used with haber instead.

Frequently asked questions

What does alojarse mean in English?

Alojarse means to stay (lodging). It is used in everyday situations such as Me alojo en un hotel cerca de la playa. The exact English wording depends on the context, but the core meaning stays the same across the tenses.

Is alojarse a reflexive verb?

Yes. Alojarse is reflexive, so it always takes a reflexive pronoun that matches the person: me, te, se, nos, os or se. For example, Me alojo en un hotel cerca de la playa and él se aloja en casa de unos amigos. If you leave the pronoun out, the verb changes meaning or stops making sense.

What is the difference between alojarse and quedarse?

Alojarse means to stay (lodging), while quedarse means to stay put, the everyday verb. They are easy to confuse because they appear in similar situations, but they are not interchangeable: use alojarse when you mean to stay (lodging), as in Me alojo en un hotel cerca de la playa, and use quedarse for to stay put, the everyday verb. When in doubt, check the object of the sentence — it usually shows which verb fits.

How do I say “I stay (lodging)” in the past?

It depends on the kind of past. For one finished action, use the preterite: yo me alojé en casa de unos amigos. For a repeated habit or background in the past, use the imperfect: yo me alojaba en un apartamento del centro. For something that has just happened, use the present perfect: yo me he alojado en casa de unos amigos.

How do I practise alojarse?

Start with the present tense table, then drill the preterite and the imperfect, since those two past tenses cause the most mistakes. Try the alojarse examples and quiz page for more sentences, and use the Spanish Verb Quiz to test the forms under pressure.

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