Apasionarse Examples, Sentences & Quiz in Spanish
apasionarse means "to become passionate about" 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 apasionarse with history at school, art in the museum, his country's music and sport at the club — the situations where Spanish speakers really use it. A good first sentence to learn is: Cada día, yo me apasiono por la historia en la escuela. — "Every day, I become passionate about by history at school." Read the examples aloud, notice which tense each one uses, and then try the dialogues and the quiz.
apasionarse in everyday sentences
Twelve sentences with apasionarse, 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 apasiono por la historia en la escuela. — "Every day, I become passionate about by history at school." The present tense fits a habit here.
- Ayer, yo me apasioné por el arte en el museo. — "Yesterday, I became passionate about by art in the museum." The preterite fits one finished action.
- Antes, yo me apasionaba por la música de su país. — "In the past, I used to become passionate about by his country's music." The imperfect fits a repeated action in the past.
- Mañana, nosotros nos apasionaremos por el deporte en el club. — "Tomorrow, we will become passionate about by sport at the club." The future tense fits a plan for tomorrow.
- Si pudieras, tú te apasionarías por la historia en la escuela. — "If you could, you would become passionate about by history at school." The conditional fits something that would happen.
- Yo me he apasionado por el arte en el museo. — "I have become passionate about by art in the museum." The present perfect fits an action with present relevance.
More situations
- Normalmente, él se apasiona por la música de su país. — "Normally, he/she becomes passionate about by his country's music." The present tense fits a general truth here.
- Ayer, él se apasionó por el deporte en el club. — "Yesterday, he/she became passionate about by sport at the club." The preterite fits one finished action.
- Antes, nosotros nos apasionábamos por la historia en la escuela. — "In the past, we used to become passionate about by history at school." The imperfect fits a repeated action in the past.
- Mañana, yo me apasionaré por el arte en el museo. — "Tomorrow, I will become passionate about by art in the museum." The future tense fits a plan for tomorrow.
- Espero que él se apasione por la música de su país. — "I hope that he/she becomes passionate about by his country's music." The present subjunctive follows espero que.
- ¡No te apasiones por el deporte en el club! — "Do not become passionate about by sport at the club!" The imperative fits a direct order or request.
The verb in context
Two short dialogues using apasionarse naturally. Notice how the verb changes person and tense as the conversation moves, and how the complements stay the same kind of situation: history at school, art in the museum, his country's music and sport at the club.
Dialogue 1: talking about history at school
María: ¿Tú te apasionas por la historia en la escuela? — "Do you become passionate about by history at school?" Carlos: Sí, yo me apasiono por la historia en la escuela. — "I become passionate about by history at school." María: ¿Y ayer? — "And yesterday?" Carlos: Ayer, yo me apasioné por el arte en el museo. — "Yesterday, I became passionate about by art in the museum." María: Mañana, nosotros nos apasionaremos por la música de su país. — "Tomorrow, we will become passionate about by his country's music." Carlos: Si pudiera, yo me apasionaría por el deporte en el club. — "If I could, I would become passionate about by sport at the club." María: Antes, yo me apasionaba por el arte en el museo. — "In the past, I used to become passionate about by art in the museum." Carlos: Yo me he apasionado por la historia en la escuela. — "I have become passionate about by history at school." María: ¡No te apasiones por la música de su país! — "Do not become passionate about by his country's music!"
In this dialogue apasionarse 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 his country's music
María: Él se apasiona por la música de su país. — "he/she becomes passionate about by his country's music." Carlos: ¿De verdad? ¿Él se apasiona por la música de su país todos los días? — "Really? Does he/she becomes passionate about by his country's music every day?" María: Sí, y ellos se apasionan por el deporte en el club. — "they become passionate about by sport at the club." Carlos: Ayer, ellos se apasionaron por la música de su país. — "Yesterday, they became passionate about by his country's music." María: Espero que él se apasione por el deporte en el club. — "I hope that he/she becomes passionate about by sport at the club." Carlos: Mañana, él se apasionará por la música de su país. — "Tomorrow, he/she will become passionate about by his country's music." María: Antes, nosotros nos apasionábamos por el deporte en el club. — "In the past, we used to become passionate about by sport at the club." Carlos: Nosotros nos apasionamos por la historia en la escuela también. — "we become passionate about by history at school too."
This dialogue shows apasionarse 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 apasionarse
The errors learners actually make with apasionarse in everyday use, each with the wrong form, the right form, and why it is wrong.
Mistake 1: Forgetting the reflexive pronoun
- Wrong: Yo apasiono por la historia en la escuela.
- Right: Yo me apasiono por la historia en la escuela.
- Why: apasionarse is reflexive, so the pronoun is part of the verb: Yo me apasiono por la historia en la escuela.. Without me the sentence is incomplete.
Mistake 2: Using the infinitive as a conjugated form
- Wrong: Yo apasionarse por la historia en la escuela.
- Right: Yo me apasiono por la historia en la escuela.
- Why: The infinitive apasionarse is the dictionary form, not a conjugated form. In a sentence with yo you need the present-tense form apasiono.
Mistake 3: Using the present tense for yesterday
- Wrong: Ayer, yo me apasiono por el arte en el museo.
- Right: Ayer, yo me apasioné por el arte en el museo.
- Why: Ayer means yesterday, so the action is finished and needs the preterite: Ayer, yo me apasioné por el arte en el museo. — "Yesterday, I became passionate about by art in the museum."
Mistake 4: Mixing up the gerund and the participle
- Wrong: Me estoy apasionado por la música de su país.
- Right: Me estoy apasionando por la música de su país.
- Why: After estar you need the gerund apasionando for the progressive. The participle apasionado goes with haber in the perfect tenses (me he apasionado), never after estar.
Mistake 5: Using the él form for nosotros
- Wrong: Nosotros nos apasiona por la historia en la escuela.
- Right: Nosotros nos apasionamos por la historia en la escuela.
- Why: The person and the ending must match: nosotros takes apasionamos, while apasiona belongs to él and ella.
Quiz: apasionarse in use
Test yourself with ten questions on apasionarse. The answers are explained, so read them even when you get a question right.
1. What is the yo form of apasionarse in the present tense?
- (a) apasiona
- (b) apasionamos
- (c) apasiono
- (d) apasionas
Answer: (c) apasiono. The yo form is apasiono.
2. What is the tú form of apasionarse in the present tense?
- (a) apasionamos
- (b) apasionas
- (c) apasiono
- (d) apasiona
Answer: (b) apasionas. The tú form is apasionas.
3. What is the él/ella form of apasionarse in the present tense?
- (a) apasiona
- (b) apasiono
- (c) apasionas
- (d) apasionamos
Answer: (a) apasiona. The él/ella form is apasiona.
4. Complete the sentence: Cada día, yo ___ por la historia en la escuela.
- (a) apasionas
- (b) apasiona
- (c) apasionamos
- (d) apasiono
Answer: (d) apasiono. The sentence needs the yo form apasiono.
5. Complete the sentence: Ayer, yo ___ por el arte en el museo.
- (a) apasionó
- (b) apasionamos
- (c) apasioné
- (d) apasionaste
Answer: (c) apasioné. Ayer needs the preterite, and the yo form is apasioné.
6. Complete the sentence: Antes, yo ___ por la música de su país.
- (a) apasionabais
- (b) apasionaba
- (c) apasionabas
- (d) apasionábamos
Answer: (b) apasionaba. Antes needs the imperfect, and the yo form is apasionaba.
7. Complete the sentence: Mañana, yo ___ por el deporte en el club.
- (a) apasionaré
- (b) apasionarás
- (c) apasionará
- (d) apasionaremos
Answer: (a) apasionaré. Mañana needs the future, and the yo form is apasionaré.
8. Complete the sentence: Yo ___ por la historia en la escuela.
- (a) me he apasionado
- (b) te has apasionado
- (c) se ha apasionado
- (d) nos hemos apasionado
Answer: (a) me he apasionado. The present perfect uses haber plus the participle: me he apasionado.
9. Complete the sentence: Espero que él ___ por la música de su país.
- (a) apasionemos
- (b) apasionéis
- (c) apasione
- (d) apasiones
Answer: (c) apasione. After espero que Spanish needs the subjunctive, and the él form is apasione.
10. What does apasionarse mean in English?
- (a) to finish
- (b) to formalise
- (c) to become passionate about
- (d) to familiarise
Answer: (c) to become passionate about. apasionarse means "to become passionate about" in English.
Frequently asked questions about apasionarse
What does apasionarse mean?
apasionarse means "to become passionate about" in English. Use it when you talk about history at school, art in the museum, his country's music and sport at the club — for example: Cada día, yo me apasiono por la historia en la escuela. — "Every day, I become passionate about by history at school."
Is apasionarse reflexive?
Yes. apasionarse is reflexive, so it always travels with a pronoun: me, te, se, nos, os, se. Cada día, yo me apasiono por la historia en la escuela. — "Every day, I become passionate about by history at school." If you drop the pronoun, the sentence is incomplete.
What is the most common mistake with apasionarse?
Forgetting the reflexive pronoun. Learners write the bare form — for example, Yo apasiono por la historia en la escuela — when the verb needs its pronoun: Cada día, yo me apasiono por la historia en la escuela. — "Every day, I become passionate about by history at school." Keep the pronoun with the verb and the mistake disappears.
How can I practise apasionarse?
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.