Apuntarse Conjugation in Spanish

The Spanish verb apuntarse means to sign up, and it is a verb you will use again and again once you know it. Apuntarse means to sign up, and it is the reflexive verb for joining a course, a gym, a trip or a list: you sign up for English classes, for a marathon, for a school trip. It takes a for the activity, as in apuntarse a un curso. Like every Spanish verb, apuntarse 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 apunto a un curso de inglés, and in the preterite you say me apunté a la excursión del sábado. 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: apuntarse
  • English: to sign up
  • Verb type: reflexive regular -ar verb
  • Ending: -ar
  • Gerund: apuntando
  • Past participle: apuntado
  • Auxiliary verb: haber (all perfect tenses are formed with haber + apuntado)
  • 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 apuntarse, so no pronunciation is given rather than an invented one. Apuntarse is reflexive: me apunto, te apuntas. Without the pronoun, apuntar means to point or to note down.

Full conjugation tables

Every form below comes from the verified conjugation tables for apuntarse. 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 apunto
tú te apuntas
él/ella/Ud. se apunta
nosotros/as nos apuntamos
vosotros/as os apuntáis
ellos/ellas/Uds. se apuntan

Preterite

Person Pronoun Form
yo me apunté
tú te apuntaste
él/ella/Ud. se apuntó
nosotros/as nos apuntamos
vosotros/as os apuntasteis
ellos/ellas/Uds. se apuntaron

Imperfect

Person Pronoun Form
yo me apuntaba
tú te apuntabas
él/ella/Ud. se apuntaba
nosotros/as nos apuntábamos
vosotros/as os apuntabais
ellos/ellas/Uds. se apuntaban

Future

Person Pronoun Form
yo me apuntaré
tú te apuntarás
él/ella/Ud. se apuntará
nosotros/as nos apuntaremos
vosotros/as os apuntaréis
ellos/ellas/Uds. se apuntarán

Conditional

Person Pronoun Form
yo me apuntaría
tú te apuntarías
él/ella/Ud. se apuntaría
nosotros/as nos apuntaríamos
vosotros/as os apuntaríais
ellos/ellas/Uds. se apuntarían

Present perfect

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

Pluperfect

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

Future perfect

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

Conditional perfect

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

Present subjunctive

Person Pronoun Form
yo me apunte
tú te apuntes
él/ella/Ud. se apunte
nosotros/as nos apuntemos
vosotros/as os apuntéis
ellos/ellas/Uds. se apunten

Imperfect subjunctive (-ra)

Person Pronoun Form
yo me apuntara
tú te apuntaras
él/ella/Ud. se apuntara
nosotros/as nos apuntáramos
vosotros/as os apuntarais
ellos/ellas/Uds. se apuntaran

Imperative (affirmative)

Person Pronoun Form
tú te apunta
él/ella/Ud. se apunte
nosotros/as nos apuntemos
vosotros/as os apuntad
ellos/ellas/Uds. se apunten

Imperative (negative)

Person Pronoun Form
tú te apuntes
él/ella/Ud. se apunte
nosotros/as nos apuntemos
vosotros/as os apuntéis
ellos/ellas/Uds. se apunten

Gerund and past participle

Form Spanish Use
Gerund apuntando with estar for the progressive: estoy apuntando (with the pronoun attached: apuntándose)
Past participle apuntado with haber for the perfect tenses: he apuntado

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 apuntarse, the present looks like this in a real sentence: Me apunto a un curso de inglés. 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 apuntarse, the preterite looks like this in a real sentence: Ayer, me apunté al gimnasio en enero. 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 apuntarse, the imperfect looks like this in a real sentence: De niño, me apuntaba a la excursión del sábado. 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 apuntarse, the future looks like this in a real sentence: Mañana, me apuntaré a la lista de voluntarios. 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 apuntarse, the conditional looks like this in a real sentence: Me apuntaría a un curso de inglés 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 apuntarse, the present perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Hoy, me he apuntado al gimnasio en enero. 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 apuntarse, the pluperfect looks like this in a real sentence: Me había apuntado a la excursión del sábado 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 apuntarse, the future perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Para mañana, me habré apuntado a la lista de voluntarios. 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 apuntarse, the conditional perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Me habría apuntado a un curso de inglés 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 apuntarse, the present subjunctive looks like this in a real sentence: Espero que él se apunte al gimnasio en enero. 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 apuntarse, the imperfect subjunctive looks like this in a real sentence: Si él se apuntara a la excursión del sábado, 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 apuntarse, the affirmative imperative looks like this in a real sentence: Que se apunte a la lista de voluntarios. 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 apuntarse, the negative imperative looks like this in a real sentence: No te apuntes a un curso de inglés. 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 apuntarse, covering different tenses and persons. Each one uses a form from the tables above.

  1. Me apunto a un curso de inglés. — I sign up for an English course.
  2. Se apunta al gimnasio en enero. — He/she signs up to the gym in January.
  3. Ayer, me apunté a la excursión del sábado. — Yesterday, I signed up for Saturday's trip.
  4. Antes, nosotros nos apuntábamos a la lista de voluntarios. — Before, we used to sign up to the volunteers' list.
  5. Mañana, tú te apuntarás a un curso de inglés. — Tomorrow, you will sign up for an English course.
  6. Yo me apuntaría al gimnasio en enero si tuviera más tiempo. — I would sign up to the gym in January if I had more time.
  7. Él se ha apuntado a la excursión del sábado. — He has signed up for Saturday's trip.
  8. Espero que él se apunte a la lista de voluntarios. — I hope he signs up to the volunteers' list.
  9. Yo ya me había apuntado a un curso de inglés antes de salir. — I had already signed up for an English course before leaving.
  10. Ellos se apuntaban al gimnasio en enero cuando eran jóvenes. — They used to sign up to the gym in January when they were young.

Common mistakes

  1. Wrong: Yo apunto a un curso de inglés. — Right: Yo me apunto a un curso de inglés. — Apuntarse is reflexive, so the pronoun me is required: without it the verb means something else, or nothing at all.
  2. Wrong: Treating apuntarse and inscribirse as identical in every context. — Right: Apuntarse means to sign up, while inscribirse means to enrol in something. — They overlap, but each has uses the other does not: apuntarse fits sentences such as Me apunto a un curso de inglés, while inscribirse belongs in a different sentence. Check the meaning you want before choosing.
  3. Wrong: Yo soy apuntado al gimnasio en enero. — Right: Yo he apuntado al gimnasio en enero. — Spanish perfect tenses use haber, not ser: he apuntado, has apuntado, ha apuntado. Ser plus the participle makes a passive, not a perfect tense.
  4. Wrong: De niño, yo apunté a la excursión del sábado todos los días. — Right: De niño, yo apuntaba a la excursión del sábado todos los días. — For a repeated habit in the past, use the imperfect (apuntaba), not the preterite. The preterite (apunté) is for one finished action.

Quiz: test yourself

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

  1. Complete the sentence: Yo ___ a un curso de inglés. (present tense) A. me apunto B. te apuntas C. se apunta D. nos apuntamos

  2. Complete the sentence: Ayer, él ___ al gimnasio en enero. (preterite) A. me apunté B. te apuntaste C. se apuntaron D. se apuntó

  3. Complete the sentence: Antes, nosotros ___ a la excursión del sábado. (imperfect) A. te apuntabas B. se apuntaban C. nos apuntábamos D. me apuntaba

  4. Complete the sentence: Mañana, tú ___ a la lista de voluntarios. (future) A. nos apuntaremos B. te apuntarás C. me apuntaré D. se apuntará

  5. Complete the sentence: Yo ___ a un curso de inglés si pudiera. (conditional) A. me apuntaría B. te apuntarías C. se apuntaría D. se apuntarían

  6. Complete the sentence: Espero que él ___ al gimnasio en enero. (present subjunctive) A. me apunte B. te apuntes C. nos apuntemos D. se apunte

  7. Complete the sentence: Si yo ___ a la excursión del sábado, todo cambiaría. (imperfect subjunctive, -ra form) A. se apuntara B. nos apuntáramos C. me apuntara D. te apuntaras

  8. Complete the sentence: Nosotros ___ a la lista de voluntarios. (present perfect) A. se han apuntado B. nos hemos apuntado C. me he apuntado D. te has apuntado

  9. Complete the command: No ___ a un curso de inglés. (negative imperative, tú) A. te apuntes B. se apunte C. nos apuntemos D. os apuntéis

  10. Which is the gerund of apuntarse, used with estar for the progressive? A. apuntado B. apunto C. apunté D. apuntando

Answer key

  1. me apunto — The first-person present of apuntarse is me apunto. The other options are the tú, él/ella and nosotros forms.
  2. se apuntó — The third-person preterite of apuntarse is se apuntó, the form for a single finished action in the past.
  3. nos apuntábamos — The nosotros imperfect of apuntarse is nos apuntábamos, used here for a repeated past habit.
  4. te apuntarás — The second-person future of apuntarse is te apuntarás.
  5. me apuntaría — The first-person conditional of apuntarse is me apuntaría, the form for what would happen.
  6. se apunte — After espero que, the subjunctive is required: the third-person present subjunctive of apuntarse is se apunte.
  7. me apuntara — The first-person imperfect subjunctive (-ra) of apuntarse is me apuntara.
  8. nos hemos apuntado — The nosotros present perfect of apuntarse is nos hemos apuntado: hemos + apuntado.
  9. te apuntes — The negative tú imperative uses the present subjunctive form with no before it: te apuntes.
  10. apuntando — The gerund of apuntarse is apuntando: estoy apuntando. The participle apuntado is used with haber instead.

Frequently asked questions

What does apuntarse mean in English?

Apuntarse means to sign up. It is used in everyday situations such as Me apunto a un curso de inglés. The exact English wording depends on the context, but the core meaning stays the same across the tenses.

Is apuntarse a reflexive verb?

Yes. Apuntarse is reflexive, so it always takes a reflexive pronoun that matches the person: me, te, se, nos, os or se. For example, Me apunto a un curso de inglés and él se apunta al gimnasio en enero. If you leave the pronoun out, the verb changes meaning or stops making sense.

What is the difference between apuntarse and inscribirse?

Apuntarse means to sign up, while inscribirse means to enrol in something. They are easy to confuse because they appear in similar situations, but they are not interchangeable: use apuntarse when you mean to sign up, as in Me apunto a un curso de inglés, and use inscribirse for to enrol in something. When in doubt, check the object of the sentence — it usually shows which verb fits.

How do I say “I sign up” in the past?

It depends on the kind of past. For one finished action, use the preterite: yo me apunté al gimnasio en enero. For a repeated habit or background in the past, use the imperfect: yo me apuntaba a la excursión del sábado. For something that has just happened, use the present perfect: yo me he apuntado al gimnasio en enero.

How do I practise apuntarse?

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

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