Asear Conjugation in Spanish

The Spanish verb asear means to clean, to tidy (oneself), and it is a verb you will use again and again once you know it. Asear means to clean or to tidy, usually yourself or a room, and it is close to lavarse and limpiar. It is a fully regular verb used in routines and housework, and it often appears as asearse, to wash and tidy oneself. Like every Spanish verb, asear 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 aseo la casa antes de la visita, and in the preterite you say aseé a los niños antes de comer. 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: asear
  • English: to clean, to tidy (oneself)
  • Verb type: regular -ar verb
  • Ending: -ar
  • Gerund: aseando
  • Past participle: aseado
  • Auxiliary verb: haber (all perfect tenses are formed with haber + aseado)

Pronunciation is not listed on this page: the verified tables do not include IPA for asear, so no pronunciation is given rather than an invented one. Asear is fully regular: aseo, asea. It is cleaning and tidying, often yourself; limpiar is the general word for cleaning.

Full conjugation tables

Every form below comes from the verified conjugation tables for asear. 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 Form
yo aseo
tú aseas
él/ella/Ud. asea
nosotros/as aseamos
vosotros/as aseáis
ellos/ellas/Uds. asean

Preterite

Person Form
yo aseé
tú aseaste
él/ella/Ud. aseó
nosotros/as aseamos
vosotros/as aseasteis
ellos/ellas/Uds. asearon

Imperfect

Person Form
yo aseaba
tú aseabas
él/ella/Ud. aseaba
nosotros/as aseábamos
vosotros/as aseabais
ellos/ellas/Uds. aseaban

Future

Person Form
yo asearé
tú asearás
él/ella/Ud. aseará
nosotros/as asearemos
vosotros/as asearéis
ellos/ellas/Uds. asearán

Conditional

Person Form
yo asearía
tú asearías
él/ella/Ud. asearía
nosotros/as asearíamos
vosotros/as asearíais
ellos/ellas/Uds. asearían

Present perfect

Person Form
yo he aseado
tú has aseado
él/ella/Ud. ha aseado
nosotros/as hemos aseado
vosotros/as habéis aseado
ellos/ellas/Uds. han aseado

Pluperfect

Person Form
yo había aseado
tú habías aseado
él/ella/Ud. había aseado
nosotros/as habíamos aseado
vosotros/as habíais aseado
ellos/ellas/Uds. habían aseado

Future perfect

Person Form
yo habré aseado
tú habrás aseado
él/ella/Ud. habrá aseado
nosotros/as habremos aseado
vosotros/as habréis aseado
ellos/ellas/Uds. habrán aseado

Conditional perfect

Person Form
yo habría aseado
tú habrías aseado
él/ella/Ud. habría aseado
nosotros/as habríamos aseado
vosotros/as habríais aseado
ellos/ellas/Uds. habrían aseado

Present subjunctive

Person Form
yo asee
tú asees
él/ella/Ud. asee
nosotros/as aseemos
vosotros/as aseéis
ellos/ellas/Uds. aseen

Imperfect subjunctive (-ra)

Person Form
yo aseara
tú asearas
él/ella/Ud. aseara
nosotros/as aseáramos
vosotros/as asearais
ellos/ellas/Uds. asearan

Imperative (affirmative)

Person Form
tú asea
él/ella/Ud. asee
nosotros/as aseemos
vosotros/as asead
ellos/ellas/Uds. aseen

Imperative (negative)

Person Form
tú asees
él/ella/Ud. asee
nosotros/as aseemos
vosotros/as aseéis
ellos/ellas/Uds. aseen

Gerund and past participle

Form Spanish Use
Gerund aseando with estar for the progressive: estoy aseando
Past participle aseado with haber for the perfect tenses: he aseado

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 asear, the present looks like this in a real sentence: Aseo la casa antes de la visita. 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 asear, the preterite looks like this in a real sentence: Ayer, aseé el baño con agua y jabón. 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 asear, the imperfect looks like this in a real sentence: De niño, aseaba a los niños antes de comer. 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 asear, the future looks like this in a real sentence: Mañana, asearé la habitación para los invitados. 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 asear, the conditional looks like this in a real sentence: Asearía la casa antes de la visita 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 asear, the present perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Hoy, he aseado el baño con agua y jabón. 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 asear, the pluperfect looks like this in a real sentence: Había aseado a los niños antes de comer 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 asear, the future perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Para mañana, habré aseado la habitación para los invitados. 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 asear, the conditional perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Habría aseado la casa antes de la visita 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 asear, the present subjunctive looks like this in a real sentence: Espero que él asee el baño con agua y jabón. 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 asear, the imperfect subjunctive looks like this in a real sentence: Si él aseara a los niños antes de comer, 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 asear, the affirmative imperative looks like this in a real sentence: ¡Asea la habitación para los invitados! 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 asear, the negative imperative looks like this in a real sentence: No asees la casa antes de la visita. 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 asear, covering different tenses and persons. Each one uses a form from the tables above.

  1. Aseo la casa antes de la visita. — I clean the house before the visit.
  2. Asea el baño con agua y jabón. — He/she cleans the bathroom with water and soap.
  3. Ayer, aseé a los niños antes de comer. — Yesterday, I cleaned the children before eating.
  4. Antes, nosotros aseábamos la habitación para los invitados. — Before, we used to clean the bedroom for the guests.
  5. Mañana, tú asearás la casa antes de la visita. — Tomorrow, you will clean the house before the visit.
  6. Yo asearía el baño con agua y jabón si tuviera más tiempo. — I would clean the bathroom with water and soap if I had more time.
  7. Él ha aseado a los niños antes de comer. — He has cleaned the children before eating.
  8. Espero que él asee la habitación para los invitados. — I hope he cleans the bedroom for the guests.
  9. Yo ya había aseado la casa antes de la visita antes de salir. — I had already cleaned the house before the visit before leaving.
  10. Ellos aseaban el baño con agua y jabón cuando eran jóvenes. — They used to clean the bathroom with water and soap when they were young.

Common mistakes

  1. Wrong: Yo asea la casa antes de la visita. — Right: Yo aseo la casa antes de la visita. — The person matters: asea is the él/ella/Ud. form, while the yo form is aseo. Using the third-person form with yo is one of the most common beginner errors.
  2. Wrong: Ayer yo aseo el baño con agua y jabón. — Right: Ayer yo aseé el baño con agua y jabón. — The present and the preterite are different tenses: aseo is happening now, while aseé is a finished action in the past. Use the preterite with ayer.
  3. Wrong: Treating asear and limpiar as identical in every context. — Right: Asear means to clean, to tidy (oneself), while limpiar means to clean. — They overlap, but each has uses the other does not: asear fits sentences such as Aseo la casa antes de la visita, while limpiar belongs in a different sentence. Check the meaning you want before choosing.
  4. Wrong: Yo soy aseado el baño con agua y jabón. — Right: Yo he aseado el baño con agua y jabón. — Spanish perfect tenses use haber, not ser: he aseado, has aseado, ha aseado. Ser plus the participle makes a passive, not a perfect tense.
  5. Wrong: De niño, yo aseé a los niños antes de comer todos los días. — Right: De niño, yo aseaba a los niños antes de comer todos los días. — For a repeated habit in the past, use the imperfect (aseaba), not the preterite. The preterite (aseé) is for one finished action.

Quiz: test yourself

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

  1. Complete the sentence: Yo ___ la casa antes de la visita. (present tense) A. aseo B. aseas C. asea D. aseamos

  2. Complete the sentence: Ayer, él ___ el baño con agua y jabón. (preterite) A. aseé B. aseaste C. asearon D. aseó

  3. Complete the sentence: Antes, nosotros ___ a los niños antes de comer. (imperfect) A. aseabas B. aseaban C. aseábamos D. aseaba

  4. Complete the sentence: Mañana, tú ___ la habitación para los invitados. (future) A. asearemos B. asearás C. asearé D. aseará

  5. Complete the sentence: Yo ___ la casa antes de la visita si pudiera. (conditional) A. asearía B. asearías C. asearían D. aseo

  6. Complete the sentence: Espero que él ___ el baño con agua y jabón. (present subjunctive) A. asees B. aseemos C. aseo D. asee

  7. Complete the sentence: Si yo ___ a los niños antes de comer, todo cambiaría. (imperfect subjunctive, -ra form) A. aseáramos B. aseo C. aseara D. asearas

  8. Complete the sentence: Nosotros ___ la habitación para los invitados. (present perfect) A. han aseado B. hemos aseado C. he aseado D. has aseado

  9. Complete the command: ¡___ la casa antes de la visita! (affirmative imperative, tú) A. asea B. asee C. aseemos D. asead

  10. Which is the gerund of asear, used with estar for the progressive? A. aseado B. aseo C. aseé D. aseando

Answer key

  1. aseo — The first-person present of asear is aseo. The other options are the tú, él/ella and nosotros forms.
  2. aseó — The third-person preterite of asear is aseó, the form for a single finished action in the past.
  3. aseábamos — The nosotros imperfect of asear is aseábamos, used here for a repeated past habit.
  4. asearás — The second-person future of asear is asearás.
  5. asearía — The first-person conditional of asear is asearía, the form for what would happen.
  6. asee — After espero que, the subjunctive is required: the third-person present subjunctive of asear is asee.
  7. aseara — The first-person imperfect subjunctive (-ra) of asear is aseara.
  8. hemos aseado — The nosotros present perfect of asear is hemos aseado: hemos + aseado.
  9. asea — The affirmative tú imperative of asear is asea.
  10. aseando — The gerund of asear is aseando: estoy aseando. The participle aseado is used with haber instead.

Frequently asked questions

What does asear mean in English?

Asear means to clean, to tidy (oneself). It is used in everyday situations such as Aseo la casa antes de la visita. The exact English wording depends on the context, but the core meaning stays the same across the tenses.

Is asear regular or irregular?

Asear is a fully regular -ar verb, so every tense follows the standard endings for its class. Once you know the regular pattern, you can produce every form on this page, including aseo in the present and aseé in the preterite.

What is the difference between asear and limpiar?

Asear means to clean, to tidy (oneself), while limpiar means to clean. They are easy to confuse because they appear in similar situations, but they are not interchangeable: use asear when you mean to clean, to tidy (oneself), as in Aseo la casa antes de la visita, and use limpiar for to clean. When in doubt, check the object of the sentence — it usually shows which verb fits.

How do I say “I clean” in the past?

It depends on the kind of past. For one finished action, use the preterite: yo aseé el baño con agua y jabón. For a repeated habit or background in the past, use the imperfect: yo aseaba a los niños antes de comer. For something that has just happened, use the present perfect: yo he aseado el baño con agua y jabón.

How do I practise asear?

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

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