Asomarse Conjugation in Spanish

The Spanish verb asomarse means to lean out, to appear, and it is a verb you will use again and again once you know it. Asomarse means to lean out or to appear, and it is reflexive: you lean out of a window, you appear at a door, the sun appears over the mountains. It is used with a for the place you lean out of, as in asomarse a la ventana, and it is a verb of looking and appearing. Like every Spanish verb, asomarse 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 asomo a la ventana para ver la calle, and in the preterite you say me asomé al balcón por la mañana. 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: asomarse
  • English: to lean out, to appear
  • Verb type: reflexive regular -ar verb
  • Ending: -ar
  • Gerund: asomando
  • Past participle: asomado
  • Auxiliary verb: haber (all perfect tenses are formed with haber + asomado)
  • 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 asomarse, so no pronunciation is given rather than an invented one. Asomarse is reflexive: me asomo, te asomas. It takes a for the opening: asomarse a la ventana.

Full conjugation tables

Every form below comes from the verified conjugation tables for asomarse. 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 asomo
tú te asomas
él/ella/Ud. se asoma
nosotros/as nos asomamos
vosotros/as os asomáis
ellos/ellas/Uds. se asoman

Preterite

Person Pronoun Form
yo me asomé
tú te asomaste
él/ella/Ud. se asomó
nosotros/as nos asomamos
vosotros/as os asomasteis
ellos/ellas/Uds. se asomaron

Imperfect

Person Pronoun Form
yo me asomaba
tú te asomabas
él/ella/Ud. se asomaba
nosotros/as nos asomábamos
vosotros/as os asomabais
ellos/ellas/Uds. se asomaban

Future

Person Pronoun Form
yo me asomaré
tú te asomarás
él/ella/Ud. se asomará
nosotros/as nos asomaremos
vosotros/as os asomaréis
ellos/ellas/Uds. se asomarán

Conditional

Person Pronoun Form
yo me asomaría
tú te asomarías
él/ella/Ud. se asomaría
nosotros/as nos asomaríamos
vosotros/as os asomaríais
ellos/ellas/Uds. se asomarían

Present perfect

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

Pluperfect

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

Future perfect

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

Conditional perfect

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

Present subjunctive

Person Pronoun Form
yo me asome
tú te asomes
él/ella/Ud. se asome
nosotros/as nos asomemos
vosotros/as os asoméis
ellos/ellas/Uds. se asomen

Imperfect subjunctive (-ra)

Person Pronoun Form
yo me asomara
tú te asomaras
él/ella/Ud. se asomara
nosotros/as nos asomáramos
vosotros/as os asomarais
ellos/ellas/Uds. se asomaran

Imperative (affirmative)

Person Pronoun Form
tú te asoma
él/ella/Ud. se asome
nosotros/as nos asomemos
vosotros/as os asomad
ellos/ellas/Uds. se asomen

Imperative (negative)

Person Pronoun Form
tú te asomes
él/ella/Ud. se asome
nosotros/as nos asomemos
vosotros/as os asoméis
ellos/ellas/Uds. se asomen

Gerund and past participle

Form Spanish Use
Gerund asomando with estar for the progressive: estoy asomando (with the pronoun attached: asomándose)
Past participle asomado with haber for the perfect tenses: he asomado

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 asomarse, the present looks like this in a real sentence: Me asomo a la ventana para ver la calle. 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 asomarse, the preterite looks like this in a real sentence: Ayer, me asomé a la puerta del salón. 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 asomarse, the imperfect looks like this in a real sentence: De niño, me asomaba al balcón por la mañana. 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 asomarse, the future looks like this in a real sentence: Mañana, me asomaré a la terraza al atardecer. 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 asomarse, the conditional looks like this in a real sentence: Me asomaría a la ventana para ver la calle 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 asomarse, the present perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Hoy, me he asomado a la puerta del salón. 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 asomarse, the pluperfect looks like this in a real sentence: Me había asomado al balcón por la mañana 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 asomarse, the future perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Para mañana, me habré asomado a la terraza al atardecer. 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 asomarse, the conditional perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Me habría asomado a la ventana para ver la calle 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 asomarse, the present subjunctive looks like this in a real sentence: Espero que él se asome a la puerta del salón. 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 asomarse, the imperfect subjunctive looks like this in a real sentence: Si él se asomara al balcón por la mañana, 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 asomarse, the affirmative imperative looks like this in a real sentence: Que se asome a la terraza al atardecer. 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 asomarse, the negative imperative looks like this in a real sentence: No te asomes a la ventana para ver la calle. 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 asomarse, covering different tenses and persons. Each one uses a form from the tables above.

  1. Me asomo a la ventana para ver la calle. — I lean out of the window to see the street.
  2. Se asoma a la puerta del salón. — He/she leans out at the living-room door.
  3. Ayer, me asomé al balcón por la mañana. — Yesterday, I leaned out onto the balcony in the morning.
  4. Antes, nosotros nos asomábamos a la terraza al atardecer. — Before, we used to lean out onto the terrace at sunset.
  5. Mañana, tú te asomarás a la ventana para ver la calle. — Tomorrow, you will lean out of the window to see the street.
  6. Yo me asomaría a la puerta del salón si tuviera más tiempo. — I would lean out at the living-room door if I had more time.
  7. Él se ha asomado al balcón por la mañana. — He has leaned out onto the balcony in the morning.
  8. Espero que él se asome a la terraza al atardecer. — I hope he leans out onto the terrace at sunset.
  9. Yo ya me había asomado a la ventana para ver la calle antes de salir. — I had already leaned out of the window to see the street before leaving.
  10. Ellos se asomaban a la puerta del salón cuando eran jóvenes. — They used to lean out at the living-room door when they were young.

Common mistakes

  1. Wrong: Yo asomo a la ventana para ver la calle. — Right: Yo me asomo a la ventana para ver la calle. — Asomarse is reflexive, so the pronoun me is required: without it the verb means something else, or nothing at all.
  2. Wrong: Treating asomarse and aparecer as identical in every context. — Right: Asomarse means to lean out, to appear, while aparecer means to appear somewhere. — They overlap, but each has uses the other does not: asomarse fits sentences such as Me asomo a la ventana para ver la calle, while aparecer belongs in a different sentence. Check the meaning you want before choosing.
  3. Wrong: Yo soy asomado a la puerta del salón. — Right: Yo he asomado a la puerta del salón. — Spanish perfect tenses use haber, not ser: he asomado, has asomado, ha asomado. Ser plus the participle makes a passive, not a perfect tense.
  4. Wrong: De niño, yo asomé al balcón por la mañana todos los días. — Right: De niño, yo asomaba al balcón por la mañana todos los días. — For a repeated habit in the past, use the imperfect (asomaba), not the preterite. The preterite (asomé) is for one finished action.

Quiz: test yourself

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

  1. Complete the sentence: Yo ___ a la ventana para ver la calle. (present tense) A. me asomo B. te asomas C. se asoma D. nos asomamos

  2. Complete the sentence: Ayer, él ___ a la puerta del salón. (preterite) A. me asomé B. te asomaste C. se asomaron D. se asomó

  3. Complete the sentence: Antes, nosotros ___ al balcón por la mañana. (imperfect) A. te asomabas B. se asomaban C. nos asomábamos D. me asomaba

  4. Complete the sentence: Mañana, tú ___ a la terraza al atardecer. (future) A. nos asomaremos B. te asomarás C. me asomaré D. se asomará

  5. Complete the sentence: Yo ___ a la ventana para ver la calle si pudiera. (conditional) A. me asomaría B. te asomarías C. se asomaría D. se asomarían

  6. Complete the sentence: Espero que él ___ a la puerta del salón. (present subjunctive) A. me asome B. te asomes C. nos asomemos D. se asome

  7. Complete the sentence: Si yo ___ al balcón por la mañana, todo cambiaría. (imperfect subjunctive, -ra form) A. se asomara B. nos asomáramos C. me asomara D. te asomaras

  8. Complete the sentence: Nosotros ___ a la terraza al atardecer. (present perfect) A. se han asomado B. nos hemos asomado C. me he asomado D. te has asomado

  9. Complete the command: No ___ a la ventana para ver la calle. (negative imperative, tú) A. te asomes B. se asome C. nos asomemos D. os asoméis

  10. Which is the gerund of asomarse, used with estar for the progressive? A. asomado B. asomo C. asomé D. asomando

Answer key

  1. me asomo — The first-person present of asomarse is me asomo. The other options are the tú, él/ella and nosotros forms.
  2. se asomó — The third-person preterite of asomarse is se asomó, the form for a single finished action in the past.
  3. nos asomábamos — The nosotros imperfect of asomarse is nos asomábamos, used here for a repeated past habit.
  4. te asomarás — The second-person future of asomarse is te asomarás.
  5. me asomaría — The first-person conditional of asomarse is me asomaría, the form for what would happen.
  6. se asome — After espero que, the subjunctive is required: the third-person present subjunctive of asomarse is se asome.
  7. me asomara — The first-person imperfect subjunctive (-ra) of asomarse is me asomara.
  8. nos hemos asomado — The nosotros present perfect of asomarse is nos hemos asomado: hemos + asomado.
  9. te asomes — The negative tú imperative uses the present subjunctive form with no before it: te asomes.
  10. asomando — The gerund of asomarse is asomando: estoy asomando. The participle asomado is used with haber instead.

Frequently asked questions

What does asomarse mean in English?

Asomarse means to lean out, to appear. It is used in everyday situations such as Me asomo a la ventana para ver la calle. The exact English wording depends on the context, but the core meaning stays the same across the tenses.

Is asomarse a reflexive verb?

Yes. Asomarse is reflexive, so it always takes a reflexive pronoun that matches the person: me, te, se, nos, os or se. For example, Me asomo a la ventana para ver la calle and él se asoma a la puerta del salón. If you leave the pronoun out, the verb changes meaning or stops making sense.

What is the difference between asomarse and aparecer?

Asomarse means to lean out, to appear, while aparecer means to appear somewhere. They are easy to confuse because they appear in similar situations, but they are not interchangeable: use asomarse when you mean to lean out, to appear, as in Me asomo a la ventana para ver la calle, and use aparecer for to appear somewhere. When in doubt, check the object of the sentence — it usually shows which verb fits.

How do I say “I lean out” in the past?

It depends on the kind of past. For one finished action, use the preterite: yo me asomé a la puerta del salón. For a repeated habit or background in the past, use the imperfect: yo me asomaba al balcón por la mañana. For something that has just happened, use the present perfect: yo me he asomado a la puerta del salón.

How do I practise asomarse?

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

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