Asombrarse Conjugation in Spanish

The Spanish verb asombrarse means to be amazed, and it is a verb you will use again and again once you know it. Asombrarse means to be amazed, and it is the reflexive partner of asombrar: you are amazed at news, at a result, at a person's courage. It takes de for the cause, as in asombrarse de la noticia, and it is a verb of genuine surprise. Like every Spanish verb, asombrarse 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 asombro de la noticia del premio, and in the preterite you say me asombré del resultado del partido. 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: asombrarse
  • English: to be amazed
  • Verb type: reflexive regular -ar verb
  • Ending: -ar
  • Gerund: asombrando
  • Past participle: asombrado
  • Auxiliary verb: haber (all perfect tenses are formed with haber + asombrado)
  • 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 asombrarse, so no pronunciation is given rather than an invented one. Asombrarse is reflexive: me asombro, te asombras. It takes de for the cause: me asombro de la noticia.

Full conjugation tables

Every form below comes from the verified conjugation tables for asombrarse. 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 asombro
tú te asombras
él/ella/Ud. se asombra
nosotros/as nos asombramos
vosotros/as os asombráis
ellos/ellas/Uds. se asombran

Preterite

Person Pronoun Form
yo me asombré
tú te asombraste
él/ella/Ud. se asombró
nosotros/as nos asombramos
vosotros/as os asombrasteis
ellos/ellas/Uds. se asombraron

Imperfect

Person Pronoun Form
yo me asombraba
tú te asombrabas
él/ella/Ud. se asombraba
nosotros/as nos asombrábamos
vosotros/as os asombrabais
ellos/ellas/Uds. se asombraban

Future

Person Pronoun Form
yo me asombraré
tú te asombrarás
él/ella/Ud. se asombrará
nosotros/as nos asombraremos
vosotros/as os asombraréis
ellos/ellas/Uds. se asombrarán

Conditional

Person Pronoun Form
yo me asombraría
tú te asombrarías
él/ella/Ud. se asombraría
nosotros/as nos asombraríamos
vosotros/as os asombraríais
ellos/ellas/Uds. se asombrarían

Present perfect

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

Pluperfect

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

Future perfect

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

Conditional perfect

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

Present subjunctive

Person Pronoun Form
yo me asombre
tú te asombres
él/ella/Ud. se asombre
nosotros/as nos asombremos
vosotros/as os asombréis
ellos/ellas/Uds. se asombren

Imperfect subjunctive (-ra)

Person Pronoun Form
yo me asombrara
tú te asombraras
él/ella/Ud. se asombrara
nosotros/as nos asombráramos
vosotros/as os asombrarais
ellos/ellas/Uds. se asombraran

Imperative (affirmative)

Person Pronoun Form
tú te asombra
él/ella/Ud. se asombre
nosotros/as nos asombremos
vosotros/as os asombrad
ellos/ellas/Uds. se asombren

Imperative (negative)

Person Pronoun Form
tú te asombres
él/ella/Ud. se asombre
nosotros/as nos asombremos
vosotros/as os asombréis
ellos/ellas/Uds. se asombren

Gerund and past participle

Form Spanish Use
Gerund asombrando with estar for the progressive: estoy asombrando (with the pronoun attached: asombrándose)
Past participle asombrado with haber for the perfect tenses: he asombrado

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 asombrarse, the present looks like this in a real sentence: Me asombro de la noticia del premio. 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 asombrarse, the preterite looks like this in a real sentence: Ayer, me asombré de su talento para la música. 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 asombrarse, the imperfect looks like this in a real sentence: De niño, me asombraba del resultado del partido. 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 asombrarse, the future looks like this in a real sentence: Mañana, me asombraré de tu valentía. 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 asombrarse, the conditional looks like this in a real sentence: Me asombraría de la noticia del premio 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 asombrarse, the present perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Hoy, me he asombrado de su talento para la música. 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 asombrarse, the pluperfect looks like this in a real sentence: Me había asombrado del resultado del partido 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 asombrarse, the future perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Para mañana, me habré asombrado de tu valentía. 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 asombrarse, the conditional perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Me habría asombrado de la noticia del premio 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 asombrarse, the present subjunctive looks like this in a real sentence: Espero que él se asombre de su talento para la música. 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 asombrarse, the imperfect subjunctive looks like this in a real sentence: Si él se asombrara del resultado del partido, 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 asombrarse, the affirmative imperative looks like this in a real sentence: Que se asombre de tu valentía. 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 asombrarse, the negative imperative looks like this in a real sentence: No te asombres de la noticia del premio. 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 asombrarse, covering different tenses and persons. Each one uses a form from the tables above.

  1. Me asombro de la noticia del premio. — I am amazed at the news of the prize.
  2. Se asombra de su talento para la música. — He/she is amazed at his talent for music.
  3. Ayer, me asombré del resultado del partido. — Yesterday, I was amazed at the result of the match.
  4. Antes, nosotros nos asombrábamos de tu valentía. — Before, we used to be amazed at your bravery.
  5. Mañana, tú te asombrarás de la noticia del premio. — Tomorrow, you will be amazed at the news of the prize.
  6. Yo me asombraría de su talento para la música si tuviera más tiempo. — I would be amazed at his talent for music if I had more time.
  7. Él se ha asombrado del resultado del partido. — He has been amazed at the result of the match.
  8. Espero que él se asombre de tu valentía. — I hope he is amazed at your bravery.
  9. Yo ya me había asombrado de la noticia del premio antes de salir. — I had already been amazed at the news of the prize before leaving.
  10. Ellos se asombraban de su talento para la música cuando eran jóvenes. — They used to be amazed at his talent for music when they were young.

Common mistakes

  1. Wrong: Yo asombro de la noticia del premio. — Right: Yo me asombro de la noticia del premio. — Asombrarse is reflexive, so the pronoun me is required: without it the verb means something else, or nothing at all.
  2. Wrong: Treating asombrarse and sorprenderse as identical in every context. — Right: Asombrarse means to be amazed, while sorprenderse means to be surprised. — They overlap, but each has uses the other does not: asombrarse fits sentences such as Me asombro de la noticia del premio, while sorprenderse belongs in a different sentence. Check the meaning you want before choosing.
  3. Wrong: Yo soy asombrado de su talento para la música. — Right: Yo he asombrado de su talento para la música. — Spanish perfect tenses use haber, not ser: he asombrado, has asombrado, ha asombrado. Ser plus the participle makes a passive, not a perfect tense.
  4. Wrong: De niño, yo asombré del resultado del partido todos los días. — Right: De niño, yo asombraba del resultado del partido todos los días. — For a repeated habit in the past, use the imperfect (asombraba), not the preterite. The preterite (asombré) is for one finished action.

Quiz: test yourself

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

  1. Complete the sentence: Yo ___ de la noticia del premio. (present tense) A. me asombro B. te asombras C. se asombra D. nos asombramos

  2. Complete the sentence: Ayer, él ___ de su talento para la música. (preterite) A. me asombré B. te asombraste C. se asombraron D. se asombró

  3. Complete the sentence: Antes, nosotros ___ del resultado del partido. (imperfect) A. te asombrabas B. se asombraban C. nos asombrábamos D. me asombraba

  4. Complete the sentence: Mañana, tú ___ de tu valentía. (future) A. nos asombraremos B. te asombrarás C. me asombraré D. se asombrará

  5. Complete the sentence: Yo ___ de la noticia del premio si pudiera. (conditional) A. me asombraría B. te asombrarías C. se asombraría D. se asombrarían

  6. Complete the sentence: Espero que él ___ de su talento para la música. (present subjunctive) A. me asombre B. te asombres C. nos asombremos D. se asombre

  7. Complete the sentence: Si yo ___ del resultado del partido, todo cambiaría. (imperfect subjunctive, -ra form) A. se asombrara B. nos asombráramos C. me asombrara D. te asombraras

  8. Complete the sentence: Nosotros ___ de tu valentía. (present perfect) A. se han asombrado B. nos hemos asombrado C. me he asombrado D. te has asombrado

  9. Complete the command: No ___ de la noticia del premio. (negative imperative, tú) A. te asombres B. se asombre C. nos asombremos D. os asombréis

  10. Which is the gerund of asombrarse, used with estar for the progressive? A. asombrado B. asombro C. asombré D. asombrando

Answer key

  1. me asombro — The first-person present of asombrarse is me asombro. The other options are the tú, él/ella and nosotros forms.
  2. se asombró — The third-person preterite of asombrarse is se asombró, the form for a single finished action in the past.
  3. nos asombrábamos — The nosotros imperfect of asombrarse is nos asombrábamos, used here for a repeated past habit.
  4. te asombrarás — The second-person future of asombrarse is te asombrarás.
  5. me asombraría — The first-person conditional of asombrarse is me asombraría, the form for what would happen.
  6. se asombre — After espero que, the subjunctive is required: the third-person present subjunctive of asombrarse is se asombre.
  7. me asombrara — The first-person imperfect subjunctive (-ra) of asombrarse is me asombrara.
  8. nos hemos asombrado — The nosotros present perfect of asombrarse is nos hemos asombrado: hemos + asombrado.
  9. te asombres — The negative tú imperative uses the present subjunctive form with no before it: te asombres.
  10. asombrando — The gerund of asombrarse is asombrando: estoy asombrando. The participle asombrado is used with haber instead.

Frequently asked questions

What does asombrarse mean in English?

Asombrarse means to be amazed. It is used in everyday situations such as Me asombro de la noticia del premio. The exact English wording depends on the context, but the core meaning stays the same across the tenses.

Is asombrarse a reflexive verb?

Yes. Asombrarse is reflexive, so it always takes a reflexive pronoun that matches the person: me, te, se, nos, os or se. For example, Me asombro de la noticia del premio and él se asombra de su talento para la música. If you leave the pronoun out, the verb changes meaning or stops making sense.

What is the difference between asombrarse and sorprenderse?

Asombrarse means to be amazed, while sorprenderse means to be surprised. They are easy to confuse because they appear in similar situations, but they are not interchangeable: use asombrarse when you mean to be amazed, as in Me asombro de la noticia del premio, and use sorprenderse for to be surprised. When in doubt, check the object of the sentence — it usually shows which verb fits.

How do I say “I am amazed” in the past?

It depends on the kind of past. For one finished action, use the preterite: yo me asombré de su talento para la música. For a repeated habit or background in the past, use the imperfect: yo me asombraba del resultado del partido. For something that has just happened, use the present perfect: yo me he asombrado de su talento para la música.

How do I practise asombrarse?

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

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