Codearse Conjugation in Spanish

The Spanish verb codearse means to rub shoulders with, and it is a verb you will use again and again once you know it. Codearse means to rub shoulders with someone, to mix socially with important or famous people. It is a reflexive, informal verb used for social life and networking, and it is fully regular. Like every Spanish verb, codearse 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 codeo con los famosos en la fiesta, and in the preterite you say me codeé con la alta sociedad. 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: codearse
  • English: to rub shoulders with
  • Verb type: regular -ar verb, reflexive
  • Ending: -ar
  • Gerund: codeando
  • Past participle: codeado
  • Auxiliary verb: haber (all perfect tenses are formed with haber + codeado)
  • 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 codearse, so no pronunciation is given rather than an invented one. Codearse is reflexive and takes con: me codeo con alguien. It is mixing with important people; relacionarse is relating to people in general.

Full conjugation tables

Every form below comes from the verified conjugation tables for codearse. 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 codeo
tú te codeas
él/ella/Ud. se codea
nosotros/as nos codeamos
vosotros/as os codeáis
ellos/ellas/Uds. se codean

Preterite

Person Pronoun Form
yo me codeé
tú te codeaste
él/ella/Ud. se codeó
nosotros/as nos codeamos
vosotros/as os codeasteis
ellos/ellas/Uds. se codearon

Imperfect

Person Pronoun Form
yo me codeaba
tú te codeabas
él/ella/Ud. se codeaba
nosotros/as nos codeábamos
vosotros/as os codeabais
ellos/ellas/Uds. se codeaban

Future

Person Pronoun Form
yo me codearé
tú te codearás
él/ella/Ud. se codeará
nosotros/as nos codearemos
vosotros/as os codearéis
ellos/ellas/Uds. se codearán

Conditional

Person Pronoun Form
yo me codearía
tú te codearías
él/ella/Ud. se codearía
nosotros/as nos codearíamos
vosotros/as os codearíais
ellos/ellas/Uds. se codearían

Present perfect

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

Pluperfect

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

Future perfect

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

Conditional perfect

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

Present subjunctive

Person Pronoun Form
yo me codee
tú te codees
él/ella/Ud. se codee
nosotros/as nos codeemos
vosotros/as os codeéis
ellos/ellas/Uds. se codeen

Imperfect subjunctive (-ra)

Person Pronoun Form
yo me codeara
tú te codearas
él/ella/Ud. se codeara
nosotros/as nos codeáramos
vosotros/as os codearais
ellos/ellas/Uds. se codearan

Imperative (affirmative)

Person Pronoun Form
tú te codea
él/ella/Ud. se codee
nosotros/as nos codeemos
vosotros/as os codead
ellos/ellas/Uds. se codeen

Imperative (negative)

Person Pronoun Form
tú te codees
él/ella/Ud. se codee
nosotros/as nos codeemos
vosotros/as os codeéis
ellos/ellas/Uds. se codeen

Gerund and past participle

Form Spanish Use
Gerund codeando with estar for the progressive: estoy codeando (or me estoy codeando for this reflexive verb)
Past participle codeado with haber for the perfect tenses: he codeado

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 codearse, the present looks like this in a real sentence: Me codeo con los famosos en la fiesta. 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 codearse, the preterite looks like this in a real sentence: Ayer, me codeé con los directivos de la empresa. 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 codearse, the imperfect looks like this in a real sentence: De niño, me codeaba con la alta sociedad. 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 codearse, the future looks like this in a real sentence: Mañana, me codearé con los políticos en Madrid. 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 codearse, the conditional looks like this in a real sentence: Me codearía con los famosos en la fiesta 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 codearse, the present perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Hoy, me he codeado con los directivos de la empresa. 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 codearse, the pluperfect looks like this in a real sentence: Me había codeado con la alta sociedad 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 codearse, the future perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Para mañana, me habré codeado con los políticos en Madrid. 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 codearse, the conditional perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Me habría codeado con los famosos en la fiesta 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 codearse, the present subjunctive looks like this in a real sentence: Espero que él se codee con los directivos de la empresa. 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 codearse, the imperfect subjunctive looks like this in a real sentence: Si él se codeara con la alta sociedad, 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 codearse, the affirmative imperative looks like this in a real sentence: Que se codee con los políticos en Madrid. 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 codearse, the negative imperative looks like this in a real sentence: No te codees con los famosos en la fiesta. 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 codearse, covering different tenses and persons. Each one uses a form from the tables above.

  1. Me codeo con los famosos en la fiesta. — I rub shoulders with the celebrities at the party.
  2. Se codea con los directivos de la empresa. — He/she rubs shoulders with the company directors.
  3. Ayer, me codeé con la alta sociedad. — Yesterday, I rubbed shoulders with high society.
  4. Antes, nosotros nos codeábamos con los políticos en Madrid. — Before, we used to rub shoulders with the politicians in Madrid.
  5. Mañana, tú te codearás con los famosos en la fiesta. — Tomorrow, you will rub shoulders with the celebrities at the party.
  6. Yo me codearía con los directivos de la empresa si tuviera más tiempo. — I would rub shoulders with the company directors if I had more time.
  7. Él se ha codeado con la alta sociedad. — He has rubbed shoulders with high society.
  8. Espero que él se codee con los políticos en Madrid. — I hope he rubs shoulders with the politicians in Madrid.
  9. Yo ya me había codeado con los famosos en la fiesta antes de salir. — I had already rubbed shoulders with the celebrities at the party before leaving.
  10. Ellos se codeaban con los directivos de la empresa cuando eran jóvenes. — They used to rub shoulders with the company directors when they were young.

Common mistakes

  1. Wrong: Yo codeo con los famosos en la fiesta. — Right: Yo me codeo con los famosos en la fiesta. — Codearse is reflexive, so the pronoun me is required: without it the verb means something else, or nothing at all.
  2. Wrong: Ayer yo codeo con los directivos de la empresa. — Right: Ayer yo codeé con los directivos de la empresa. — The present and the preterite are different tenses: codeo is happening now, while codeé is a finished action in the past. Use the preterite with ayer.
  3. Wrong: Treating codearse and relacionarse as identical in every context. — Right: Codearse means to rub shoulders with, while relacionarse means to relate to people. — They overlap, but each has uses the other does not: codearse fits sentences such as Me codeo con los famosos en la fiesta, while relacionarse belongs in a different sentence. Check the meaning you want before choosing.
  4. Wrong: Yo soy codeado con los directivos de la empresa. — Right: Yo he codeado con los directivos de la empresa. — Spanish perfect tenses use haber, not ser: he codeado, has codeado, ha codeado. Ser plus the participle makes a passive, not a perfect tense.
  5. Wrong: De niño, yo codeé con la alta sociedad todos los días. — Right: De niño, yo codeaba con la alta sociedad todos los días. — For a repeated habit in the past, use the imperfect (codeaba), not the preterite. The preterite (codeé) is for one finished action.

Quiz: test yourself

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

  1. Complete the sentence: Yo ___ con los famosos en la fiesta. (present tense) A. me codeo B. te codeas C. se codea D. nos codeamos

  2. Complete the sentence: Ayer, él ___ con los directivos de la empresa. (preterite) A. me codeé B. te codeaste C. se codearon D. se codeó

  3. Complete the sentence: Antes, nosotros ___ con la alta sociedad. (imperfect) A. te codeabas B. se codeaban C. nos codeábamos D. me codeaba

  4. Complete the sentence: Mañana, tú ___ con los políticos en Madrid. (future) A. nos codearemos B. te codearás C. me codearé D. se codeará

  5. Complete the sentence: Yo ___ con los famosos en la fiesta si pudiera. (conditional) A. me codearía B. te codearías C. se codearía D. se codearían

  6. Complete the sentence: Espero que él ___ con los directivos de la empresa. (present subjunctive) A. me codee B. te codees C. nos codeemos D. se codee

  7. Complete the sentence: Si yo ___ con la alta sociedad, todo cambiaría. (imperfect subjunctive, -ra form) A. se codeara B. nos codeáramos C. me codeara D. te codearas

  8. Complete the sentence: Nosotros ___ con los políticos en Madrid. (present perfect) A. se han codeado B. nos hemos codeado C. me he codeado D. te has codeado

  9. Complete the command: No ___ con los famosos en la fiesta. (negative imperative, tú) A. te codees B. se codee C. nos codeemos D. os codeéis

  10. Which is the gerund of codearse, used with estar for the progressive? A. codeado B. codeo C. codeé D. codeando

Answer key

  1. me codeo — The first-person present of codearse is me codeo. The other options are the tú, él/ella and nosotros forms.
  2. se codeó — The third-person preterite of codearse is se codeó, the form for a single finished action in the past.
  3. nos codeábamos — The nosotros imperfect of codearse is nos codeábamos, used here for a repeated past habit.
  4. te codearás — The second-person future of codearse is te codearás.
  5. me codearía — The first-person conditional of codearse is me codearía, the form for what would happen.
  6. se codee — After espero que, the subjunctive is required: the third-person present subjunctive of codearse is se codee.
  7. me codeara — The first-person imperfect subjunctive (-ra) of codearse is me codeara.
  8. nos hemos codeado — The nosotros present perfect of codearse is nos hemos codeado: hemos + codeado.
  9. te codees — The negative tú imperative uses the present subjunctive form with no before it: te codees.
  10. codeando — The gerund of codearse is codeando: estoy codeando. The participle codeado is used with haber instead.

Frequently asked questions

What does codearse mean in English?

Codearse means to rub shoulders with. It is used in everyday situations such as Me codeo con los famosos en la fiesta. The exact English wording depends on the context, but the core meaning stays the same across the tenses.

Is codearse a reflexive verb?

Yes. Codearse is reflexive, so it always takes a reflexive pronoun that matches the person: me, te, se, nos, os or se. For example, Me codeo con los famosos en la fiesta and él se codea con los directivos de la empresa. If you leave the pronoun out, the verb changes meaning or stops making sense.

What is the difference between codearse and relacionarse?

Codearse means to rub shoulders with, while relacionarse means to relate to people. They are easy to confuse because they appear in similar situations, but they are not interchangeable: use codearse when you mean to rub shoulders with, as in Me codeo con los famosos en la fiesta, and use relacionarse for to relate to people. When in doubt, check the object of the sentence — it usually shows which verb fits.

How do I say “I rub shoulders with” in the past?

It depends on the kind of past. For one finished action, use the preterite: yo me codeé con los directivos de la empresa. For a repeated habit or background in the past, use the imperfect: yo me codeaba con la alta sociedad. For something that has just happened, use the present perfect: yo me he codeado con los directivos de la empresa.

How do I practise codearse?

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

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