Conmover Examples, Sentences & Quiz in Spanish

conmover means "to move (emotionally)" in English, and this page shows you how it actually sounds in everyday Spanish — not just the conjugation table, but the verb in real sentences, in short dialogues, and in the mistakes learners make with it. Conmover means to move someone emotionally: a story, a letter or a voice conmueve a la audiencia. It is stronger than gustar and suggests deep feeling. Below you will find twelve example sentences grouped by use, two short dialogues, the most common mistakes with corrections, and a ten-question quiz with explained answers. If you want the full tables first, start with the full conjugation of conmover; if you want to study one tense in depth, see the conmover present tense page.

conmover in everyday use: examples with translations

Everyday present uses

How the verb sounds in the present, the future and in hypotheticals — the forms you will use most often.

  1. Yo conmuevo a la audiencia con su historia — "I move the audience with his story"
  2. Mi amigo conmueve a su madre con la carta — "My friend moves his mother with the letter"
  3. Mañana, tú conmoverás al público con su voz — "Tomorrow, you will move the public with his voice"
  4. Yo conmovería a todos con su discurso si pudiera — "I would move everyone with his speech if I could"

Talking about the past

The same verb in the past: one finished action, a habit, something that has just happened, and something that had already happened.

  1. Ayer, yo conmoví a la audiencia con su historia — "Yesterday, I moved the audience with his story"
  2. Antes, nosotros conmovíamos a su madre con la carta — "Before, we used to move his mother with the letter"
  3. Él ha conmovido al público con su voz — "He has moved the public with his voice"
  4. Yo ya había conmovido a todos con su discurso antes de salir — "I already had moved everyone with his speech before leaving"

Wishes, conditions and commands

The verb after espero que, in si clauses, as a command — and in the conditional perfect, for what would have happened.

  1. Espero que él conmueva a la audiencia con su historia — "I hope he moves the audience with his story"
  2. Si yo conmoviera a su madre con la carta, todo cambiaría — "If I moved his mother with the letter, everything would change"
  3. Conmueve al público con su voz. — "Move the public with his voice."
  4. Yo habría conmovido a todos con su discurso con más tiempo — "I would have moved everyone with his speech with more time"

conmover in conversation

Two short dialogues that use conmover the way people really speak it. Notice how the verb changes with the person, and how the same verb fits different situations.

Two friends talk about it.

  • Lucía: Hola, ¿qué tal? — "Hello, how are you?"
  • Lucía: Yo conmuevo a la audiencia con su historia — "I move the audience with his story"
  • Marcos: Él conmueve a su madre con la carta — "He moves his mother with the letter"
  • Lucía: Ayer, yo conmoví al público con su voz — "Yesterday, I moved the public with his voice"
  • Marcos: Mañana, tú conmoverás a todos con su discurso — "Tomorrow, you will move everyone with his speech"

A practical exchange.

  • Marcos: Hola, ¿qué tal? — "Hello, how are you?"
  • Marcos: Conmueve el corazón de su abuela. — "Move his grandmother's heart."
  • Lucía: Él ha conmovido a la audiencia con su historia — "He has moved the audience with his story"
  • Marcos: Espero que él conmueva a su madre con la carta — "I hope he moves his mother with the letter"
  • Lucía: Antes, yo conmovía al público con su voz — "Before, I used to move the public with his voice"

Common mistakes with conmover

The errors learners actually make with conmover, each with the wrong form, the right form, and why the right form is right.

✗ *Yo conmovo a todos con su discurso.

✓ Correct: Yo conmuevo a todos con su discurso.

conmover is a stem-changing verb (o → ue): the stem vowel changes in the stressed present forms, so the yo form is conmuevo, not conmovo.

✗ *Espero que él conmueve a todos con su discurso

✓ Correct: Espero que él conmueva a todos con su discurso

After espero que, Spanish requires the subjunctive: Espero que él conmueva a todos con su discurso — not the indicative Espero que él conmueve a todos con su discurso.

✗ *Ayer, yo conmuevo el corazón de su abuela

✓ Correct: Ayer, yo conmoví el corazón de su abuela

Ayer points to a finished action in the past, so it needs the preterite: Ayer, yo conmoví el corazón de su abuela.

✗ *De niño, yo conmoví a la audiencia con su historia todos los días

✓ Correct: De niño, yo conmovía a la audiencia con su historia todos los días

For a repeated habit in the past, use the imperfect, not the preterite: De niño, yo conmovía a la audiencia con su historia todos los días.

✗ *Yo conmuevo público con su voz.

✓ Correct: Yo conmuevo al público con su voz.

conmover takes al before this complement: Yo conmuevo al público con su voz. Dropping the preposition is a common learner error.

Quiz: conmover in use

Ten questions on conmover — its forms, its tenses and its everyday use. Choose the best answer for each one, then check the answer key below, where every answer is explained.

  1. Complete the sentence: Yo ______ a la audiencia con su historia — "I move the audience with his story" (present) A. conmueves B. conmueve C. conmovemos D. conmuevo

  2. Complete the sentence: Ayer, yo ______ a su madre con la carta — "Yesterday, I moved his mother with the letter" (preterite) A. conmoviste B. conmovió C. conmovimos D. conmoví

  3. Complete the sentence: Antes, nosotros ______ al público con su voz — "Before, we used to move the public with his voice" (imperfect) A. conmovíamos B. conmovía C. conmovías D. conmovíais

  4. Complete the sentence: Mañana, tú ______ a todos con su discurso — "Tomorrow, you will move everyone with his speech" (future) A. conmoverás B. conmoveré C. conmoverá D. conmoveremos

  5. Complete the sentence: Yo ______ el corazón de su abuela — "I would move his grandmother's heart" (conditional) A. conmovería B. conmoverías C. conmoveríamos D. conmoveríais

  6. Complete the sentence: Él ______ a la audiencia con su historia — "He has moved the audience with his story" (present perfect) A. hemos conmovido B. ha conmovido C. he conmovido D. has conmovido

  7. Complete the sentence: Espero que él ______ a su madre con la carta — "I hope he moves his mother with the letter" (present subjunctive) A. conmováis B. conmueva C. conmuevas D. conmovamos

  8. Complete the sentence: ______ al público con su voz. — "Move the public with his voice." (affirmative imperative) A. conmueve B. conmueva C. conmovamos D. conmoved

  9. Which is the gerund of conmover, used with estar for the progressive? A. conmoví B. conmoviendo C. conmovido D. conmuevo

  10. What does conmover mean in English? A. to move, to excite B. to enjoy C. to cross D. to move (emotionally)

Answer key

  1. conmuevo — The present form for yo is conmuevo.
  2. conmoví — The preterite form for yo is conmoví.
  3. conmovíamos — The imperfect form for nosotros/as is conmovíamos.
  4. conmoverás — The future form for tú is conmoverás.
  5. conmovería — The conditional form for yo is conmovería.
  6. ha conmovido — The present perfect form for él/ella/Ud. is ha conmovido.
  7. conmueva — The present subjunctive form for él/ella/Ud. is conmueva.
  8. conmueve — The affirmative imperative form is conmueve.
  9. conmoviendo — The gerund of conmover is conmoviendo: estoy conmoviendo. The participle conmovido is used with haber instead.
  10. to move (emotionally) — conmover means to move (emotionally).

Frequently asked questions

What does conmover mean in English?

conmover means to move (emotionally). For example: Yo conmuevo a la audiencia con su historia — "I move the audience with his story". The exact English wording depends on the context, but the core meaning stays the same across the tenses.

What preposition goes with conmover?

conmover takes a before this kind of complement, as in the examples above. Keep the preposition with the verb — dropping it is one of the most common learner errors with conmover.

Is conmover regular?

No. conmover is a stem-changing -er verb (o → ue). The stem vowel changes in the stressed forms of the present: conmuevo, conmueves, conmueve and conmueven — but nosotros and vosotros keep the plain stem: conmovemos, conmovéis.

How do I practise conmover?

Start with the present tense table on the full conjugation page, then drill the preterite and the imperfect, since those two past tenses cause the most mistakes. Try the Spanish Verb Quiz to test the forms under pressure, and come back to the sentences above until you can say them without looking.

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