Conmover Conjugation in Spanish

The Spanish verb conmover means to move (emotionally), and it is a verb you will use again and again once you know 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. Like every Spanish verb, conmover 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 Yo conmuevo a la audiencia con su historia — "I move the audience with his story". 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.

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.

Quick facts

  • Infinitive: conmover
  • English: to move (emotionally)
  • Verb type: stem-changing -er verb (o → ue)
  • Ending: -er
  • Gerund: conmoviendo
  • Past participle: conmovido
  • Auxiliary verb: haber (all perfect tenses are formed with haber + conmovido)

Pronunciation is not listed on this page: the verified tables do not include IPA for conmover, so no pronunciation is given rather than an invented one.

Full conjugation tables

Every form below comes from the verified conjugation tables for conmover. The imperfect subjunctive is shown in its -ra forms; the -se forms use the same stem.

Present indicative

| Person | Form | |---|---|---| | yo | conmuevo | | tú | conmueves | | él/ella/Ud. | conmueve | | nosotros/as | conmovemos | | vosotros/as | conmovéis | | ellos/ellas/Uds. | conmueven |

Preterite

| Person | Form | |---|---|---| | yo | conmoví | | tú | conmoviste | | él/ella/Ud. | conmovió | | nosotros/as | conmovimos | | vosotros/as | conmovisteis | | ellos/ellas/Uds. | conmovieron |

Imperfect

| Person | Form | |---|---|---| | yo | conmovía | | tú | conmovías | | él/ella/Ud. | conmovía | | nosotros/as | conmovíamos | | vosotros/as | conmovíais | | ellos/ellas/Uds. | conmovían |

Future

| Person | Form | |---|---|---| | yo | conmoveré | | tú | conmoverás | | él/ella/Ud. | conmoverá | | nosotros/as | conmoveremos | | vosotros/as | conmoveréis | | ellos/ellas/Uds. | conmoverán |

Conditional

| Person | Form | |---|---|---| | yo | conmovería | | tú | conmoverías | | él/ella/Ud. | conmovería | | nosotros/as | conmoveríamos | | vosotros/as | conmoveríais | | ellos/ellas/Uds. | conmoverían |

Present perfect

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

Pluperfect

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

Future perfect

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

Conditional perfect

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

Present subjunctive

| Person | Form | |---|---|---| | yo | conmueva | | tú | conmuevas | | él/ella/Ud. | conmueva | | nosotros/as | conmovamos | | vosotros/as | conmováis | | ellos/ellas/Uds. | conmuevan |

Imperfect subjunctive (-ra)

| Person | Form | |---|---|---| | yo | conmoviera | | tú | conmovieras | | él/ella/Ud. | conmoviera | | nosotros/as | conmoviéramos | | vosotros/as | conmovierais | | ellos/ellas/Uds. | conmovieran |

Imperative (affirmative)

| Person | Form | |---|---|---| | tú | conmueve | | él/ella/Ud. | conmueva | | nosotros/as | conmovamos | | vosotros/as | conmoved | | ellos/ellas/Uds. | conmuevan |

Imperative (negative)

| Person | Form | |---|---|---| | tú | conmuevas | | él/ella/Ud. | conmueva | | nosotros/as | conmovamos | | vosotros/as | conmováis | | ellos/ellas/Uds. | conmuevan |

Gerund and past participle

Form Spanish Use
Gerund conmoviendo with estar for the progressive: está conmoviendo
Past participle conmovido with haber for the perfect tenses: he conmovido

How to use each tense

Present indicative

Use the present for routines, general facts and what is happening right now. 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. For conmover, the present indicative looks like this in a real sentence: Yo conmuevo a la audiencia con su historia — "I move the audience with his story".

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 conmover, the preterite looks like this in a real sentence: Ayer, yo conmoví a su madre con la carta — "Yesterday, I moved his mother with the letter".

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 conmover, the imperfect looks like this in a real sentence: De niño, yo conmovía al público con su voz — "As a child, I used to move the public with his voice".

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 conmover, the future looks like this in a real sentence: Mañana, yo conmoveré a todos con su discurso — "Tomorrow, I will move everyone with his speech".

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 conmover, the conditional looks like this in a real sentence: Yo conmovería a la audiencia con su historia si pudiera — "I would move the audience with his story if I could".

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 conmover, the present perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Hoy, yo he conmovido a su madre con la carta — "Today, I have moved his mother with the letter".

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 conmover, the pluperfect looks like this in a real sentence: Yo ya había conmovido al público con su voz antes de salir — "I already had moved the public with his voice before leaving".

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 conmover, the future perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Para mañana, yo habré conmovido a todos con su discurso — "By tomorrow, I will have moved everyone with his speech".

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 conmover, the conditional perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Yo habría conmovido a la audiencia con su historia con más tiempo — "I would have moved the audience with his story with more time".

Present subjunctive

Use the present subjunctive after expressions of wish, doubt, emotion and hope, such as espero que or quiero que. 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. For conmover, the present subjunctive looks like this in a real sentence: Espero que él conmueva a su madre con la carta — "I hope he moves his mother with the letter".

Imperfect subjunctive (-ra)

Use the imperfect subjunctive after past wishes and in si clauses about the past. The -ra forms are 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 conmover, the imperfect subjunctive (-ra) looks like this in a real sentence: Si yo conmoviera al público con su voz, todo cambiaría — "If I moved the public with his voice, everything would change".

Imperative (affirmative)

Use the affirmative imperative for direct commands, instructions and invitations. 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. For conmover, the imperative (affirmative) looks like this in a real sentence: Conmueve a todos con su discurso. — "Move everyone with his speech.".

Imperative (negative)

Use the negative imperative, always with no, to tell someone not to do something. 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. For conmover, the imperative (negative) looks like this in a real sentence: No conmuevas a la audiencia con su historia. — "Do not move the audience with his story.".

Example sentences

Ten natural sentences with conmover, covering different tenses and persons. Each one uses a form from the tables above.

  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. Ayer, yo conmoví al público con su voz — "Yesterday, I moved the public with his voice"
  4. Antes, nosotros conmovíamos a todos con su discurso — "Before, we used to move everyone with his speech"
  5. Mañana, tú conmoverás el corazón de su abuela — "Tomorrow, you will move his grandmother's heart"
  6. Yo conmovería a la audiencia con su historia si tuviera más tiempo — "I would move the audience with his story if I had more time"
  7. Él ha conmovido a su madre con la carta — "He has moved his mother with the letter"
  8. Espero que él conmueva al público con su voz — "I hope he moves the public with his voice"
  9. Yo ya había conmovido a todos con su discurso antes de salir — "I already had moved everyone with his speech before leaving"
  10. Ellos conmovían el corazón de su abuela cuando eran jóvenes — "They used to move his grandmother's heart when they were young"

Common mistakes

  1. Wrong: Yo conmovo a su madre con la carta. — Right: Yo conmuevo a su madre con la carta. — 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.
  2. Wrong: Espero que él conmueve a su madre con la carta — Right: Espero que él conmueva a su madre con la carta — After espero que, Spanish requires the subjunctive: Espero que él conmueva a su madre con la carta — not the indicative Espero que él conmueve a su madre con la carta.
  3. Wrong: Ayer, yo conmuevo al público con su voz — Right: Ayer, yo conmoví al público con su voz — Ayer points to a finished action in the past, so it needs the preterite: Ayer, yo conmoví al público con su voz.
  4. Wrong: De niño, yo conmoví a todos con su discurso todos los días — Right: De niño, yo conmovía a todos con su discurso todos los días — For a repeated habit in the past, use the imperfect, not the preterite: De niño, yo conmovía a todos con su discurso todos los días.
  5. Wrong: Yo conmuevo la audiencia con su historia. — Right: Yo conmuevo a la audiencia con su historia. — conmover takes a before this complement: Yo conmuevo a la audiencia con su historia. Dropping the preposition is a common learner error.

Quiz: test yourself

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

  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: Él ______ a su madre con la carta — "He moved his mother with the letter" (preterite) A. conmovimos B. conmovió C. conmoví D. conmoviste

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

  4. Complete the sentence: Tú ______ a todos con su discurso — "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: Espero que él ______ a la audiencia con su historia — "I hope he moves the audience with his story" (present subjunctive) A. conmuevas B. conmovamos C. conmováis D. conmueva

  7. Complete the sentence: Si yo ______ a su madre con la carta, todo cambiaría — "If I moved his mother with the letter, everything would change" (imperfect subjunctive) A. conmovierais B. conmoviera C. conmovieras D. conmoviéramos

  8. Complete the sentence: Nosotros ______ al público con su voz — "We have moved the public with his voice" (present perfect) A. he conmovido B. has conmovido C. ha conmovido D. hemos conmovido

  9. Complete the sentence: No ______ a todos con su discurso. — "Do not move everyone with his speech." (negative imperative) A. conmuevas B. conmueva C. conmovamos D. conmováis

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

Answer key

  1. conmuevo — The present form for yo is conmuevo.
  2. conmovió — The preterite form for él/ella/Ud. is conmovió.
  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. conmueva — The present subjunctive form for él/ella/Ud. is conmueva.
  7. conmoviera — The imperfect subjunctive form for yo is conmoviera.
  8. hemos conmovido — The present perfect form for nosotros/as is hemos conmovido.
  9. conmuevas — The negative imperative form is conmuevas.
  10. conmoviendo — The gerund of conmover is conmoviendo: estoy conmoviendo. The participle conmovido is used with haber instead.

Frequently asked questions

What does conmover mean in English?

conmover means to move (emotionally). It is used in everyday situations such as 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.

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. The nosotros and vosotros forms keep the plain stem, which is the part learners most often get right by accident.

What is the gerund and the past participle of conmover?

The gerund is conmoviendo and the past participle is conmovido. Use the gerund with estar for the progressive, and the participle with haber for the perfect tenses.

How do I say "I move" in the past?

It depends on the kind of past. For one finished action, use the preterite: Ayer, yo conmoví a su madre con la carta — "Yesterday, I moved his mother with the letter". For a repeated habit or background in the past, use the imperfect: De niño, yo conmovía al público con su voz — "As a child, I used to move the public with his voice". For something that has just happened, use the present perfect: Hoy, yo he conmovido a su madre con la carta — "Today, I have moved his mother with the letter".

What is the difference between conmover and emocionar?

Emocionar is the close synonym for moving someone emotionally. Conmover often suggests being deeply touched, sometimes to tears. 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.

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