Disgustarse Examples, Sentences & Quiz in Spanish
disgustarse means "to get upset" in English, and this page shows it in everyday use: real example sentences in several tenses, two short dialogues, the mistakes learners actually make, and a quiz to test yourself. You will see disgustarse with his brother over the joke, the cold food, his friend over the delay and the match result — the situations where Spanish speakers really use it. A good first sentence to learn is: Cada día, yo me disgusto con su hermano por la broma. — "Every day, I get upset with his brother over the joke." Read the examples aloud, notice which tense each one uses, and then try the dialogues and the quiz.
disgustarse in everyday sentences
Twelve sentences with disgustarse, grouped by situation. Each one shows the verb in a different tense or person, with its English translation and a note on when to use that form.
Everyday use
- Cada día, yo me disgusto con su hermano por la broma. — "Every day, I get upset with his brother over the joke." The present tense fits a habit here.
- Ayer, yo me disgusté por la comida fría. — "Yesterday, I got upset over the cold food." The preterite fits one finished action.
- Antes, yo me disgustaba con su amiga por el retraso. — "In the past, I used to get upset with his friend over the delay." The imperfect fits a repeated action in the past.
- Mañana, nosotros nos disgustaremos por el resultado del partido. — "Tomorrow, we will get upset over the match result." The future tense fits a plan for tomorrow.
- Si pudieras, tú te disgustarías con su hermano por la broma. — "If you could, you would get upset with his brother over the joke." The conditional fits something that would happen.
- Yo me he disgustado por la comida fría. — "I have got upset over the cold food." The present perfect fits an action with present relevance.
More situations
- Normalmente, él se disgusta con su amiga por el retraso. — "Normally, he/she gets upset with his friend over the delay." The present tense fits a general truth here.
- Ayer, él se disgustó por el resultado del partido. — "Yesterday, he/she got upset over the match result." The preterite fits one finished action.
- Antes, nosotros nos disgustábamos con su hermano por la broma. — "In the past, we used to get upset with his brother over the joke." The imperfect fits a repeated action in the past.
- Mañana, yo me disgustaré por la comida fría. — "Tomorrow, I will get upset over the cold food." The future tense fits a plan for tomorrow.
- Espero que él se disguste con su amiga por el retraso. — "I hope that he/she gets upset with his friend over the delay." The present subjunctive follows espero que.
- ¡No te disgustes por el resultado del partido! — "Do not get upset over the match result!" The imperative fits a direct order or request.
The verb in context
Two short dialogues using disgustarse naturally. Notice how the verb changes person and tense as the conversation moves, and how the complements stay the same kind of situation: his brother over the joke, the cold food, his friend over the delay and the match result.
Dialogue 1: talking about his brother over the joke
Sofía: ¿Tú te disgustas con su hermano por la broma? — "Do you get upset with his brother over the joke?" Diego: Sí, yo me disgusto con su hermano por la broma. — "I get upset with his brother over the joke." Sofía: ¿Y ayer? — "And yesterday?" Diego: Ayer, yo me disgusté por la comida fría. — "Yesterday, I got upset over the cold food." Sofía: Mañana, nosotros nos disgustaremos con su amiga por el retraso. — "Tomorrow, we will get upset with his friend over the delay." Diego: Si pudiera, yo me disgustaría por el resultado del partido. — "If I could, I would get upset over the match result." Sofía: Antes, yo me disgustaba por la comida fría. — "In the past, I used to get upset over the cold food." Diego: Yo me he disgustado con su hermano por la broma. — "I have got upset with his brother over the joke." Sofía: ¡No te disgustes con su amiga por el retraso! — "Do not get upset with his friend over the delay!"
In this dialogue disgustarse appears in the present, the preterite, the imperfect, the future, the conditional and the present perfect. That is the point: one verb, many tenses, and the complement tells you which situation you are in. Try the same dialogue with your own complements.
Dialogue 2: talking about his friend over the delay
Sofía: Él se disgusta con su amiga por el retraso. — "he/she gets upset with his friend over the delay." Diego: ¿De verdad? ¿Él se disgusta con su amiga por el retraso todos los días? — "Really? Does he/she gets upset with his friend over the delay every day?" Sofía: Sí, y ellos se disgustan por el resultado del partido. — "they get upset over the match result." Diego: Ayer, ellos se disgustaron con su amiga por el retraso. — "Yesterday, they got upset with his friend over the delay." Sofía: Espero que él se disguste por el resultado del partido. — "I hope that he/she gets upset over the match result." Diego: Mañana, él se disgustará con su amiga por el retraso. — "Tomorrow, he/she will get upset with his friend over the delay." Sofía: Antes, nosotros nos disgustábamos por el resultado del partido. — "In the past, we used to get upset over the match result." Diego: Nosotros nos disgustamos con su hermano por la broma también. — "we get upset with his brother over the joke too."
This dialogue shows disgustarse in the third person and in the plural, which is where learners most often hesitate. Read it aloud with a partner, swapping the names and the complements for your own life, and the forms will start to feel automatic.
Common mistakes with disgustarse
The errors learners actually make with disgustarse in everyday use, each with the wrong form, the right form, and why it is wrong.
Mistake 1: Forgetting the reflexive pronoun
- Wrong: Yo disgusto con su hermano por la broma.
- Right: Yo me disgusto con su hermano por la broma.
- Why: disgustarse is reflexive, so the pronoun is part of the verb: Yo me disgusto con su hermano por la broma.. Without me the sentence is incomplete.
Mistake 2: Using the infinitive as a conjugated form
- Wrong: Yo disgustarse con su hermano por la broma.
- Right: Yo me disgusto con su hermano por la broma.
- Why: The infinitive disgustarse is the dictionary form, not a conjugated form. In a sentence with yo you need the present-tense form disgusto.
Mistake 3: Using the present tense for yesterday
- Wrong: Ayer, yo me disgusto por la comida fría.
- Right: Ayer, yo me disgusté por la comida fría.
- Why: Ayer means yesterday, so the action is finished and needs the preterite: Ayer, yo me disgusté por la comida fría. — "Yesterday, I got upset over the cold food."
Mistake 4: Mixing up the gerund and the participle
- Wrong: Me estoy disgustado con su amiga por el retraso.
- Right: Me estoy disgustando con su amiga por el retraso.
- Why: After estar you need the gerund disgustando for the progressive. The participle disgustado goes with haber in the perfect tenses (me he disgustado), never after estar.
Mistake 5: Using the él form for nosotros
- Wrong: Nosotros nos disgusta con su hermano por la broma.
- Right: Nosotros nos disgustamos con su hermano por la broma.
- Why: The person and the ending must match: nosotros takes disgustamos, while disgusta belongs to él and ella.
Quiz: disgustarse in use
Test yourself with ten questions on disgustarse. The answers are explained, so read them even when you get a question right.
1. What is the yo form of disgustarse in the present tense?
- (a) disgusto
- (b) disgustas
- (c) disgusta
- (d) disgustamos
Answer: (a) disgusto. The yo form is disgusto.
2. What is the tú form of disgustarse in the present tense?
- (a) disgusto
- (b) disgusta
- (c) disgustamos
- (d) disgustas
Answer: (d) disgustas. The tú form is disgustas.
3. What is the él/ella form of disgustarse in the present tense?
- (a) disgustas
- (b) disgustamos
- (c) disgusta
- (d) disgusto
Answer: (c) disgusta. The él/ella form is disgusta.
4. Complete the sentence: Cada día, yo ___ con su hermano por la broma.
- (a) disgustamos
- (b) disgusto
- (c) disgustas
- (d) disgusta
Answer: (b) disgusto. The sentence needs the yo form disgusto.
5. Complete the sentence: Ayer, yo ___ por la comida fría.
- (a) disgusté
- (b) disgustaste
- (c) disgustó
- (d) disgustamos
Answer: (a) disgusté. Ayer needs the preterite, and the yo form is disgusté.
6. Complete the sentence: Antes, yo ___ con su amiga por el retraso.
- (a) disgustabas
- (b) disgustábamos
- (c) disgustabais
- (d) disgustaba
Answer: (d) disgustaba. Antes needs the imperfect, and the yo form is disgustaba.
7. Complete the sentence: Mañana, yo ___ por el resultado del partido.
- (a) disgustará
- (b) disgustaremos
- (c) disgustaré
- (d) disgustarás
Answer: (c) disgustaré. Mañana needs the future, and the yo form is disgustaré.
8. Complete the sentence: Yo ___ con su hermano por la broma.
- (a) se ha disgustado
- (b) nos hemos disgustado
- (c) me he disgustado
- (d) te has disgustado
Answer: (c) me he disgustado. The present perfect uses haber plus the participle: me he disgustado.
9. Complete the sentence: Espero que él ___ con su amiga por el retraso.
- (a) disguste
- (b) disgustes
- (c) disgustemos
- (d) disgustéis
Answer: (a) disguste. After espero que Spanish needs the subjunctive, and the él form is disguste.
10. What does disgustarse mean in English?
- (a) to get upset
- (b) to privatise
- (c) to deepen
- (d) to regularise
Answer: (a) to get upset. disgustarse means "to get upset" in English.
Frequently asked questions about disgustarse
What does disgustarse mean?
disgustarse means "to get upset" in English. Use it when you talk about his brother over the joke, the cold food, his friend over the delay and the match result — for example: Cada día, yo me disgusto con su hermano por la broma. — "Every day, I get upset with his brother over the joke."
Is disgustarse reflexive?
Yes. disgustarse is reflexive, so it always travels with a pronoun: me, te, se, nos, os, se. Cada día, yo me disgusto con su hermano por la broma. — "Every day, I get upset with his brother over the joke." If you drop the pronoun, the sentence is incomplete.
What is the most common mistake with disgustarse?
Forgetting the reflexive pronoun. Learners write the bare form — for example, Yo disgusto con su hermano por la broma — when the verb needs its pronoun: Cada día, yo me disgusto con su hermano por la broma. — "Every day, I get upset with his brother over the joke." Keep the pronoun with the verb and the mistake disappears.
How can I practise disgustarse?
Take the quiz above, then make your own sentences: change the person in each example, change the complement to something from your own life, and say the sentence aloud. The verb quiz and the verb translator on this site give you more practice with the same forms.