Disponerse Conjugation in Spanish

disponerse means «to get ready». It is a irregular -er verb, reflexive verb, so the tables below show you exactly how it behaves in every tense. On this page you will find the full conjugation of disponerse in all thirteen tenses, notes on when to use each one, example sentences, the mistakes learners make most often, a ten-question quiz and answers to the questions students ask about this verb. For example: «Me dispongo todos los días» — I get ready every day.

Quick facts

  • Infinitive: disponerse
  • English: to get ready
  • Verb type: irregular -er verb, reflexive
  • Ending: -er
  • Gerund: disponiendo
  • Past participle: dispuesto
  • Auxiliary verb: haber (all perfect tenses are formed with haber + dispuesto)
  • Reflexive pronouns: me, te, se, nos, os, se — one before every conjugated form, matching the person.
  • Irregular in: present indicative, preterite, future, conditional, present subjunctive, imperfect subjunctive (-ra forms), past participle, present perfect, pluperfect, future perfect, conditional perfect, imperative — affirmative, imperative — negative.

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

disponerse is reflexive: Me dispongo todos los días; te dispones todos los días. Without the pronoun, the verb means doing the action to someone else rather than to yourself, so keep the pronoun with the form.

Full conjugation tables

Every form below comes from the verified conjugation tables for disponerse. 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.

Gerund: disponiendo · Past participle: dispuesto

Present Indicative

Person Pronoun Form
yo me dispongo
tú te dispones
él/ella/Ud. se dispone
nosotros/as nos disponemos
vosotros/as os disponéis
ellos/ellas/Uds. se disponen

The present is the tense you will use most with disponerse. It covers daily routines, permanent facts and actions in progress. Learn the yo form dispongo first, then the tú and él forms, which are the ones that change the stem in stem-changing verbs. This is one of the tenses where disponerse does not follow the regular pattern, so learn the forms in the table above rather than guessing them from the infinitive.

Preterite

Person Pronoun Form
yo me dispuse
tú te dispusiste
él/ella/Ud. se dispuso
nosotros/as nos dispusimos
vosotros/as os dispusisteis
ellos/ellas/Uds. se dispusieron

The preterite of disponerse reports what happened. «Ayer yo dispuse por la tarde» places the action firmly in finished time. It is the tense of stories and reports, not of background description. This is one of the tenses where disponerse does not follow the regular pattern, so learn the forms in the table above rather than guessing them from the infinitive.

Imperfect

Person Pronoun Form
yo me disponía
tú te disponías
él/ella/Ud. se disponía
nosotros/as nos disponíamos
vosotros/as os disponíais
ellos/ellas/Uds. se disponían

The imperfect of disponerse paints the background of a past scene: repeated actions, states and descriptions. «Antes, yo disponía todos los días» is the pattern. Pair it with the preterite when one event interrupts another.

Future

Person Pronoun Form
yo me dispondré
tú te dispondrás
él/ella/Ud. se dispondrá
nosotros/as nos dispondremos
vosotros/as os dispondréis
ellos/ellas/Uds. se dispondrán

The future of disponerse looks forward: what will happen tomorrow, next week or next year. «Mañana yo dispondré sin falta» is the pattern. Remember that the future can also express probability about the present in Spanish. This is one of the tenses where disponerse does not follow the regular pattern, so learn the forms in the table above rather than guessing them from the infinitive.

Conditional

Person Pronoun Form
yo me dispondría
tú te dispondrías
él/ella/Ud. se dispondría
nosotros/as nos dispondríamos
vosotros/as os dispondríais
ellos/ellas/Uds. se dispondrían

The conditional of disponerse is the tense of «would»: what you would do, what would happen, what you would like. «Si pudiera, yo dispondría sin dudarlo» shows the pattern. It is built on the infinitive, just like the future. This is one of the tenses where disponerse does not follow the regular pattern, so learn the forms in the table above rather than guessing them from the infinitive.

Present Perfect

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

The present perfect of disponerse says «have done»: the action is finished but its result still matters now. «Hoy yo he dispuesto dos veces» is the pattern. Learn the participle dispuesto well — every perfect tense depends on it. This is one of the tenses where disponerse does not follow the regular pattern, so learn the forms in the table above rather than guessing them from the infinitive.

Pluperfect

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

The pluperfect of disponerse steps one event further back than the preterite. «Antes de salir, yo había dispuesto» is the pattern: first this happened, then the story moved on. It is haber in the imperfect plus dispuesto. This is one of the tenses where disponerse does not follow the regular pattern, so learn the forms in the table above rather than guessing them from the infinitive.

Future Perfect

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

The future perfect of disponerse combines the future of haber with dispuesto. «Para el viernes, yo habré dispuesto ya» is the pattern. Use it when the completion matters more than the action itself. This is one of the tenses where disponerse does not follow the regular pattern, so learn the forms in the table above rather than guessing them from the infinitive.

Conditional Perfect

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

The conditional perfect of disponerse is the tense of «would have done». «Yo habría dispuesto si hubiera podido» is the pattern. It is built from haber in the conditional plus dispuesto. This is one of the tenses where disponerse does not follow the regular pattern, so learn the forms in the table above rather than guessing them from the infinitive.

Present Subjunctive

Person Pronoun Form
yo me disponga
tú te dispongas
él/ella/Ud. se disponga
nosotros/as nos dispongamos
vosotros/as os dispongáis
ellos/ellas/Uds. se dispongan

The present subjunctive of disponerse is the mood of what is wished, doubted or demanded rather than stated as fact. «Espero que tú dispongas» is the pattern. If the trigger is in the past, switch to the imperfect subjunctive instead. This is one of the tenses where disponerse does not follow the regular pattern, so learn the forms in the table above rather than guessing them from the infinitive.

Imperfect Subjunctive (-ra forms)

Person Pronoun Form
yo me dispusiera
tú te dispusieras
él/ella/Ud. se dispusiera
nosotros/as nos dispusiéramos
vosotros/as os dispusierais
ellos/ellas/Uds. se dispusieran

The imperfect subjunctive of disponerse handles the hypothetical past and the polite conditional. «Ojalá yo dispusiera más a menudo» is the pattern. The -ra forms in the table are the standard ones; the -se forms use the same stem with -se endings. This is one of the tenses where disponerse does not follow the regular pattern, so learn the forms in the table above rather than guessing them from the infinitive.

Imperative — Affirmative

Person Pronoun Form
tú te dispón
él/ella/Ud. se disponga
nosotros/as nos dispongamos
vosotros/as os disponed
ellos/ellas/Uds. se dispongan

There is no yo form in the imperative — you cannot command yourself.

In real speech the reflexive pronoun attaches to the end of an affirmative command; the table shows the pronoun and the form separately so you can see both parts.

The affirmative imperative of disponerse is for orders and instructions. «¡dispón, por favor!» is the pattern. Remember there is no yo form in the imperative, and the nosotros form doubles as a suggestion: «¡dispongamos!» means «let's do it». This is one of the tenses where disponerse does not follow the regular pattern, so learn the forms in the table above rather than guessing them from the infinitive.

Imperative — Negative

Person Pronoun Form
tú te dispongas
él/ella/Ud. se disponga
nosotros/as nos dispongamos
vosotros/as os dispongáis
ellos/ellas/Uds. se dispongan

There is no yo form in the imperative — you cannot command yourself.

In real speech the reflexive pronoun attaches to the end of an affirmative command; the table shows the pronoun and the form separately so you can see both parts.

The negative imperative of disponerse is built on the present subjunctive: «¡No dispongas!». Learn it as a set with the subjunctive table above, and never follow no with the affirmative command form. This is one of the tenses where disponerse does not follow the regular pattern, so learn the forms in the table above rather than guessing them from the infinitive.

Example sentences

  1. Me dispongo todos los días. — I get ready every day.
  2. Ayer me dispuse por la tarde. — Yesterday I got ready in the afternoon.
  3. Antes, me disponía todos los días. — In the past, I used to get ready every day.
  4. Mañana me dispondré sin falta. — Tomorrow I will get ready without fail.
  5. Si tuviera más tiempo, me dispondría ahora mismo. — If I had more time, I would get ready right now.
  6. Hoy me he dispuesto dos veces. — Today I have got ready twice.
  7. Espero que te dispongas pronto. — I hope You get ready soon.
  8. Si me dispusiera, todo sería distinto. — If I got ready, everything would be different.
  9. Ahora mismo me estoy disponiendo. — Right now I am getting ready.
  10. ¡No te dispongas! — Don't get ready!

Common mistakes

1. Forgetting the reflexive pronoun

Wrong: yo dispongo todos los días.

Right: me dispongo todos los días.

disponerse is reflexive: the pronoun me belongs before every conjugated form. Without it, you are using the non-reflexive verb, which means something different — doing the action to someone else instead of to yourself.

2. Treating disponerse as fully regular in the present

Wrong: Yo dispono.

Right: Yo dispongo.

disponerse is irregular in the present tense, so the regular pattern does not apply. The yo form is dispongo — learn it as a separate word rather than building it from the infinitive.

3. Using the imperfect for a finished event

Wrong: Ayer me disponía.

Right: Ayer me dispuse.

Yesterday's finished action needs the preterite, dispuse. The imperfect disponía describes what used to happen or what was going on, not a single completed event.

4. Using the indicative after a subjunctive trigger

Wrong: Espero que te dispones.

Right: Espero que te dispongas.

After espero que, Spanish requires the subjunctive: dispongas, not the indicative dispones. Wishes, hopes and doubts all trigger this change.

5. Using the affirmative imperative after no

Wrong: No te dispón.

Right: No te dispongas.

Negative commands use the subjunctive-based forms: no dispongas. The affirmative dispón can never follow no.

6. Confusing the gerund with the past participle

Wrong: He disponiendo.

Right: He dispuesto.

The perfect tenses use haber plus the past participle: he dispuesto. The gerund disponiendo goes with estar for actions in progress («Estoy disponiendo»), never with haber.

Quiz

Test yourself on the forms above. Choose the correct answer, then check the key below.

1. What is the él/ella/Ud. form of disponerse in the present indicative?

- (a) dispone
- (b) disponemos
- (c) dispones
- (d) dispongo

2. What is the nosotros/as form of disponerse in the preterite?

- (a) dispuse
- (b) dispusimos
- (c) dispuso
- (d) dispusiste

3. What is the vosotros/as form of disponerse in the imperfect?

- (a) disponíais
- (b) disponías
- (c) disponía
- (d) disponía

4. What is the ellos/ellas/Uds. form of disponerse in the future?

- (a) dispondrás
- (b) dispondrán
- (c) dispondrá
- (d) dispondré

5. What is the yo form of disponerse in the conditional?

- (a) dispondríamos
- (b) dispondría
- (c) dispondrías
- (d) dispondría

6. What is the tú form of disponerse in the present perfect?

- (a) ha dispuesto
- (b) he dispuesto
- (c) has dispuesto
- (d) hemos dispuesto

7. What is the él/ella/Ud. form of disponerse in the present subjunctive?

- (a) disponga
- (b) disponga
- (c) dispongamos
- (d) dispongas

8. What is the nosotros/as form of disponerse in the imperfect subjunctive (-ra forms)?

- (a) dispusiera
- (b) dispusiera
- (c) dispusieras
- (d) dispusiéramos

9. What is the gerund of disponerse?

- (a) disponiendo
- (b) dispuesto
- (c) disponerse
- (d) dispongo

10. What is the past participle of disponerse?

- (a) dispuesto
- (b) disponerse
- (c) dispuse
- (d) disponiendo

Answer key

1. (a) — In the present indicative, the él/ella/Ud. form of disponerse is dispone. The other options are the same tense but different persons. 2. (b) — In the preterite, the nosotros/as form of disponerse is dispusimos. The other options are the same tense but different persons. 3. (a) — In the imperfect, the vosotros/as form of disponerse is disponíais. The other options are the same tense but different persons. 4. (b) — In the future, the ellos/ellas/Uds. form of disponerse is dispondrán. The other options are the same tense but different persons. 5. (b) — In the conditional, the yo form of disponerse is dispondría. The other options are the same tense but different persons. 6. (c) — In the present perfect, the tú form of disponerse is has dispuesto. The other options are the same tense but different persons. 7. (a) — In the present subjunctive, the él/ella/Ud. form of disponerse is disponga. The other options are the same tense but different persons. 8. (d) — In the imperfect subjunctive (-ra forms), the nosotros/as form of disponerse is dispusiéramos. The other options are the same tense but different persons. 9. (a) — The gerund of disponerse is disponiendo. It is used with estar for the progressive: «Estoy disponiendo». 10. (a) — The past participle of disponerse is dispuesto. It follows haber in all the perfect tenses: «he dispuesto».

Frequently asked questions

Is disponerse regular or irregular?

No — disponerse is irregular. The tenses that break the regular pattern are: present indicative, preterite, future, conditional, present subjunctive, imperfect subjunctive (-ra forms), past participle, present perfect, pluperfect, future perfect, conditional perfect, imperative — affirmative, imperative — negative. Learn those forms as a set, and use the regular pattern for the rest.

What are the gerund and past participle of disponerse?

The gerund is disponiendo and the past participle is dispuesto. Use the gerund with estar for actions in progress («Estoy disponiendo») and the participle with haber for the perfect tenses («he dispuesto»).

How do I say «I get ready» in Spanish?

Say «Me dispongo todos los días». That is the yo form of the present tense, the form you need for talking about yourself right now.

What is the difference between the preterite and the imperfect of disponerse?

Use the preterite (dispuse) for a single finished event and the imperfect (disponía) for habits and background. «Ayer yo dispuse» reports something that happened and ended; «Antes, yo disponía» describes what used to happen.

When do I use the subjunctive with disponerse?

Use the subjunctive after wishes, doubts, emotions and impersonal expressions — for example «Espero que tú dispongas». The trigger sits in the main clause; once it is there, the subjunctive form is required, not a stylistic choice.

What does the -se in disponerse mean?

The -se marks disponerse as reflexive: the action comes back to the subject. You always pair the form with its pronoun — me, te, se, nos, os, se — placed before the conjugated verb. Dropping the pronoun changes the meaning, so treat the pronoun as part of the verb.

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