Enfadarse Examples, Sentences and Quiz
Enfadarse means “to get angry”, and it is one of the verbs you will use every day in Spanish. Enfadarse means to get angry, and it is used for losing your temper over a delay, a mistake or an unfair decision. It is always used with con or por, as in enfadarse con su hermano or enfadarse por el retraso, and it is fully regular. This page shows enfadarse in real sentences, in short dialogues, and in the mistakes learners make most often, and it finishes with a ten-question quiz so you can test yourself. Every sentence below comes with its English translation, and every form is the correct present-tense form unless the sentence is clearly marked as past or future. For a first taste: “Yo me enfado con su hermano por el ruido.” — I get angry with his brother over the noise.
Enfadarse in real example sentences
The twelve sentences below are grouped by how enfadarse is used. Read each one out loud, then read the translation. If a sentence feels useful, copy it into your own notebook with one small change — a different time, a different person, a different place — and you have a new sentence of your own.
In the present: everyday use
These sentences use enfadarse in the present tense, which is how you will meet it most often: routines, facts, and things happening now.
“Me enfado con su hermano por el ruido.” — I get angry with his brother over the noise.
“¿Tú te enfadas por el retraso del tren?” — Do you get angry over the train delay?
“Se enfada con el jefe por la mañana.” — He/she gets angry with the boss in the morning.
“Nos enfadamos mucho con la noticia.” — We get angry a lot at the news.
Talking about the past
The present is not the only tense you need. These sentences show enfadarse in the past, so you can talk about what already happened.
“Ayer, yo me enfadé con su hermano por el ruido.” — Yesterday, I got angry with his brother over the noise. (preterite)
“Él se enfadaba por el retraso del tren todos los días.” — He used to get angry over the train delay every day. (imperfect)
Plans and things already done
These sentences look forward, or look back at something already finished. Notice how the verb form changes while the meaning of enfadarse stays the same.
“Nosotros nos enfadaremos con el jefe por la mañana mañana.” — We will get angry with the boss in the morning tomorrow. (future)
“¿Te has enfadado mucho con la noticia?” — Have you got angry a lot at the news? (present perfect)
More everyday uses
Four more present-tense sentences, covering the remaining persons, so you can see the whole table in action.
“Os enfadáis con su hermano por el ruido.” — You get angry with his brother over the noise.
“Se enfadan por el retraso del tren.” — They get angry over the train delay.
“Me enfado con el jefe por la mañana.” — I get angry with the boss in the morning.
“Se enfada mucho con la noticia.” — He/she gets angry a lot at the news.
Enfadarse in context
Single sentences teach you the forms. Dialogues teach you when to use them. Read the short conversation below, then the paragraph that follows, and notice how enfadarse appears naturally, without anyone stopping to think about conjugation.
A short dialogue
Lucía: “¿Tú te enfadas con su hermano por el ruido?” — Do you get angry with his brother over the noise?
Carlos: “Sí, yo me enfado con su hermano por el ruido.” — Yes, I get angry with his brother over the noise.
Lucía: “Nosotros nos enfadamos por el retraso del tren.” — We get angry over the train delay.
Carlos: “Y ellos se enfadan con el jefe por la mañana.” — And they get angry with the boss in the morning.
Lucía: “Vosotros os enfadáis mucho con la noticia.” — You get angry a lot at the news.
Carlos: “Sí, y él se enfada por el retraso del tren.” — Yes, and he gets angry over the train delay.
A short paragraph
Lucía se enfada con su hermano por el ruido, y Carlos se enfada por el retraso del tren. Nosotros nos enfadamos con el jefe por la mañana, y ellos se enfadan mucho con la noticia. Yo me enfado con el jefe por la mañana, y mi padre se enfada mucho con la noticia. Enfadarse is part of everyday life, because to get angry is something Spanish speakers do again and again, in every tense and every situation.
Common mistakes with enfadarse
These are the errors learners actually make with enfadarse. Each one shows the wrong version, the right version, and why the correction matters.
Wrong: “Yo enfado con su hermano por el ruido.” Right: “Yo me enfado con su hermano por el ruido.” Why: Enfadarse is reflexive, so the pronoun me is required: without it the verb means something else, or nothing at all.
Wrong: “Ayer yo enfado por el retraso del tren.” Right: “Ayer yo enfadé por el retraso del tren.” Why: The present and the preterite are different tenses: enfado is happening now, while enfadé is a finished action in the past. Use the preterite with ayer.
Wrong: “Treating enfadarse and calmarse as identical in every context.” Right: “Enfadarse means to get angry, while calmarse means to calm down.” Why: They overlap, but each has uses the other does not: enfadarse fits sentences such as Me enfado con su hermano por el ruido, while calmarse belongs in a different sentence. Check the meaning you want before choosing.
Wrong: “Yo soy enfadado por el retraso del tren.” Right: “Yo he enfadado por el retraso del tren.” Why: Spanish perfect tenses use haber, not ser: he enfadado, has enfadado, ha enfadado. Ser plus the participle makes a passive, not a perfect tense.
Wrong: “De niño, yo enfadé con el jefe por la mañana todos los días.” Right: “De niño, yo enfadaba con el jefe por la mañana todos los días.” Why: For a repeated habit in the past, use the imperfect (enfadaba), not the preterite. The preterite (enfadé) is for one finished action.
Quiz: enfadarse in use
Ten questions on enfadarse in real sentences. Choose the correct answer for each one, then check the answer key. Every answer is explained.
1. Complete the sentence: “Vosotros ______ con su hermano por el ruido.” (With his brother over the noise.)
- (a) os enfadáis
- (b) me enfado
- (c) te enfadas
Answer: os enfadáis — The vosotros/as form of enfadarse in the present is os enfadáis.
2. Complete the sentence: “Ellos ______ por el retraso del tren.” (Over the train delay.)
- (a) me enfado
- (b) te enfadas
- (c) se enfadan
Answer: se enfadan — The ellos/ellas/Uds. form of enfadarse in the present is se enfadan.
3. Complete the sentence: “Yo ______ con su hermano por el ruido.” (With his brother over the noise.)
- (a) se enfadó
- (b) me enfadé
- (c) te enfadaste
Answer: me enfadé — The yo form of enfadarse in the preterite is me enfadé.
4. Complete the sentence: “Él ______ por el retraso del tren.” (Over the train delay.)
- (a) se enfadaba
- (b) me enfadaba
- (c) te enfadabas
Answer: se enfadaba — The él/ella/Ud. form of enfadarse in the imperfect is se enfadaba.
5. Complete the sentence: “Nosotros ______ con el jefe por la mañana.” (With the boss in the morning.)
- (a) me enfadaré
- (b) te enfadarás
- (c) nos enfadaremos
Answer: nos enfadaremos — The nosotros/as form of enfadarse in the future is nos enfadaremos.
6. What does enfadarse mean in English?
- (a) to get better
- (b) to get angry
- (c) to calm down
Answer: to get angry — Enfadarse means “to get angry”. The other options are the meanings of different verbs.
7. Which sentence is correct?
- (a) Yo me enfado con su hermano por el ruido.
- (b) Ellos enfada con su hermano por el ruido.
- (c) Yo me enfado por el retraso del tren ayer.
Answer: Yo me enfado con su hermano por el ruido. — “Yo me enfado con su hermano por el ruido.” is correct. The other two sentences contain the mistakes explained in the section above.
8. How do you say “I get angry with his brother over the noise.” in Spanish?
- (a) Yo se enfadan con su hermano por el ruido.
- (b) Yo me enfadé con su hermano por el ruido.
- (c) Yo me enfado con su hermano por el ruido.
Answer: Yo me enfado con su hermano por el ruido. — “Yo me enfado con su hermano por el ruido.” is the correct translation. The second option uses the wrong person's form, and the third uses the preterite.
9. What is the nosotros form of enfadarse in the present tense?
- (a) te enfadas
- (b) nos enfadamos
- (c) me enfado
Answer: nos enfadamos — The nosotros form is nos enfadamos.
10. Which of these sentences is in the present tense?
- (a) Ayer, yo me enfadé con su hermano por el ruido.
- (b) Nosotros nos enfadaremos con su hermano por el ruido mañana.
- (c) Yo me enfado con su hermano por el ruido.
Answer: Yo me enfado con su hermano por el ruido. — “Yo me enfado con su hermano por el ruido.” is in the present tense. The other two are in the preterite and the future.
Frequently asked questions
How do you say 'I get angry' in Spanish?
Say 'Yo me enfado con su hermano por el ruido'. The complement follows directly, as in the examples above. For a routine, add a time expression: 'Yo me enfado con su hermano por el ruido todos los días'.
How do you say 'I get angry' in the past?
For one finished action, say 'Ayer, yo me enfadé por el retraso del tren'. For a repeated habit, say 'Yo me enfadaba por el retraso del tren todos los días'. For something already done, say 'Yo me he enfadado por el retraso del tren'.
What is the difference between enfadarse and calmarse?
Enfadarse means to get angry, while calmarse means to calm down. They are easy to confuse because they appear in similar situations, but they are not interchangeable: use enfadarse when you mean to get angry, as in Me enfado con su hermano por el ruido.
Related pages
- Full conjugation of enfadarse — every tense of enfadarse in one place.
- Enfadarse in the present tense — the full table and usage rules for one tense.
- Spanish verbs — the hub for every Spanish verb on VerbFlow.
- Verb quiz — test yourself on enfadarse and other verbs.
- Conjugation practice — drill the forms of enfadarse until they are automatic.