Enfadarse Conjugation in Spanish

The Spanish verb enfadarse means to get angry, and it is a verb you will use again and again once you know it. 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. Like every Spanish verb, enfadarse 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 me enfado con su hermano por el ruido, and in the preterite you say me enfadé con el jefe por la mañana. 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.

Quick facts

  • Infinitive: enfadarse
  • English: to get angry
  • Verb type: regular -ar verb, reflexive
  • Ending: -ar
  • Gerund: enfadando
  • Past participle: enfadado
  • Auxiliary verb: haber (all perfect tenses are formed with haber + enfadado)
  • Reflexive pronouns: me, te, se, nos, os, se — one before every conjugated form, matching the person.

Pronunciation is not listed on this page: the verified tables do not include IPA for enfadarse, so no pronunciation is given rather than an invented one. Enfadarse takes con for the person and por for the reason: me enfado con mi hermano por el ruido.

Full conjugation tables

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

Present indicative

Person Pronoun Form
yo me enfado
tú te enfadas
él/ella/Ud. se enfada
nosotros/as nos enfadamos
vosotros/as os enfadáis
ellos/ellas/Uds. se enfadan

Preterite

Person Pronoun Form
yo me enfadé
tú te enfadaste
él/ella/Ud. se enfadó
nosotros/as nos enfadamos
vosotros/as os enfadasteis
ellos/ellas/Uds. se enfadaron

Imperfect

Person Pronoun Form
yo me enfadaba
tú te enfadabas
él/ella/Ud. se enfadaba
nosotros/as nos enfadábamos
vosotros/as os enfadabais
ellos/ellas/Uds. se enfadaban

Future

Person Pronoun Form
yo me enfadaré
tú te enfadarás
él/ella/Ud. se enfadará
nosotros/as nos enfadaremos
vosotros/as os enfadaréis
ellos/ellas/Uds. se enfadarán

Conditional

Person Pronoun Form
yo me enfadaría
tú te enfadarías
él/ella/Ud. se enfadaría
nosotros/as nos enfadaríamos
vosotros/as os enfadaríais
ellos/ellas/Uds. se enfadarían

Present perfect

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

Pluperfect

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

Future perfect

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

Conditional perfect

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

Present subjunctive

Person Pronoun Form
yo me enfade
tú te enfades
él/ella/Ud. se enfade
nosotros/as nos enfademos
vosotros/as os enfadéis
ellos/ellas/Uds. se enfaden

Imperfect subjunctive (-ra)

Person Pronoun Form
yo me enfadara
tú te enfadaras
él/ella/Ud. se enfadara
nosotros/as nos enfadáramos
vosotros/as os enfadarais
ellos/ellas/Uds. se enfadaran

Imperative (affirmative)

Person Pronoun Form
tú te enfada
él/ella/Ud. se enfade
nosotros/as nos enfademos
vosotros/as os enfadad
ellos/ellas/Uds. se enfaden

Imperative (negative)

Person Pronoun Form
tú te enfades
él/ella/Ud. se enfade
nosotros/as nos enfademos
vosotros/as os enfadéis
ellos/ellas/Uds. se enfaden

Gerund and past participle

Form Spanish Use
Gerund enfadando with estar for the progressive: estoy enfadando (or me estoy enfadando for this reflexive verb)
Past participle enfadado with haber for the perfect tenses: he enfadado

How to use each tense

Present indicative

Use the present for routines, general facts and what is happening right now. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For enfadarse, the present looks like this in a real sentence: Me enfado con su hermano por el ruido. Learn the present forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.

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 enfadarse, the preterite looks like this in a real sentence: Ayer, me enfadé por el retraso del tren. Learn the preterite forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.

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 enfadarse, the imperfect looks like this in a real sentence: De niño, me enfadaba con el jefe por la mañana. Learn the imperfect forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.

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 enfadarse, the future looks like this in a real sentence: Mañana, me enfadaré mucho con la noticia. Learn the future forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.

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 enfadarse, the conditional looks like this in a real sentence: Me enfadaría con su hermano por el ruido si pudiera. Learn the conditional forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.

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 enfadarse, the present perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Hoy, me he enfadado por el retraso del tren. Learn the present perfect forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.

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 enfadarse, the pluperfect looks like this in a real sentence: Me había enfadado con el jefe por la mañana antes de salir. Learn the pluperfect forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.

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 enfadarse, the future perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Para mañana, me habré enfadado mucho con la noticia. Learn the future perfect forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.

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 enfadarse, the conditional perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Me habría enfadado con su hermano por el ruido con más tiempo. Learn the conditional perfect forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.

Present subjunctive

Use the present subjunctive after expressions of wish, doubt, emotion and hope, such as espero que or quiero que. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For enfadarse, the present subjunctive looks like this in a real sentence: Espero que él se enfade por el retraso del tren. Learn the present subjunctive forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.

Imperfect subjunctive (-ra)

Use the imperfect subjunctive after past wishes and in si clauses about the past, and note the -ra forms 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 enfadarse, the imperfect subjunctive looks like this in a real sentence: Si él se enfadara con el jefe por la mañana, todo cambiaría. Learn the imperfect subjunctive forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.

Imperative (affirmative)

Use the affirmative imperative for direct commands, instructions and invitations. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For enfadarse, the affirmative imperative looks like this in a real sentence: Que se enfade mucho con la noticia. Learn the affirmative imperative forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.

Imperative (negative)

Use the negative imperative, always with no, to tell someone not to do something. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For enfadarse, the negative imperative looks like this in a real sentence: No te enfades con su hermano por el ruido. Learn the negative imperative forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.

Example sentences

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

  1. Me enfado con su hermano por el ruido. — I get angry with his brother over the noise.
  2. Se enfada por el retraso del tren. — He/she gets angry over the train delay.
  3. Ayer, me enfadé con el jefe por la mañana. — Yesterday, I got angry with the boss in the morning.
  4. Antes, nosotros nos enfadábamos mucho con la noticia. — Before, we used to get angry a lot at the news.
  5. Mañana, tú te enfadarás con su hermano por el ruido. — Tomorrow, you will get angry with his brother over the noise.
  6. Yo me enfadaría por el retraso del tren si tuviera más tiempo. — I would get angry over the train delay if I had more time.
  7. Él se ha enfadado con el jefe por la mañana. — He has got angry with the boss in the morning.
  8. Espero que él se enfade mucho con la noticia. — I hope he gets angry a lot at the news.
  9. Yo ya me había enfadado con su hermano por el ruido antes de salir. — I had already got angry with his brother over the noise before leaving.
  10. Ellos se enfadaban por el retraso del tren cuando eran jóvenes. — They used to get angry over the train delay when they were young.

Common mistakes

  1. Wrong: Yo enfado con su hermano por el ruido. — Right: Yo me enfado con su hermano por el ruido. — Enfadarse is reflexive, so the pronoun me is required: without it the verb means something else, or nothing at all.
  2. Wrong: Ayer yo enfado por el retraso del tren. — Right: Ayer yo enfadé por el retraso del tren. — 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.
  3. Wrong: Treating enfadarse and calmarse as identical in every context. — Right: Enfadarse means to get angry, while calmarse means to calm down. — 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.
  4. Wrong: Yo soy enfadado por el retraso del tren. — Right: Yo he enfadado por el retraso del tren. — Spanish perfect tenses use haber, not ser: he enfadado, has enfadado, ha enfadado. Ser plus the participle makes a passive, not a perfect tense.
  5. 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. — For a repeated habit in the past, use the imperfect (enfadaba), not the preterite. The preterite (enfadé) is for one finished action.

Quiz: test yourself

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

  1. Complete the sentence: Yo ___ con su hermano por el ruido. (present tense) A. me enfado B. te enfadas C. se enfada D. nos enfadamos

  2. Complete the sentence: Ayer, él ___ por el retraso del tren. (preterite) A. me enfadé B. te enfadaste C. se enfadaron D. se enfadó

  3. Complete the sentence: Antes, nosotros ___ con el jefe por la mañana. (imperfect) A. te enfadabas B. se enfadaban C. nos enfadábamos D. me enfadaba

  4. Complete the sentence: Mañana, tú ___ mucho con la noticia. (future) A. nos enfadaremos B. te enfadarás C. me enfadaré D. se enfadará

  5. Complete the sentence: Yo ___ con su hermano por el ruido si pudiera. (conditional) A. me enfadaría B. te enfadarías C. se enfadaría D. se enfadarían

  6. Complete the sentence: Espero que él ___ por el retraso del tren. (present subjunctive) A. me enfade B. te enfades C. nos enfademos D. se enfade

  7. Complete the sentence: Si yo ___ con el jefe por la mañana, todo cambiaría. (imperfect subjunctive, -ra form) A. se enfadara B. nos enfadáramos C. me enfadara D. te enfadaras

  8. Complete the sentence: Nosotros ___ mucho con la noticia. (present perfect) A. se han enfadado B. nos hemos enfadado C. me he enfadado D. te has enfadado

  9. Complete the command: No ___ con su hermano por el ruido. (negative imperative, tú) A. te enfades B. se enfade C. nos enfademos D. os enfadéis

  10. Which is the gerund of enfadarse, used with estar for the progressive? A. enfadado B. enfado C. enfadé D. enfadando

Answer key

  1. me enfado — The first-person present of enfadarse is me enfado. The other options are the tú, él/ella and nosotros forms.
  2. se enfadó — The third-person preterite of enfadarse is se enfadó, the form for a single finished action in the past.
  3. nos enfadábamos — The nosotros imperfect of enfadarse is nos enfadábamos, used here for a repeated past habit.
  4. te enfadarás — The second-person future of enfadarse is te enfadarás.
  5. me enfadaría — The first-person conditional of enfadarse is me enfadaría, the form for what would happen.
  6. se enfade — After espero que, the subjunctive is required: the third-person present subjunctive of enfadarse is se enfade.
  7. me enfadara — The first-person imperfect subjunctive (-ra) of enfadarse is me enfadara.
  8. nos hemos enfadado — The nosotros present perfect of enfadarse is nos hemos enfadado: hemos + enfadado.
  9. te enfades — The negative tú imperative uses the present subjunctive form with no before it: te enfades.
  10. enfadando — The gerund of enfadarse is enfadando: estoy enfadando. The participle enfadado is used with haber instead.

Frequently asked questions

What does enfadarse mean in English?

Enfadarse means to get angry. It is used in everyday situations such as Me enfado con su hermano por el ruido. The exact English wording depends on the context, but the core meaning stays the same across the tenses.

Is enfadarse a reflexive verb?

Yes. Enfadarse is reflexive, so it always takes a reflexive pronoun that matches the person: me, te, se, nos, os or se. For example, Me enfado con su hermano por el ruido and él se enfada por el retraso del tren. If you leave the pronoun out, the verb changes meaning or stops making sense.

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, and use calmarse for to calm down. When in doubt, check the object of the sentence — it usually shows which verb fits.

How do I say “I get angry” in the past?

It depends on the kind of past. For one finished action, use the preterite: yo me enfadé por el retraso del tren. For a repeated habit or background in the past, use the imperfect: yo me enfadaba con el jefe por la mañana. For something that has just happened, use the present perfect: yo me he enfadado por el retraso del tren.

How do I practise enfadarse?

Start with the present tense table, then drill the preterite and the imperfect, since those two past tenses cause the most mistakes. Try the enfadarse examples and quiz page for more sentences, and use the Spanish Verb Quiz to test the forms under pressure.

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