Estresarse Conjugation in Spanish
estresarse means "to get stressed" in English, and it is one of the Spanish verbs you will use again and again in everyday conversation. It is used for talking about getting stressed — at work, before exams, in traffic and in busy times, which makes it a practical verb to learn early and to use confidently. This page gives you the complete conjugation of estresarse in every tense and mood — present, preterite, imperfect, future, conditional, the four perfect tenses, both subjunctive tenses and the imperative — with all six persons, plus the gerund and the past participle. Every form below comes from VerbFlow's verified conjugation tables, so you can trust the accents and the irregular forms. Estresarse is a reflexive -ar verb verb, and the notes under each tense explain exactly where it follows the rules and where it breaks them. To hear it in a real sentence: Yo me estreso con el trabajo. — "I get stressed with work.". Work through the tables, read the notes, then test yourself with the quiz at the end of the page.
Quick facts
- Infinitive: estresarse
- English: to get stressed
- Verb type: Reflexive -ar verb
- Gerund: estresando
- Past participle: estresado
- Auxiliary verb: haber (all compound tenses use haber + estresado)
- Reflexive: yes — always use it with the reflexive pronouns me, te, se, nos, os, se.
Full conjugation table
Every tense of estresarse with all six persons. The gerund is estresando and the past participle is estresado.
Present indicative
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | estreso |
| tú | estresas |
| él/ella/Ud. | estresa |
| nosotros/as | estresamos |
| vosotros/as | estresáis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | estresan |
Preterite (past)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | estresé |
| tú | estresaste |
| él/ella/Ud. | estresó |
| nosotros/as | estresamos |
| vosotros/as | estresasteis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | estresaron |
Imperfect (past)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | estresaba |
| tú | estresabas |
| él/ella/Ud. | estresaba |
| nosotros/as | estresábamos |
| vosotros/as | estresabais |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | estresaban |
Future
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | estresaré |
| tú | estresarás |
| él/ella/Ud. | estresará |
| nosotros/as | estresaremos |
| vosotros/as | estresaréis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | estresarán |
Conditional
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | estresaría |
| tú | estresarías |
| él/ella/Ud. | estresaría |
| nosotros/as | estresaríamos |
| vosotros/as | estresaríais |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | estresarían |
Present perfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | he estresado |
| tú | has estresado |
| él/ella/Ud. | ha estresado |
| nosotros/as | hemos estresado |
| vosotros/as | habéis estresado |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | han estresado |
Pluperfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | había estresado |
| tú | habías estresado |
| él/ella/Ud. | había estresado |
| nosotros/as | habíamos estresado |
| vosotros/as | habíais estresado |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | habían estresado |
Future perfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | habré estresado |
| tú | habrás estresado |
| él/ella/Ud. | habrá estresado |
| nosotros/as | habremos estresado |
| vosotros/as | habréis estresado |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | habrán estresado |
Conditional perfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | habría estresado |
| tú | habrías estresado |
| él/ella/Ud. | habría estresado |
| nosotros/as | habríamos estresado |
| vosotros/as | habríais estresado |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | habrían estresado |
Present subjunctive
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | estrese |
| tú | estreses |
| él/ella/Ud. | estrese |
| nosotros/as | estresemos |
| vosotros/as | estreséis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | estresen |
Imperfect subjunctive (-ra)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | estresara |
| tú | estresaras |
| él/ella/Ud. | estresara |
| nosotros/as | estresáramos |
| vosotros/as | estresarais |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | estresaran |
Imperative (affirmative)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| tú | estresa |
| él/ella/Ud. | estrese |
| nosotros/as | estresemos |
| vosotros/as | estresad |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | estresen |
Imperative (negative)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| tú | estreses |
| él/ella/Ud. | estrese |
| nosotros/as | estresemos |
| vosotros/as | estreséis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | estresen |
Gerund and past participle
| Form | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Gerund | estresando |
| Past participle | estresado |
How to use each tense
Each tense below explains when to use it with estresarse, with one example sentence. The example forms are taken from the tables above.
Present indicative
The present tense talks about what happens now, habits, routines and general truths. It is the first tense every learner needs, because it covers daily life: what you do, what you like, where you live. For most verbs the present is also the base for the present subjunctive, so learning it well pays off twice.
Remember the reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes before the verb in these forms.
Example: Yo me estreso con el trabajo.
Preterite (past)
The preterite talks about finished actions in the past — things that started and ended at a specific moment. Use it for events, for what happened yesterday, last year, or at a particular time. It answers the question "what happened?" and it is the tense of stories told as a sequence of events.
Remember the reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes before the verb in these forms.
Example: Ayer yo me estresé con el trabajo.
Imperfect (past)
The imperfect talks about the past as background: habits, repeated actions, descriptions, and things that were in progress when something else happened. Use it for "used to", for setting a scene, and for age, time and weather in the past. It answers "what was going on?" rather than "what happened?".
Remember the reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes before the verb in these forms.
Example: En aquella época, yo me estresaba con el trabajo.
Future
The future tense talks about what will happen: plans, predictions and promises. In everyday speech Spanish speakers often use "ir a + infinitive" instead, but the future tense is essential for formal writing, for promises, and for guessing about the present ("¿Dónde estará?").
Remember the reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes before the verb in these forms.
Example: Mañana yo me estresaré con el trabajo.
Conditional
The conditional talks about what would happen: hypothetical situations, polite requests, and advice. It pairs with the imperfect subjunctive in "if" sentences ("Si pudiera, lo haría"). It is also the polite way to ask for things and to soften opinions.
Remember the reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes before the verb in these forms.
Example: Yo me estresaría con el trabajo si pudiera.
Present perfect
The present perfect (haber + past participle) talks about the recent past and about experience: what you have done, what has just happened, what you have never tried. It connects the past to the present moment, so it often appears with "hoy", "esta semana", "ya" and "todavía no".
Remember the reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes before the verb in these forms.
Example: Yo ya me he estresado con el trabajo.
Pluperfect
The pluperfect (había + past participle) talks about the past before the past: what had already happened when something else happened. Use it to order two past events — the pluperfect one comes first in time. It appears constantly in stories and explanations.
Remember the reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes before the verb in these forms.
Example: Yo ya me había estresado con el trabajo antes.
Future perfect
The future perfect (habré + past participle) talks about something that will already be finished by a future moment: "Para mañana ya habré terminado". It is also used to guess about the past: "¿Dónde habrá ido?". It is less common in speech but regular in writing.
Remember the reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes before the verb in these forms.
Example: Para mañana yo ya me habré estresado con el trabajo.
Conditional perfect
The conditional perfect (habría + past participle) talks about what would have happened: the past of the conditional. It appears in "if" sentences about a past that did not happen ("Si hubiera sabido, habría venido") and in polite regrets and reproaches.
Remember the reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes before the verb in these forms.
Example: Yo me habría estresado con el trabajo si hubiera podido.
Present subjunctive
The present subjunctive is the mood of wishes, doubts, emotions and influence: what you want, hope, doubt or demand. It appears after "quiero que", "espero que", "es posible que", "ojalá" and after verbs of emotion and doubt. It never stands alone — a trigger in the main clause calls for it.
Remember the reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes before the verb in these forms.
Example: Espero que él se estrese con el trabajo.
Imperfect subjunctive (-ra)
The imperfect subjunctive is the past of the subjunctive: it follows past-tense triggers ("Quería que vinieras") and it is the tense of "if" clauses about unlikely or impossible situations ("Si tuviera dinero, viajaría"). The -ra forms shown here are the standard ones; -se forms exist too but -ra is far more common in speech.
Remember the reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes before the verb in these forms.
Example: Si él se estresara con el trabajo, sería perfecto.
Imperative (affirmative)
Affirmative commands tell someone to do something: "¡Ven aquí!", "¡Siéntate!". The tú and vosotros forms are the ones you will use most, and they are also the ones that break the regular pattern most often — the tú affirmative command comes from the él/ella present form, not from the infinitive.
Remember the reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes before the verb in these forms.
In affirmative commands the reflexive pronoun attaches to the end of the verb. The table above gives the verb part of the command; add the pronoun (te, se, nos, os) after it.
Imperative (negative)
Negative commands tell someone not to do something: "¡No hables!", "¡No te vayas!". Unlike affirmative commands, negative commands always use the subjunctive forms, for every person. If you know the present subjunctive, you already know the negative imperative.
Remember the reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes before the verb in these forms.
Example: No te estreses con el trabajo.
Example sentences
Ten natural sentences with estresarse, covering different tenses and persons. Read the Spanish first, then check the English.
- Yo me estreso con el trabajo. — "I get stressed with work."
- ¿Tú te estresas con el trabajo? — "Do you get stressed with work?"
- Ayer me estresé con el trabajo. — "Yesterday I got stressed with work."
- Ella se estresaba con el trabajo cada día. — "She used to get stressed with work every day."
- Mañana yo me estresaré con el trabajo. — "Tomorrow I will get stressed with work."
- Yo me estresaría con el trabajo si no duermo. — "I would get stressed with work if I didn't sleep."
- Ya me he estresado con el trabajo. — "I have already got stressed with work."
- Espero que no te estreses con el trabajo. — "I hope you don't get stressed with work."
Common mistakes
The errors learners actually make with estresarse — and how to fix them.
- Wrong: *Yo estreso con el trabajo — the pronoun is often forgotten. → Right: Yo me estreso con el trabajo.. Estresarse is reflexive: me estreso, te estresas, se estresa. Without the pronoun, estresar means to stress someone else: El trabajo me estresa.
- Wrong: *Estoy estresado con el trabajo — learners sometimes write estoy estresando to say "I am stressed". → Right: Estoy estresado con el trabajo.. The participle estresado works as an adjective: Estoy estresado means "I am stressed". Estoy estresando would mean "I am stressing (someone)", which is different.
- Wrong: *Me estresé con el trabajo — the accent is often dropped: me estrese. → Right: Me estresé con el trabajo.. The preterite yo form is me estresé, with an accent on the final e. The pronoun goes before the verb: me estresé, te estresaste, se estresó.
- Wrong: *No te estresas con el trabajo — learners sometimes use the indicative estresas in a negative command. → Right: No te estreses con el trabajo.. Negative commands use the subjunctive: No te estreses, not No te estresas.
Quiz: test yourself
Ten questions on estresarse. Answers are at the end, with a short explanation for each.
What is the yo form of estresarse in the present indicative?
- a) estresas
- b) estresa
- c) estresamos
- d) estreso
What is the él/ella/Ud. form of estresarse in the preterite (past)?
- a) estresamos
- b) estresaste
- c) estresó
- d) estresé
What is the nosotros/as form of estresarse in the imperfect (past)?
- a) estresábamos
- b) estresaba
- c) estresaba
- d) estresabas
What is the tú form of estresarse in the future?
- a) estresaremos
- b) estresaré
- c) estresará
- d) estresarás
What is the ellos/ellas/Uds. form of estresarse in the conditional?
- a) estresaría
- b) estresaría
- c) estresarías
- d) estresarían
What is the yo form of estresarse in the present subjunctive?
- a) estreses
- b) estrese
- c) estrese
- d) estresemos
What is the gerund of estresarse?
- a) estresado
- b) estresando
- c) estresarse
- d) estresa
What is the past participle of estresarse?
- a) estresando
- b) estresado
- c) he estresado
- d) estreso
What does estresarse mean in English?
- a) to choose, to elect
- b) to shout
- c) to laugh
- d) to get stressed
The form estresé belongs to which tense?
- a) Imperfect
- b) Present
- c) Preterite
- d) Future
Answer key
- estreso — The yo form in the present indicative is estreso — the other options are the same tense but different persons.
- estresó — The él/ella/Ud. form in the preterite (past) is estresó — the other options are the same tense but different persons.
- estresábamos — The nosotros/as form in the imperfect (past) is estresábamos — the other options are the same tense but different persons.
- estresarás — The tú form in the future is estresarás — the other options are the same tense but different persons.
- estresarían — The ellos/ellas/Uds. form in the conditional is estresarían — the other options are the same tense but different persons.
- estrese — The yo form in the present subjunctive is estrese — the other options are the same tense but different persons.
- estresando — The gerund is estresando — it is the form used with estar for the progressive (estoy estresando). The past participle is estresado.
- estresado — The past participle is estresado — it is the form used after haber in the perfect tenses (he estresado).
- to get stressed — estresarse means "to get stressed".
- Preterite — estresé is the yo form of the preterite of estresarse — a finished past action. The imperfect yo form is estresaba.
Frequently asked questions
Is estresarse reflexive?
Yes. Estresarse always takes a reflexive pronoun: me estreso, te estresas, se estresa, nos estresamos, os estresáis, se estresan. The non-reflexive estresar means to stress someone else: El trabajo me estresa.
What is the difference between estresarse and estar estresado?
Estresarse describes the process of getting stressed (Me estreso con el trabajo), while estar estresado describes the state (Estoy estresado). The participle estresado is the adjective you use most often.
How do you say "Don't stress" in Spanish?
No te estreses — the negative command of estresarse. It is the standard way to tell someone to relax, and it uses the subjunctive form estreses.
Does estresarse take a preposition?
Yes, con for the cause (Me estreso con el trabajo) and por for the reason (Me estreso por el examen). Both are common.
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