Hospedarse Conjugation in Spanish

The Spanish verb hospedarse means to stay (at a hotel), and it is a verb you will use again and again once you know it. Hospedarse means to stay at a hotel, and it is used for staying somewhere while travelling, from a hotel in Madrid to a friend's house for a weekend. It is reflexive, and it is fully regular, so the meaning, not the forms, is what needs attention. Like every Spanish verb, hospedarse 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 hospedo en un hotel del centro, and in the preterite you say me hospedé dos noches en Sevilla. 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: hospedarse
  • English: to stay (at a hotel)
  • Verb type: regular -ar verb, reflexive
  • Ending: -ar
  • Gerund: hospedando
  • Past participle: hospedado
  • Auxiliary verb: haber (all perfect tenses are formed with haber + hospedado)
  • 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 hospedarse, so no pronunciation is given rather than an invented one. Hospedarse is reflexive: me hospedo en un hotel. Hospedar without the pronoun means putting someone else up.

Full conjugation tables

Every form below comes from the verified conjugation tables for hospedarse. 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 hospedo
tú te hospedas
él/ella/Ud. se hospeda
nosotros/as nos hospedamos
vosotros/as os hospedáis
ellos/ellas/Uds. se hospedan

Preterite

Person Pronoun Form
yo me hospedé
tú te hospedaste
él/ella/Ud. se hospedó
nosotros/as nos hospedamos
vosotros/as os hospedasteis
ellos/ellas/Uds. se hospedaron

Imperfect

Person Pronoun Form
yo me hospedaba
tú te hospedabas
él/ella/Ud. se hospedaba
nosotros/as nos hospedábamos
vosotros/as os hospedabais
ellos/ellas/Uds. se hospedaban

Future

Person Pronoun Form
yo me hospedaré
tú te hospedarás
él/ella/Ud. se hospedará
nosotros/as nos hospedaremos
vosotros/as os hospedaréis
ellos/ellas/Uds. se hospedarán

Conditional

Person Pronoun Form
yo me hospedaría
tú te hospedarías
él/ella/Ud. se hospedaría
nosotros/as nos hospedaríamos
vosotros/as os hospedaríais
ellos/ellas/Uds. se hospedarían

Present perfect

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

Pluperfect

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

Future perfect

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

Conditional perfect

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

Present subjunctive

Person Pronoun Form
yo me hospede
tú te hospedes
él/ella/Ud. se hospede
nosotros/as nos hospedemos
vosotros/as os hospedéis
ellos/ellas/Uds. se hospeden

Imperfect subjunctive (-ra)

Person Pronoun Form
yo me hospedara
tú te hospedaras
él/ella/Ud. se hospedara
nosotros/as nos hospedáramos
vosotros/as os hospedarais
ellos/ellas/Uds. se hospedaran

Imperative (affirmative)

Person Pronoun Form
tú te hospeda
él/ella/Ud. se hospede
nosotros/as nos hospedemos
vosotros/as os hospedad
ellos/ellas/Uds. se hospeden

Imperative (negative)

Person Pronoun Form
tú te hospedes
él/ella/Ud. se hospede
nosotros/as nos hospedemos
vosotros/as os hospedéis
ellos/ellas/Uds. se hospeden

Gerund and past participle

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

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 hospedarse, the present looks like this in a real sentence: Me hospedo en un hotel del centro. 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 hospedarse, the preterite looks like this in a real sentence: Ayer, me hospedé en casa de su tía. 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 hospedarse, the imperfect looks like this in a real sentence: De niño, me hospedaba dos noches en Sevilla. 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 hospedarse, the future looks like this in a real sentence: Mañana, me hospedaré en el hostal cerca de la playa. 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 hospedarse, the conditional looks like this in a real sentence: Me hospedaría en un hotel del centro 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 hospedarse, the present perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Hoy, me he hospedado en casa de su tía. 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 hospedarse, the pluperfect looks like this in a real sentence: Me había hospedado dos noches en Sevilla 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 hospedarse, the future perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Para mañana, me habré hospedado en el hostal cerca de la playa. 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 hospedarse, the conditional perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Me habría hospedado en un hotel del centro 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 hospedarse, the present subjunctive looks like this in a real sentence: Espero que él se hospede en casa de su tía. 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 hospedarse, the imperfect subjunctive looks like this in a real sentence: Si él se hospedara dos noches en Sevilla, 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 hospedarse, the affirmative imperative looks like this in a real sentence: Que se hospede en el hostal cerca de la playa. 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 hospedarse, the negative imperative looks like this in a real sentence: No te hospedes en un hotel del centro. 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 hospedarse, covering different tenses and persons. Each one uses a form from the tables above.

  1. Me hospedo en un hotel del centro. — I stay in a hotel in the centre.
  2. Se hospeda en casa de su tía. — He/she stays at his aunt's house.
  3. Ayer, me hospedé dos noches en Sevilla. — Yesterday, I stayed for two nights in Seville.
  4. Antes, nosotros nos hospedábamos en el hostal cerca de la playa. — Before, we used to stay in the hostel near the beach.
  5. Mañana, tú te hospedarás en un hotel del centro. — Tomorrow, you will stay in a hotel in the centre.
  6. Yo me hospedaría en casa de su tía si tuviera más tiempo. — I would stay at his aunt's house if I had more time.
  7. Él se ha hospedado dos noches en Sevilla. — He has stayed for two nights in Seville.
  8. Espero que él se hospede en el hostal cerca de la playa. — I hope he stays in the hostel near the beach.
  9. Yo ya me había hospedado en un hotel del centro antes de salir. — I had already stayed in a hotel in the centre before leaving.
  10. Ellos se hospedaban en casa de su tía cuando eran jóvenes. — They used to stay at his aunt's house when they were young.

Common mistakes

  1. Wrong: Yo hospedo en un hotel del centro. — Right: Yo me hospedo en un hotel del centro. — Hospedarse is reflexive, so the pronoun me is required: without it the verb means something else, or nothing at all.
  2. Wrong: Ayer yo hospedo en casa de su tía. — Right: Ayer yo hospedé en casa de su tía. — The present and the preterite are different tenses: hospedo is happening now, while hospedé is a finished action in the past. Use the preterite with ayer.
  3. Wrong: Treating hospedarse and alojarse as identical in every context. — Right: Hospedarse means to stay (at a hotel), while alojarse means to stay, to lodge. — They overlap, but each has uses the other does not: hospedarse fits sentences such as Me hospedo en un hotel del centro, while alojarse belongs in a different sentence. Check the meaning you want before choosing.
  4. Wrong: Yo soy hospedado en casa de su tía. — Right: Yo he hospedado en casa de su tía. — Spanish perfect tenses use haber, not ser: he hospedado, has hospedado, ha hospedado. Ser plus the participle makes a passive, not a perfect tense.
  5. Wrong: De niño, yo hospedé dos noches en Sevilla todos los días. — Right: De niño, yo hospedaba dos noches en Sevilla todos los días. — For a repeated habit in the past, use the imperfect (hospedaba), not the preterite. The preterite (hospedé) is for one finished action.

Quiz: test yourself

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

  1. Complete the sentence: Yo ___ en un hotel del centro. (present tense) A. me hospedo B. te hospedas C. se hospeda D. nos hospedamos

  2. Complete the sentence: Ayer, él ___ en casa de su tía. (preterite) A. me hospedé B. te hospedaste C. se hospedaron D. se hospedó

  3. Complete the sentence: Antes, nosotros ___ dos noches en Sevilla. (imperfect) A. te hospedabas B. se hospedaban C. nos hospedábamos D. me hospedaba

  4. Complete the sentence: Mañana, tú ___ en el hostal cerca de la playa. (future) A. nos hospedaremos B. te hospedarás C. me hospedaré D. se hospedará

  5. Complete the sentence: Yo ___ en un hotel del centro si pudiera. (conditional) A. me hospedaría B. te hospedarías C. se hospedaría D. se hospedarían

  6. Complete the sentence: Espero que él ___ en casa de su tía. (present subjunctive) A. me hospede B. te hospedes C. nos hospedemos D. se hospede

  7. Complete the sentence: Si yo ___ dos noches en Sevilla, todo cambiaría. (imperfect subjunctive, -ra form) A. se hospedara B. nos hospedáramos C. me hospedara D. te hospedaras

  8. Complete the sentence: Nosotros ___ en el hostal cerca de la playa. (present perfect) A. se han hospedado B. nos hemos hospedado C. me he hospedado D. te has hospedado

  9. Complete the command: No ___ en un hotel del centro. (negative imperative, tú) A. te hospedes B. se hospede C. nos hospedemos D. os hospedéis

  10. Which is the gerund of hospedarse, used with estar for the progressive? A. hospedado B. hospedo C. hospedé D. hospedando

Answer key

  1. me hospedo — The first-person present of hospedarse is me hospedo. The other options are the tú, él/ella and nosotros forms.
  2. se hospedó — The third-person preterite of hospedarse is se hospedó, the form for a single finished action in the past.
  3. nos hospedábamos — The nosotros imperfect of hospedarse is nos hospedábamos, used here for a repeated past habit.
  4. te hospedarás — The second-person future of hospedarse is te hospedarás.
  5. me hospedaría — The first-person conditional of hospedarse is me hospedaría, the form for what would happen.
  6. se hospede — After espero que, the subjunctive is required: the third-person present subjunctive of hospedarse is se hospede.
  7. me hospedara — The first-person imperfect subjunctive (-ra) of hospedarse is me hospedara.
  8. nos hemos hospedado — The nosotros present perfect of hospedarse is nos hemos hospedado: hemos + hospedado.
  9. te hospedes — The negative tú imperative uses the present subjunctive form with no before it: te hospedes.
  10. hospedando — The gerund of hospedarse is hospedando: estoy hospedando. The participle hospedado is used with haber instead.

Frequently asked questions

What does hospedarse mean in English?

Hospedarse means to stay (at a hotel). It is used in everyday situations such as Me hospedo en un hotel del centro. The exact English wording depends on the context, but the core meaning stays the same across the tenses.

Is hospedarse a reflexive verb?

Yes. Hospedarse is reflexive, so it always takes a reflexive pronoun that matches the person: me, te, se, nos, os or se. For example, Me hospedo en un hotel del centro and él se hospeda en casa de su tía. If you leave the pronoun out, the verb changes meaning or stops making sense.

What is the difference between hospedarse and alojarse?

Hospedarse means to stay (at a hotel), while alojarse means to stay, to lodge. They are easy to confuse because they appear in similar situations, but they are not interchangeable: use hospedarse when you mean to stay (at a hotel), as in Me hospedo en un hotel del centro, and use alojarse for to stay, to lodge. When in doubt, check the object of the sentence — it usually shows which verb fits.

How do I say “I stay (at a hotel)” in the past?

It depends on the kind of past. For one finished action, use the preterite: yo me hospedé en casa de su tía. For a repeated habit or background in the past, use the imperfect: yo me hospedaba dos noches en Sevilla. For something that has just happened, use the present perfect: yo me he hospedado en casa de su tía.

How do I practise hospedarse?

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

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