Informarse Conjugation in Spanish

The Spanish verb informarse means to find out, and it is a verb you will use again and again once you know it. Informarse means to find out or to get informed, and it is the reflexive verb for checking facts before deciding: timetables, prices, rules, news. It usually takes sobre or de: informarse sobre el horario, informarse de las noticias. The non-reflexive informar means to inform someone else. Like every Spanish verb, informarse 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 informo sobre el horario del tren, and in the preterite you say me informé antes de comprar el billete. 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: informarse
  • English: to find out
  • Verb type: regular -ar verb, reflexive
  • Ending: -ar
  • Gerund: informando
  • Past participle: informado
  • Auxiliary verb: haber (all perfect tenses are formed with haber + informado)
  • 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 informarse, so no pronunciation is given rather than an invented one. Informarse is reflexive: me informo, te informas. Without the pronoun, informar means telling someone else.

Full conjugation tables

Every form below comes from the verified conjugation tables for informarse. 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 informo
tú te informas
él/ella/Ud. se informa
nosotros/as nos informamos
vosotros/as os informáis
ellos/ellas/Uds. se informan

Preterite

Person Pronoun Form
yo me informé
tú te informaste
él/ella/Ud. se informó
nosotros/as nos informamos
vosotros/as os informasteis
ellos/ellas/Uds. se informaron

Imperfect

Person Pronoun Form
yo me informaba
tú te informabas
él/ella/Ud. se informaba
nosotros/as nos informábamos
vosotros/as os informabais
ellos/ellas/Uds. se informaban

Future

Person Pronoun Form
yo me informaré
tú te informarás
él/ella/Ud. se informará
nosotros/as nos informaremos
vosotros/as os informaréis
ellos/ellas/Uds. se informarán

Conditional

Person Pronoun Form
yo me informaría
tú te informarías
él/ella/Ud. se informaría
nosotros/as nos informaríamos
vosotros/as os informaríais
ellos/ellas/Uds. se informarían

Present perfect

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

Pluperfect

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

Future perfect

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

Conditional perfect

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

Present subjunctive

Person Pronoun Form
yo me informe
tú te informes
él/ella/Ud. se informe
nosotros/as nos informemos
vosotros/as os informéis
ellos/ellas/Uds. se informen

Imperfect subjunctive (-ra)

Person Pronoun Form
yo me informara
tú te informaras
él/ella/Ud. se informara
nosotros/as nos informáramos
vosotros/as os informarais
ellos/ellas/Uds. se informaran

Imperative (affirmative)

Person Pronoun Form
tú te informa
él/ella/Ud. se informe
nosotros/as nos informemos
vosotros/as os informad
ellos/ellas/Uds. se informen

Imperative (negative)

Person Pronoun Form
tú te informes
él/ella/Ud. se informe
nosotros/as nos informemos
vosotros/as os informéis
ellos/ellas/Uds. se informen

Gerund and past participle

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

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 informarse, the present looks like this in a real sentence: Me informo sobre el horario del tren. 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 informarse, the preterite looks like this in a real sentence: Ayer, me informé de las noticias cada mañana. 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 informarse, the imperfect looks like this in a real sentence: De niño, me informaba antes de comprar el billete. 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 informarse, the future looks like this in a real sentence: Mañana, me informaré en la oficina de turismo. 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 informarse, the conditional looks like this in a real sentence: Me informaría sobre el horario del tren 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 informarse, the present perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Hoy, me he informado de las noticias cada mañana. 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 informarse, the pluperfect looks like this in a real sentence: Me había informado antes de comprar el billete 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 informarse, the future perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Para mañana, me habré informado en la oficina de turismo. 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 informarse, the conditional perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Me habría informado sobre el horario del tren 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 informarse, the present subjunctive looks like this in a real sentence: Espero que él se informe de las noticias cada mañana. 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 informarse, the imperfect subjunctive looks like this in a real sentence: Si él se informara antes de comprar el billete, 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 informarse, the affirmative imperative looks like this in a real sentence: Que se informe en la oficina de turismo. 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 informarse, the negative imperative looks like this in a real sentence: No te informes sobre el horario del tren. 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 informarse, covering different tenses and persons. Each one uses a form from the tables above.

  1. Me informo sobre el horario del tren. — I find out about the train timetable.
  2. Se informa de las noticias cada mañana. — He/she finds out about the news every morning.
  3. Ayer, me informé antes de comprar el billete. — Yesterday, I found out before buying the ticket.
  4. Antes, nosotros nos informábamos en la oficina de turismo. — Before, we used to find out at the tourist office.
  5. Mañana, tú te informarás sobre el horario del tren. — Tomorrow, you will find out about the train timetable.
  6. Yo me informaría de las noticias cada mañana si tuviera más tiempo. — I would find out about the news every morning if I had more time.
  7. Él se ha informado antes de comprar el billete. — He has found out before buying the ticket.
  8. Espero que él se informe en la oficina de turismo. — I hope he finds out at the tourist office.
  9. Yo ya me había informado sobre el horario del tren antes de salir. — I had already found out about the train timetable before leaving.
  10. Ellos se informaban de las noticias cada mañana cuando eran jóvenes. — They used to find out about the news every morning when they were young.

Common mistakes

  1. Wrong: Yo informo sobre el horario del tren. — Right: Yo me informo sobre el horario del tren. — Informarse is reflexive, so the pronoun me is required: without it the verb means something else, or nothing at all.
  2. Wrong: Ayer yo informo de las noticias cada mañana. — Right: Ayer yo informé de las noticias cada mañana. — The present and the preterite are different tenses: informo is happening now, while informé is a finished action in the past. Use the preterite with ayer.
  3. Wrong: Treating informarse and informar as identical in every context. — Right: Informarse means to find out, while informar means to inform someone else. — They overlap, but each has uses the other does not: informarse fits sentences such as Me informo sobre el horario del tren, while informar belongs in a different sentence. Check the meaning you want before choosing.
  4. Wrong: Yo soy informado de las noticias cada mañana. — Right: Yo he informado de las noticias cada mañana. — Spanish perfect tenses use haber, not ser: he informado, has informado, ha informado. Ser plus the participle makes a passive, not a perfect tense.
  5. Wrong: De niño, yo informé antes de comprar el billete todos los días. — Right: De niño, yo informaba antes de comprar el billete todos los días. — For a repeated habit in the past, use the imperfect (informaba), not the preterite. The preterite (informé) is for one finished action.

Quiz: test yourself

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

  1. Complete the sentence: Yo ___ sobre el horario del tren. (present tense) A. me informo B. te informas C. se informa D. nos informamos

  2. Complete the sentence: Ayer, él ___ de las noticias cada mañana. (preterite) A. me informé B. te informaste C. nos informamos D. se informó

  3. Complete the sentence: Antes, nosotros ___ antes de comprar el billete. (imperfect) A. te informabas B. se informaba C. nos informábamos D. me informaba

  4. Complete the sentence: Mañana, tú ___ en la oficina de turismo. (future) A. nos informaremos B. te informarás C. me informaré D. se informará

  5. Complete the sentence: Yo ___ sobre el horario del tren si pudiera. (conditional) A. me informaría B. te informarías C. se informaría D. nos informaríamos

  6. Complete the sentence: Espero que él ___ de las noticias cada mañana. (present subjunctive) A. me informe B. te informes C. nos informemos D. se informe

  7. Complete the sentence: Si yo ___ antes de comprar el billete, todo cambiaría. (imperfect subjunctive, -ra form) A. se informara B. nos informáramos C. me informara D. te informaras

  8. Complete the sentence: Nosotros ___ en la oficina de turismo. (present perfect) A. se ha informado B. nos hemos informado C. me he informado D. te has informado

  9. Complete the command: No ___ sobre el horario del tren. (negative imperative, tú) A. te informes B. se informe C. nos informemos D. os informéis

  10. Which is the gerund of informarse, used with estar for the progressive? A. informado B. informo C. informé D. informando

Answer key

  1. me informo — The yo present tense of informarse is me informo.
  2. se informó — The él/ella/Ud. preterite of informarse is se informó.
  3. nos informábamos — The nosotros/as imperfect of informarse is nos informábamos.
  4. te informarás — The tú future of informarse is te informarás.
  5. me informaría — The yo conditional of informarse is me informaría.
  6. se informe — The él/ella/Ud. present subjunctive of informarse is se informe.
  7. me informara — The yo imperfect subjunctive, -ra form of informarse is me informara.
  8. nos hemos informado — The nosotros/as present perfect of informarse is nos hemos informado.
  9. te informes — The negative tú imperative uses the present subjunctive form with no before it: te informes.
  10. informando — The gerund of informarse is informando: estoy informando. The participle informado is used with haber instead.

Frequently asked questions

What does informarse mean in English?

Informarse means to find out. It is used in everyday situations such as Me informo sobre el horario del tren. The exact English wording depends on the context, but the core meaning stays the same across the tenses.

Is informarse a reflexive verb?

Yes. Informarse is reflexive, so it always takes a reflexive pronoun that matches the person: me, te, se, nos, os or se. For example, Me informo sobre el horario del tren and él se informa de las noticias cada mañana. If you leave the pronoun out, the verb changes meaning or stops making sense.

What is the difference between informarse and informar?

Informarse means to find out, while informar means to inform someone else. They are easy to confuse because they appear in similar situations, but they are not interchangeable: use informarse when you mean to find out, as in Me informo sobre el horario del tren, and use informar for to inform someone else. When in doubt, check the object of the sentence — it usually shows which verb fits.

How do I say “I find out” in the past?

It depends on the kind of past. For one finished action, use the preterite: yo me informé de las noticias cada mañana. For a repeated habit or background in the past, use the imperfect: yo me informaba antes de comprar el billete. For something that has just happened, use the present perfect: yo me he informado de las noticias cada mañana.

How do I practise informarse?

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

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