Integrarse Conjugation in Spanish

The Spanish verb integrarse means to integrate (oneself), and it is a verb you will use again and again once you know it. Integrarse means to integrate yourself, and it is the reflexive partner of integrar: a person fitting into a group, a team or a new country. It takes en: integrarse en la clase, integrarse en el equipo. It is a key verb for talking about migration, school and work. Like every Spanish verb, integrarse 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 integro en la clase muy rápido, and in the preterite you say me integré en la vida de la ciudad. 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: integrarse
  • English: to integrate (oneself)
  • Verb type: regular -ar verb, reflexive
  • Ending: -ar
  • Gerund: integrando
  • Past participle: integrado
  • Auxiliary verb: haber (all perfect tenses are formed with haber + integrado)
  • 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 integrarse, so no pronunciation is given rather than an invented one. Integrarse is reflexive: me integro en el equipo. The pronoun is what makes the integration your own.

Full conjugation tables

Every form below comes from the verified conjugation tables for integrarse. 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 integro
tú te integras
él/ella/Ud. se integra
nosotros/as nos integramos
vosotros/as os integráis
ellos/ellas/Uds. se integran

Preterite

Person Pronoun Form
yo me integré
tú te integraste
él/ella/Ud. se integró
nosotros/as nos integramos
vosotros/as os integrasteis
ellos/ellas/Uds. se integraron

Imperfect

Person Pronoun Form
yo me integraba
tú te integrabas
él/ella/Ud. se integraba
nosotros/as nos integrábamos
vosotros/as os integrabais
ellos/ellas/Uds. se integraban

Future

Person Pronoun Form
yo me integraré
tú te integrarás
él/ella/Ud. se integrará
nosotros/as nos integraremos
vosotros/as os integraréis
ellos/ellas/Uds. se integrarán

Conditional

Person Pronoun Form
yo me integraría
tú te integrarías
él/ella/Ud. se integraría
nosotros/as nos integraríamos
vosotros/as os integraríais
ellos/ellas/Uds. se integrarían

Present perfect

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

Pluperfect

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

Future perfect

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

Conditional perfect

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

Present subjunctive

Person Pronoun Form
yo me integre
tú te integres
él/ella/Ud. se integre
nosotros/as nos integremos
vosotros/as os integréis
ellos/ellas/Uds. se integren

Imperfect subjunctive (-ra)

Person Pronoun Form
yo me integrara
tú te integraras
él/ella/Ud. se integrara
nosotros/as nos integráramos
vosotros/as os integrarais
ellos/ellas/Uds. se integraran

Imperative (affirmative)

Person Pronoun Form
tú te integra
él/ella/Ud. se integre
nosotros/as nos integremos
vosotros/as os integrad
ellos/ellas/Uds. se integren

Imperative (negative)

Person Pronoun Form
tú te integres
él/ella/Ud. se integre
nosotros/as nos integremos
vosotros/as os integréis
ellos/ellas/Uds. se integren

Gerund and past participle

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

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 integrarse, the present looks like this in a real sentence: Me integro en la clase muy rápido. 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 integrarse, the preterite looks like this in a real sentence: Ayer, me integré en el equipo de trabajo. 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 integrarse, the imperfect looks like this in a real sentence: De niño, me integraba en la vida de la ciudad. 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 integrarse, the future looks like this in a real sentence: Mañana, me integraré en el grupo de amigos. 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 integrarse, the conditional looks like this in a real sentence: Me integraría en la clase muy rápido 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 integrarse, the present perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Hoy, me he integrado en el equipo de trabajo. 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 integrarse, the pluperfect looks like this in a real sentence: Me había integrado en la vida de la ciudad 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 integrarse, the future perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Para mañana, me habré integrado en el grupo de amigos. 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 integrarse, the conditional perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Me habría integrado en la clase muy rápido 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 integrarse, the present subjunctive looks like this in a real sentence: Espero que él se integre en el equipo de trabajo. 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 integrarse, the imperfect subjunctive looks like this in a real sentence: Si él se integrara en la vida de la ciudad, 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 integrarse, the affirmative imperative looks like this in a real sentence: Que se integre en el grupo de amigos. 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 integrarse, the negative imperative looks like this in a real sentence: No te integres en la clase muy rápido. 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 integrarse, covering different tenses and persons. Each one uses a form from the tables above.

  1. Me integro en la clase muy rápido. — I integrate into the class very quickly.
  2. Se integra en el equipo de trabajo. — He/she integrates into the work team.
  3. Ayer, me integré en la vida de la ciudad. — Yesterday, I integrated into city life.
  4. Antes, nosotros nos integrábamos en el grupo de amigos. — Before, we used to integrate into the group of friends.
  5. Mañana, tú te integrarás en la clase muy rápido. — Tomorrow, you will integrate into the class very quickly.
  6. Yo me integraría en el equipo de trabajo si tuviera más tiempo. — I would integrate into the work team if I had more time.
  7. Él se ha integrado en la vida de la ciudad. — He has integrated into city life.
  8. Espero que él se integre en el grupo de amigos. — I hope he integrates into the group of friends.
  9. Yo ya me había integrado en la clase muy rápido antes de salir. — I had already integrated into the class very quickly before leaving.
  10. Ellos se integraban en el equipo de trabajo cuando eran jóvenes. — They used to integrate into the work team when they were young.

Common mistakes

  1. Wrong: Yo integro en la clase muy rápido. — Right: Yo me integro en la clase muy rápido. — Integrarse is reflexive, so the pronoun me is required: without it the verb means something else, or nothing at all.
  2. Wrong: Ayer yo integro en el equipo de trabajo. — Right: Ayer yo integré en el equipo de trabajo. — The present and the preterite are different tenses: integro is happening now, while integré is a finished action in the past. Use the preterite with ayer.
  3. Wrong: Treating integrarse and integrar as identical in every context. — Right: Integrarse means to integrate (oneself), while integrar means to integrate something else. — They overlap, but each has uses the other does not: integrarse fits sentences such as Me integro en la clase muy rápido, while integrar belongs in a different sentence. Check the meaning you want before choosing.
  4. Wrong: Yo soy integrado en el equipo de trabajo. — Right: Yo he integrado en el equipo de trabajo. — Spanish perfect tenses use haber, not ser: he integrado, has integrado, ha integrado. Ser plus the participle makes a passive, not a perfect tense.
  5. Wrong: De niño, yo integré en la vida de la ciudad todos los días. — Right: De niño, yo integraba en la vida de la ciudad todos los días. — For a repeated habit in the past, use the imperfect (integraba), not the preterite. The preterite (integré) is for one finished action.

Quiz: test yourself

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

  1. Complete the sentence: Yo ___ en la clase muy rápido. (present tense) A. me integro B. te integras C. se integra D. nos integramos

  2. Complete the sentence: Ayer, él ___ en el equipo de trabajo. (preterite) A. me integré B. te integraste C. nos integramos D. se integró

  3. Complete the sentence: Antes, nosotros ___ en la vida de la ciudad. (imperfect) A. te integrabas B. se integraba C. nos integrábamos D. me integraba

  4. Complete the sentence: Mañana, tú ___ en el grupo de amigos. (future) A. nos integraremos B. te integrarás C. me integraré D. se integrará

  5. Complete the sentence: Yo ___ en la clase muy rápido si pudiera. (conditional) A. me integraría B. te integrarías C. se integraría D. nos integraríamos

  6. Complete the sentence: Espero que él ___ en el equipo de trabajo. (present subjunctive) A. me integre B. te integres C. nos integremos D. se integre

  7. Complete the sentence: Si yo ___ en la vida de la ciudad, todo cambiaría. (imperfect subjunctive, -ra form) A. se integrara B. nos integráramos C. me integrara D. te integraras

  8. Complete the sentence: Nosotros ___ en el grupo de amigos. (present perfect) A. se ha integrado B. nos hemos integrado C. me he integrado D. te has integrado

  9. Complete the command: No ___ en la clase muy rápido. (negative imperative, tú) A. te integres B. se integre C. nos integremos D. os integréis

  10. Which is the gerund of integrarse, used with estar for the progressive? A. integrado B. integro C. integré D. integrando

Answer key

  1. me integro — The yo present tense of integrarse is me integro.
  2. se integró — The él/ella/Ud. preterite of integrarse is se integró.
  3. nos integrábamos — The nosotros/as imperfect of integrarse is nos integrábamos.
  4. te integrarás — The tú future of integrarse is te integrarás.
  5. me integraría — The yo conditional of integrarse is me integraría.
  6. se integre — The él/ella/Ud. present subjunctive of integrarse is se integre.
  7. me integrara — The yo imperfect subjunctive, -ra form of integrarse is me integrara.
  8. nos hemos integrado — The nosotros/as present perfect of integrarse is nos hemos integrado.
  9. te integres — The negative tú imperative uses the present subjunctive form with no before it: te integres.
  10. integrando — The gerund of integrarse is integrando: estoy integrando. The participle integrado is used with haber instead.

Frequently asked questions

What does integrarse mean in English?

Integrarse means to integrate (oneself). It is used in everyday situations such as Me integro en la clase muy rápido. The exact English wording depends on the context, but the core meaning stays the same across the tenses.

Is integrarse a reflexive verb?

Yes. Integrarse is reflexive, so it always takes a reflexive pronoun that matches the person: me, te, se, nos, os or se. For example, Me integro en la clase muy rápido and él se integra en el equipo de trabajo. If you leave the pronoun out, the verb changes meaning or stops making sense.

What is the difference between integrarse and integrar?

Integrarse means to integrate (oneself), while integrar means to integrate something else. They are easy to confuse because they appear in similar situations, but they are not interchangeable: use integrarse when you mean to integrate (oneself), as in Me integro en la clase muy rápido, and use integrar for to integrate something else. When in doubt, check the object of the sentence — it usually shows which verb fits.

How do I say “I integrate (oneself)” in the past?

It depends on the kind of past. For one finished action, use the preterite: yo me integré en el equipo de trabajo. For a repeated habit or background in the past, use the imperfect: yo me integraba en la vida de la ciudad. For something that has just happened, use the present perfect: yo me he integrado en el equipo de trabajo.

How do I practise integrarse?

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

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