Jubilarse Conjugation in Spanish

The Spanish verb jubilarse means to retire, and it is a verb you will use again and again once you know it. Jubilarse is a regular -ar, reflexive verb, so the tables below show you exactly how it behaves in every tense. Jubilarse is reflexive, so it always takes a reflexive pronoun that matches the person: me, te, se, nos, os or se. For example, me jubilo a los sesenta y cinco means "I retire at sixty-five". Without the pronoun, the verb changes meaning or stops making sense. On this page you will find the full conjugation of jubilarse in all thirteen tenses, notes on when to use each one, example sentences, the mistakes learners make most often, a ten-question quiz and answers to the questions students ask about this verb. For example, in the present tense you say Yo me jubilo a los sesenta y cinco — "I retire at sixty-five" — and in the preterite you say El año que viene, yo me jubilé — "Next year, I retired". 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: jubilarse
  • English: to retire
  • Verb type: regular -ar, reflexive verb
  • Ending: -ar
  • Gerund: jubilando
  • Past participle: jubilado
  • Auxiliary verb: haber (all perfect tenses are formed with haber + jubilado)
  • 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 jubilarse, so no pronunciation is given rather than an invented one. Jubilarse is reflexive: me jubilo, te jubilas. Without the pronoun, jubilar means something else — it acts on someone or something else, not on yourself.

Full conjugation tables

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

Gerund: jubilando · Past participle: jubilado

Present indicative

Person Pronoun Form
yo me jubilo
tú te jubilas
él/ella/Ud. se jubila
nosotros/as nos jubilamos
vosotros/as os jubiláis
ellos/ellas/Uds. se jubilan

Preterite

Person Pronoun Form
yo me jubilé
tú te jubilaste
él/ella/Ud. se jubiló
nosotros/as nos jubilamos
vosotros/as os jubilasteis
ellos/ellas/Uds. se jubilaron

Imperfect

Person Pronoun Form
yo me jubilaba
tú te jubilabas
él/ella/Ud. se jubilaba
nosotros/as nos jubilábamos
vosotros/as os jubilabais
ellos/ellas/Uds. se jubilaban

Future

Person Pronoun Form
yo me jubilaré
tú te jubilarás
él/ella/Ud. se jubilará
nosotros/as nos jubilaremos
vosotros/as os jubilaréis
ellos/ellas/Uds. se jubilarán

Conditional

Person Pronoun Form
yo me jubilaría
tú te jubilarías
él/ella/Ud. se jubilaría
nosotros/as nos jubilaríamos
vosotros/as os jubilaríais
ellos/ellas/Uds. se jubilarían

Present perfect

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

Pluperfect

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

Future perfect

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

Conditional perfect

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

Present subjunctive

Person Pronoun Form
yo me jubile
tú te jubiles
él/ella/Ud. se jubile
nosotros/as nos jubilemos
vosotros/as os jubiléis
ellos/ellas/Uds. se jubilen

Imperfect subjunctive (-ra)

Person Pronoun Form
yo me jubilara
tú te jubilaras
él/ella/Ud. se jubilara
nosotros/as nos jubiláramos
vosotros/as os jubilarais
ellos/ellas/Uds. se jubilaran

Imperative (affirmative)

Person Pronoun Form
tú te jubila
él/ella/Ud. se jubile
nosotros/as nos jubilemos
vosotros/as os jubilad
ellos/ellas/Uds. se jubilen

Imperative (negative)

Person Pronoun Form
tú te jubiles
él/ella/Ud. se jubile
nosotros/as nos jubilemos
vosotros/as os jubiléis
ellos/ellas/Uds. se jubilen

Gerund and past participle

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

How to use each tense

Present indicative

Use the present for routines, general facts and what is happening right now. It is the tense you will use most often in everyday conversation, for habits with words like todos los días and for statements that are true in general. For jubilarse, the present indicative looks like this in a real sentence: El año que viene, yo me jubilo — "Next year, I retire". Learn the present indicative 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 in the past — things that started and ended, often with time words like ayer, anoche or la semana pasada. The preterite moves a story forward, one completed event at a time. For jubilarse, the preterite looks like this in a real sentence: Después de cuarenta años, yo me jubilé — "After forty years, I retired". 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 words like antes, de niño or mientras. It describes how things used to be, not one finished event. For jubilarse, the imperfect looks like this in a real sentence: Yo me jubilaba a los sesenta y cinco — "I used to retire at sixty-five". 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. It talks about what will happen, not what is happening now. For jubilarse, the future looks like this in a real sentence: El año que viene, yo me jubilaré — "Next year, I will retire". 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 in si clauses. It softens a request and describes imagined situations. For jubilarse, the conditional looks like this in a real sentence: Después de cuarenta años, yo me jubilaría — "After forty years, I would retire". 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. It connects the past with the present moment. For jubilarse, the present perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Yo me he jubilado a los sesenta y cinco — "I have retired at sixty-five". 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. It is the past of the past, and it usually appears with antes de or ya. For jubilarse, the pluperfect looks like this in a real sentence: El año que viene, yo me había jubilado — "Next year, I had retired". 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, often with para mañana or para el viernes. For jubilarse, the future perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Después de cuarenta años, yo me habré jubilado — "After forty years, I will have retired". 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. It looks back at a past that never happened. For jubilarse, the conditional perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Yo me habría jubilado a los sesenta y cinco — "I would have retired at sixty-five". 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. The subjunctive does not state a fact; it states an attitude towards the action. For jubilarse, the present subjunctive looks like this in a real sentence: Espero que él se jubile el año que viene — "I hope he retires next year". 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 jubilarse, the imperfect subjunctive (-ra) looks like this in a real sentence: Si yo me jubilara después de cuarenta años, todo cambiaría — "If I retired after forty years, everything would change". Learn the imperfect subjunctive (-ra) 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. It tells someone to do something, and it has no yo form. For jubilarse, the imperative (affirmative) looks like this in a real sentence: Que se jubile a los sesenta y cinco — "Let him retire at sixty-five". Learn the imperative (affirmative) 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. It uses the subjunctive forms, so it looks different from the affirmative commands. For jubilarse, the imperative (negative) looks like this in a real sentence: No te jubiles el año que viene — "Don't retire next year". Learn the imperative (negative) 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 jubilarse, covering different tenses and persons. Each one uses a form from the tables above.

  1. Después de cuarenta años, yo me jubilo — "After forty years, I retire"
  2. Él se jubila a los sesenta y cinco — "He retires at sixty-five"
  3. El año que viene, yo me jubilé — "Next year, I retired"
  4. Después de cuarenta años, yo me jubilaba — "After forty years, I used to retire"
  5. Tú te jubilarás a los sesenta y cinco — "You will retire at sixty-five"
  6. El año que viene, yo me jubilaría — "Next year, I would retire"
  7. Después de cuarenta años, él se ha jubilado — "After forty years, he has retired"
  8. Espero que él se jubile a los sesenta y cinco — "I hope he retires at sixty-five"
  9. El año que viene, yo me había jubilado — "Next year, I had retired"
  10. Después de cuarenta años, ellos se jubilaban — "After forty years, they used to retire"

Common mistakes

  1. Wrong: Yo jubilo a los sesenta y cinco — Right: Yo me jubilo a los sesenta y cinco — Jubilarse is reflexive, so the pronoun me is required: without it the verb means something else, or nothing at all.
  2. Wrong: Ayer, yo me jubilo — Right: Ayer, yo me jubilé — The present tense cannot describe a finished action yesterday. Ayer forces the preterite, so the form must change to jubilé.
  3. Wrong: De niño, yo me jubilé todos los días. — Right: Todos los días, yo me jubilaba — For a repeated habit in the past, use the imperfect (jubilaba), not the preterite. The preterite (jubilé) is for one finished action.
  4. Wrong: Yo soy jubilado el año que viene. — Right: Yo me he jubilado el año que viene. — Spanish perfect tenses use haber, not ser: he jubilado, has jubilado, ha jubilado. Ser plus the participle makes a passive, not a perfect tense.
  5. Wrong: Espero que él jubila a los sesenta y cinco. — Right: Espero que él se jubile a los sesenta y cinco. — After espero que, Spanish needs the subjunctive: jubile. The indicative jubila is wrong here.

Quiz: test yourself

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

  1. Complete the sentence: Yo me ___ a los sesenta y cinco. (present tense) A. habréis jubilado B. jubilaremos C. jubilo D. jubilan

  2. Complete the sentence: Él se ___ a los sesenta y cinco. (preterite) A. habrías jubilado B. habrás jubilado C. he jubilado D. jubiló

  3. Complete the sentence: Nosotros nos ___ a los sesenta y cinco. (imperfect) A. jubilábamos B. jubilaron C. jubilarías D. jubilabas

  4. Complete the sentence: Tú te ___ a los sesenta y cinco. (future) A. jubilamos B. jubilaran C. jubilarás D. habremos jubilado

  5. Complete the sentence: Yo me ___ a los sesenta y cinco. (conditional) A. jubilaría B. jubiles C. jubilarían D. jubilé

  6. Complete the sentence: Espero que él se ___ a los sesenta y cinco. (present subjunctive) A. jubilo B. jubile C. jubilaste D. habré jubilado

  7. Complete the sentence: Si yo me ___ a los sesenta y cinco, todo cambiaría. (imperfect subjunctive, -ra form) A. jubiláramos B. habremos jubilado C. jubilara D. jubilaras

  8. Complete the sentence: Nosotros nos ___ a los sesenta y cinco. (present perfect) A. hemos jubilado B. jubilarían C. habré jubilado D. jubiló

  9. Complete the command: No te ___ a los sesenta y cinco. (negative imperative, tú) A. jubilemos B. jubile C. jubiles D. jubilen

  10. Which is the gerund of jubilarse, used with estar for the progressive? A. jubilo B. jubilaré C. jubilado D. jubilando

Answer key

  1. me jubilo — The yo present tense of jubilarse is me jubilo.
  2. se jubiló — The él/ella/Ud. preterite of jubilarse is se jubiló.
  3. nos jubilábamos — The nosotros/as imperfect of jubilarse is nos jubilábamos.
  4. te jubilarás — The tú future of jubilarse is te jubilarás.
  5. me jubilaría — The yo conditional of jubilarse is me jubilaría.
  6. se jubile — The él/ella/Ud. present subjunctive of jubilarse is se jubile.
  7. me jubilara — The yo imperfect subjunctive, -ra form of jubilarse is me jubilara.
  8. nos hemos jubilado — The nosotros/as present perfect of jubilarse is nos hemos jubilado.
  9. te jubiles — The negative tú imperative uses the present subjunctive form with no before it: te jubiles.
  10. jubilando — The gerund of jubilarse is jubilando: estoy jubilando. The participle jubilado is used with haber instead.

Frequently asked questions

What does jubilarse mean in English?

Jubilarse means to retire. It is used in everyday situations such as Yo me jubilo a los sesenta y cinco. The exact English wording depends on the context, but the core meaning stays the same across the tenses.

Is jubilarse a reflexive verb?

Yes. Jubilarse is reflexive, so it always takes a reflexive pronoun that matches the person: me, te, se, nos, os or se. For example, Yo me jubilo a los sesenta y cinco and El año que viene, él se jubila. If you leave the pronoun out, the verb changes meaning or stops making sense.

What is the gerund and the past participle of jubilarse?

The gerund is jubilando, used with estar for the progressive: estoy jubilando. The past participle is jubilado, used with haber in the perfect tenses: he jubilado.

How do I say “I retire” in the past?

It depends on the kind of past. For one finished action, use the preterite: El año que viene, yo me jubilé. For a repeated habit or background in the past, use the imperfect: Después de cuarenta años, yo me jubilaba. For something that has just happened, use the present perfect: Yo me he jubilado a los sesenta y cinco.

How do I practise jubilarse?

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

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