Juntarse Conjugation in Spanish

The Spanish verb juntarse means to join, to get together, and it is a verb you will use again and again once you know it. Juntarse means to join or to get together, and it is used for friends meeting up, people joining a group and couples moving in together. It is reflexive and regular, and it is the casual, friendly verb for getting together. Like every Spanish verb, juntarse 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 junto con los amigos el sábado, and in the preterite you say me junté en el parque por la tarde. 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: juntarse
  • English: to join, to get together
  • Verb type: regular -ar verb, reflexive
  • Ending: -ar
  • Gerund: juntando
  • Past participle: juntado
  • Auxiliary verb: haber (all perfect tenses are formed with haber + juntado)
  • 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 juntarse, so no pronunciation is given rather than an invented one. Juntarse is reflexive: nos juntamos el sábado. Without the pronoun, juntar means to join things together.

Full conjugation tables

Every form below comes from the verified conjugation tables for juntarse. 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 junto
tú te juntas
él/ella/Ud. se junta
nosotros/as nos juntamos
vosotros/as os juntáis
ellos/ellas/Uds. se juntan

Preterite

Person Pronoun Form
yo me junté
tú te juntaste
él/ella/Ud. se juntó
nosotros/as nos juntamos
vosotros/as os juntasteis
ellos/ellas/Uds. se juntaron

Imperfect

Person Pronoun Form
yo me juntaba
tú te juntabas
él/ella/Ud. se juntaba
nosotros/as nos juntábamos
vosotros/as os juntabais
ellos/ellas/Uds. se juntaban

Future

Person Pronoun Form
yo me juntaré
tú te juntarás
él/ella/Ud. se juntará
nosotros/as nos juntaremos
vosotros/as os juntaréis
ellos/ellas/Uds. se juntarán

Conditional

Person Pronoun Form
yo me juntaría
tú te juntarías
él/ella/Ud. se juntaría
nosotros/as nos juntaríamos
vosotros/as os juntaríais
ellos/ellas/Uds. se juntarían

Present perfect

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

Pluperfect

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

Future perfect

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

Conditional perfect

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

Present subjunctive

Person Pronoun Form
yo me junte
tú te juntes
él/ella/Ud. se junte
nosotros/as nos juntemos
vosotros/as os juntéis
ellos/ellas/Uds. se junten

Imperfect subjunctive (-ra)

Person Pronoun Form
yo me juntara
tú te juntaras
él/ella/Ud. se juntara
nosotros/as nos juntáramos
vosotros/as os juntarais
ellos/ellas/Uds. se juntaran

Imperative (affirmative)

Person Pronoun Form
tú te junta
él/ella/Ud. se junte
nosotros/as nos juntemos
vosotros/as os juntad
ellos/ellas/Uds. se junten

Imperative (negative)

Person Pronoun Form
tú te juntes
él/ella/Ud. se junte
nosotros/as nos juntemos
vosotros/as os juntéis
ellos/ellas/Uds. se junten

Gerund and past participle

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

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 juntarse, the present looks like this in a real sentence: Me junto con los amigos el sábado. 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 juntarse, the preterite looks like this in a real sentence: Ayer, me junté para estudiar el examen. 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 juntarse, the imperfect looks like this in a real sentence: De niño, me juntaba en el parque por la tarde. 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 juntarse, the future looks like this in a real sentence: Mañana, me juntaré con la familia los domingos. 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 juntarse, the conditional looks like this in a real sentence: Me juntaría con los amigos el sábado 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 juntarse, the present perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Hoy, me he juntado para estudiar el examen. 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 juntarse, the pluperfect looks like this in a real sentence: Me había juntado en el parque por la tarde 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 juntarse, the future perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Para mañana, me habré juntado con la familia los domingos. 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 juntarse, the conditional perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Me habría juntado con los amigos el sábado 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 juntarse, the present subjunctive looks like this in a real sentence: Espero que él se junte para estudiar el examen. 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 juntarse, the imperfect subjunctive looks like this in a real sentence: Si él se juntara en el parque por la tarde, 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 juntarse, the affirmative imperative looks like this in a real sentence: Que se junte con la familia los domingos. 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 juntarse, the negative imperative looks like this in a real sentence: No te juntes con los amigos el sábado. 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 juntarse, covering different tenses and persons. Each one uses a form from the tables above.

  1. Me junto con los amigos el sábado. — I get together with friends on Saturdays.
  2. Se junta para estudiar el examen. — He/she gets together to study for the exam.
  3. Ayer, me junté en el parque por la tarde. — Yesterday, I got together in the park in the afternoon.
  4. Antes, nosotros nos juntábamos con la familia los domingos. — Before, we used to get together with the family on Sundays.
  5. Mañana, tú te juntarás con los amigos el sábado. — Tomorrow, you will get together with friends on Saturdays.
  6. Yo me juntaría para estudiar el examen si tuviera más tiempo. — I would get together to study for the exam if I had more time.
  7. Él se ha juntado en el parque por la tarde. — He has got together in the park in the afternoon.
  8. Espero que él se junte con la familia los domingos. — I hope he gets together with the family on Sundays.
  9. Yo ya me había juntado con los amigos el sábado antes de salir. — I had already got together with friends on Saturdays before leaving.
  10. Ellos se juntaban para estudiar el examen cuando eran jóvenes. — They used to get together to study for the exam when they were young.

Common mistakes

  1. Wrong: Yo junto con los amigos el sábado. — Right: Yo me junto con los amigos el sábado. — Juntarse is reflexive, so the pronoun me is required: without it the verb means something else, or nothing at all.
  2. Wrong: Ayer yo junto para estudiar el examen. — Right: Ayer yo junté para estudiar el examen. — The present and the preterite are different tenses: junto is happening now, while junté is a finished action in the past. Use the preterite with ayer.
  3. Wrong: Treating juntarse and reunirse as identical in every context. — Right: Juntarse means to join, to get together, while reunirse means to meet, more formal. — They overlap, but each has uses the other does not: juntarse fits sentences such as Me junto con los amigos el sábado, while reunirse belongs in a different sentence. Check the meaning you want before choosing.
  4. Wrong: Yo soy juntado para estudiar el examen. — Right: Yo he juntado para estudiar el examen. — Spanish perfect tenses use haber, not ser: he juntado, has juntado, ha juntado. Ser plus the participle makes a passive, not a perfect tense.
  5. Wrong: De niño, yo junté en el parque por la tarde todos los días. — Right: De niño, yo juntaba en el parque por la tarde todos los días. — For a repeated habit in the past, use the imperfect (juntaba), not the preterite. The preterite (junté) is for one finished action.

Quiz: test yourself

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

  1. Complete the sentence: Yo ___ con los amigos el sábado. (present tense) A. me junto B. te juntas C. se junta D. nos juntamos

  2. Complete the sentence: Ayer, él ___ para estudiar el examen. (preterite) A. me junté B. te juntaste C. se juntaron D. se juntó

  3. Complete the sentence: Antes, nosotros ___ en el parque por la tarde. (imperfect) A. te juntabas B. se juntaban C. nos juntábamos D. me juntaba

  4. Complete the sentence: Mañana, tú ___ con la familia los domingos. (future) A. nos juntaremos B. te juntarás C. me juntaré D. se juntará

  5. Complete the sentence: Yo ___ con los amigos el sábado si pudiera. (conditional) A. me juntaría B. te juntarías C. se juntaría D. se juntarían

  6. Complete the sentence: Espero que él ___ para estudiar el examen. (present subjunctive) A. me junte B. te juntes C. nos juntemos D. se junte

  7. Complete the sentence: Si yo ___ en el parque por la tarde, todo cambiaría. (imperfect subjunctive, -ra form) A. se juntara B. nos juntáramos C. me juntara D. te juntaras

  8. Complete the sentence: Nosotros ___ con la familia los domingos. (present perfect) A. se han juntado B. nos hemos juntado C. me he juntado D. te has juntado

  9. Complete the command: No ___ con los amigos el sábado. (negative imperative, tú) A. te juntes B. se junte C. nos juntemos D. os juntéis

  10. Which is the gerund of juntarse, used with estar for the progressive? A. juntado B. junto C. junté D. juntando

Answer key

  1. me junto — The first-person present of juntarse is me junto. The other options are the tú, él/ella and nosotros forms.
  2. se juntó — The third-person preterite of juntarse is se juntó, the form for a single finished action in the past.
  3. nos juntábamos — The nosotros imperfect of juntarse is nos juntábamos, used here for a repeated past habit.
  4. te juntarás — The second-person future of juntarse is te juntarás.
  5. me juntaría — The first-person conditional of juntarse is me juntaría, the form for what would happen.
  6. se junte — After espero que, the subjunctive is required: the third-person present subjunctive of juntarse is se junte.
  7. me juntara — The first-person imperfect subjunctive (-ra) of juntarse is me juntara.
  8. nos hemos juntado — The nosotros present perfect of juntarse is nos hemos juntado: hemos + juntado.
  9. te juntes — The negative tú imperative uses the present subjunctive form with no before it: te juntes.
  10. juntando — The gerund of juntarse is juntando: estoy juntando. The participle juntado is used with haber instead.

Frequently asked questions

What does juntarse mean in English?

Juntarse means to join, to get together. It is used in everyday situations such as Me junto con los amigos el sábado. The exact English wording depends on the context, but the core meaning stays the same across the tenses.

Is juntarse a reflexive verb?

Yes. Juntarse is reflexive, so it always takes a reflexive pronoun that matches the person: me, te, se, nos, os or se. For example, Me junto con los amigos el sábado and él se junta para estudiar el examen. If you leave the pronoun out, the verb changes meaning or stops making sense.

What is the difference between juntarse and reunirse?

Juntarse means to join, to get together, while reunirse means to meet, more formal. They are easy to confuse because they appear in similar situations, but they are not interchangeable: use juntarse when you mean to join, to get together, as in Me junto con los amigos el sábado, and use reunirse for to meet, more formal. When in doubt, check the object of the sentence — it usually shows which verb fits.

How do I say “I join” in the past?

It depends on the kind of past. For one finished action, use the preterite: yo me junté para estudiar el examen. For a repeated habit or background in the past, use the imperfect: yo me juntaba en el parque por la tarde. For something that has just happened, use the present perfect: yo me he juntado para estudiar el examen.

How do I practise juntarse?

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

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