Mejorarse Examples, Sentences and Quiz

Mejorarse means “to get better”, and it is one of the verbs you will use every day in Spanish. Mejorarse means to get better, and it is used for recovering from an illness, improving your Spanish or getting better at a skill. It is reflexive because the improvement happens to you, and it is fully regular. This page shows mejorarse in real sentences, in short dialogues, and in the mistakes learners make most often, and it finishes with a ten-question quiz so you can test yourself. Every sentence below comes with its English translation, and every form is the correct present-tense form unless the sentence is clearly marked as past or future. For a first taste: “Yo me mejoro de la gripe poco a poco.” — I get better from the flu little by little.

Mejorarse in real example sentences

The twelve sentences below are grouped by how mejorarse is used. Read each one out loud, then read the translation. If a sentence feels useful, copy it into your own notebook with one small change — a different time, a different person, a different place — and you have a new sentence of your own.

In the present: everyday use

These sentences use mejorarse in the present tense, which is how you will meet it most often: routines, facts, and things happening now.

  1. “Me mejoro de la gripe poco a poco.” — I get better from the flu little by little.

  2. “¿Tú te mejoras con el descanso y la medicina?” — Do you get better with rest and medicine?

  3. “Se mejora en español con la práctica.” — He/she gets better at Spanish with practice.

  4. “Nos mejoramos poco a poco cada día.” — We get better little by little every day.

Talking about the past

The present is not the only tense you need. These sentences show mejorarse in the past, so you can talk about what already happened.

  1. “Ayer, yo me mejoré de la gripe poco a poco.” — Yesterday, I got better from the flu little by little. (preterite)

  2. “Él se mejoraba con el descanso y la medicina todos los días.” — He used to get better with rest and medicine every day. (imperfect)

Plans and things already done

These sentences look forward, or look back at something already finished. Notice how the verb form changes while the meaning of mejorarse stays the same.

  1. “Nosotros nos mejoraremos en español con la práctica mañana.” — We will get better at Spanish with practice tomorrow. (future)

  2. “¿Te has mejorado poco a poco cada día?” — Have you got better little by little every day? (present perfect)

More everyday uses

Four more present-tense sentences, covering the remaining persons, so you can see the whole table in action.

  1. “Os mejoráis de la gripe poco a poco.” — You get better from the flu little by little.

  2. “Se mejoran con el descanso y la medicina.” — They get better with rest and medicine.

  3. “Me mejoro en español con la práctica.” — I get better at Spanish with practice.

  4. “Se mejora poco a poco cada día.” — He/she gets better little by little every day.

Mejorarse in context

Single sentences teach you the forms. Dialogues teach you when to use them. Read the short conversation below, then the paragraph that follows, and notice how mejorarse appears naturally, without anyone stopping to think about conjugation.

A short dialogue

  • Lucía: “¿Tú te mejoras de la gripe poco a poco?” — Do you get better from the flu little by little?

  • Carlos: “Sí, yo me mejoro de la gripe poco a poco.” — Yes, I get better from the flu little by little.

  • Lucía: “Nosotros nos mejoramos con el descanso y la medicina.” — We get better with rest and medicine.

  • Carlos: “Y ellos se mejoran en español con la práctica.” — And they get better at Spanish with practice.

  • Lucía: “Vosotros os mejoráis poco a poco cada día.” — You get better little by little every day.

  • Carlos: “Sí, y él se mejora con el descanso y la medicina.” — Yes, and he gets better with rest and medicine.

A short paragraph

Lucía se mejora de la gripe poco a poco, y Carlos se mejora con el descanso y la medicina. Nosotros nos mejoramos en español con la práctica, y ellos se mejoran poco a poco cada día. Yo me mejoro en español con la práctica, y mi padre se mejora poco a poco cada día. Mejorarse is part of everyday life, because to get better is something Spanish speakers do again and again, in every tense and every situation.

Common mistakes with mejorarse

These are the errors learners actually make with mejorarse. Each one shows the wrong version, the right version, and why the correction matters.

  • Wrong: “Yo mejoro de la gripe poco a poco.” Right: “Yo me mejoro de la gripe poco a poco.” Why: Mejorarse is reflexive, so the pronoun me is required: without it the verb means something else, or nothing at all.

  • Wrong: “Ayer yo mejoro con el descanso y la medicina.” Right: “Ayer yo mejoré con el descanso y la medicina.” Why: The present and the preterite are different tenses: mejoro is happening now, while mejoré is a finished action in the past. Use the preterite with ayer.

  • Wrong: “Treating mejorarse and empeorarse as identical in every context.” Right: “Mejorarse means to get better, while empeorarse means to get worse.” Why: They overlap, but each has uses the other does not: mejorarse fits sentences such as Me mejoro de la gripe poco a poco, while empeorarse belongs in a different sentence. Check the meaning you want before choosing.

  • Wrong: “Yo soy mejorado con el descanso y la medicina.” Right: “Yo he mejorado con el descanso y la medicina.” Why: Spanish perfect tenses use haber, not ser: he mejorado, has mejorado, ha mejorado. Ser plus the participle makes a passive, not a perfect tense.

  • Wrong: “De niño, yo mejoré en español con la práctica todos los días.” Right: “De niño, yo mejoraba en español con la práctica todos los días.” Why: For a repeated habit in the past, use the imperfect (mejoraba), not the preterite. The preterite (mejoré) is for one finished action.

Quiz: mejorarse in use

Ten questions on mejorarse in real sentences. Choose the correct answer for each one, then check the answer key. Every answer is explained.

1. Complete the sentence: “Vosotros ______ de la gripe poco a poco.” (From the flu little by little.)

  • (a) os mejoráis
  • (b) me mejoro
  • (c) te mejoras

Answer: os mejoráis — The vosotros/as form of mejorarse in the present is os mejoráis.

2. Complete the sentence: “Ellos ______ con el descanso y la medicina.” (With rest and medicine.)

  • (a) me mejoro
  • (b) te mejoras
  • (c) se mejoran

Answer: se mejoran — The ellos/ellas/Uds. form of mejorarse in the present is se mejoran.

3. Complete the sentence: “Yo ______ de la gripe poco a poco.” (From the flu little by little.)

  • (a) se mejoró
  • (b) me mejoré
  • (c) te mejoraste

Answer: me mejoré — The yo form of mejorarse in the preterite is me mejoré.

4. Complete the sentence: “Él ______ con el descanso y la medicina.” (With rest and medicine.)

  • (a) se mejoraba
  • (b) me mejoraba
  • (c) te mejorabas

Answer: se mejoraba — The él/ella/Ud. form of mejorarse in the imperfect is se mejoraba.

5. Complete the sentence: “Nosotros ______ en español con la práctica.” (At spanish with practice.)

  • (a) me mejoraré
  • (b) te mejorarás
  • (c) nos mejoraremos

Answer: nos mejoraremos — The nosotros/as form of mejorarse in the future is nos mejoraremos.

6. What does mejorarse mean in English?

  • (a) to get angry
  • (b) to get better
  • (c) to get worse

Answer: to get better — Mejorarse means “to get better”. The other options are the meanings of different verbs.

7. Which sentence is correct?

  • (a) Yo me mejoro de la gripe poco a poco.
  • (b) Ellos mejora de la gripe poco a poco.
  • (c) Yo me mejoro con el descanso y la medicina ayer.

Answer: Yo me mejoro de la gripe poco a poco. — “Yo me mejoro de la gripe poco a poco.” is correct. The other two sentences contain the mistakes explained in the section above.

8. How do you say “I get better from the flu little by little.” in Spanish?

  • (a) Yo se mejoran de la gripe poco a poco.
  • (b) Yo me mejoré de la gripe poco a poco.
  • (c) Yo me mejoro de la gripe poco a poco.

Answer: Yo me mejoro de la gripe poco a poco. — “Yo me mejoro de la gripe poco a poco.” is the correct translation. The second option uses the wrong person's form, and the third uses the preterite.

9. What is the nosotros form of mejorarse in the present tense?

  • (a) te mejoras
  • (b) nos mejoramos
  • (c) me mejoro

Answer: nos mejoramos — The nosotros form is nos mejoramos.

10. Which of these sentences is in the present tense?

  • (a) Ayer, yo me mejoré de la gripe poco a poco.
  • (b) Nosotros nos mejoraremos de la gripe poco a poco mañana.
  • (c) Yo me mejoro de la gripe poco a poco.

Answer: Yo me mejoro de la gripe poco a poco. — “Yo me mejoro de la gripe poco a poco.” is in the present tense. The other two are in the preterite and the future.

Frequently asked questions

How do you say 'I get better' in Spanish?

Say 'Yo me mejoro de la gripe poco a poco'. The complement follows directly, as in the examples above. For a routine, add a time expression: 'Yo me mejoro de la gripe poco a poco todos los días'.

How do you say 'I get better' in the past?

For one finished action, say 'Ayer, yo me mejoré con el descanso y la medicina'. For a repeated habit, say 'Yo me mejoraba con el descanso y la medicina todos los días'. For something already done, say 'Yo me he mejorado con el descanso y la medicina'.

What is the difference between mejorarse and empeorarse?

Mejorarse means to get better, while empeorarse means to get worse. They are easy to confuse because they appear in similar situations, but they are not interchangeable: use mejorarse when you mean to get better, as in Me mejoro de la gripe poco a poco.

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