Moverse Conjugation in Spanish

moverse is the Spanish verb for «to move (oneself)». As a stem-changing -er verb (o → ue), reflexive verb it follows the -er endings, and the tables on this page list every form so you never have to guess. You will find the present, the past tenses, the future, the conditional, the perfect tenses, the subjunctive and the imperative, each with a short note on when to use it. Start with the present tense: «Me muevo todos los días» — I move every day. Then work down the page tense by tense, and finish with the quiz.

Quick facts

  • Infinitive: moverse
  • English: to move (oneself)
  • Verb type: stem-changing -er verb (o → ue), reflexive
  • Ending: -er
  • Gerund: moviendo
  • Past participle: movido
  • Auxiliary verb: haber (all perfect tenses are formed with haber + movido)
  • Reflexive pronouns: me, te, se, nos, os, se — one before every conjugated form, matching the person.
  • Stem change: o → ue — the stem vowel changes in the yo, tú, él and ellos forms of the present, the present subjunctive and the imperative.
  • Irregular in: present indicative, present subjunctive, imperative — affirmative, imperative — negative.

Pronunciation is not listed on this page: the verified tables do not include IPA for moverse, so no pronunciation is given rather than an invented one.

moverse is reflexive: Me muevo todos los días; te mueves todos los días. Without the pronoun, the verb means doing the action to someone else rather than to yourself, so keep the pronoun with the form.

Full conjugation tables

Every form below comes from the verified conjugation tables for moverse. 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: moviendo · Past participle: movido

Present Indicative

Person Pronoun Form
yo me muevo
tú te mueves
él/ella/Ud. se mueve
nosotros/as nos movemos
vosotros/as os movéis
ellos/ellas/Uds. se mueven

The present is the tense you will use most with moverse. It covers daily routines, permanent facts and actions in progress. Learn the yo form muevo first, then the tú and él forms, which are the ones that change the stem in stem-changing verbs. Watch the stem: moverse changes the stem vowel in the yo, tú, él and ellos forms, while nosotros and vosotros keep the plain stem. This is one of the tenses where moverse does not follow the regular pattern, so learn the forms in the table above rather than guessing them from the infinitive.

Preterite

Person Pronoun Form
yo me moví
tú te moviste
él/ella/Ud. se movió
nosotros/as nos movimos
vosotros/as os movisteis
ellos/ellas/Uds. se movieron

The preterite of moverse reports what happened. «Ayer yo moví por la tarde» places the action firmly in finished time. It is the tense of stories and reports, not of background description.

Imperfect

Person Pronoun Form
yo me movía
tú te movías
él/ella/Ud. se movía
nosotros/as nos movíamos
vosotros/as os movíais
ellos/ellas/Uds. se movían

The imperfect of moverse paints the background of a past scene: repeated actions, states and descriptions. «Antes, yo movía todos los días» is the pattern. Pair it with the preterite when one event interrupts another.

Future

Person Pronoun Form
yo me moveré
tú te moverás
él/ella/Ud. se moverá
nosotros/as nos moveremos
vosotros/as os moveréis
ellos/ellas/Uds. se moverán

The future of moverse looks forward: what will happen tomorrow, next week or next year. «Mañana yo moveré sin falta» is the pattern. Remember that the future can also express probability about the present in Spanish.

Conditional

Person Pronoun Form
yo me movería
tú te moverías
él/ella/Ud. se movería
nosotros/as nos moveríamos
vosotros/as os moveríais
ellos/ellas/Uds. se moverían

The conditional of moverse is the tense of «would»: what you would do, what would happen, what you would like. «Si pudiera, yo movería sin dudarlo» shows the pattern. It is built on the infinitive, just like the future.

Present Perfect

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

The present perfect of moverse says «have done»: the action is finished but its result still matters now. «Hoy yo he movido dos veces» is the pattern. Learn the participle movido well — every perfect tense depends on it.

Pluperfect

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

The pluperfect of moverse steps one event further back than the preterite. «Antes de salir, yo había movido» is the pattern: first this happened, then the story moved on. It is haber in the imperfect plus movido.

Future Perfect

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

The future perfect of moverse combines the future of haber with movido. «Para el viernes, yo habré movido ya» is the pattern. Use it when the completion matters more than the action itself.

Conditional Perfect

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

The conditional perfect of moverse is the tense of «would have done». «Yo habría movido si hubiera podido» is the pattern. It is built from haber in the conditional plus movido.

Present Subjunctive

Person Pronoun Form
yo me mueva
tú te muevas
él/ella/Ud. se mueva
nosotros/as nos movamos
vosotros/as os mováis
ellos/ellas/Uds. se muevan

The present subjunctive of moverse is the mood of what is wished, doubted or demanded rather than stated as fact. «Espero que tú muevas» is the pattern. If the trigger is in the past, switch to the imperfect subjunctive instead. Watch the stem: moverse changes the stem vowel in the yo, tú, él and ellos forms, while nosotros and vosotros keep the plain stem. This is one of the tenses where moverse does not follow the regular pattern, so learn the forms in the table above rather than guessing them from the infinitive.

Imperfect Subjunctive (-ra forms)

Person Pronoun Form
yo me moviera
tú te movieras
él/ella/Ud. se moviera
nosotros/as nos moviéramos
vosotros/as os movierais
ellos/ellas/Uds. se movieran

The imperfect subjunctive of moverse handles the hypothetical past and the polite conditional. «Ojalá yo moviera más a menudo» is the pattern. The -ra forms in the table are the standard ones; the -se forms use the same stem with -se endings.

Imperative — Affirmative

Person Pronoun Form
tú te mueve
él/ella/Ud. se mueva
nosotros/as nos movamos
vosotros/as os moved
ellos/ellas/Uds. se muevan

There is no yo form in the imperative — you cannot command yourself.

In real speech the reflexive pronoun attaches to the end of an affirmative command; the table shows the pronoun and the form separately so you can see both parts.

The affirmative imperative of moverse is for orders and instructions. «¡mueve, por favor!» is the pattern. Remember there is no yo form in the imperative, and the nosotros form doubles as a suggestion: «¡movamos!» means «let's do it». Watch the stem: moverse changes the stem vowel in the yo, tú, él and ellos forms, while nosotros and vosotros keep the plain stem. This is one of the tenses where moverse does not follow the regular pattern, so learn the forms in the table above rather than guessing them from the infinitive.

Imperative — Negative

Person Pronoun Form
tú te muevas
él/ella/Ud. se mueva
nosotros/as nos movamos
vosotros/as os mováis
ellos/ellas/Uds. se muevan

There is no yo form in the imperative — you cannot command yourself.

In real speech the reflexive pronoun attaches to the end of an affirmative command; the table shows the pronoun and the form separately so you can see both parts.

The negative imperative of moverse is built on the present subjunctive: «¡No muevas!». Learn it as a set with the subjunctive table above, and never follow no with the affirmative command form. Watch the stem: moverse changes the stem vowel in the yo, tú, él and ellos forms, while nosotros and vosotros keep the plain stem. This is one of the tenses where moverse does not follow the regular pattern, so learn the forms in the table above rather than guessing them from the infinitive.

Example sentences

  1. Me muevo todos los días. — I move every day.
  2. Ayer me moví por la tarde. — Yesterday I moved in the afternoon.
  3. Antes, me movía todos los días. — In the past, I used to move every day.
  4. Mañana me moveré sin falta. — Tomorrow I will move without fail.
  5. Si tuviera más tiempo, me movería ahora mismo. — If I had more time, I would move right now.
  6. Hoy me he movido dos veces. — Today I have moved twice.
  7. Espero que te muevas pronto. — I hope You move soon.
  8. Si me moviera, todo sería distinto. — If I moved, everything would be different.
  9. Ahora mismo me estoy moviendo. — Right now I am moving.
  10. ¡No te muevas! — Don't move!

Common mistakes

1. Forgetting the reflexive pronoun

Wrong: yo muevo todos los días.

Right: me muevo todos los días.

moverse is reflexive: the pronoun me belongs before every conjugated form. Without it, you are using the non-reflexive verb, which means something different — doing the action to someone else instead of to yourself.

2. Using the unchanged stem in the present

Wrong: Yo movo.

Right: Yo muevo.

moverse is a stem-changing verb (o → ue). In the present, the stem vowel changes in the yo, tú, él and ellos forms, so the yo form is muevo, not movo. Only nosotros and vosotros keep the plain stem.

3. Treating moverse as fully regular in the present

Wrong: Yo movo.

Right: Yo muevo.

moverse is irregular in the present tense, so the regular pattern does not apply. The yo form is muevo — learn it as a separate word rather than building it from the infinitive.

4. Using the imperfect for a finished event

Wrong: Ayer me movía.

Right: Ayer me moví.

Yesterday's finished action needs the preterite, moví. The imperfect movía describes what used to happen or what was going on, not a single completed event.

5. Using the indicative after a subjunctive trigger

Wrong: Espero que te mueves.

Right: Espero que te muevas.

After espero que, Spanish requires the subjunctive: muevas, not the indicative mueves. Wishes, hopes and doubts all trigger this change.

6. Using the affirmative imperative after no

Wrong: No te mueve.

Right: No te muevas.

Negative commands use the subjunctive-based forms: no muevas. The affirmative mueve can never follow no.

Quiz

Test yourself on the forms above. Choose the correct answer, then check the key below.

1. What is the ellos/ellas/Uds. form of moverse in the present indicative?

- (a) mueves
- (b) mueve
- (c) muevo
- (d) mueven

2. What is the yo form of moverse in the preterite?

- (a) moví
- (b) movió
- (c) movimos
- (d) moviste

3. What is the tú form of moverse in the imperfect?

- (a) movía
- (b) movía
- (c) movíamos
- (d) movías

4. What is the él/ella/Ud. form of moverse in the future?

- (a) moveremos
- (b) moverás
- (c) moveré
- (d) moverá

5. What is the nosotros/as form of moverse in the conditional?

- (a) movería
- (b) moveríamos
- (c) movería
- (d) moverías

6. What is the vosotros/as form of moverse in the present perfect?

- (a) habéis movido
- (b) he movido
- (c) ha movido
- (d) has movido

7. What is the ellos/ellas/Uds. form of moverse in the present subjunctive?

- (a) muevas
- (b) mueva
- (c) mueva
- (d) muevan

8. What is the yo form of moverse in the imperfect subjunctive (-ra forms)?

- (a) moviéramos
- (b) moviera
- (c) moviera
- (d) movieras

9. What is the gerund of moverse?

- (a) moviendo
- (b) moverse
- (c) movido
- (d) muevo

10. What is the past participle of moverse?

- (a) moví
- (b) moverse
- (c) movido
- (d) moviendo

Answer key

1. (d) — In the present indicative, the ellos/ellas/Uds. form of moverse is mueven. The other options are the same tense but different persons. 2. (a) — In the preterite, the yo form of moverse is moví. The other options are the same tense but different persons. 3. (d) — In the imperfect, the tú form of moverse is movías. The other options are the same tense but different persons. 4. (d) — In the future, the él/ella/Ud. form of moverse is moverá. The other options are the same tense but different persons. 5. (b) — In the conditional, the nosotros/as form of moverse is moveríamos. The other options are the same tense but different persons. 6. (a) — In the present perfect, the vosotros/as form of moverse is habéis movido. The other options are the same tense but different persons. 7. (d) — In the present subjunctive, the ellos/ellas/Uds. form of moverse is muevan. The other options are the same tense but different persons. 8. (b) — In the imperfect subjunctive (-ra forms), the yo form of moverse is moviera. The other options are the same tense but different persons. 9. (a) — The gerund of moverse is moviendo. It is used with estar for the progressive: «Estoy moviendo». 10. (c) — The past participle of moverse is movido. It follows haber in all the perfect tenses: «he movido».

Frequently asked questions

Is moverse regular or irregular?

No — moverse is a stem-changing verb (o → ue). The stem vowel changes in the yo, tú, él and ellos forms of the present, the present subjunctive and the imperative, while nosotros and vosotros keep the plain stem. The endings themselves stay regular.

What are the gerund and past participle of moverse?

The gerund is moviendo and the past participle is movido. Use the gerund with estar for actions in progress («Estoy moviendo») and the participle with haber for the perfect tenses («he movido»).

How do I say «I move» in Spanish?

Say «Me muevo todos los días». That is the yo form of the present tense, the form you need for talking about yourself right now.

What is the difference between the preterite and the imperfect of moverse?

Use the preterite (moví) for a single finished event and the imperfect (movía) for habits and background. «Ayer yo moví» reports something that happened and ended; «Antes, yo movía» describes what used to happen.

When do I use the subjunctive with moverse?

Use the subjunctive after wishes, doubts, emotions and impersonal expressions — for example «Espero que tú muevas». The trigger sits in the main clause; once it is there, the subjunctive form is required, not a stylistic choice.

What does the -se in moverse mean?

The -se marks moverse as reflexive: the action comes back to the subject. You always pair the form with its pronoun — me, te, se, nos, os, se — placed before the conjugated verb. Dropping the pronoun changes the meaning, so treat the pronoun as part of the verb.

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