Mudarse Examples, Sentences and Quiz in Spanish

mudarse means to move (house), and it is a verb you will meet in everyday Spanish again and again. Mudarse means to move house, and it is the verb for changing homes, moving to a new city and moving flats. It is reflexive, and it is always used with a or de for the new or old home: mudarse a Madrid, mudarse de casa. This page puts mudarse to work: twelve example sentences in different tenses and persons, grouped by use, then two short dialogues where the verb appears naturally, then the common mistakes to avoid, and finally a ten-question quiz with explained answers. Every Spanish form on this page comes from the verified conjugation tables for mudarse, and the full tables are on the mudarse conjugation page if you need to check a form.

Example sentences

Everyday uses

  1. Yo me mudo a una casa más grande. — I move house to a bigger house.
  2. Él se muda de piso el mes que viene. — He/she moves house flats next month.
  3. Ayer, yo me mudé a Madrid por el trabajo. — Yesterday, I moved house to Madrid for work.
  4. Antes, nosotros nos mudábamos con toda la familia. — Before, we used to move house with the whole family.

In other tenses

  1. Mañana, tú te mudarás a una casa más grande. — Tomorrow, you will move house to a bigger house.
  2. Yo me mudaría de piso el mes que viene. — I would move house flats next month.
  3. Él se ha mudado a Madrid por el trabajo. — He/she has moved house to Madrid for work.
  4. Espero que él se mude con toda la familia. — I hope he/she moves house with the whole family.

With other people

  1. Nosotros nos mudamos a una casa más grande. — We move house to a bigger house.
  2. Vosotros os mudáis de piso el mes que viene. — You all move house flats next month.
  3. Antes, ellos se mudaban a Madrid por el trabajo. — Before, they used to move house to Madrid for work.
  4. Mañana, él se mudará con toda la familia. — Tomorrow, he/she will move house with the whole family.

Mudarse in context

Two short dialogues that use mudarse the way people really use it. Read them aloud — the verb forms will stick much faster in a conversation than in a table.

Dialogue 1: today and yesterday

  • Ana: "Hola, ¿qué tal?" — "Hello, how are you?"
  • Luis: "Hoy me mudo a una casa más grande." — "Today I move house to a bigger house."
  • Ana: "¿Y ayer?" — "And yesterday?"
  • Luis: "Ayer, me mudé a Madrid por el trabajo." — "Yesterday I moved house to Madrid for work."
  • Ana: "¿Y mañana, tú te mudarás de piso el mes que viene?" — "And tomorrow, will you will move house flats next month?"
  • Luis: "Sí, claro. Y tú también." — "Yes, of course. And you too."

Dialogue 2: making plans

  • Marta: "Mañana, nosotros nos mudamos con toda la familia." — "Tomorrow we move house with the whole family."
  • Carlos: "Perfecto. Yo me mudaría de piso el mes que viene si tuviera más tiempo." — "Perfect. I would would move house flats next month if I had more time."
  • Marta: "Espero que él se mude a una casa más grande." — "I hope he moves house to a bigger house."
  • Carlos: "Seguro que sí. Él ya se ha mudado a Madrid por el trabajo." — "Surely. He has already has moved house to Madrid for work."
  • Marta: "Vale, nos vemos mañana." — "OK, see you tomorrow."

Notice how the same verb changes with the tense: the present for the plan, the conditional for the wish, the subjunctive after espero que, and the present perfect for what has already happened. That is the whole point of learning a verb across its tenses, not just in one form.

Common mistakes

  1. Wrong: Yo mudo a una casa más grande. — Right: Yo me mudo a una casa más grande. — Mudarse is reflexive, so the pronoun me is required: without it the verb means something else, or nothing at all.
  2. Wrong: Vosotros mudais de piso el mes que viene. — Right: Vosotros mudáis de piso el mes que viene. — The vosotros present form carries a written accent: mudáis, not mudais. The accent marks the stressed vowel.
  3. Wrong: Treating mudarse and trasladarse as identical in every context. — Right: Mudarse means to move (house), while trasladarse means to move or transfer, often for work. — They overlap, but each has uses the other does not: mudarse fits sentences such as Me mudo a una casa más grande, while trasladarse belongs in a different sentence. Check the meaning you want before choosing.
  4. Wrong: Yo soy mudado de piso el mes que viene. — Right: Yo he mudado de piso el mes que viene. — Spanish perfect tenses use haber, not ser: he mudado, has mudado, ha mudado. Ser plus the participle makes a passive, not a perfect tense.
  5. Wrong: De niño, yo mudé a Madrid por el trabajo todos los días. — Right: De niño, yo mudaba a Madrid por el trabajo todos los días. — For a repeated habit in the past, use the imperfect (mudaba), not the preterite. The preterite (mudé) is for one finished action.

Quiz: test yourself

Ten questions on mudarse: four on the forms, three on the meaning, and three on spotting the correct sentence. Check the answer key below.

  1. Complete the sentence: Yo ___ a una casa más grande. (present tense) A. me mudo B. te mudas C. se muda D. nos mudamos

  2. Complete the sentence: Él ___ de piso el mes que viene. (preterite tense) A. me mudé B. te mudaste C. nos mudamos D. se mudó

  3. Complete the sentence: Tú ___ a Madrid por el trabajo. (future tense) A. se mudará B. nos mudaremos C. te mudarás D. me mudaré

  4. Complete the sentence: Nosotros ___ con toda la familia. (imperfect tense) A. se mudaba B. nos mudábamos C. me mudaba D. te mudabas

  5. What does "Yo me mudo a una casa más grande." mean in English? A. I move house to a bigger house. B. I move house flats next month. C. I move house to Madrid for work. D. I move house with the whole family.

  6. What does "Él se mudó de piso el mes que viene." mean in English? A. He/she moved house to a bigger house. B. He/she moved house to Madrid for work. C. He/she moved house with the whole family. D. He/she moved house flats next month.

  7. What does "Nosotros nos mudaremos a Madrid por el trabajo." mean in English? A. We will move house flats next month. B. We will move house with the whole family. C. We will move house to Madrid for work. D. We will move house to a bigger house.

  8. Which sentence is correct? A. Yo se mudan de piso el mes que viene. B. Yo se muda de piso el mes que viene. C. Yo me mudo de piso el mes que viene.

  9. Which sentence is correct? A. Él me mudé a Madrid por el trabajo. B. Él se mudó a Madrid por el trabajo. C. Él se mudaron a Madrid por el trabajo.

  10. Which sentence is correct? A. Espero que yo me mude con toda la familia. B. Yo se muden con toda la familia. C. Yo se mude con toda la familia.

Answer key

  1. me mudo — The yo present form of mudarse is me mudo.
  2. se mudó — The el preterite form of mudarse is se mudó.
  3. te mudarás — The tu future form of mudarse is te mudarás.
  4. nos mudábamos — The nosotros imperfect form of mudarse is nos mudábamos.
  5. I move house to a bigger house. — The Spanish sentence uses the present form me mudo, so the English is "I move house to a bigger house." The other options use a different object or situation.
  6. He/she moved house flats next month. — The Spanish sentence uses the preterite form se mudó, so the English is "He/she moved house flats next month." The other options use a different object or situation.
  7. We will move house to Madrid for work. — The Spanish sentence uses the future form nos mudaremos, so the English is "We will move house to Madrid for work." The other options use a different object or situation.
  8. Yo me mudo de piso el mes que viene. — The correct sentence is "Yo me mudo de piso el mes que viene." The other sentences use the wrong form or the wrong person for the subject.
  9. Él se mudó a Madrid por el trabajo. — The correct sentence is "Él se mudó a Madrid por el trabajo." The other sentences use the wrong form or the wrong person for the subject.
  10. Espero que yo me mude con toda la familia. — The correct sentence is "Espero que yo me mude con toda la familia." The other sentences use the wrong form or the wrong person for the subject.

Frequently asked questions

What does mudarse mean, and when do I use it?

Mudarse means to move (house). Mudarse means to move house, and it is the verb for changing homes, moving to a new city and moving flats. It is reflexive, and it is always used with a or de for the new or old home: mudarse a Madrid, mudarse de casa. A good first sentence to remember is Yo me mudo a una casa más grande. — "I move house to a bigger house."

What is the difference between mudarse and trasladarse?

Mudarse means to move (house), while trasladarse means to move or transfer, often for work. They appear in similar situations, but they are not interchangeable: use mudarse when you mean to move (house), as in Yo me mudo de piso el mes que viene., and use trasladarse for to move or transfer, often for work.

How do I say "I move (house)" in the past?

For one finished action, use the preterite: Yo me mudé de piso el mes que viene.. For a repeated habit or background in the past, use the imperfect: Yo me mudaba a Madrid por el trabajo.. For something that has just happened, use the present perfect: Yo me he mudado de piso el mes que viene..

How do I practise mudarse?

Start with the mudarse conjugation page for the full tables, then the mudarse in the present tense page for the tense in focus, and use the Spanish Verb Quiz to test the forms under pressure. Mudarse is reflexive: me mudo, nos mudamos. It means changing homes; for moving a piece of furniture, use mover.

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