Mudarse Conjugation in Spanish

The Spanish verb mudarse means to move (house), and it is a verb you will use again and again once you know it. 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. Like every Spanish verb, mudarse 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 mudo a una casa más grande, and in the preterite you say me mudé a Madrid por el trabajo. 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: mudarse
  • English: to move (house)
  • Verb type: regular -ar verb, reflexive
  • Ending: -ar
  • Gerund: mudando
  • Past participle: mudado
  • Auxiliary verb: haber (all perfect tenses are formed with haber + mudado)
  • 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 mudarse, so no pronunciation is given rather than an invented one. Mudarse is reflexive: me mudo, nos mudamos. It means changing homes; for moving a piece of furniture, use mover.

Full conjugation tables

Every form below comes from the verified conjugation tables for mudarse. 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 mudo
tú te mudas
él/ella/Ud. se muda
nosotros/as nos mudamos
vosotros/as os mudáis
ellos/ellas/Uds. se mudan

Preterite

Person Pronoun Form
yo me mudé
tú te mudaste
él/ella/Ud. se mudó
nosotros/as nos mudamos
vosotros/as os mudasteis
ellos/ellas/Uds. se mudaron

Imperfect

Person Pronoun Form
yo me mudaba
tú te mudabas
él/ella/Ud. se mudaba
nosotros/as nos mudábamos
vosotros/as os mudabais
ellos/ellas/Uds. se mudaban

Future

Person Pronoun Form
yo me mudaré
tú te mudarás
él/ella/Ud. se mudará
nosotros/as nos mudaremos
vosotros/as os mudaréis
ellos/ellas/Uds. se mudarán

Conditional

Person Pronoun Form
yo me mudaría
tú te mudarías
él/ella/Ud. se mudaría
nosotros/as nos mudaríamos
vosotros/as os mudaríais
ellos/ellas/Uds. se mudarían

Present perfect

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

Pluperfect

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

Future perfect

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

Conditional perfect

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

Present subjunctive

Person Pronoun Form
yo me mude
tú te mudes
él/ella/Ud. se mude
nosotros/as nos mudemos
vosotros/as os mudéis
ellos/ellas/Uds. se muden

Imperfect subjunctive (-ra)

Person Pronoun Form
yo me mudara
tú te mudaras
él/ella/Ud. se mudara
nosotros/as nos mudáramos
vosotros/as os mudarais
ellos/ellas/Uds. se mudaran

Imperative (affirmative)

Person Pronoun Form
tú te muda
él/ella/Ud. se mude
nosotros/as nos mudemos
vosotros/as os mudad
ellos/ellas/Uds. se muden

Imperative (negative)

Person Pronoun Form
tú te mudes
él/ella/Ud. se mude
nosotros/as nos mudemos
vosotros/as os mudéis
ellos/ellas/Uds. se muden

Gerund and past participle

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

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 mudarse, the present looks like this in a real sentence: Me mudo a una casa más grande. 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 mudarse, the preterite looks like this in a real sentence: Ayer, me mudé de piso el mes que viene. 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 mudarse, the imperfect looks like this in a real sentence: De niño, me mudaba a Madrid por el trabajo. 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 mudarse, the future looks like this in a real sentence: Mañana, me mudaré con toda la familia. 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 mudarse, the conditional looks like this in a real sentence: Me mudaría a una casa más grande 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 mudarse, the present perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Hoy, me he mudado de piso el mes que viene. 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 mudarse, the pluperfect looks like this in a real sentence: Me había mudado a Madrid por el trabajo 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 mudarse, the future perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Para mañana, me habré mudado con toda la familia. 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 mudarse, the conditional perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Me habría mudado a una casa más grande 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 mudarse, the present subjunctive looks like this in a real sentence: Espero que él se mude de piso el mes que viene. 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 mudarse, the imperfect subjunctive looks like this in a real sentence: Si él se mudara a Madrid por el trabajo, 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 mudarse, the affirmative imperative looks like this in a real sentence: Que se mude con toda la familia. 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 mudarse, the negative imperative looks like this in a real sentence: No te mudes a una casa más grande. 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 mudarse, covering different tenses and persons. Each one uses a form from the tables above.

  1. Me mudo a una casa más grande. — I move house to a bigger house.
  2. Se muda de piso el mes que viene. — He/she moves house flats next month.
  3. Ayer, 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.
  5. Mañana, tú te mudarás a una casa más grande. — Tomorrow, you will move house to a bigger house.
  6. Yo me mudaría de piso el mes que viene si tuviera más tiempo. — I would move house flats next month if I had more time.
  7. Él se ha mudado a Madrid por el trabajo. — He has moved house to Madrid for work.
  8. Espero que él se mude con toda la familia. — I hope he moves house with the whole family.
  9. Yo ya me había mudado a una casa más grande antes de salir. — I had already moved house to a bigger house before leaving.
  10. Ellos se mudaban de piso el mes que viene cuando eran jóvenes. — They used to move house flats next month when they were young.

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. Choose the right form, then 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: Ayer, él ___ de piso el mes que viene. (preterite) A. me mudé B. te mudaste C. se mudaron D. se mudó

  3. Complete the sentence: Antes, nosotros ___ a Madrid por el trabajo. (imperfect) A. te mudabas B. se mudaban C. nos mudábamos D. me mudaba

  4. Complete the sentence: Mañana, tú ___ con toda la familia. (future) A. nos mudaremos B. te mudarás C. me mudaré D. se mudará

  5. Complete the sentence: Yo ___ a una casa más grande si pudiera. (conditional) A. me mudaría B. te mudarías C. se mudaría D. se mudarían

  6. Complete the sentence: Espero que él ___ de piso el mes que viene. (present subjunctive) A. me mude B. te mudes C. nos mudemos D. se mude

  7. Complete the sentence: Si yo ___ a Madrid por el trabajo, todo cambiaría. (imperfect subjunctive, -ra form) A. se mudara B. nos mudáramos C. me mudara D. te mudaras

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

  9. Complete the command: No ___ a una casa más grande. (negative imperative, tú) A. te mudes B. se mude C. nos mudemos D. os mudéis

  10. Which is the gerund of mudarse, used with estar for the progressive? A. mudado B. mudo C. mudé D. mudando

Answer key

  1. me mudo — The first-person present of mudarse is me mudo. The other options are the tú, él/ella and nosotros forms.
  2. se mudó — The third-person preterite of mudarse is se mudó, the form for a single finished action in the past.
  3. nos mudábamos — The nosotros imperfect of mudarse is nos mudábamos, used here for a repeated past habit.
  4. te mudarás — The second-person future of mudarse is te mudarás.
  5. me mudaría — The first-person conditional of mudarse is me mudaría, the form for what would happen.
  6. se mude — After espero que, the subjunctive is required: the third-person present subjunctive of mudarse is se mude.
  7. me mudara — The first-person imperfect subjunctive (-ra) of mudarse is me mudara.
  8. nos hemos mudado — The nosotros present perfect of mudarse is nos hemos mudado: hemos + mudado.
  9. te mudes — The negative tú imperative uses the present subjunctive form with no before it: te mudes.
  10. mudando — The gerund of mudarse is mudando: estoy mudando. The participle mudado is used with haber instead.

Frequently asked questions

What does mudarse mean in English?

Mudarse means to move (house). It is used in everyday situations such as Me mudo a una casa más grande. The exact English wording depends on the context, but the core meaning stays the same across the tenses.

Is mudarse a reflexive verb?

Yes. Mudarse is reflexive, so it always takes a reflexive pronoun that matches the person: me, te, se, nos, os or se. For example, Me mudo a una casa más grande and él se muda de piso el mes que viene. If you leave the pronoun out, the verb changes meaning or stops making sense.

What is the difference between mudarse and trasladarse?

Mudarse means to move (house), while trasladarse means to move or transfer, often for work. They are easy to confuse because they appear in similar situations, but they are not interchangeable: use mudarse when you mean to move (house), as in Me mudo a una casa más grande, and use trasladarse for to move or transfer, often for work. When in doubt, check the object of the sentence — it usually shows which verb fits.

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

It depends on the kind of 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 present tense table, then drill the preterite and the imperfect, since those two past tenses cause the most mistakes. Try the mudarse examples and quiz page for more sentences, and use the Spanish Verb Quiz to test the forms under pressure.

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