Organizarse Conjugation in Spanish

organizarse is the Spanish verb for «to organise oneself». As a spelling-changing -ar verb, reflexive verb it follows the -ar 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 organizo todos los días» — I organise myself every day. Then work down the page tense by tense, and finish with the quiz.

Quick facts

  • Infinitive: organizarse
  • English: to organise oneself
  • Verb type: spelling-changing -ar verb, reflexive
  • Ending: -ar
  • Gerund: organizando
  • Past participle: organizado
  • Auxiliary verb: haber (all perfect tenses are formed with haber + organizado)
  • Reflexive pronouns: me, te, se, nos, os, se — one before every conjugated form, matching the person.
  • Spelling change: in the preterite the yo form is organicé, not organizé, so the stem-final letter changes before e and i.
  • Spelling change: in the present subjunctive the yo form is organice, not organize, so the stem-final letter changes before e and i.

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

organizarse is reflexive: Me organizo todos los días; te organizas 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 organizarse. 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: organizando · Past participle: organizado

Present Indicative

Person Pronoun Form
yo me organizo
tú te organizas
él/ella/Ud. se organiza
nosotros/as nos organizamos
vosotros/as os organizáis
ellos/ellas/Uds. se organizan

Use the present of organizarse for things that happen regularly and for things that are true in general. The yo form organizo is the anchor of the table: the other persons follow the regular -ar endings from it. When you talk about yourself right now, this is the form you need.

Preterite

Person Pronoun Form
yo me organicé
tú te organizaste
él/ella/Ud. se organizó
nosotros/as nos organizamos
vosotros/as os organizasteis
ellos/ellas/Uds. se organizaron

Use the preterite of organizarse for a single finished event: something that happened once and is over. The yo form is organicé. If you can put a finished time expression with it — ayer, la semana pasada, anoche — the preterite is usually right.

Imperfect

Person Pronoun Form
yo me organizaba
tú te organizabas
él/ella/Ud. se organizaba
nosotros/as nos organizábamos
vosotros/as os organizabais
ellos/ellas/Uds. se organizaban

Use the imperfect of organizarse for what used to happen and for what was going on when something else happened. The yo form is organizaba. If the action has no clear beginning or end in the story, the imperfect is the right choice.

Future

Person Pronoun Form
yo me organizaré
tú te organizarás
él/ella/Ud. se organizará
nosotros/as nos organizaremos
vosotros/as os organizaréis
ellos/ellas/Uds. se organizarán

Use the future of organizarse for plans, promises and predictions. The yo form is organizaré, built on the infinitive plus the future endings. For a firm plan, the future sounds more formal than ir a + infinitive; for a casual plan, either works.

Conditional

Person Pronoun Form
yo me organizaría
tú te organizarías
él/ella/Ud. se organizaría
nosotros/as nos organizaríamos
vosotros/as os organizaríais
ellos/ellas/Uds. se organizarían

Use the conditional of organizarse for hypothetical situations and for softening requests. The yo form is organizaría. It appears after si-clauses with the imperfect subjunctive and on its own for polite suggestions.

Present Perfect

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

Use the present perfect of organizarse for recent events with present relevance. The yo form is he organizado — haber in the present plus organizado. Time expressions like hoy, esta semana and últimamente are its natural partners.

Pluperfect

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

Use the pluperfect of organizarse when you need two layers of past: one event already finished before another past event began. The yo form is había organizado. It is the tense of «had already done».

Future Perfect

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

Use the future perfect of organizarse to say that something will be finished by a future moment. The yo form is habré organizado. It pairs naturally with deadlines: para mañana, para el viernes, para entonces.

Conditional Perfect

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

Use the conditional perfect of organizarse for the past that did not happen: what would have been done with more time or a different choice. The yo form is habría organizado. It follows si-clauses with the pluperfect subjunctive.

Present Subjunctive

Person Pronoun Form
yo me organice
tú te organices
él/ella/Ud. se organice
nosotros/as nos organicemos
vosotros/as os organicéis
ellos/ellas/Uds. se organicen

Use the present subjunctive of organizarse when the main clause expresses a wish, a doubt, an emotion or an impersonal judgement. The yo form is organice. After espero que, ojalá que and no creo que, the subjunctive is required, not optional.

Imperfect Subjunctive (-ra forms)

Person Pronoun Form
yo me organizara
tú te organizaras
él/ella/Ud. se organizara
nosotros/as nos organizáramos
vosotros/as os organizarais
ellos/ellas/Uds. se organizaran

Use the imperfect subjunctive of organizarse after past-tense wishes and doubts, and in si-clauses that set up a hypothetical present. The yo form is organizara. It is built on the third-person plural preterite stem, which is why it looks different from the present subjunctive.

Imperative — Affirmative

Person Pronoun Form
tú te organiza
él/ella/Ud. se organice
nosotros/as nos organicemos
vosotros/as os organizad
ellos/ellas/Uds. se organicen

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.

Use the affirmative imperative of organizarse to tell someone to do something: instructions, invitations and requests. The tú form is organiza. For a polite command, use the usted form organice instead of the tú form.

Imperative — Negative

Person Pronoun Form
tú te organices
él/ella/Ud. se organice
nosotros/as nos organicemos
vosotros/as os organicéis
ellos/ellas/Uds. se organicen

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.

Use the negative imperative of organizarse to forbid or to warn: «¡No organices!». The tú form is organices, taken from the present subjunctive. The word no always comes first, and the form never changes for emphasis.

Example sentences

  1. Me organizo todos los días. — I organise myself every day.
  2. Ayer me organicé por la tarde. — Yesterday I organised myself in the afternoon.
  3. Antes, me organizaba todos los días. — In the past, I used to organise myself every day.
  4. Mañana me organizaré sin falta. — Tomorrow I will organise myself without fail.
  5. Si tuviera más tiempo, me organizaría ahora mismo. — If I had more time, I would organise myself right now.
  6. Hoy me he organizado dos veces. — Today I have organised myself twice.
  7. Espero que te organices pronto. — I hope You organise yourself soon.
  8. Si me organizara, todo sería distinto. — If I organised myself, everything would be different.
  9. Ahora mismo me estoy organizando. — Right now I am organising myself.
  10. ¡No te organices! — Don't organise yourself!

Common mistakes

1. Forgetting the reflexive pronoun

Wrong: yo organizo todos los días.

Right: me organizo todos los días.

organizarse 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. Missing the spelling change in the preterite

Wrong: Yo organizé.

Right: Yo organicé.

The spelling changes so the pronunciation stays the same: the yo form in the preterite is organicé, not organizé. The endings are regular — only the spelling of the stem-final letter adjusts before e and i.

3. Using the imperfect for a finished event

Wrong: Ayer me organizaba.

Right: Ayer me organicé.

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

4. Using the indicative after a subjunctive trigger

Wrong: Espero que te organizas.

Right: Espero que te organices.

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

5. Using the affirmative imperative after no

Wrong: No te organiza.

Right: No te organices.

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

6. Confusing the gerund with the past participle

Wrong: He organizando.

Right: He organizado.

The perfect tenses use haber plus the past participle: he organizado. The gerund organizando goes with estar for actions in progress («Estoy organizando»), never with haber.

Quiz

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

1. What is the tú form of organizarse in the present indicative?

- (a) organiza
- (b) organizo
- (c) organizas
- (d) organizamos

2. What is the él/ella/Ud. form of organizarse in the preterite?

- (a) organizó
- (b) organizaste
- (c) organicé
- (d) organizamos

3. What is the nosotros/as form of organizarse in the imperfect?

- (a) organizabas
- (b) organizaba
- (c) organizaba
- (d) organizábamos

4. What is the vosotros/as form of organizarse in the future?

- (a) organizarás
- (b) organizaréis
- (c) organizará
- (d) organizaré

5. What is the ellos/ellas/Uds. form of organizarse in the conditional?

- (a) organizarían
- (b) organizaría
- (c) organizarías
- (d) organizaría

6. What is the yo form of organizarse in the present perfect?

- (a) ha organizado
- (b) hemos organizado
- (c) has organizado
- (d) he organizado

7. What is the tú form of organizarse in the present subjunctive?

- (a) organices
- (b) organicemos
- (c) organice
- (d) organice

8. What is the él/ella/Ud. form of organizarse in the imperfect subjunctive (-ra forms)?

- (a) organizaras
- (b) organizara
- (c) organizáramos
- (d) organizara

9. What is the gerund of organizarse?

- (a) organizo
- (b) organizado
- (c) organizando
- (d) organizarse

10. What is the past participle of organizarse?

- (a) organizado
- (b) organizarse
- (c) organizando
- (d) organicé

Answer key

1. (c) — In the present indicative, the tú form of organizarse is organizas. The other options are the same tense but different persons. 2. (a) — In the preterite, the él/ella/Ud. form of organizarse is organizó. The other options are the same tense but different persons. 3. (d) — In the imperfect, the nosotros/as form of organizarse is organizábamos. The other options are the same tense but different persons. 4. (b) — In the future, the vosotros/as form of organizarse is organizaréis. The other options are the same tense but different persons. 5. (a) — In the conditional, the ellos/ellas/Uds. form of organizarse is organizarían. The other options are the same tense but different persons. 6. (d) — In the present perfect, the yo form of organizarse is he organizado. The other options are the same tense but different persons. 7. (a) — In the present subjunctive, the tú form of organizarse is organices. The other options are the same tense but different persons. 8. (b) — In the imperfect subjunctive (-ra forms), the él/ella/Ud. form of organizarse is organizara. The other options are the same tense but different persons. 9. (c) — The gerund of organizarse is organizando. It is used with estar for the progressive: «Estoy organizando». 10. (a) — The past participle of organizarse is organizado. It follows haber in all the perfect tenses: «he organizado».

Frequently asked questions

Is organizarse regular or irregular?

Mostly yes — organizarse takes the regular -ar endings, but the spelling of the stem changes in some forms (for example the yo preterite organicé). The endings never change; only the stem-final letter adjusts so the pronunciation stays the same.

What are the gerund and past participle of organizarse?

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

How do I say «I organise myself» in Spanish?

Say «Me organizo 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 organizarse?

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

When do I use the subjunctive with organizarse?

Use the subjunctive after wishes, doubts, emotions and impersonal expressions — for example «Espero que tú organices». 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 organizarse mean?

The -se marks organizarse 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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