Partirse Conjugation in Spanish

Learning to conjugate partirse — «to break, to split» — opens up a whole set of sentences you will use every day. It is a regular -ir verb, reflexive verb, and this page covers it completely: thirteen tenses, the gerund partiendo and the past participle partido, example sentences in every tense, the common mistakes and a quiz with an answer key. A good first sentence to learn is «Me parto todos los días» — I break every day. Once you can say that, the rest of the table falls into place person by person.

Quick facts

  • Infinitive: partirse
  • English: to break, to split
  • Verb type: regular -ir verb, reflexive
  • Ending: -ir
  • Gerund: partiendo
  • Past participle: partido
  • Auxiliary verb: haber (all perfect tenses are formed with haber + partido)
  • 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 partirse, so no pronunciation is given rather than an invented one.

partirse is reflexive: Me parto todos los días; te partes 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 partirse. 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: partiendo · Past participle: partido

Present Indicative

Person Pronoun Form
yo me parto
tú te partes
él/ella/Ud. se parte
nosotros/as nos partimos
vosotros/as os partís
ellos/ellas/Uds. se parten

The present is the tense you will use most with partirse. It covers daily routines, permanent facts and actions in progress. Learn the yo form parto first, then the tú and él forms, which are the ones that change the stem in stem-changing verbs.

Preterite

Person Pronoun Form
yo me partí
tú te partiste
él/ella/Ud. se partió
nosotros/as nos partimos
vosotros/as os partisteis
ellos/ellas/Uds. se partieron

The preterite of partirse reports what happened. «Ayer yo partí 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 partía
tú te partías
él/ella/Ud. se partía
nosotros/as nos partíamos
vosotros/as os partíais
ellos/ellas/Uds. se partían

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

Future

Person Pronoun Form
yo me partiré
tú te partirás
él/ella/Ud. se partirá
nosotros/as nos partiremos
vosotros/as os partiréis
ellos/ellas/Uds. se partirán

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

Conditional

Person Pronoun Form
yo me partiría
tú te partirías
él/ella/Ud. se partiría
nosotros/as nos partiríamos
vosotros/as os partiríais
ellos/ellas/Uds. se partirían

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

Present Perfect

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

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

Pluperfect

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

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

Future Perfect

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

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

Conditional Perfect

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

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

Present Subjunctive

Person Pronoun Form
yo me parta
tú te partas
él/ella/Ud. se parta
nosotros/as nos partamos
vosotros/as os partáis
ellos/ellas/Uds. se partan

The present subjunctive of partirse is the mood of what is wished, doubted or demanded rather than stated as fact. «Espero que tú partas» is the pattern. If the trigger is in the past, switch to the imperfect subjunctive instead.

Imperfect Subjunctive (-ra forms)

Person Pronoun Form
yo me partiera
tú te partieras
él/ella/Ud. se partiera
nosotros/as nos partiéramos
vosotros/as os partierais
ellos/ellas/Uds. se partieran

The imperfect subjunctive of partirse handles the hypothetical past and the polite conditional. «Ojalá yo partiera 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 parte
él/ella/Ud. se parta
nosotros/as nos partamos
vosotros/as os partid
ellos/ellas/Uds. se partan

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 partirse is for orders and instructions. «¡parte, por favor!» is the pattern. Remember there is no yo form in the imperative, and the nosotros form doubles as a suggestion: «¡partamos!» means «let's do it».

Imperative — Negative

Person Pronoun Form
tú te partas
él/ella/Ud. se parta
nosotros/as nos partamos
vosotros/as os partáis
ellos/ellas/Uds. se partan

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 partirse is built on the present subjunctive: «¡No partas!». Learn it as a set with the subjunctive table above, and never follow no with the affirmative command form.

Example sentences

  1. Me parto todos los días. — I break every day.
  2. Ayer me partí por la tarde. — Yesterday I broke in the afternoon.
  3. Antes, me partía todos los días. — In the past, I used to break every day.
  4. Mañana me partiré sin falta. — Tomorrow I will break without fail.
  5. Si tuviera más tiempo, me partiría ahora mismo. — If I had more time, I would break right now.
  6. Hoy me he partido dos veces. — Today I have broke twice.
  7. Espero que te partas pronto. — I hope You break soon.
  8. Si me partiera, todo sería distinto. — If I broke, everything would be different.
  9. Ahora mismo me estoy partiendo. — Right now I am breaking.
  10. ¡No te partas! — Don't break!

Common mistakes

1. Forgetting the reflexive pronoun

Wrong: yo parto todos los días.

Right: me parto todos los días.

partirse 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 imperfect for a finished event

Wrong: Ayer me partía.

Right: Ayer me partí.

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

3. Using the indicative after a subjunctive trigger

Wrong: Espero que te partes.

Right: Espero que te partas.

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

4. Using the affirmative imperative after no

Wrong: No te parte.

Right: No te partas.

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

5. Confusing the gerund with the past participle

Wrong: He partiendo.

Right: He partido.

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

Quiz

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

1. What is the él/ella/Ud. form of partirse in the present indicative?

- (a) parto
- (b) parte
- (c) partimos
- (d) partes

2. What is the nosotros/as form of partirse in the preterite?

- (a) partió
- (b) partimos
- (c) partí
- (d) partiste

3. What is the vosotros/as form of partirse in the imperfect?

- (a) partía
- (b) partíais
- (c) partía
- (d) partías

4. What is the ellos/ellas/Uds. form of partirse in the future?

- (a) partirás
- (b) partirá
- (c) partirán
- (d) partiré

5. What is the yo form of partirse in the conditional?

- (a) partiría
- (b) partiría
- (c) partiríamos
- (d) partirías

6. What is the tú form of partirse in the present perfect?

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

7. What is the él/ella/Ud. form of partirse in the present subjunctive?

- (a) partamos
- (b) partas
- (c) parta
- (d) parta

8. What is the nosotros/as form of partirse in the imperfect subjunctive (-ra forms)?

- (a) partieras
- (b) partiera
- (c) partiera
- (d) partiéramos

9. What is the gerund of partirse?

- (a) partido
- (b) partirse
- (c) parto
- (d) partiendo

10. What is the past participle of partirse?

- (a) partiendo
- (b) partirse
- (c) partí
- (d) partido

Answer key

1. (b) — In the present indicative, the él/ella/Ud. form of partirse is parte. The other options are the same tense but different persons. 2. (b) — In the preterite, the nosotros/as form of partirse is partimos. The other options are the same tense but different persons. 3. (b) — In the imperfect, the vosotros/as form of partirse is partíais. The other options are the same tense but different persons. 4. (c) — In the future, the ellos/ellas/Uds. form of partirse is partirán. The other options are the same tense but different persons. 5. (a) — In the conditional, the yo form of partirse is partiría. The other options are the same tense but different persons. 6. (a) — In the present perfect, the tú form of partirse is has partido. The other options are the same tense but different persons. 7. (c) — In the present subjunctive, the él/ella/Ud. form of partirse is parta. The other options are the same tense but different persons. 8. (d) — In the imperfect subjunctive (-ra forms), the nosotros/as form of partirse is partiéramos. The other options are the same tense but different persons. 9. (d) — The gerund of partirse is partiendo. It is used with estar for the progressive: «Estoy partiendo». 10. (d) — The past participle of partirse is partido. It follows haber in all the perfect tenses: «he partido».

Frequently asked questions

Is partirse regular or irregular?

Yes — partirse is a regular -ir verb and reflexive. Learn the endings once and they work in every tense, with the stem part unchanged throughout.

What are the gerund and past participle of partirse?

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

How do I say «I break» in Spanish?

Say «Me parto 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 partirse?

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

When do I use the subjunctive with partirse?

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

The -se marks partirse 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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