Pasearse Conjugation in Spanish

The Spanish verb pasearse means to stroll, and it is a verb you will use again and again once you know it. Pasearse means to stroll, and it is used for wandering around a park, a beach or a city with no particular hurry. It is the reflexive partner of pasear, and it stresses the pleasure of the walk rather than getting somewhere. Like every Spanish verb, pasearse 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 paseo por el parque al atardecer, and in the preterite you say me paseé por el centro sin prisa. 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: pasearse
  • English: to stroll
  • Verb type: regular -ar verb, reflexive
  • Ending: -ar
  • Gerund: paseando
  • Past participle: paseado
  • Auxiliary verb: haber (all perfect tenses are formed with haber + paseado)
  • 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 pasearse, so no pronunciation is given rather than an invented one. Pasearse is reflexive: me paseo por el parque. Pasear without the pronoun usually takes a dog or a child as its object.

Full conjugation tables

Every form below comes from the verified conjugation tables for pasearse. 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 paseo
tú te paseas
él/ella/Ud. se pasea
nosotros/as nos paseamos
vosotros/as os paseáis
ellos/ellas/Uds. se pasean

Preterite

Person Pronoun Form
yo me paseé
tú te paseaste
él/ella/Ud. se paseó
nosotros/as nos paseamos
vosotros/as os paseasteis
ellos/ellas/Uds. se pasearon

Imperfect

Person Pronoun Form
yo me paseaba
tú te paseabas
él/ella/Ud. se paseaba
nosotros/as nos paseábamos
vosotros/as os paseabais
ellos/ellas/Uds. se paseaban

Future

Person Pronoun Form
yo me pasearé
tú te pasearás
él/ella/Ud. se paseará
nosotros/as nos pasearemos
vosotros/as os pasearéis
ellos/ellas/Uds. se pasearán

Conditional

Person Pronoun Form
yo me pasearía
tú te pasearías
él/ella/Ud. se pasearía
nosotros/as nos pasearíamos
vosotros/as os pasearíais
ellos/ellas/Uds. se pasearían

Present perfect

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

Pluperfect

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

Future perfect

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

Conditional perfect

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

Present subjunctive

Person Pronoun Form
yo me pasee
tú te pasees
él/ella/Ud. se pasee
nosotros/as nos paseemos
vosotros/as os paseéis
ellos/ellas/Uds. se paseen

Imperfect subjunctive (-ra)

Person Pronoun Form
yo me paseara
tú te pasearas
él/ella/Ud. se paseara
nosotros/as nos paseáramos
vosotros/as os pasearais
ellos/ellas/Uds. se pasearan

Imperative (affirmative)

Person Pronoun Form
tú te pasea
él/ella/Ud. se pasee
nosotros/as nos paseemos
vosotros/as os pasead
ellos/ellas/Uds. se paseen

Imperative (negative)

Person Pronoun Form
tú te pasees
él/ella/Ud. se pasee
nosotros/as nos paseemos
vosotros/as os paseéis
ellos/ellas/Uds. se paseen

Gerund and past participle

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

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 pasearse, the present looks like this in a real sentence: Me paseo por el parque al atardecer. 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 pasearse, the preterite looks like this in a real sentence: Ayer, me paseé por la playa al atardecer. 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 pasearse, the imperfect looks like this in a real sentence: De niño, me paseaba por el centro sin prisa. 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 pasearse, the future looks like this in a real sentence: Mañana, me pasearé con el perro por el barrio. 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 pasearse, the conditional looks like this in a real sentence: Me pasearía por el parque al atardecer 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 pasearse, the present perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Hoy, me he paseado por la playa al atardecer. 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 pasearse, the pluperfect looks like this in a real sentence: Me había paseado por el centro sin prisa 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 pasearse, the future perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Para mañana, me habré paseado con el perro por el barrio. 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 pasearse, the conditional perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Me habría paseado por el parque al atardecer 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 pasearse, the present subjunctive looks like this in a real sentence: Espero que él se pasee por la playa al atardecer. 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 pasearse, the imperfect subjunctive looks like this in a real sentence: Si él se paseara por el centro sin prisa, 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 pasearse, the affirmative imperative looks like this in a real sentence: Que se pasee con el perro por el barrio. 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 pasearse, the negative imperative looks like this in a real sentence: No te pasees por el parque al atardecer. 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 pasearse, covering different tenses and persons. Each one uses a form from the tables above.

  1. Me paseo por el parque al atardecer. — I stroll in the park at sunset.
  2. Se pasea por la playa al atardecer. — He/she strolls on the beach at sunset.
  3. Ayer, me paseé por el centro sin prisa. — Yesterday, I strolled around the centre without hurrying.
  4. Antes, nosotros nos paseábamos con el perro por el barrio. — Before, we used to stroll with the dog around the neighbourhood.
  5. Mañana, tú te pasearás por el parque al atardecer. — Tomorrow, you will stroll in the park at sunset.
  6. Yo me pasearía por la playa al atardecer si tuviera más tiempo. — I would stroll on the beach at sunset if I had more time.
  7. Él se ha paseado por el centro sin prisa. — He has strolled around the centre without hurrying.
  8. Espero que él se pasee con el perro por el barrio. — I hope he strolls with the dog around the neighbourhood.
  9. Yo ya me había paseado por el parque al atardecer antes de salir. — I had already strolled in the park at sunset before leaving.
  10. Ellos se paseaban por la playa al atardecer cuando eran jóvenes. — They used to stroll on the beach at sunset when they were young.

Common mistakes

  1. Wrong: Yo paseo por el parque al atardecer. — Right: Yo me paseo por el parque al atardecer. — Pasearse is reflexive, so the pronoun me is required: without it the verb means something else, or nothing at all.
  2. Wrong: Ayer yo paseo por la playa al atardecer. — Right: Ayer yo paseé por la playa al atardecer. — The present and the preterite are different tenses: paseo is happening now, while paseé is a finished action in the past. Use the preterite with ayer.
  3. Wrong: Treating pasearse and caminar as identical in every context. — Right: Pasearse means to stroll, while caminar means to walk. — They overlap, but each has uses the other does not: pasearse fits sentences such as Me paseo por el parque al atardecer, while caminar belongs in a different sentence. Check the meaning you want before choosing.
  4. Wrong: Yo soy paseado por la playa al atardecer. — Right: Yo he paseado por la playa al atardecer. — Spanish perfect tenses use haber, not ser: he paseado, has paseado, ha paseado. Ser plus the participle makes a passive, not a perfect tense.
  5. Wrong: De niño, yo paseé por el centro sin prisa todos los días. — Right: De niño, yo paseaba por el centro sin prisa todos los días. — For a repeated habit in the past, use the imperfect (paseaba), not the preterite. The preterite (paseé) is for one finished action.

Quiz: test yourself

Ten questions on pasearse. Choose the right form, then check the answer key below.

  1. Complete the sentence: Yo ___ por el parque al atardecer. (present tense) A. me paseo B. te paseas C. se pasea D. nos paseamos

  2. Complete the sentence: Ayer, él ___ por la playa al atardecer. (preterite) A. me paseé B. te paseaste C. se pasearon D. se paseó

  3. Complete the sentence: Antes, nosotros ___ por el centro sin prisa. (imperfect) A. te paseabas B. se paseaban C. nos paseábamos D. me paseaba

  4. Complete the sentence: Mañana, tú ___ con el perro por el barrio. (future) A. nos pasearemos B. te pasearás C. me pasearé D. se paseará

  5. Complete the sentence: Yo ___ por el parque al atardecer si pudiera. (conditional) A. me pasearía B. te pasearías C. se pasearía D. se pasearían

  6. Complete the sentence: Espero que él ___ por la playa al atardecer. (present subjunctive) A. me pasee B. te pasees C. nos paseemos D. se pasee

  7. Complete the sentence: Si yo ___ por el centro sin prisa, todo cambiaría. (imperfect subjunctive, -ra form) A. se paseara B. nos paseáramos C. me paseara D. te pasearas

  8. Complete the sentence: Nosotros ___ con el perro por el barrio. (present perfect) A. se han paseado B. nos hemos paseado C. me he paseado D. te has paseado

  9. Complete the command: No ___ por el parque al atardecer. (negative imperative, tú) A. te pasees B. se pasee C. nos paseemos D. os paseéis

  10. Which is the gerund of pasearse, used with estar for the progressive? A. paseado B. paseo C. paseé D. paseando

Answer key

  1. me paseo — The first-person present of pasearse is me paseo. The other options are the tú, él/ella and nosotros forms.
  2. se paseó — The third-person preterite of pasearse is se paseó, the form for a single finished action in the past.
  3. nos paseábamos — The nosotros imperfect of pasearse is nos paseábamos, used here for a repeated past habit.
  4. te pasearás — The second-person future of pasearse is te pasearás.
  5. me pasearía — The first-person conditional of pasearse is me pasearía, the form for what would happen.
  6. se pasee — After espero que, the subjunctive is required: the third-person present subjunctive of pasearse is se pasee.
  7. me paseara — The first-person imperfect subjunctive (-ra) of pasearse is me paseara.
  8. nos hemos paseado — The nosotros present perfect of pasearse is nos hemos paseado: hemos + paseado.
  9. te pasees — The negative tú imperative uses the present subjunctive form with no before it: te pasees.
  10. paseando — The gerund of pasearse is paseando: estoy paseando. The participle paseado is used with haber instead.

Frequently asked questions

What does pasearse mean in English?

Pasearse means to stroll. It is used in everyday situations such as Me paseo por el parque al atardecer. The exact English wording depends on the context, but the core meaning stays the same across the tenses.

Is pasearse a reflexive verb?

Yes. Pasearse is reflexive, so it always takes a reflexive pronoun that matches the person: me, te, se, nos, os or se. For example, Me paseo por el parque al atardecer and él se pasea por la playa al atardecer. If you leave the pronoun out, the verb changes meaning or stops making sense.

What is the difference between pasearse and caminar?

Pasearse means to stroll, while caminar means to walk. They are easy to confuse because they appear in similar situations, but they are not interchangeable: use pasearse when you mean to stroll, as in Me paseo por el parque al atardecer, and use caminar for to walk. When in doubt, check the object of the sentence — it usually shows which verb fits.

How do I say “I stroll” in the past?

It depends on the kind of past. For one finished action, use the preterite: yo me paseé por la playa al atardecer. For a repeated habit or background in the past, use the imperfect: yo me paseaba por el centro sin prisa. For something that has just happened, use the present perfect: yo me he paseado por la playa al atardecer.

How do I practise pasearse?

Start with the present tense table, then drill the preterite and the imperfect, since those two past tenses cause the most mistakes. Try the pasearse examples and quiz page for more sentences, and use the Spanish Verb Quiz to test the forms under pressure.

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