Realizarse Conjugation in Spanish

The Spanish verb realizarse means to come true — it also means to fulfil oneself, and it is a verb you will use again and again once you know it. Realizarse is a spelling-changing -ar (z → c before e), reflexive verb, so the tables below show you exactly how it behaves in every tense. It has a spelling change (z → c before e), which keeps the pronunciation of the stem the same when the ending changes. Realizarse is reflexive, so it always takes a reflexive pronoun that matches the person: me, te, se, nos, os or se. For example, me realizo su sueño means "I fulfil myself his dream". Without the pronoun, the verb changes meaning or stops making sense. On this page you will find the full conjugation of realizarse in all thirteen tenses, notes on when to use each one, example sentences, the mistakes learners make most often, a ten-question quiz and answers to the questions students ask about this verb. For example, in the present tense you say Yo me realizo su sueño — "I fulfil myself his dream" — and in the preterite you say Yo me realicé el proyecto — "I fulfilled myself the project". 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: realizarse
  • English: to come true, to fulfil oneself
  • Verb type: spelling-changing -ar (z → c before e), reflexive verb
  • Ending: -ar
  • Gerund: realizando
  • Past participle: realizado
  • Auxiliary verb: haber (all perfect tenses are formed with haber + realizado)
  • 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 realizarse, so no pronunciation is given rather than an invented one. Realizarse is reflexive: me realizo, te realizas. Without the pronoun, realizar means something else — it acts on someone or something else, not on yourself.

Full conjugation tables

Every form below comes from the verified conjugation tables for realizarse. 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: realizando · Past participle: realizado

Present indicative

Person Pronoun Form
yo me realizo
tú te realizas
él/ella/Ud. se realiza
nosotros/as nos realizamos
vosotros/as os realizáis
ellos/ellas/Uds. se realizan

Preterite

Person Pronoun Form
yo me realicé
tú te realizaste
él/ella/Ud. se realizó
nosotros/as nos realizamos
vosotros/as os realizasteis
ellos/ellas/Uds. se realizaron

Imperfect

Person Pronoun Form
yo me realizaba
tú te realizabas
él/ella/Ud. se realizaba
nosotros/as nos realizábamos
vosotros/as os realizabais
ellos/ellas/Uds. se realizaban

Future

Person Pronoun Form
yo me realizaré
tú te realizarás
él/ella/Ud. se realizará
nosotros/as nos realizaremos
vosotros/as os realizaréis
ellos/ellas/Uds. se realizarán

Conditional

Person Pronoun Form
yo me realizaría
tú te realizarías
él/ella/Ud. se realizaría
nosotros/as nos realizaríamos
vosotros/as os realizaríais
ellos/ellas/Uds. se realizarían

Present perfect

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

Pluperfect

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

Future perfect

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

Conditional perfect

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

Present subjunctive

Person Pronoun Form
yo me realice
tú te realices
él/ella/Ud. se realice
nosotros/as nos realicemos
vosotros/as os realicéis
ellos/ellas/Uds. se realicen

Imperfect subjunctive (-ra)

Person Pronoun Form
yo me realizara
tú te realizaras
él/ella/Ud. se realizara
nosotros/as nos realizáramos
vosotros/as os realizarais
ellos/ellas/Uds. se realizaran

Imperative (affirmative)

Person Pronoun Form
tú te realiza
él/ella/Ud. se realice
nosotros/as nos realicemos
vosotros/as os realizad
ellos/ellas/Uds. se realicen

Imperative (negative)

Person Pronoun Form
tú te realices
él/ella/Ud. se realice
nosotros/as nos realicemos
vosotros/as os realicéis
ellos/ellas/Uds. se realicen

Gerund and past participle

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

How to use each tense

Present indicative

Use the present for routines, general facts and what is happening right now. It is the tense you will use most often in everyday conversation, for habits with words like todos los días and for statements that are true in general. For realizarse, the present indicative looks like this in a real sentence: Yo me realizo el proyecto — "I fulfil myself the project". Learn the present indicative 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 in the past — things that started and ended, often with time words like ayer, anoche or la semana pasada. The preterite moves a story forward, one completed event at a time. For realizarse, the preterite looks like this in a real sentence: Por fin, yo me realicé — "At last, I fulfilled myself". 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. Spelling change in the preterite: the yo form is realicé (z → c before e), so the sound of the stem stays the same.

Imperfect

Use the imperfect for background, habits and actions in progress in the past, often with words like antes, de niño or mientras. It describes how things used to be, not one finished event. For realizarse, the imperfect looks like this in a real sentence: Yo me realizaba su sueño — "I used to come true his dream". 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. It talks about what will happen, not what is happening now. For realizarse, the future looks like this in a real sentence: Yo me realizaré el proyecto — "I will come true the project". 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 in si clauses. It softens a request and describes imagined situations. For realizarse, the conditional looks like this in a real sentence: Por fin, yo me realizaría — "At last, I would come true". 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. It connects the past with the present moment. For realizarse, the present perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Yo me he realizado su sueño — "I have fulfilled myself his dream". 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. It is the past of the past, and it usually appears with antes de or ya. For realizarse, the pluperfect looks like this in a real sentence: Yo me había realizado el proyecto — "I had come true the project". 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, often with para mañana or para el viernes. For realizarse, the future perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Por fin, yo me habré realizado — "At last, I will have come true". 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. It looks back at a past that never happened. For realizarse, the conditional perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Yo me habría realizado su sueño — "I would have come true his dream". 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. The subjunctive does not state a fact; it states an attitude towards the action. For realizarse, the present subjunctive looks like this in a real sentence: Espero que él se realice el proyecto — "I hope he comes true the project". 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. The subjunctive keeps the spelling change: realice, realices, realice all show z → c before e, just like the preterite yo form.

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 realizarse, the imperfect subjunctive (-ra) looks like this in a real sentence: Si yo me realizara por fin, todo cambiaría — "If I fulfilled myself at last, everything would change". Learn the imperfect subjunctive (-ra) 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. It tells someone to do something, and it has no yo form. For realizarse, the imperative (affirmative) looks like this in a real sentence: Que se realice su sueño — "Let him come true his dream". Learn the imperative (affirmative) 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. It uses the subjunctive forms, so it looks different from the affirmative commands. For realizarse, the imperative (negative) looks like this in a real sentence: No te realices el proyecto — "Don't come true the project". Learn the imperative (negative) 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 realizarse, covering different tenses and persons. Each one uses a form from the tables above.

  1. Por fin, yo me realizo — "At last, I fulfil myself"
  2. Él se realiza su sueño — "He comes true his dream"
  3. Yo me realicé el proyecto — "I fulfilled myself the project"
  4. Por fin, yo me realizaba — "At last, I used to come true"
  5. Tú te realizarás su sueño — "You will come true his dream"
  6. Yo me realizaría el proyecto — "I would come true the project"
  7. Por fin, él se ha realizado — "At last, he has come true"
  8. Espero que él se realice su sueño — "I hope he comes true his dream"
  9. Yo me había realizado el proyecto — "I had come true the project"
  10. Por fin, ellos se realizaban — "At last, they used to come true"

Common mistakes

  1. Wrong: Yo realizo su sueño — Right: Yo me realizo su sueño — Realizarse is reflexive, so the pronoun me is required: without it the verb means something else, or nothing at all.
  2. Wrong: Ayer, yo me realizo — Right: Ayer, yo me realicé — The present tense cannot describe a finished action yesterday. Ayer forces the preterite, so the form must change to realicé, with the spelling change z → c before e.
  3. Wrong: De niño, yo me realicé todos los días. — Right: Todos los días, yo me realizaba — For a repeated habit in the past, use the imperfect (realizaba), not the preterite. The preterite (realicé) is for one finished action.
  4. Wrong: Yo soy realizado el proyecto. — Right: Yo me he realizado el proyecto. — Spanish perfect tenses use haber, not ser: he realizado, has realizado, ha realizado. Ser plus the participle makes a passive, not a perfect tense.
  5. Wrong: Espero que él realiza su sueño. — Right: Espero que él se realice su sueño. — After espero que, Spanish needs the subjunctive: realice. The indicative realiza is wrong here.

Quiz: test yourself

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

  1. Complete the sentence: Yo me ___ su sueño. (present tense) A. realizo B. habíamos realizado C. habrán realizado D. realizarían

  2. Complete the sentence: Él se ___ su sueño. (preterite) A. habréis realizado B. realizó C. realizamos D. realizaba

  3. Complete the sentence: Nosotros nos ___ su sueño. (imperfect) A. habías realizado B. habían realizado C. realizábamos D. habrán realizado

  4. Complete the sentence: Tú te ___ su sueño. (future) A. realices B. has realizado C. realizarás D. realizaban

  5. Complete the sentence: Yo me ___ su sueño. (conditional) A. habíais realizado B. realizaban C. realizaría D. habías realizado

  6. Complete the sentence: Espero que él se ___ su sueño. (present subjunctive) A. ha realizado B. realizabas C. realizo D. realice

  7. Complete the sentence: Si yo me ___ su sueño, todo cambiaría. (imperfect subjunctive, -ra form) A. has realizado B. realizara C. realizábamos D. realizaría

  8. Complete the sentence: Nosotros nos ___ su sueño. (present perfect) A. habías realizado B. realizarás C. hemos realizado D. había realizado

  9. Complete the command: No te ___ su sueño. (negative imperative, tú) A. realices B. realicen C. realicéis D. realicemos

  10. Which is the gerund of realizarse, used with estar for the progressive? A. realizaba B. realizo C. realizaré D. realizando

Answer key

  1. me realizo — The yo present tense of realizarse is me realizo.
  2. se realizó — The él/ella/Ud. preterite of realizarse is se realizó.
  3. nos realizábamos — The nosotros/as imperfect of realizarse is nos realizábamos.
  4. te realizarás — The tú future of realizarse is te realizarás.
  5. me realizaría — The yo conditional of realizarse is me realizaría.
  6. se realice — The él/ella/Ud. present subjunctive of realizarse is se realice.
  7. me realizara — The yo imperfect subjunctive, -ra form of realizarse is me realizara.
  8. nos hemos realizado — The nosotros/as present perfect of realizarse is nos hemos realizado.
  9. te realices — The negative tú imperative uses the present subjunctive form with no before it: te realices.
  10. realizando — The gerund of realizarse is realizando: estoy realizando. The participle realizado is used with haber instead.

Frequently asked questions

What does realizarse mean in English?

Realizarse means to come true, to fulfil oneself. It is used in everyday situations such as Yo me realizo su sueño. The exact English wording depends on the context, but the core meaning stays the same across the tenses.

Is realizarse a reflexive verb?

Yes. Realizarse is reflexive, so it always takes a reflexive pronoun that matches the person: me, te, se, nos, os or se. For example, Yo me realizo su sueño and Él se realiza el proyecto. If you leave the pronoun out, the verb changes meaning or stops making sense.

What is the gerund and the past participle of realizarse?

The gerund is realizando, used with estar for the progressive: estoy realizando. The past participle is realizado, used with haber in the perfect tenses: he realizado.

How do I say “I come true” in the past?

It depends on the kind of past. For one finished action, use the preterite: Yo me realicé el proyecto. For a repeated habit or background in the past, use the imperfect: Por fin, yo me realizaba. For something that has just happened, use the present perfect: Yo me he realizado su sueño.

How do I practise realizarse?

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

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