Reiniciar Conjugation in Spanish

The Spanish verb reiniciar means to restart, and it is a verb you will use again and again once you know it. Reiniciar means to restart, and it is the verb for turning a computer, a phone or a machine off and on again to fix a problem. It is used constantly in technology and office life, usually with the device as its object, and it is fully regular, so the forms are predictable. Like every Spanish verb, reiniciar 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 reinicio el ordenador cuando se bloquea, and in the preterite you say reinicié el sistema antes de la reunión. 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: reiniciar
  • English: to restart
  • Verb type: regular -ar verb
  • Ending: -ar
  • Gerund: reiniciando
  • Past participle: reiniciado
  • Auxiliary verb: haber (all perfect tenses are formed with haber + reiniciado)

Pronunciation is not listed on this page: the verified tables do not include IPA for reiniciar, so no pronunciation is given rather than an invented one. Reiniciar is fully regular: reinicio, reinicia. Use it when the device needs a fresh start, not when you simply want to turn it off.

Full conjugation tables

Every form below comes from the verified conjugation tables for reiniciar. 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 Form
yo reinicio
tú reinicias
él/ella/Ud. reinicia
nosotros/as reiniciamos
vosotros/as reiniciáis
ellos/ellas/Uds. reinician

Preterite

Person Form
yo reinicié
tú reiniciaste
él/ella/Ud. reinició
nosotros/as reiniciamos
vosotros/as reiniciasteis
ellos/ellas/Uds. reiniciaron

Imperfect

Person Form
yo reiniciaba
tú reiniciabas
él/ella/Ud. reiniciaba
nosotros/as reiniciábamos
vosotros/as reiniciabais
ellos/ellas/Uds. reiniciaban

Future

Person Form
yo reiniciaré
tú reiniciarás
él/ella/Ud. reiniciará
nosotros/as reiniciaremos
vosotros/as reiniciaréis
ellos/ellas/Uds. reiniciarán

Conditional

Person Form
yo reiniciaría
tú reiniciarías
él/ella/Ud. reiniciaría
nosotros/as reiniciaríamos
vosotros/as reiniciaríais
ellos/ellas/Uds. reiniciarían

Present perfect

Person Form
yo he reiniciado
tú has reiniciado
él/ella/Ud. ha reiniciado
nosotros/as hemos reiniciado
vosotros/as habéis reiniciado
ellos/ellas/Uds. han reiniciado

Pluperfect

Person Form
yo había reiniciado
tú habías reiniciado
él/ella/Ud. había reiniciado
nosotros/as habíamos reiniciado
vosotros/as habíais reiniciado
ellos/ellas/Uds. habían reiniciado

Future perfect

Person Form
yo habré reiniciado
tú habrás reiniciado
él/ella/Ud. habrá reiniciado
nosotros/as habremos reiniciado
vosotros/as habréis reiniciado
ellos/ellas/Uds. habrán reiniciado

Conditional perfect

Person Form
yo habría reiniciado
tú habrías reiniciado
él/ella/Ud. habría reiniciado
nosotros/as habríamos reiniciado
vosotros/as habríais reiniciado
ellos/ellas/Uds. habrían reiniciado

Present subjunctive

Person Form
yo reinicie
tú reinicies
él/ella/Ud. reinicie
nosotros/as reiniciemos
vosotros/as reiniciéis
ellos/ellas/Uds. reinicien

Imperfect subjunctive (-ra)

Person Form
yo reiniciara
tú reiniciaras
él/ella/Ud. reiniciara
nosotros/as reiniciáramos
vosotros/as reiniciarais
ellos/ellas/Uds. reiniciaran

Imperative (affirmative)

Person Form
tú reinicia
él/ella/Ud. reinicie
nosotros/as reiniciemos
vosotros/as reiniciad
ellos/ellas/Uds. reinicien

Imperative (negative)

Person Form
tú reinicies
él/ella/Ud. reinicie
nosotros/as reiniciemos
vosotros/as reiniciéis
ellos/ellas/Uds. reinicien

Gerund and past participle

Form Spanish Use
Gerund reiniciando with estar for the progressive: estoy reiniciando
Past participle reiniciado with haber for the perfect tenses: he reiniciado

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 reiniciar, the present looks like this in a real sentence: Reinicio el ordenador cuando se bloquea. 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 reiniciar, the preterite looks like this in a real sentence: Ayer, reinicié el móvil después de la actualización. 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 reiniciar, the imperfect looks like this in a real sentence: De niño, reiniciaba el sistema antes de la reunión. 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 reiniciar, the future looks like this in a real sentence: Mañana, reiniciaré el programa que no responde. 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 reiniciar, the conditional looks like this in a real sentence: Reiniciaría el ordenador cuando se bloquea 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 reiniciar, the present perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Hoy, he reiniciado el móvil después de la actualización. 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 reiniciar, the pluperfect looks like this in a real sentence: Había reiniciado el sistema antes de la reunión 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 reiniciar, the future perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Para mañana, habré reiniciado el programa que no responde. 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 reiniciar, the conditional perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Habría reiniciado el ordenador cuando se bloquea 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 reiniciar, the present subjunctive looks like this in a real sentence: Espero que él reinicie el móvil después de la actualización. 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 reiniciar, the imperfect subjunctive looks like this in a real sentence: Si él reiniciara el sistema antes de la reunión, 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 reiniciar, the affirmative imperative looks like this in a real sentence: ¡Reinicia el programa que no responde! 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 reiniciar, the negative imperative looks like this in a real sentence: No reinicies el ordenador cuando se bloquea. 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 reiniciar, covering different tenses and persons. Each one uses a form from the tables above.

  1. Reinicio el ordenador cuando se bloquea. — I restart the computer when it freezes.
  2. Reinicia el móvil después de la actualización. — He/she restarts the phone after the update.
  3. Ayer, reinicié el sistema antes de la reunión. — Yesterday, I restarted the system before the meeting.
  4. Antes, nosotros reiniciábamos el programa que no responde. — Before, we used to restart the program that is not responding.
  5. Mañana, tú reiniciarás el ordenador cuando se bloquea. — Tomorrow, you will restart the computer when it freezes.
  6. Yo reiniciaría el móvil después de la actualización si tuviera más tiempo. — I would restart the phone after the update if I had more time.
  7. Él ha reiniciado el sistema antes de la reunión. — He has restarted the system before the meeting.
  8. Espero que él reinicie el programa que no responde. — I hope he restarts the program that is not responding.
  9. Yo ya había reiniciado el ordenador cuando se bloquea antes de salir. — I had already restarted the computer when it freezes before leaving.
  10. Ellos reiniciaban el móvil después de la actualización cuando eran jóvenes. — They used to restart the phone after the update when they were young.

Common mistakes

  1. Wrong: Yo reinicia el ordenador cuando se bloquea. — Right: Yo reinicio el ordenador cuando se bloquea. — The person matters: reinicia is the él/ella/Ud. form, while the yo form is reinicio. Using the third-person form with yo is one of the most common beginner errors.
  2. Wrong: Ayer yo reinicio el móvil después de la actualización. — Right: Ayer yo reinicié el móvil después de la actualización. — The present and the preterite are different tenses: reinicio is happening now, while reinicié is a finished action in the past. Use the preterite with ayer.
  3. Wrong: Treating reiniciar and apagar as identical in every context. — Right: Reiniciar means to restart, while apagar means to turn off. — They overlap, but each has uses the other does not: reiniciar fits sentences such as Reinicio el ordenador cuando se bloquea, while apagar belongs in a different sentence. Check the meaning you want before choosing.
  4. Wrong: Yo soy reiniciado el móvil después de la actualización. — Right: Yo he reiniciado el móvil después de la actualización. — Spanish perfect tenses use haber, not ser: he reiniciado, has reiniciado, ha reiniciado. Ser plus the participle makes a passive, not a perfect tense.
  5. Wrong: De niño, yo reinicié el sistema antes de la reunión todos los días. — Right: De niño, yo reiniciaba el sistema antes de la reunión todos los días. — For a repeated habit in the past, use the imperfect (reiniciaba), not the preterite. The preterite (reinicié) is for one finished action.

Quiz: test yourself

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

  1. Complete the sentence: Yo ___ el ordenador cuando se bloquea. (present tense) A. reinicio B. reinicias C. reinicia D. reiniciamos

  2. Complete the sentence: Ayer, él ___ el móvil después de la actualización. (preterite) A. reinicié B. reiniciaste C. reiniciaron D. reinició

  3. Complete the sentence: Antes, nosotros ___ el sistema antes de la reunión. (imperfect) A. reiniciabas B. reiniciaban C. reiniciábamos D. reiniciaba

  4. Complete the sentence: Mañana, tú ___ el programa que no responde. (future) A. reiniciaremos B. reiniciarás C. reiniciaré D. reiniciará

  5. Complete the sentence: Yo ___ el ordenador cuando se bloquea si pudiera. (conditional) A. reiniciaría B. reiniciarías C. reiniciarían D. reinicio

  6. Complete the sentence: Espero que él ___ el móvil después de la actualización. (present subjunctive) A. reinicies B. reiniciemos C. reinicio D. reinicie

  7. Complete the sentence: Si yo ___ el sistema antes de la reunión, todo cambiaría. (imperfect subjunctive, -ra form) A. reiniciáramos B. reinicio C. reiniciara D. reiniciaras

  8. Complete the sentence: Nosotros ___ el programa que no responde. (present perfect) A. han reiniciado B. hemos reiniciado C. he reiniciado D. has reiniciado

  9. Complete the command: ¡___ el ordenador cuando se bloquea! (affirmative imperative, tú) A. reinicia B. reinicie C. reiniciemos D. reiniciad

  10. Which is the gerund of reiniciar, used with estar for the progressive? A. reiniciado B. reinicio C. reinicié D. reiniciando

Answer key

  1. reinicio — The first-person present of reiniciar is reinicio. The other options are the tú, él/ella and nosotros forms.
  2. reinició — The third-person preterite of reiniciar is reinició, the form for a single finished action in the past.
  3. reiniciábamos — The nosotros imperfect of reiniciar is reiniciábamos, used here for a repeated past habit.
  4. reiniciarás — The second-person future of reiniciar is reiniciarás.
  5. reiniciaría — The first-person conditional of reiniciar is reiniciaría, the form for what would happen.
  6. reinicie — After espero que, the subjunctive is required: the third-person present subjunctive of reiniciar is reinicie.
  7. reiniciara — The first-person imperfect subjunctive (-ra) of reiniciar is reiniciara.
  8. hemos reiniciado — The nosotros present perfect of reiniciar is hemos reiniciado: hemos + reiniciado.
  9. reinicia — The affirmative tú imperative of reiniciar is reinicia.
  10. reiniciando — The gerund of reiniciar is reiniciando: estoy reiniciando. The participle reiniciado is used with haber instead.

Frequently asked questions

What does reiniciar mean in English?

Reiniciar means to restart. It is used in everyday situations such as Reinicio el ordenador cuando se bloquea. The exact English wording depends on the context, but the core meaning stays the same across the tenses.

Is reiniciar regular or irregular?

Reiniciar is a fully regular -ar verb, so every tense follows the standard endings for its class. Once you know the regular pattern, you can produce every form on this page, including reinicio in the present and reinicié in the preterite.

What is the difference between reiniciar and apagar?

Reiniciar means to restart, while apagar means to turn off. They are easy to confuse because they appear in similar situations, but they are not interchangeable: use reiniciar when you mean to restart, as in Reinicio el ordenador cuando se bloquea, and use apagar for to turn off. When in doubt, check the object of the sentence — it usually shows which verb fits.

How do I say “I restart” in the past?

It depends on the kind of past. For one finished action, use the preterite: yo reinicié el móvil después de la actualización. For a repeated habit or background in the past, use the imperfect: yo reiniciaba el sistema antes de la reunión. For something that has just happened, use the present perfect: yo he reiniciado el móvil después de la actualización.

How do I practise reiniciar?

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

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