Relajarse Conjugation in Spanish
relajarse means "to relax" in English, and it is one of the Spanish verbs you will use again and again in everyday conversation. It is used for talking about relaxing — at home, on holiday, after work and whenever you need to unwind, which makes it a practical verb to learn early and to use confidently. This page gives you the complete conjugation of relajarse in every tense and mood — present, preterite, imperfect, future, conditional, the four perfect tenses, both subjunctive tenses and the imperative — with all six persons, plus the gerund and the past participle. Every form below comes from VerbFlow's verified conjugation tables, so you can trust the accents and the irregular forms. Relajarse is a reflexive -ar verb verb, and the notes under each tense explain exactly where it follows the rules and where it breaks them. To hear it in a real sentence: Yo me relajo en casa. — "I relax at home.". Work through the tables, read the notes, then test yourself with the quiz at the end of the page.
Quick facts
- Infinitive: relajarse
- English: to relax
- Verb type: Reflexive -ar verb
- Gerund: relajando
- Past participle: relajado
- Auxiliary verb: haber (all compound tenses use haber + relajado)
- Reflexive: yes — always use it with the reflexive pronouns me, te, se, nos, os, se.
Full conjugation table
Every tense of relajarse with all six persons. The gerund is relajando and the past participle is relajado.
Present indicative
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | relajo |
| tú | relajas |
| él/ella/Ud. | relaja |
| nosotros/as | relajamos |
| vosotros/as | relajáis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | relajan |
Preterite (past)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | relajé |
| tú | relajaste |
| él/ella/Ud. | relajó |
| nosotros/as | relajamos |
| vosotros/as | relajasteis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | relajaron |
Imperfect (past)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | relajaba |
| tú | relajabas |
| él/ella/Ud. | relajaba |
| nosotros/as | relajábamos |
| vosotros/as | relajabais |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | relajaban |
Future
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | relajaré |
| tú | relajarás |
| él/ella/Ud. | relajará |
| nosotros/as | relajaremos |
| vosotros/as | relajaréis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | relajarán |
Conditional
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | relajaría |
| tú | relajarías |
| él/ella/Ud. | relajaría |
| nosotros/as | relajaríamos |
| vosotros/as | relajaríais |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | relajarían |
Present perfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | he relajado |
| tú | has relajado |
| él/ella/Ud. | ha relajado |
| nosotros/as | hemos relajado |
| vosotros/as | habéis relajado |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | han relajado |
Pluperfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | había relajado |
| tú | habías relajado |
| él/ella/Ud. | había relajado |
| nosotros/as | habíamos relajado |
| vosotros/as | habíais relajado |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | habían relajado |
Future perfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | habré relajado |
| tú | habrás relajado |
| él/ella/Ud. | habrá relajado |
| nosotros/as | habremos relajado |
| vosotros/as | habréis relajado |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | habrán relajado |
Conditional perfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | habría relajado |
| tú | habrías relajado |
| él/ella/Ud. | habría relajado |
| nosotros/as | habríamos relajado |
| vosotros/as | habríais relajado |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | habrían relajado |
Present subjunctive
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | relaje |
| tú | relajes |
| él/ella/Ud. | relaje |
| nosotros/as | relajemos |
| vosotros/as | relajéis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | relajen |
Imperfect subjunctive (-ra)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | relajara |
| tú | relajaras |
| él/ella/Ud. | relajara |
| nosotros/as | relajáramos |
| vosotros/as | relajarais |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | relajaran |
Imperative (affirmative)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| tú | relaja |
| él/ella/Ud. | relaje |
| nosotros/as | relajemos |
| vosotros/as | relajad |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | relajen |
Imperative (negative)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| tú | relajes |
| él/ella/Ud. | relaje |
| nosotros/as | relajemos |
| vosotros/as | relajéis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | relajen |
Gerund and past participle
| Form | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Gerund | relajando |
| Past participle | relajado |
How to use each tense
Each tense below explains when to use it with relajarse, with one example sentence. The example forms are taken from the tables above.
Present indicative
The present tense talks about what happens now, habits, routines and general truths. It is the first tense every learner needs, because it covers daily life: what you do, what you like, where you live. For most verbs the present is also the base for the present subjunctive, so learning it well pays off twice.
Remember the reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes before the verb in these forms.
Example: Yo me relajo en casa.
Preterite (past)
The preterite talks about finished actions in the past — things that started and ended at a specific moment. Use it for events, for what happened yesterday, last year, or at a particular time. It answers the question "what happened?" and it is the tense of stories told as a sequence of events.
Remember the reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes before the verb in these forms.
Example: Ayer yo me relajé en casa.
Imperfect (past)
The imperfect talks about the past as background: habits, repeated actions, descriptions, and things that were in progress when something else happened. Use it for "used to", for setting a scene, and for age, time and weather in the past. It answers "what was going on?" rather than "what happened?".
Remember the reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes before the verb in these forms.
Example: En aquella época, yo me relajaba en casa.
Future
The future tense talks about what will happen: plans, predictions and promises. In everyday speech Spanish speakers often use "ir a + infinitive" instead, but the future tense is essential for formal writing, for promises, and for guessing about the present ("¿Dónde estará?").
Remember the reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes before the verb in these forms.
Example: Mañana yo me relajaré en casa.
Conditional
The conditional talks about what would happen: hypothetical situations, polite requests, and advice. It pairs with the imperfect subjunctive in "if" sentences ("Si pudiera, lo haría"). It is also the polite way to ask for things and to soften opinions.
Remember the reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes before the verb in these forms.
Example: Yo me relajaría en casa si pudiera.
Present perfect
The present perfect (haber + past participle) talks about the recent past and about experience: what you have done, what has just happened, what you have never tried. It connects the past to the present moment, so it often appears with "hoy", "esta semana", "ya" and "todavía no".
Remember the reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes before the verb in these forms.
Example: Yo ya me he relajado en casa.
Pluperfect
The pluperfect (había + past participle) talks about the past before the past: what had already happened when something else happened. Use it to order two past events — the pluperfect one comes first in time. It appears constantly in stories and explanations.
Remember the reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes before the verb in these forms.
Example: Yo ya me había relajado en casa antes.
Future perfect
The future perfect (habré + past participle) talks about something that will already be finished by a future moment: "Para mañana ya habré terminado". It is also used to guess about the past: "¿Dónde habrá ido?". It is less common in speech but regular in writing.
Remember the reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes before the verb in these forms.
Example: Para mañana yo ya me habré relajado en casa.
Conditional perfect
The conditional perfect (habría + past participle) talks about what would have happened: the past of the conditional. It appears in "if" sentences about a past that did not happen ("Si hubiera sabido, habría venido") and in polite regrets and reproaches.
Remember the reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes before the verb in these forms.
Example: Yo me habría relajado en casa si hubiera podido.
Present subjunctive
The present subjunctive is the mood of wishes, doubts, emotions and influence: what you want, hope, doubt or demand. It appears after "quiero que", "espero que", "es posible que", "ojalá" and after verbs of emotion and doubt. It never stands alone — a trigger in the main clause calls for it.
Remember the reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes before the verb in these forms.
Example: Espero que él se relaje en casa.
Imperfect subjunctive (-ra)
The imperfect subjunctive is the past of the subjunctive: it follows past-tense triggers ("Quería que vinieras") and it is the tense of "if" clauses about unlikely or impossible situations ("Si tuviera dinero, viajaría"). The -ra forms shown here are the standard ones; -se forms exist too but -ra is far more common in speech.
Remember the reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes before the verb in these forms.
Example: Si él se relajara en casa, sería perfecto.
Imperative (affirmative)
Affirmative commands tell someone to do something: "¡Ven aquí!", "¡Siéntate!". The tú and vosotros forms are the ones you will use most, and they are also the ones that break the regular pattern most often — the tú affirmative command comes from the él/ella present form, not from the infinitive.
Remember the reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes before the verb in these forms.
In affirmative commands the reflexive pronoun attaches to the end of the verb. The table above gives the verb part of the command; add the pronoun (te, se, nos, os) after it.
Imperative (negative)
Negative commands tell someone not to do something: "¡No hables!", "¡No te vayas!". Unlike affirmative commands, negative commands always use the subjunctive forms, for every person. If you know the present subjunctive, you already know the negative imperative.
Remember the reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes before the verb in these forms.
Example: No te relajes en casa.
Example sentences
Ten natural sentences with relajarse, covering different tenses and persons. Read the Spanish first, then check the English.
- Yo me relajo en casa. — "I relax at home."
- ¿Tú te relajas en casa? — "Do you relax at home?"
- Ayer me relajé en casa. — "Yesterday I relaxed at home."
- Ella se relajaba en casa cada día. — "She used to relax at home every day."
- Mañana yo me relajaré en casa. — "Tomorrow I will relax at home."
- Yo me relajaría en casa si pudiera. — "I would relax at home if I could."
- Ya me he relajado en casa. — "I have already relaxed at home."
- Espero que te relajes en casa. — "I hope you relax at home."
Common mistakes
The errors learners actually make with relajarse — and how to fix them.
- Wrong: *Yo relajo en casa — the pronoun is often forgotten. → Right: Yo me relajo en casa.. Relajarse is reflexive: me relajo, te relajas, se relaja. Without the pronoun, relajar means to relax someone or something else: La música me relaja.
- Wrong: *Estoy relajado en casa — learners sometimes write estoy relajando to say "I am relaxed". → Right: Estoy relajado en casa.. The participle relajado works as an adjective: Estoy relajado means "I am relaxed". Estoy relajando would mean "I am relaxing (someone)", which is different.
- Wrong: *Me relajé en casa — the accent is often dropped: me relaje. → Right: Me relajé en casa.. The preterite yo form is me relajé, with an accent on the final e. The pronoun goes before the verb: me relajé, te relajaste, se relajó.
- Wrong: *No te relajas en casa — learners sometimes use the indicative relajas in a negative command. → Right: No te relajes en casa.. Negative commands use the subjunctive: No te relajes, not No te relajas.
Quiz: test yourself
Ten questions on relajarse. Answers are at the end, with a short explanation for each.
What is the yo form of relajarse in the present indicative?
- a) relajas
- b) relajo
- c) relaja
- d) relajamos
What is the él/ella/Ud. form of relajarse in the preterite (past)?
- a) relajamos
- b) relajó
- c) relajé
- d) relajaste
What is the nosotros/as form of relajarse in the imperfect (past)?
- a) relajábamos
- b) relajabas
- c) relajaba
- d) relajaba
What is the tú form of relajarse in the future?
- a) relajaremos
- b) relajarás
- c) relajaré
- d) relajará
What is the ellos/ellas/Uds. form of relajarse in the conditional?
- a) relajaría
- b) relajaría
- c) relajarían
- d) relajarías
What is the yo form of relajarse in the present subjunctive?
- a) relaje
- b) relajes
- c) relajemos
- d) relaje
What is the gerund of relajarse?
- a) relajado
- b) relajarse
- c) relajando
- d) relaja
What is the past participle of relajarse?
- a) relajo
- b) relajado
- c) relajando
- d) he relajado
What does relajarse mean in English?
- a) to smell
- b) to build, to construct
- c) to laugh
- d) to relax
The form relajé belongs to which tense?
- a) Preterite
- b) Imperfect
- c) Present
- d) Future
Answer key
- relajo — The yo form in the present indicative is relajo — the other options are the same tense but different persons.
- relajó — The él/ella/Ud. form in the preterite (past) is relajó — the other options are the same tense but different persons.
- relajábamos — The nosotros/as form in the imperfect (past) is relajábamos — the other options are the same tense but different persons.
- relajarás — The tú form in the future is relajarás — the other options are the same tense but different persons.
- relajarían — The ellos/ellas/Uds. form in the conditional is relajarían — the other options are the same tense but different persons.
- relaje — The yo form in the present subjunctive is relaje — the other options are the same tense but different persons.
- relajando — The gerund is relajando — it is the form used with estar for the progressive (estoy relajando). The past participle is relajado.
- relajado — The past participle is relajado — it is the form used after haber in the perfect tenses (he relajado).
- to relax — relajarse means "to relax".
- Preterite — relajé is the yo form of the preterite of relajarse — a finished past action. The imperfect yo form is relajaba.
Frequently asked questions
Is relajarse reflexive?
Yes. Relajarse always takes a reflexive pronoun: me relajo, te relajas, se relaja, nos relajamos, os relajáis, se relajan. The non-reflexive relajar means to relax someone else or to loosen something: Relaja los hombros.
What is the difference between relajarse and descansar?
Relajarse means to relax, to let go of tension — often with music, a bath or a walk. Descansar means to rest, to stop working or to sleep. You can rest (descansar) without relaxing, and relax (relajarse) without resting.
How do you say "Relax" in Spanish?
Relájate — the affirmative command of relajarse, with the pronoun attached. Or Tranquilo / Tranquila. For the negative, say No te pongas nervioso or No te estreses.
Does relajarse take a preposition?
Yes, con for the means (Me relajo con música) and en for the place (Me relajo en casa). Both are common.
Related pages
- Relajarse in the present tense — the present tense of relajarse in depth, with its own examples and quiz.
- Relajarse examples and quiz — more everyday sentences with relajarse and a second quiz.
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- Calmarse conjugation — another verb in the same family as relajarse.
- Descansar conjugation — another verb in the same family as relajarse.
- Spanish Verb Conjugator — practise relajarse with this tool.
- Reflexive Verb Conjugator — practise relajarse with this tool.
- Present tense guide — how the present tense works for regular and irregular verbs.