Socializar Conjugation in Spanish
The Spanish verb socializar means to socialise, and it is a verb you will use again and again once you know it. Socializar is a spelling-changing -ar (z → c before e) 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. On this page you will find the full conjugation of socializar 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 socializo en el trabajo — "I socialise at work" — and in the preterite you say Yo socialicé con sus compañeros — "I socialised with his colleagues". 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: socializar
- English: to socialise
- Verb type: spelling-changing -ar (z → c before e) verb
- Ending: -ar
- Gerund: socializando
- Past participle: socializado
- Auxiliary verb: haber (all perfect tenses are formed with haber + socializado)
Pronunciation is not listed on this page: the verified tables do not include IPA for socializar, so no pronunciation is given rather than an invented one.
Full conjugation tables
Every form below comes from the verified conjugation tables for socializar. 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: socializando · Past participle: socializado
Present indicative
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | socializo |
| tú | socializas |
| él/ella/Ud. | socializa |
| nosotros/as | socializamos |
| vosotros/as | socializáis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | socializan |
Preterite
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | socialicé |
| tú | socializaste |
| él/ella/Ud. | socializó |
| nosotros/as | socializamos |
| vosotros/as | socializasteis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | socializaron |
Imperfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | socializaba |
| tú | socializabas |
| él/ella/Ud. | socializaba |
| nosotros/as | socializábamos |
| vosotros/as | socializabais |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | socializaban |
Future
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | socializaré |
| tú | socializarás |
| él/ella/Ud. | socializará |
| nosotros/as | socializaremos |
| vosotros/as | socializaréis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | socializarán |
Conditional
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | socializaría |
| tú | socializarías |
| él/ella/Ud. | socializaría |
| nosotros/as | socializaríamos |
| vosotros/as | socializaríais |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | socializarían |
Present perfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | he socializado |
| tú | has socializado |
| él/ella/Ud. | ha socializado |
| nosotros/as | hemos socializado |
| vosotros/as | habéis socializado |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | han socializado |
Pluperfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | había socializado |
| tú | habías socializado |
| él/ella/Ud. | había socializado |
| nosotros/as | habíamos socializado |
| vosotros/as | habíais socializado |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | habían socializado |
Future perfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | habré socializado |
| tú | habrás socializado |
| él/ella/Ud. | habrá socializado |
| nosotros/as | habremos socializado |
| vosotros/as | habréis socializado |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | habrán socializado |
Conditional perfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | habría socializado |
| tú | habrías socializado |
| él/ella/Ud. | habría socializado |
| nosotros/as | habríamos socializado |
| vosotros/as | habríais socializado |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | habrían socializado |
Present subjunctive
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | socialice |
| tú | socialices |
| él/ella/Ud. | socialice |
| nosotros/as | socialicemos |
| vosotros/as | socialicéis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | socialicen |
Imperfect subjunctive (-ra)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | socializara |
| tú | socializaras |
| él/ella/Ud. | socializara |
| nosotros/as | socializáramos |
| vosotros/as | socializarais |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | socializaran |
Imperative (affirmative)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| tú | socializa |
| él/ella/Ud. | socialice |
| nosotros/as | socialicemos |
| vosotros/as | socializad |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | socialicen |
Imperative (negative)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| tú | socialices |
| él/ella/Ud. | socialice |
| nosotros/as | socialicemos |
| vosotros/as | socialicéis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | socialicen |
Gerund and past participle
| Form | Spanish | Use |
|---|---|---|
| Gerund | socializando | with estar for the progressive: estoy socializando |
| Past participle | socializado | with haber for the perfect tenses: he socializado |
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 socializar, the present indicative looks like this in a real sentence: Yo socializo con sus compañeros — "I socialise with his colleagues". 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 socializar, the preterite looks like this in a real sentence: Yo socialicé en las fiestas — "I socialised at parties". 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 socialicé (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 socializar, the imperfect looks like this in a real sentence: Yo socializaba en el trabajo — "I used to socialise at work". 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 socializar, the future looks like this in a real sentence: Yo socializaré con sus compañeros — "I will socialise with his colleagues". 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 socializar, the conditional looks like this in a real sentence: Yo socializaría en las fiestas — "I would socialise at parties". 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 socializar, the present perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Yo he socializado en el trabajo — "I have socialised at work". 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 socializar, the pluperfect looks like this in a real sentence: Yo había socializado con sus compañeros — "I had socialised with his colleagues". 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 socializar, the future perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Yo habré socializado en las fiestas — "I will have socialised at parties". 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 socializar, the conditional perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Yo habría socializado en el trabajo — "I would have socialised at work". 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 socializar, the present subjunctive looks like this in a real sentence: Espero que él socialice con sus compañeros — "I hope he socialises with his colleagues". 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: socialice, socialices, socialice 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 socializar, the imperfect subjunctive (-ra) looks like this in a real sentence: Si yo socializara en las fiestas, todo cambiaría — "If I socialised at parties, 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 socializar, the imperative (affirmative) looks like this in a real sentence: Socialice en el trabajo — "Let him socialise at work". 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 socializar, the imperative (negative) looks like this in a real sentence: No socialices con sus compañeros — "Don't socialise with his colleagues". 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 socializar, covering different tenses and persons. Each one uses a form from the tables above.
- Yo socializo en las fiestas — "I socialise at parties"
- Él socializa en el trabajo — "He socialises at work"
- Yo socialicé con sus compañeros — "I socialised with his colleagues"
- Yo socializaba en las fiestas — "I used to socialise at parties"
- Tú socializarás en el trabajo — "You will socialise at work"
- Yo socializaría con sus compañeros — "I would socialise with his colleagues"
- Él ha socializado en las fiestas — "He has socialised at parties"
- Espero que él socialice en el trabajo — "I hope he socialises at work"
- Yo había socializado con sus compañeros — "I had socialised with his colleagues"
- Ellos socializaban en las fiestas — "They used to socialise at parties"
Common mistakes
- Wrong: Ellos socializa en el trabajo — Right: Ellos socializan en el trabajo — Ellos needs the ellos form socializan. The singular socializa belongs with él, ella or a singular noun.
- Wrong: Ayer, yo socializo — Right: Ayer, yo socialicé — The present tense cannot describe a finished action yesterday. Ayer forces the preterite, so the form must change to socialicé, with the spelling change z → c before e.
- Wrong: De niño, yo socialicé todos los días. — Right: Todos los días, yo socializaba — For a repeated habit in the past, use the imperfect (socializaba), not the preterite. The preterite (socialicé) is for one finished action.
- Wrong: Yo soy socializado con sus compañeros. — Right: Yo he socializado con sus compañeros. — Spanish perfect tenses use haber, not ser: he socializado, has socializado, ha socializado. Ser plus the participle makes a passive, not a perfect tense.
- Wrong: Espero que él socializa en el trabajo. — Right: Espero que él socialice en el trabajo. — After espero que, Spanish needs the subjunctive: socialice. The indicative socializa is wrong here.
Quiz: test yourself
Ten questions on socializar. Choose the right form, then check the answer key below.
Complete the sentence: Yo ___ en el trabajo. (present tense) A. socialicemos B. socializarán C. socialice D. socializo
Complete the sentence: Él ___ en el trabajo. (preterite) A. socializaron B. socializará C. socializó D. socializaste
Complete the sentence: Nosotros ___ en el trabajo. (imperfect) A. habréis socializado B. socializará C. socializaré D. socializábamos
Complete the sentence: Tú ___ en el trabajo. (future) A. socializarás B. habéis socializado C. habréis socializado D. habríais socializado
Complete the sentence: Yo ___ en el trabajo. (conditional) A. socialices B. hemos socializado C. socializaría D. socializaréis
Complete the sentence: Espero que él ___ en el trabajo. (present subjunctive) A. socialice B. habremos socializado C. socializaremos D. había socializado
Complete the sentence: Si yo ___ en el trabajo, todo cambiaría. (imperfect subjunctive, -ra form) A. habrán socializado B. socializara C. socializarás D. socialicen
Complete the sentence: Nosotros ___ en el trabajo. (present perfect) A. socializará B. habréis socializado C. socializaras D. hemos socializado
Complete the command: No ___ en el trabajo. (negative imperative, tú) A. socialicemos B. socialicéis C. socialices D. socialice
Which is the gerund of socializar, used with estar for the progressive? A. socializando B. socializaba C. socialicé D. socializo
Answer key
- socializo — The yo present tense of socializar is socializo.
- socializó — The él/ella/Ud. preterite of socializar is socializó.
- socializábamos — The nosotros/as imperfect of socializar is socializábamos.
- socializarás — The tú future of socializar is socializarás.
- socializaría — The yo conditional of socializar is socializaría.
- socialice — The él/ella/Ud. present subjunctive of socializar is socialice.
- socializara — The yo imperfect subjunctive, -ra form of socializar is socializara.
- hemos socializado — The nosotros/as present perfect of socializar is hemos socializado.
- socialices — The negative tú imperative uses the present subjunctive form with no before it: socialices.
- socializando — The gerund of socializar is socializando: estoy socializando. The participle socializado is used with haber instead.
Frequently asked questions
What does socializar mean in English?
Socializar means to socialise. It is used in everyday situations such as Yo socializo en el trabajo. The exact English wording depends on the context, but the core meaning stays the same across the tenses.
Is socializar regular?
Mostly. Socializar follows the regular -ar endings, but it has a spelling change (z → c before e). The tables on this page show every form, so you can see exactly where the spelling changes.
What is the gerund and the past participle of socializar?
The gerund is socializando, used with estar for the progressive: estoy socializando. The past participle is socializado, used with haber in the perfect tenses: he socializado.
How do I say “I socialise” in the past?
It depends on the kind of past. For one finished action, use the preterite: Yo socialicé con sus compañeros. For a repeated habit or background in the past, use the imperfect: Yo socializaba en las fiestas. For something that has just happened, use the present perfect: Yo he socializado en el trabajo.
How do I practise socializar?
Start with the present tense table, then drill the preterite and the imperfect, since those two past tenses cause the most mistakes. Try the socializar examples and quiz page for more sentences, and use the Spanish Verb Quiz to test the forms under pressure.
Related links
- Socializar in the present tense — the full present-tense table for socializar.
- Socializar examples and quiz — more example sentences and practice for socializar.
- Spanish verbs — the Spanish hub, with every verb and tense guide.
- Solemnizar conjugation — another -ar verb to compare with socializar.
- Valorar conjugation — another -ar verb to compare with socializar.
- Vigilar conjugation — another -ar verb to compare with socializar.
- Spanish Verb Quiz — test yourself on real conjugated forms.
- Verb Conjugator — conjugate any Spanish verb in every tense.