Sonrojarse Conjugation in Spanish

The Spanish verb sonrojarse means to blush, and it is a verb you will use again and again once you know it. Sonrojarse is a regular -ar, reflexive verb, so the tables below show you exactly how it behaves in every tense. Sonrojarse is reflexive, so it always takes a reflexive pronoun that matches the person: me, te, se, nos, os or se. For example, me sonrojo de vergüenza means "I blush with embarrassment". Without the pronoun, the verb changes meaning or stops making sense. On this page you will find the full conjugation of sonrojarse 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 sonrojo de vergüenza — "I blush with embarrassment" — and in the preterite you say Yo me sonrojé al hablar en público — "I blushed when speaking in public". 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: sonrojarse
  • English: to blush
  • Verb type: regular -ar, reflexive verb
  • Ending: -ar
  • Gerund: sonrojando
  • Past participle: sonrojado
  • Auxiliary verb: haber (all perfect tenses are formed with haber + sonrojado)
  • 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 sonrojarse, so no pronunciation is given rather than an invented one. Sonrojarse is reflexive: me sonrojo, te sonrojas. Without the pronoun, sonrojar 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 sonrojarse. 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: sonrojando · Past participle: sonrojado

Present indicative

Person Pronoun Form
yo me sonrojo
tú te sonrojas
él/ella/Ud. se sonroja
nosotros/as nos sonrojamos
vosotros/as os sonrojáis
ellos/ellas/Uds. se sonrojan

Preterite

Person Pronoun Form
yo me sonrojé
tú te sonrojaste
él/ella/Ud. se sonrojó
nosotros/as nos sonrojamos
vosotros/as os sonrojasteis
ellos/ellas/Uds. se sonrojaron

Imperfect

Person Pronoun Form
yo me sonrojaba
tú te sonrojabas
él/ella/Ud. se sonrojaba
nosotros/as nos sonrojábamos
vosotros/as os sonrojabais
ellos/ellas/Uds. se sonrojaban

Future

Person Pronoun Form
yo me sonrojaré
tú te sonrojarás
él/ella/Ud. se sonrojará
nosotros/as nos sonrojaremos
vosotros/as os sonrojaréis
ellos/ellas/Uds. se sonrojarán

Conditional

Person Pronoun Form
yo me sonrojaría
tú te sonrojarías
él/ella/Ud. se sonrojaría
nosotros/as nos sonrojaríamos
vosotros/as os sonrojaríais
ellos/ellas/Uds. se sonrojarían

Present perfect

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

Pluperfect

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

Future perfect

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

Conditional perfect

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

Present subjunctive

Person Pronoun Form
yo me sonroje
tú te sonrojes
él/ella/Ud. se sonroje
nosotros/as nos sonrojemos
vosotros/as os sonrojéis
ellos/ellas/Uds. se sonrojen

Imperfect subjunctive (-ra)

Person Pronoun Form
yo me sonrojara
tú te sonrojaras
él/ella/Ud. se sonrojara
nosotros/as nos sonrojáramos
vosotros/as os sonrojarais
ellos/ellas/Uds. se sonrojaran

Imperative (affirmative)

Person Pronoun Form
tú te sonroja
él/ella/Ud. se sonroje
nosotros/as nos sonrojemos
vosotros/as os sonrojad
ellos/ellas/Uds. se sonrojen

Imperative (negative)

Person Pronoun Form
tú te sonrojes
él/ella/Ud. se sonroje
nosotros/as nos sonrojemos
vosotros/as os sonrojéis
ellos/ellas/Uds. se sonrojen

Gerund and past participle

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

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 sonrojarse, the present indicative looks like this in a real sentence: Yo me sonrojo al hablar en público — "I blush when speaking in public". 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 sonrojarse, the preterite looks like this in a real sentence: Yo me sonrojé con el cumplido — "I blushed at the compliment". 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 words like antes, de niño or mientras. It describes how things used to be, not one finished event. For sonrojarse, the imperfect looks like this in a real sentence: Yo me sonrojaba de vergüenza — "I used to blush with embarrassment". 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 sonrojarse, the future looks like this in a real sentence: Yo me sonrojaré al hablar en público — "I will blush when speaking in public". 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 sonrojarse, the conditional looks like this in a real sentence: Yo me sonrojaría con el cumplido — "I would blush at the compliment". 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 sonrojarse, the present perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Yo me he sonrojado de vergüenza — "I have blushed with embarrassment". 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 sonrojarse, the pluperfect looks like this in a real sentence: Yo me había sonrojado al hablar en público — "I had blushed when speaking in public". 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 sonrojarse, the future perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Yo me habré sonrojado con el cumplido — "I will have blushed at the compliment". 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 sonrojarse, the conditional perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Yo me habría sonrojado de vergüenza — "I would have blushed with embarrassment". 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 sonrojarse, the present subjunctive looks like this in a real sentence: Espero que él se sonroje al hablar en público — "I hope he blushes when speaking in public". 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 sonrojarse, the imperfect subjunctive (-ra) looks like this in a real sentence: Si yo me sonrojara con el cumplido, todo cambiaría — "If I blushed at the compliment, 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 sonrojarse, the imperative (affirmative) looks like this in a real sentence: Que se sonroje de vergüenza — "Let him blush with embarrassment". 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 sonrojarse, the imperative (negative) looks like this in a real sentence: No te sonrojes al hablar en público — "Don't blush when speaking in public". 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 sonrojarse, covering different tenses and persons. Each one uses a form from the tables above.

  1. Yo me sonrojo con el cumplido — "I blush at the compliment"
  2. Él se sonroja de vergüenza — "He blushes with embarrassment"
  3. Yo me sonrojé al hablar en público — "I blushed when speaking in public"
  4. Yo me sonrojaba con el cumplido — "I used to blush at the compliment"
  5. Tú te sonrojarás de vergüenza — "You will blush with embarrassment"
  6. Yo me sonrojaría al hablar en público — "I would blush when speaking in public"
  7. Él se ha sonrojado con el cumplido — "He has blushed at the compliment"
  8. Espero que él se sonroje de vergüenza — "I hope he blushes with embarrassment"
  9. Yo me había sonrojado al hablar en público — "I had blushed when speaking in public"
  10. Ellos se sonrojaban con el cumplido — "They used to blush at the compliment"

Common mistakes

  1. Wrong: Yo sonrojo de vergüenza — Right: Yo me sonrojo de vergüenza — Sonrojarse is reflexive, so the pronoun me is required: without it the verb means something else, or nothing at all.
  2. Wrong: Ayer, yo me sonrojo — Right: Ayer, yo me sonrojé — The present tense cannot describe a finished action yesterday. Ayer forces the preterite, so the form must change to sonrojé.
  3. Wrong: De niño, yo me sonrojé todos los días. — Right: Todos los días, yo me sonrojaba — For a repeated habit in the past, use the imperfect (sonrojaba), not the preterite. The preterite (sonrojé) is for one finished action.
  4. Wrong: Yo soy sonrojado al hablar en público. — Right: Yo me he sonrojado al hablar en público. — Spanish perfect tenses use haber, not ser: he sonrojado, has sonrojado, ha sonrojado. Ser plus the participle makes a passive, not a perfect tense.
  5. Wrong: Treating sonrojarse and ruborizarse as identical in every context. — Right: Sonrojarse means to blush, while ruborizarse means to blush. — They overlap, but each has uses the other does not: sonrojarse fits sentences such as Yo me sonrojo de vergüenza, while ruborizarse belongs in a different sentence. Check the meaning you want before choosing.

Quiz: test yourself

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

  1. Complete the sentence: Yo me ___ de vergüenza. (present tense) A. habrían sonrojado B. sonrojaba C. sonrojo D. he sonrojado

  2. Complete the sentence: Él se ___ de vergüenza. (preterite) A. sonrojó B. habré sonrojado C. sonrojaste D. había sonrojado

  3. Complete the sentence: Nosotros nos ___ de vergüenza. (imperfect) A. sonrojan B. sonrojábamos C. sonrojen D. sonrojamos

  4. Complete the sentence: Tú te ___ de vergüenza. (future) A. sonrojara B. sonrojáis C. habrían sonrojado D. sonrojarás

  5. Complete the sentence: Yo me ___ de vergüenza. (conditional) A. sonrojaran B. sonrojaría C. habéis sonrojado D. he sonrojado

  6. Complete the sentence: Espero que él se ___ de vergüenza. (present subjunctive) A. habréis sonrojado B. sonroje C. sonroja D. sonrojabais

  7. Complete the sentence: Si yo me ___ de vergüenza, todo cambiaría. (imperfect subjunctive, -ra form) A. sonrojara B. sonrojaron C. has sonrojado D. sonrojan

  8. Complete the sentence: Nosotros nos ___ de vergüenza. (present perfect) A. han sonrojado B. habrá sonrojado C. hemos sonrojado D. sonrojaran

  9. Complete the command: No te ___ de vergüenza. (negative imperative, tú) A. sonrojéis B. sonroje C. sonrojes D. sonrojemos

  10. Which is the gerund of sonrojarse, used with estar for the progressive? A. sonrojando B. sonrojaba C. sonrojo D. sonrojado

Answer key

  1. me sonrojo — The yo present tense of sonrojarse is me sonrojo.
  2. se sonrojó — The él/ella/Ud. preterite of sonrojarse is se sonrojó.
  3. nos sonrojábamos — The nosotros/as imperfect of sonrojarse is nos sonrojábamos.
  4. te sonrojarás — The tú future of sonrojarse is te sonrojarás.
  5. me sonrojaría — The yo conditional of sonrojarse is me sonrojaría.
  6. se sonroje — The él/ella/Ud. present subjunctive of sonrojarse is se sonroje.
  7. me sonrojara — The yo imperfect subjunctive, -ra form of sonrojarse is me sonrojara.
  8. nos hemos sonrojado — The nosotros/as present perfect of sonrojarse is nos hemos sonrojado.
  9. te sonrojes — The negative tú imperative uses the present subjunctive form with no before it: te sonrojes.
  10. sonrojando — The gerund of sonrojarse is sonrojando: estoy sonrojando. The participle sonrojado is used with haber instead.

Frequently asked questions

What does sonrojarse mean in English?

Sonrojarse means to blush. It is used in everyday situations such as Yo me sonrojo de vergüenza. The exact English wording depends on the context, but the core meaning stays the same across the tenses.

Is sonrojarse a reflexive verb?

Yes. Sonrojarse is reflexive, so it always takes a reflexive pronoun that matches the person: me, te, se, nos, os or se. For example, Yo me sonrojo de vergüenza and Él se sonroja al hablar en público. If you leave the pronoun out, the verb changes meaning or stops making sense.

What is the difference between sonrojarse and ruborizarse?

Sonrojarse means to blush, while ruborizarse means to blush. They are easy to confuse because they appear in similar situations, but they are not interchangeable: use sonrojarse when you mean to blush, as in Yo me sonrojo de vergüenza, and use ruborizarse for to blush. When in doubt, check the object of the sentence — it usually shows which verb fits.

How do I say “I blush” in the past?

It depends on the kind of past. For one finished action, use the preterite: Yo me sonrojé al hablar en público. For a repeated habit or background in the past, use the imperfect: Yo me sonrojaba con el cumplido. For something that has just happened, use the present perfect: Yo me he sonrojado de vergüenza.

How do I practise sonrojarse?

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

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