Sosegar Examples, Sentences & Quiz in Spanish

sosegar means "to calm, to soothe" in English, and this page shows you how it actually sounds in everyday Spanish — not just the conjugation table, but the verb in real sentences, in short dialogues, and in the mistakes learners make with it. Sosegar means to calm or soothe someone: sosegar a su hijo, sosegar los ánimos. With se it means to calm down: sosegarse tras la discusión. Below you will find twelve example sentences grouped by use, two short dialogues, the most common mistakes with corrections, and a ten-question quiz with explained answers. If you want the full tables first, start with the full conjugation of sosegar; if you want to study one tense in depth, see the sosegar present tense page.

sosegar in everyday use: examples with translations

Everyday present uses

How the verb sounds in the present, the future and in hypotheticals — the forms you will use most often.

  1. Yo sosiego a su hijo con un cuento — "I calm his son with a story"
  2. Mi amigo sosiega los ánimos tras la discusión — "My friend calms tempers after the argument"
  3. Mañana, tú sosegarás a la multitud con palabras — "Tomorrow, you will calm the crowd with words"
  4. Yo sosegaría su corazón con música si pudiera — "I would calm his heart with music if I could"

Talking about the past

The same verb in the past: one finished action, a habit, something that has just happened, and something that had already happened.

  1. Ayer, yo sosegué a su hijo con un cuento — "Yesterday, I calmed his son with a story"
  2. Antes, nosotros sosegábamos los ánimos tras la discusión — "Before, we used to calm tempers after the argument"
  3. Él ha sosegado a la multitud con palabras — "He has calmed the crowd with words"
  4. Yo ya había sosegado su corazón con música antes de salir — "I already had calmed his heart with music before leaving"

Wishes, conditions and commands

The verb after espero que, in si clauses, as a command — and in the conditional perfect, for what would have happened.

  1. Espero que él sosiegue a su hijo con un cuento — "I hope he calms his son with a story"
  2. Si yo sosegara los ánimos tras la discusión, todo cambiaría — "If I calmed tempers after the argument, everything would change"
  3. Sosiega a la multitud con palabras. — "Calm the crowd with words."
  4. Yo habría sosegado su corazón con música con más tiempo — "I would have calmed his heart with music with more time"

sosegar in conversation

Two short dialogues that use sosegar the way people really speak it. Notice how the verb changes with the person, and how the same verb fits different situations.

Two friends talk about it.

  • Lucía: Hola, ¿qué tal? — "Hello, how are you?"
  • Lucía: Yo sosiego a su hijo con un cuento — "I calm his son with a story"
  • Marcos: Él sosiega los ánimos tras la discusión — "He calms tempers after the argument"
  • Lucía: Ayer, yo sosegué a la multitud con palabras — "Yesterday, I calmed the crowd with words"
  • Marcos: Mañana, tú sosegarás su corazón con música — "Tomorrow, you will calm his heart with music"

A practical exchange.

  • Marcos: Hola, ¿qué tal? — "Hello, how are you?"
  • Marcos: Sosiega las aguas del lago. — "Calm the waters of the lake."
  • Lucía: Él ha sosegado a su hijo con un cuento — "He has calmed his son with a story"
  • Marcos: Espero que él sosiegue los ánimos tras la discusión — "I hope he calms tempers after the argument"
  • Lucía: Antes, yo sosegaba a la multitud con palabras — "Before, I used to calm the crowd with words"

Common mistakes with sosegar

The errors learners actually make with sosegar, each with the wrong form, the right form, and why the right form is right.

✗ *Yo sosego su corazón con música.

✓ Correct: Yo sosiego su corazón con música.

sosegar is a stem-changing verb (e → ie): the stem vowel changes in the stressed present forms, so the yo form is sosiego, not sosego.

✗ *Espero que él sosiega su corazón con música

✓ Correct: Espero que él sosiegue su corazón con música

After espero que, Spanish requires the subjunctive: Espero que él sosiegue su corazón con música — not the indicative Espero que él sosiega su corazón con música.

✗ *Ayer, yo sosiego las aguas del lago

✓ Correct: Ayer, yo sosegué las aguas del lago

Ayer points to a finished action in the past, so it needs the preterite: Ayer, yo sosegué las aguas del lago.

✗ *De niño, yo sosegué a su hijo con un cuento todos los días

✓ Correct: De niño, yo sosegaba a su hijo con un cuento todos los días

For a repeated habit in the past, use the imperfect, not the preterite: De niño, yo sosegaba a su hijo con un cuento todos los días.

✗ *Yo sosiego la multitud con palabras.

✓ Correct: Yo sosiego a la multitud con palabras.

sosegar takes a before this complement: Yo sosiego a la multitud con palabras. Dropping the preposition is a common learner error.

Quiz: sosegar in use

Ten questions on sosegar — its forms, its tenses and its everyday use. Choose the best answer for each one, then check the answer key below, where every answer is explained.

  1. Complete the sentence: Yo ______ a su hijo con un cuento — "I calm his son with a story" (present) A. sosiegas B. sosiega C. sosegamos D. sosiego

  2. Complete the sentence: Ayer, yo ______ los ánimos tras la discusión — "Yesterday, I calmed tempers after the argument" (preterite) A. sosegaste B. sosegó C. sosegamos D. sosegué

  3. Complete the sentence: Antes, nosotros ______ a la multitud con palabras — "Before, we used to calm the crowd with words" (imperfect) A. sosegábamos B. sosegaba C. sosegabas D. sosegabais

  4. Complete the sentence: Mañana, tú ______ su corazón con música — "Tomorrow, you will calm his heart with music" (future) A. sosegaremos B. sosegarás C. sosegaré D. sosegará

  5. Complete the sentence: Yo ______ las aguas del lago — "I would calm the waters of the lake" (conditional) A. sosegaría B. sosegarías C. sosegaríamos D. sosegaríais

  6. Complete the sentence: Él ______ a su hijo con un cuento — "He has calmed his son with a story" (present perfect) A. ha sosegado B. he sosegado C. has sosegado D. hemos sosegado

  7. Complete the sentence: Espero que él ______ los ánimos tras la discusión — "I hope he calms tempers after the argument" (present subjunctive) A. soseguemos B. soseguéis C. sosiegue D. sosiegues

  8. Complete the sentence: ______ a la multitud con palabras. — "Calm the crowd with words." (affirmative imperative) A. sosiega B. sosiegue C. soseguemos D. sosegad

  9. Which is the gerund of sosegar, used with estar for the progressive? A. sosiego B. sosegué C. sosegando D. sosegado

  10. What does sosegar mean in English? A. to calm B. to enjoy C. to cross D. to draw

Answer key

  1. sosiego — The present form for yo is sosiego.
  2. sosegué — The preterite form for yo is sosegué.
  3. sosegábamos — The imperfect form for nosotros/as is sosegábamos.
  4. sosegarás — The future form for tú is sosegarás.
  5. sosegaría — The conditional form for yo is sosegaría.
  6. ha sosegado — The present perfect form for él/ella/Ud. is ha sosegado.
  7. sosiegue — The present subjunctive form for él/ella/Ud. is sosiegue.
  8. sosiega — The affirmative imperative form is sosiega.
  9. sosegando — The gerund of sosegar is sosegando: estoy sosegando. The participle sosegado is used with haber instead.
  10. to calm — sosegar means to calm.

Frequently asked questions

What does sosegar mean in English?

sosegar means to calm, to soothe. For example: Yo sosiego a su hijo con un cuento — "I calm his son with a story". The exact English wording depends on the context, but the core meaning stays the same across the tenses.

What preposition goes with sosegar?

sosegar takes a before this kind of complement, as in the examples above. Keep the preposition with the verb — dropping it is one of the most common learner errors with sosegar.

Is sosegar regular?

No. sosegar is a stem-changing -ar verb (e → ie). The stem vowel changes in the stressed forms of the present: sosiego, sosiegas, sosiega and sosiegan — but nosotros and vosotros keep the plain stem: sosegamos, sosegáis.

How do I practise sosegar?

Start with the present tense table on the full conjugation page, then drill the preterite and the imperfect, since those two past tenses cause the most mistakes. Try the Spanish Verb Quiz to test the forms under pressure, and come back to the sentences above until you can say them without looking.

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