Trasladarse Examples, Sentences and Quiz in Spanish

trasladarse means to move, to transfer, and it is a verb you will meet in everyday Spanish again and again. Trasladarse means to move or to transfer, and it is used for moving to another city for work, transferring to another office and moving house in a formal register. It is reflexive, and it is the formal partner of mudarse. This page puts trasladarse to work: twelve example sentences in different tenses and persons, grouped by use, then two short dialogues where the verb appears naturally, then the common mistakes to avoid, and finally a ten-question quiz with explained answers. Every Spanish form on this page comes from the verified conjugation tables for trasladarse, and the full tables are on the trasladarse conjugation page if you need to check a form.

Example sentences

Everyday uses

  1. Yo me traslado a otra ciudad por el trabajo. — I move to another city for work.
  2. Él se traslada a la oficina de Barcelona. — He/she moves to the Barcelona office.
  3. Ayer, yo me trasladé a una casa cerca del colegio. — Yesterday, I moved to a house near the school.
  4. Antes, nosotros nos trasladábamos con la empresa el año que viene. — Before, we used to move with the company next year.

In other tenses

  1. Mañana, tú te trasladarás a otra ciudad por el trabajo. — Tomorrow, you will move to another city for work.
  2. Yo me trasladaría a la oficina de Barcelona. — I would move to the Barcelona office.
  3. Él se ha trasladado a una casa cerca del colegio. — He/she has moved to a house near the school.
  4. Espero que él se traslade con la empresa el año que viene. — I hope he/she moves with the company next year.

With other people

  1. Nosotros nos trasladamos a otra ciudad por el trabajo. — We move to another city for work.
  2. Vosotros os trasladáis a la oficina de Barcelona. — You all move to the Barcelona office.
  3. Antes, ellos se trasladaban a una casa cerca del colegio. — Before, they used to move to a house near the school.
  4. Mañana, él se trasladará con la empresa el año que viene. — Tomorrow, he/she will move with the company next year.

Trasladarse in context

Two short dialogues that use trasladarse the way people really use it. Read them aloud — the verb forms will stick much faster in a conversation than in a table.

Dialogue 1: today and yesterday

  • Ana: "Hola, ¿qué tal?" — "Hello, how are you?"
  • Luis: "Hoy me traslado a otra ciudad por el trabajo." — "Today I move to another city for work."
  • Ana: "¿Y ayer?" — "And yesterday?"
  • Luis: "Ayer, me trasladé a una casa cerca del colegio." — "Yesterday I moved to a house near the school."
  • Ana: "¿Y mañana, tú te trasladarás a la oficina de Barcelona?" — "And tomorrow, will you will move to the Barcelona office?"
  • Luis: "Sí, claro. Y tú también." — "Yes, of course. And you too."

Dialogue 2: making plans

  • Marta: "Mañana, nosotros nos trasladamos con la empresa el año que viene." — "Tomorrow we move with the company next year."
  • Carlos: "Perfecto. Yo me trasladaría a la oficina de Barcelona si tuviera más tiempo." — "Perfect. I would would move to the Barcelona office if I had more time."
  • Marta: "Espero que él se traslade a otra ciudad por el trabajo." — "I hope he moves to another city for work."
  • Carlos: "Seguro que sí. Él ya se ha trasladado a una casa cerca del colegio." — "Surely. He has already has moved to a house near the school."
  • Marta: "Vale, nos vemos mañana." — "OK, see you tomorrow."

Notice how the same verb changes with the tense: the present for the plan, the conditional for the wish, the subjunctive after espero que, and the present perfect for what has already happened. That is the whole point of learning a verb across its tenses, not just in one form.

Common mistakes

  1. Wrong: Yo traslado a otra ciudad por el trabajo. — Right: Yo me traslado a otra ciudad por el trabajo. — Trasladarse is reflexive, so the pronoun me is required: without it the verb means something else, or nothing at all.
  2. Wrong: Vosotros trasladais a la oficina de Barcelona. — Right: Vosotros trasladáis a la oficina de Barcelona. — The vosotros present form carries a written accent: trasladáis, not trasladais. The accent marks the stressed vowel.
  3. Wrong: Treating trasladarse and mudarse as identical in every context. — Right: Trasladarse means to move, to transfer, while mudarse means to move house, the everyday verb. — They overlap, but each has uses the other does not: trasladarse fits sentences such as Me traslado a otra ciudad por el trabajo, while mudarse belongs in a different sentence. Check the meaning you want before choosing.
  4. Wrong: Yo soy trasladado a la oficina de Barcelona. — Right: Yo he trasladado a la oficina de Barcelona. — Spanish perfect tenses use haber, not ser: he trasladado, has trasladado, ha trasladado. Ser plus the participle makes a passive, not a perfect tense.
  5. Wrong: De niño, yo trasladé a una casa cerca del colegio todos los días. — Right: De niño, yo trasladaba a una casa cerca del colegio todos los días. — For a repeated habit in the past, use the imperfect (trasladaba), not the preterite. The preterite (trasladé) is for one finished action.

Quiz: test yourself

Ten questions on trasladarse: four on the forms, three on the meaning, and three on spotting the correct sentence. Check the answer key below.

  1. Complete the sentence: Yo ___ a otra ciudad por el trabajo. (present tense) A. me traslado B. te trasladas C. se traslada D. nos trasladamos

  2. Complete the sentence: Él ___ a la oficina de Barcelona. (preterite tense) A. me trasladé B. te trasladaste C. nos trasladamos D. se trasladó

  3. Complete the sentence: Tú ___ a una casa cerca del colegio. (future tense) A. se trasladará B. nos trasladaremos C. te trasladarás D. me trasladaré

  4. Complete the sentence: Nosotros ___ con la empresa el año que viene. (imperfect tense) A. se trasladaba B. nos trasladábamos C. me trasladaba D. te trasladabas

  5. What does "Yo me traslado a otra ciudad por el trabajo." mean in English? A. I move to another city for work. B. I move to the Barcelona office. C. I move to a house near the school. D. I move with the company next year.

  6. What does "Él se trasladó a la oficina de Barcelona." mean in English? A. He/she moved to another city for work. B. He/she moved to a house near the school. C. He/she moved with the company next year. D. He/she moved to the Barcelona office.

  7. What does "Nosotros nos trasladaremos a una casa cerca del colegio." mean in English? A. We will move to the Barcelona office. B. We will move with the company next year. C. We will move to a house near the school. D. We will move to another city for work.

  8. Which sentence is correct? A. Yo se trasladan a la oficina de Barcelona. B. Yo se traslada a la oficina de Barcelona. C. Yo me traslado a la oficina de Barcelona.

  9. Which sentence is correct? A. Él me trasladé a una casa cerca del colegio. B. Él se trasladó a una casa cerca del colegio. C. Él se trasladaron a una casa cerca del colegio.

  10. Which sentence is correct? A. Espero que yo me traslade con la empresa el año que viene. B. Yo se trasladen con la empresa el año que viene. C. Yo se traslade con la empresa el año que viene.

Answer key

  1. me traslado — The yo present form of trasladarse is me traslado.
  2. se trasladó — The el preterite form of trasladarse is se trasladó.
  3. te trasladarás — The tu future form of trasladarse is te trasladarás.
  4. nos trasladábamos — The nosotros imperfect form of trasladarse is nos trasladábamos.
  5. I move to another city for work. — The Spanish sentence uses the present form me traslado, so the English is "I move to another city for work." The other options use a different object or situation.
  6. He/she moved to the Barcelona office. — The Spanish sentence uses the preterite form se trasladó, so the English is "He/she moved to the Barcelona office." The other options use a different object or situation.
  7. We will move to a house near the school. — The Spanish sentence uses the future form nos trasladaremos, so the English is "We will move to a house near the school." The other options use a different object or situation.
  8. Yo me traslado a la oficina de Barcelona. — The correct sentence is "Yo me traslado a la oficina de Barcelona." The other sentences use the wrong form or the wrong person for the subject.
  9. Él se trasladó a una casa cerca del colegio. — The correct sentence is "Él se trasladó a una casa cerca del colegio." The other sentences use the wrong form or the wrong person for the subject.
  10. Espero que yo me traslade con la empresa el año que viene. — The correct sentence is "Espero que yo me traslade con la empresa el año que viene." The other sentences use the wrong form or the wrong person for the subject.

Frequently asked questions

What does trasladarse mean, and when do I use it?

Trasladarse means to move, to transfer. Trasladarse means to move or to transfer, and it is used for moving to another city for work, transferring to another office and moving house in a formal register. It is reflexive, and it is the formal partner of mudarse. A good first sentence to remember is Yo me traslado a otra ciudad por el trabajo. — "I move to another city for work."

What is the difference between trasladarse and mudarse?

Trasladarse means to move, to transfer, while mudarse means to move house, the everyday verb. They appear in similar situations, but they are not interchangeable: use trasladarse when you mean to move, to transfer, as in Yo me traslado a la oficina de Barcelona., and use mudarse for to move house, the everyday verb.

How do I say "I move" in the past?

For one finished action, use the preterite: Yo me trasladé a la oficina de Barcelona.. For a repeated habit or background in the past, use the imperfect: Yo me trasladaba a una casa cerca del colegio.. For something that has just happened, use the present perfect: Yo me he trasladado a la oficina de Barcelona..

How do I practise trasladarse?

Start with the trasladarse conjugation page for the full tables, then the trasladarse in the present tense page for the tense in focus, and use the Spanish Verb Quiz to test the forms under pressure. Trasladarse is reflexive: me traslado. It is the formal choice for work transfers; mudarse is the everyday word for moving house.

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