Trasladarse Conjugation in Spanish

The Spanish verb trasladarse means to move, to transfer, and it is a verb you will use again and again once you know it. 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. Like every Spanish verb, trasladarse changes its ending for each person and tense, and this page gives you the complete picture: every tense, every person, the gerund and the past participle, all from the verified conjugation tables. For example, in the present tense you say me traslado a otra ciudad por el trabajo, and in the preterite you say me trasladé a una casa cerca del colegio. 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: trasladarse
  • English: to move, to transfer
  • Verb type: regular -ar verb, reflexive
  • Ending: -ar
  • Gerund: trasladando
  • Past participle: trasladado
  • Auxiliary verb: haber (all perfect tenses are formed with haber + trasladado)
  • 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 trasladarse, so no pronunciation is given rather than an invented one. Trasladarse is reflexive: me traslado. It is the formal choice for work transfers; mudarse is the everyday word for moving house.

Full conjugation tables

Every form below comes from the verified conjugation tables for trasladarse. 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.

Present indicative

Person Pronoun Form
yo me traslado
tú te trasladas
él/ella/Ud. se traslada
nosotros/as nos trasladamos
vosotros/as os trasladáis
ellos/ellas/Uds. se trasladan

Preterite

Person Pronoun Form
yo me trasladé
tú te trasladaste
él/ella/Ud. se trasladó
nosotros/as nos trasladamos
vosotros/as os trasladasteis
ellos/ellas/Uds. se trasladaron

Imperfect

Person Pronoun Form
yo me trasladaba
tú te trasladabas
él/ella/Ud. se trasladaba
nosotros/as nos trasladábamos
vosotros/as os trasladabais
ellos/ellas/Uds. se trasladaban

Future

Person Pronoun Form
yo me trasladaré
tú te trasladarás
él/ella/Ud. se trasladará
nosotros/as nos trasladaremos
vosotros/as os trasladaréis
ellos/ellas/Uds. se trasladarán

Conditional

Person Pronoun Form
yo me trasladaría
tú te trasladarías
él/ella/Ud. se trasladaría
nosotros/as nos trasladaríamos
vosotros/as os trasladaríais
ellos/ellas/Uds. se trasladarían

Present perfect

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

Pluperfect

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

Future perfect

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

Conditional perfect

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

Present subjunctive

Person Pronoun Form
yo me traslade
tú te traslades
él/ella/Ud. se traslade
nosotros/as nos traslademos
vosotros/as os trasladéis
ellos/ellas/Uds. se trasladen

Imperfect subjunctive (-ra)

Person Pronoun Form
yo me trasladara
tú te trasladaras
él/ella/Ud. se trasladara
nosotros/as nos trasladáramos
vosotros/as os trasladarais
ellos/ellas/Uds. se trasladaran

Imperative (affirmative)

Person Pronoun Form
tú te traslada
él/ella/Ud. se traslade
nosotros/as nos traslademos
vosotros/as os trasladad
ellos/ellas/Uds. se trasladen

Imperative (negative)

Person Pronoun Form
tú te traslades
él/ella/Ud. se traslade
nosotros/as nos traslademos
vosotros/as os trasladéis
ellos/ellas/Uds. se trasladen

Gerund and past participle

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

How to use each tense

Present indicative

Use the present for routines, general facts and what is happening right now. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For trasladarse, the present looks like this in a real sentence: Me traslado a otra ciudad por el trabajo. Learn the present 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 with a clear end, often with ayer, el año pasado or anoche. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For trasladarse, the preterite looks like this in a real sentence: Ayer, me trasladé a la oficina de Barcelona. 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 de niño, antes or mientras. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For trasladarse, the imperfect looks like this in a real sentence: De niño, me trasladaba a una casa cerca del colegio. 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. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For trasladarse, the future looks like this in a real sentence: Mañana, me trasladaré con la empresa el año que viene. 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 with si clauses. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For trasladarse, the conditional looks like this in a real sentence: Me trasladaría a otra ciudad por el trabajo si pudiera. 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. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For trasladarse, the present perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Hoy, me he trasladado a la oficina de Barcelona. 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. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For trasladarse, the pluperfect looks like this in a real sentence: Me había trasladado a una casa cerca del colegio antes de salir. 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. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For trasladarse, the future perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Para mañana, me habré trasladado con la empresa el año que viene. 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. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For trasladarse, the conditional perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Me habría trasladado a otra ciudad por el trabajo con más tiempo. 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. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For trasladarse, the present subjunctive looks like this in a real sentence: Espero que él se traslade a la oficina de Barcelona. 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 this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For trasladarse, the imperfect subjunctive looks like this in a real sentence: Si él se trasladara a una casa cerca del colegio, todo cambiaría. Learn the imperfect subjunctive 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. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For trasladarse, the affirmative imperative looks like this in a real sentence: Que se traslade con la empresa el año que viene. Learn the affirmative imperative 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. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For trasladarse, the negative imperative looks like this in a real sentence: No te traslades a otra ciudad por el trabajo. Learn the negative imperative 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 trasladarse, covering different tenses and persons. Each one uses a form from the tables above.

  1. Me traslado a otra ciudad por el trabajo. — I move to another city for work.
  2. Se traslada a la oficina de Barcelona. — He/she moves to the Barcelona office.
  3. Ayer, 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.
  5. Mañana, tú te trasladarás a otra ciudad por el trabajo. — Tomorrow, you will move to another city for work.
  6. Yo me trasladaría a la oficina de Barcelona si tuviera más tiempo. — I would move to the Barcelona office if I had more time.
  7. Él se ha trasladado a una casa cerca del colegio. — He has moved to a house near the school.
  8. Espero que él se traslade con la empresa el año que viene. — I hope he moves with the company next year.
  9. Yo ya me había trasladado a otra ciudad por el trabajo antes de salir. — I had already moved to another city for work before leaving.
  10. Ellos se trasladaban a la oficina de Barcelona cuando eran jóvenes. — They used to move to the Barcelona office when they were young.

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. Choose the right form, then 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: Ayer, él ___ a la oficina de Barcelona. (preterite) A. me trasladé B. te trasladaste C. se trasladaron D. se trasladó

  3. Complete the sentence: Antes, nosotros ___ a una casa cerca del colegio. (imperfect) A. te trasladabas B. se trasladaban C. nos trasladábamos D. me trasladaba

  4. Complete the sentence: Mañana, tú ___ con la empresa el año que viene. (future) A. nos trasladaremos B. te trasladarás C. me trasladaré D. se trasladará

  5. Complete the sentence: Yo ___ a otra ciudad por el trabajo si pudiera. (conditional) A. me trasladaría B. te trasladarías C. se trasladaría D. se trasladarían

  6. Complete the sentence: Espero que él ___ a la oficina de Barcelona. (present subjunctive) A. me traslade B. te traslades C. nos traslademos D. se traslade

  7. Complete the sentence: Si yo ___ a una casa cerca del colegio, todo cambiaría. (imperfect subjunctive, -ra form) A. se trasladara B. nos trasladáramos C. me trasladara D. te trasladaras

  8. Complete the sentence: Nosotros ___ con la empresa el año que viene. (present perfect) A. se han trasladado B. nos hemos trasladado C. me he trasladado D. te has trasladado

  9. Complete the command: No ___ a otra ciudad por el trabajo. (negative imperative, tú) A. te traslades B. se traslade C. nos traslademos D. os trasladéis

  10. Which is the gerund of trasladarse, used with estar for the progressive? A. trasladado B. traslado C. trasladé D. trasladando

Answer key

  1. me traslado — The first-person present of trasladarse is me traslado. The other options are the tú, él/ella and nosotros forms.
  2. se trasladó — The third-person preterite of trasladarse is se trasladó, the form for a single finished action in the past.
  3. nos trasladábamos — The nosotros imperfect of trasladarse is nos trasladábamos, used here for a repeated past habit.
  4. te trasladarás — The second-person future of trasladarse is te trasladarás.
  5. me trasladaría — The first-person conditional of trasladarse is me trasladaría, the form for what would happen.
  6. se traslade — After espero que, the subjunctive is required: the third-person present subjunctive of trasladarse is se traslade.
  7. me trasladara — The first-person imperfect subjunctive (-ra) of trasladarse is me trasladara.
  8. nos hemos trasladado — The nosotros present perfect of trasladarse is nos hemos trasladado: hemos + trasladado.
  9. te traslades — The negative tú imperative uses the present subjunctive form with no before it: te traslades.
  10. trasladando — The gerund of trasladarse is trasladando: estoy trasladando. The participle trasladado is used with haber instead.

Frequently asked questions

What does trasladarse mean in English?

Trasladarse means to move, to transfer. It is used in everyday situations such as Me traslado a otra ciudad por el trabajo. The exact English wording depends on the context, but the core meaning stays the same across the tenses.

Is trasladarse a reflexive verb?

Yes. Trasladarse is reflexive, so it always takes a reflexive pronoun that matches the person: me, te, se, nos, os or se. For example, Me traslado a otra ciudad por el trabajo and él se traslada a la oficina de Barcelona. If you leave the pronoun out, the verb changes meaning or stops making sense.

What is the difference between trasladarse and mudarse?

Trasladarse means to move, to transfer, while mudarse means to move house, the everyday verb. They are easy to confuse because they appear in similar situations, but they are not interchangeable: use trasladarse when you mean to move, to transfer, as in Me traslado a otra ciudad por el trabajo, and use mudarse for to move house, the everyday verb. When in doubt, check the object of the sentence — it usually shows which verb fits.

How do I say “I move” in the past?

It depends on the kind of 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 present tense table, then drill the preterite and the imperfect, since those two past tenses cause the most mistakes. Try the trasladarse examples and quiz page for more sentences, and use the Spanish Verb Quiz to test the forms under pressure.

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