The Spanish verb acostarse means "to go to bed". It is the reflexive form of acostar ("to put to bed"), so every form carries a pronoun that agrees with the subject: me, te, se, nos or os. Below are its 8 tenses as tables, with the irregular forms marked, 4 example sentences and answers to 3 common questions. Press play next to a present tense form or an example to hear it.
The present tense of acostarse is yo me acuesto, tú te acuestas, él/ella/usted se acuesta, nosotros nos acostamos, vosotros os acostáis, ellos/ellas/ustedes se acuestan. It is irregular: 4 of its 6 present forms break the regular -ar pattern. Its pronoun (me, te, se, nos or os) comes before each conjugated form and is attached to an affirmative command: acuéstate.
Forms in orange break the regular -ar pattern.
| yo | me acuesto (irregular) | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | te acuestas (irregular) | |
| él/ | se acuesta (irregular) | |
| nosotros | nos acostamos | |
| vosotros | os acostáis | |
| ellos/ | se acuestan (irregular) |
| yo | me acosté |
|---|---|
| tú | te acostaste |
| él/ | se acostó |
| nosotros | nos acostamos |
| vosotros | os acostasteis |
| ellos/ | se acostaron |
| yo | me acostaba |
|---|---|
| tú | te acostabas |
| él/ | se acostaba |
| nosotros | nos acostábamos |
| vosotros | os acostabais |
| ellos/ | se acostaban |
| yo | me acostaré |
|---|---|
| tú | te acostarás |
| él/ | se acostará |
| nosotros | nos acostaremos |
| vosotros | os acostaréis |
| ellos/ | se acostarán |
| yo | me acostaría |
|---|---|
| tú | te acostarías |
| él/ | se acostaría |
| nosotros | nos acostaríamos |
| vosotros | os acostaríais |
| ellos/ | se acostarían |
| yo | me acueste (irregular) |
|---|---|
| tú | te acuestes (irregular) |
| él/ | se acueste (irregular) |
| nosotros | nos acostemos |
| vosotros | os acostéis |
| ellos/ | se acuesten (irregular) |
| tú | acuéstate (irregular) |
|---|---|
| usted | acuéstese (irregular) |
| nosotros | acostémonos |
| vosotros | acostaos |
| ustedes | acuéstense (irregular) |
| yo | me he acostado |
|---|---|
| tú | te has acostado |
| él/ | se ha acostado |
| nosotros | nos hemos acostado |
| vosotros | os habéis acostado |
| ellos/ | se han acostado |
Acostarse is irregular: the stem changes to acuest in forms such as me acuesto, te acuestas, and se acuestan, and the present subjunctive has forms such as me acueste. The reflexive pronoun comes before conjugated forms but attaches to the affirmative imperative and gerund, as in acuéstate and acostándose; the past participle is acostado.
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Acostarse is irregular. Its present, present subjunctive, and affirmative imperative forms include the stem change shown in the table.
Acostarse means to go to bed. Acostar means to put someone to bed.
The pronoun comes before conjugated forms, as in me acuesto, and attaches to the affirmative imperative and gerund, as in acuéstate and acostándose. The present has acuest forms, the present subjunctive has acueste forms, and the past participle is acostado.