The Spanish verb despertarse means "to wake up". It is the reflexive form of despertar ("to wake someone up"), 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 despertarse is yo me despierto, tú te despiertas, él/ella/usted se despierta, nosotros nos despertamos, vosotros os despertáis, ellos/ellas/ustedes se despiertan. 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: despiértate.
Forms in orange break the regular -ar pattern.
| yo | me despierto (irregular) | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | te despiertas (irregular) | |
| él/ | se despierta (irregular) | |
| nosotros | nos despertamos | |
| vosotros | os despertáis | |
| ellos/ | se despiertan (irregular) |
| yo | me desperté |
|---|---|
| tú | te despertaste |
| él/ | se despertó |
| nosotros | nos despertamos |
| vosotros | os despertasteis |
| ellos/ | se despertaron |
| yo | me despertaba |
|---|---|
| tú | te despertabas |
| él/ | se despertaba |
| nosotros | nos despertábamos |
| vosotros | os despertabais |
| ellos/ | se despertaban |
| yo | me despertaré |
|---|---|
| tú | te despertarás |
| él/ | se despertará |
| nosotros | nos despertaremos |
| vosotros | os despertaréis |
| ellos/ | se despertarán |
| yo | me despertaría |
|---|---|
| tú | te despertarías |
| él/ | se despertaría |
| nosotros | nos despertaríamos |
| vosotros | os despertaríais |
| ellos/ | se despertarían |
| yo | me despierte (irregular) |
|---|---|
| tú | te despiertes (irregular) |
| él/ | se despierte (irregular) |
| nosotros | nos despertemos |
| vosotros | os despertéis |
| ellos/ | se despierten (irregular) |
| tú | despiértate (irregular) |
|---|---|
| usted | despiértese (irregular) |
| nosotros | despertémonos |
| vosotros | despertaos |
| ustedes | despiértense (irregular) |
| yo | me he despertado |
|---|---|
| tú | te has despertado |
| él/ | se ha despertado |
| nosotros | nos hemos despertado |
| vosotros | os habéis despertado |
| ellos/ | se han despertado |
Despertarse is irregular in the present, present subjunctive, and affirmative imperative: me despierto, me despierte, and despiértate. The stem changes from despert to despiert in these forms, and the reflexive pronoun goes before conjugated forms, but attaches to the affirmative imperative and gerund: despiértate and despertándose.
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No. Despertarse is irregular in the present, present subjunctive, and affirmative imperative.
Despertarse means to wake up. Despertar means to wake someone up.
The pronoun comes before conjugated forms, as in me despierto, and attaches to the affirmative imperative and gerund, as in despiértate and despertándose. The present and present subjunctive use the stem change despert to despiert in the marked forms, while the past participle is despertado.