The Spanish verb perderse means "to get lost". It is the reflexive form of perder ("to lose"), 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 perderse is yo me pierdo, tú te pierdes, él/ella/usted se pierde, nosotros nos perdemos, vosotros os perdéis, ellos/ellas/ustedes se pierden. It is irregular: 4 of its 6 present forms break the regular -er pattern. Its pronoun (me, te, se, nos or os) comes before each conjugated form and is attached to an affirmative command: piérdete.
Forms in orange break the regular -er pattern.
| yo | me pierdo (irregular) | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | te pierdes (irregular) | |
| él/ | se pierde (irregular) | |
| nosotros | nos perdemos | |
| vosotros | os perdéis | |
| ellos/ | se pierden (irregular) |
| yo | me perdí |
|---|---|
| tú | te perdiste |
| él/ | se perdió |
| nosotros | nos perdimos |
| vosotros | os perdisteis |
| ellos/ | se perdieron |
| yo | me perdía |
|---|---|
| tú | te perdías |
| él/ | se perdía |
| nosotros | nos perdíamos |
| vosotros | os perdíais |
| ellos/ | se perdían |
| yo | me perderé |
|---|---|
| tú | te perderás |
| él/ | se perderá |
| nosotros | nos perderemos |
| vosotros | os perderéis |
| ellos/ | se perderán |
| yo | me perdería |
|---|---|
| tú | te perderías |
| él/ | se perdería |
| nosotros | nos perderíamos |
| vosotros | os perderíais |
| ellos/ | se perderían |
| yo | me pierda (irregular) |
|---|---|
| tú | te pierdas (irregular) |
| él/ | se pierda (irregular) |
| nosotros | nos perdamos |
| vosotros | os perdáis |
| ellos/ | se pierdan (irregular) |
| tú | piérdete (irregular) |
|---|---|
| usted | piérdase (irregular) |
| nosotros | perdámonos |
| vosotros | perdeos |
| ustedes | piérdanse (irregular) |
| yo | me he perdido |
|---|---|
| tú | te has perdido |
| él/ | se ha perdido |
| nosotros | nos hemos perdido |
| vosotros | os habéis perdido |
| ellos/ | se han perdido |
Perderse is irregular: the present has me pierdo, te pierdes, se pierde, and se pierden, and the present subjunctive has me pierda, te pierdas, se pierda, and se pierdan. The affirmative imperative changes to piérdete, piérdase, and piérdanse, while the gerund is perdiéndose and the past participle is perdido.
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No. Perderse is irregular, with changes in the present, present subjunctive, and affirmative imperative shown in the table.
Perderse means to get lost. Perder means to lose.
The pronoun comes before conjugated forms, as in me pierdo, and attaches to the affirmative imperative and gerund, as in piérdete and perdiéndose. The table shows the stem change from perd to pierd in several present forms, and the participles are perdiéndose and perdido.