Acordarse Conjugation | How to Conjugate Acordarse in Spanish

Acordarse means “to remember” or “to recall.” You will learn its o → ue present change, required pronominal clitics, the standard acordarse de pattern, compound forms, and commands.

Acordarse conjugation at a glance

Verb type: Irregular. Acordarse is pronominal and has an o → ue stem change in stressed present-family forms: me acuerdo — “I remember,” while nos acordamos / os acordáis keep acord-.

Acordarse gerund, past participle, and infinitive

The pronominal infinitive keeps se — the pronominal marker. The gerund can carry an attached clitic, and compound non-finite forms combine the clitic with haber — “to have” as an auxiliary. The participle acordado remains invariant in compound forms.

Form	Spanish	Natural English guide
Infinitive	acordarse	to remember
Gerund	acordándose	remembering
Past participle	acordado	remembered
Compound infinitive	haberse acordado	to have remembered
Compound gerund	habiéndose acordado	having remembered

Acordarse meaning and essential uses

Acordarse is pronominal and means remembering or keeping someone or something in mind. RAE illustrates the construction with acordarse de: Me acuerdo de tu nombre. — “I remember your name.”

The complement is normally introduced by de: Acuérdate de llamar. — “Remember to call.” Keep the person-matched clitic with this pronominal construction.

Acordarse irregular conjugation patterns

Stressed present forms use acuerd-: me acuerdo, te acuerdas, se acuerda, se acuerdan. Nosotros/nosotras and vosotros/vosotras use acord-: nos acordamos / os acordáis.

Present subjunctive follows the same stress split: me acuerde / te acuerdes / se acuerden but nos acordemos / os acordéis. Affirmative commands attach the clitic: acuérdate, acuérdese, acordémonos, acordaos, acuérdense.

Acordarse indicative and periphrastic conjugations

Acordarse present tense conjugation

Present indicative (el presente de indicativo) — Use it for current situations, habits, facts, and contextually near-future reference. Stressed forms use acuerd-; nosotros/nosotras and vosotros/vosotras use acord-. The person-matched clitic is required.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	me acuerdo	I remember
Tú — you, singular informal	te acuerdas	you remember
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	se acuerda	he / she remembers; you remember (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	nos acordamos	we remember
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	os acordáis	you remember (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	se acuerdan	they remember; you remember (plural)

• Me acuerdo de tu nombre. — I remember your name.

Acordarse preterite conjugation

Preterite (el pretérito perfecto simple / pretérito indefinido) — Use it for completed or bounded past events. The table uses the verified paradigm.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	me acordé	I remembered
Tú — you, singular informal	te acordaste	you remembered
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	se acordó	he / she remembered; you remembered (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	nos acordamos	we remembered
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	os acordasteis	you remembered (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	se acordaron	they remembered; you remembered (plural)

• Ayer me acordé de enviar el correo. — Yesterday I remembered to send the email.

Acordarse imperfect conjugation

Imperfect (el pretérito imperfecto) — Use it for habitual, descriptive, background, or ongoing past situations. The clitic precedes the finite form of haber, followed by invariant acordado.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	me acordaba	I used to remember / was remembering
Tú — you, singular informal	te acordabas	you used to remember / were remembering
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	se acordaba	he / she used to remember / was remembering; you used to remember / were remembering (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	nos acordábamos	we used to remember / were remembering
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	os acordabais	you used to remember / were remembering (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	se acordaban	they used to remember / were remembering; you used to remember / were remembering (plural)

• De niño me acordaba de todos los cumpleaños. — As a child, I used to remember every birthday.

Acordarse present progressive

Present progressive — This verbal periphrasis focuses on an action or process in progress. The main table places the clitic before estar. Attaching it to the gerund is also standard: estoy acordándome — “I am remembering.”

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	me estoy acordando	I am remembering
Tú — you, singular informal	te estás acordando	you are remembering
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	se está acordando	he / she is remembering; you are remembering (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	nos estamos acordando	we are remembering
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	os estáis acordando	you are remembering (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	se están acordando	they are remembering; you are remembering (plural)

• Me estoy acordando de más detalles. — I am remembering more details.

Acordarse near future conjugation

Near future — This verbal periphrasis expresses an intention, plan, or expected event. The main table places the clitic before ir. Attaching it to the infinitive is also standard: voy a acordarme — “I am going to remember.”

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	me voy a acordar	I am going to remember
Tú — you, singular informal	te vas a acordar	you are going to remember
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	se va a acordar	he / she is going to remember; you are going to remember (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	nos vamos a acordar	we are going to remember
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	os vais a acordar	you are going to remember (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	se van a acordar	they are going to remember; you are going to remember (plural)

• Me voy a acordar de llevar el documento. — I am going to remember to bring the document.

Acordarse future tense conjugation

Simple future (el futuro simple) — Use it for future reference and, where useful, probability. The table uses the verified paradigm.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	me acordaré	I will remember
Tú — you, singular informal	te acordarás	you will remember
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	se acordará	he / she will remember; you will remember (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	nos acordaremos	we will remember
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	os acordaréis	you will remember (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	se acordarán	they will remember; you will remember (plural)

• Nos acordaremos de llamarte. — We will remember to call you.

Acordarse conditional conjugation

Conditional (el condicional simple) — Use it for hypothetical outcomes, softened statements, or related conditional meanings. The table uses the verified paradigm.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	me acordaría	I would remember
Tú — you, singular informal	te acordarías	you would remember
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	se acordaría	he / she would remember; you would remember (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	nos acordaríamos	we would remember
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	os acordaríais	you would remember (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	se acordarían	they would remember; you would remember (plural)

• Me acordaría de eso en una situación parecida. — I would remember that in a similar situation.

Acordarse present perfect conjugation

Present perfect (el pretérito perfecto compuesto) — Use it for completed events connected to a present reference frame; regional distribution varies. The clitic precedes the finite form of haber, followed by invariant acordado.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	me he acordado	I have remembered
Tú — you, singular informal	te has acordado	you have remembered
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	se ha acordado	he / she has remembered; you have remembered (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	nos hemos acordado	we have remembered
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	os habéis acordado	you have remembered (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	se han acordado	they have remembered; you have remembered (plural)

• Me he acordado de la cita. — I have remembered the appointment.

Acordarse past perfect conjugation

Past perfect (el pretérito pluscuamperfecto) — Use it for an event completed before another past reference point. The clitic precedes the finite form of haber, followed by invariant acordado.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	me había acordado	I had remembered
Tú — you, singular informal	te habías acordado	you had remembered
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	se había acordado	he / she had remembered; you had remembered (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	nos habíamos acordado	we had remembered
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	os habíais acordado	you had remembered (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	se habían acordado	they had remembered; you had remembered (plural)

• Ya nos habíamos acordado de ese detalle. — We had already remembered that detail.

Acordarse future perfect conjugation

Future perfect (el futuro perfecto) — Use it for an event expected to be completed before a future reference point. The clitic precedes the finite form of haber, followed by invariant acordado.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	me habré acordado	I will have remembered
Tú — you, singular informal	te habrás acordado	you will have remembered
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	se habrá acordado	he / she will have remembered; you will have remembered (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	nos habremos acordado	we will have remembered
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	os habréis acordado	you will have remembered (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	se habrán acordado	they will have remembered; you will have remembered (plural)

• Para entonces se habrán acordado de todo. — By then they will have remembered everything.

Acordarse conditional perfect conjugation

Conditional perfect (el condicional compuesto) — Use it for a hypothetical completed outcome. The clitic precedes the finite form of haber, followed by invariant acordado.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	me habría acordado	I would have remembered
Tú — you, singular informal	te habrías acordado	you would have remembered
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	se habría acordado	he / she would have remembered; you would have remembered (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	nos habríamos acordado	we would have remembered
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	os habríais acordado	you would have remembered (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	se habrían acordado	they would have remembered; you would have remembered (plural)

• Me habría acordado con una nota. — I would have remembered with a note.

Acordarse subjunctive conjugations

Acordarse present subjunctive conjugation

Present subjunctive (el presente de subjuntivo) — Use it in subordinate environments involving wishes, influence, emotion, doubt or denial, evaluation, necessity, possibility, or non-specific reference. Stressed forms use acuerd-, while nosotros/nosotras and vosotros/vosotras use acord-.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	me acuerde	that I remember
Tú — you, singular informal	te acuerdes	that you remember
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	se acuerde	that he / she remember; that you remember (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	nos acordemos	that we remember
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	os acordéis	that you remember (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	se acuerden	that they remember; that you remember (plural)

• Quiero que te acuerdes de llamar. — I want you to remember to call.

Acordarse imperfect subjunctive conjugation

Imperfect subjunctive (el imperfecto de subjuntivo) — The main table uses the -ra series. The accepted -se series is also valid in many contexts and is demonstrated after the table. The clitic precedes the finite form of haber, followed by invariant acordado.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	me acordara	that I remembered
Tú — you, singular informal	te acordaras	that you remembered
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	se acordara	that he / she remembered; that you remembered (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	nos acordáramos	that we remembered
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	os acordarais	that you remembered (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	se acordaran	that they remembered; that you remembered (plural)

• Preferían que nos acordáramos de llevar los documentos. — They preferred that we remember to bring the documents.
• Era importante que te acordases de la contraseña. — It was important that you remember the password.

Acordarse future subjunctive conjugation

Future subjunctive (el futuro de subjuntivo) — Rare in modern everyday Spanish. It survives mainly in formal, legal, proverbial, literary, or historical contexts. These rare reference forms belong mainly to formal, legal, proverbial, literary, or historical registers.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	me acordare	if / when I should remember
Tú — you, singular informal	te acordares	if / when you should remember
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	se acordare	if / when he / she should remember; if / when you should remember (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	nos acordáremos	if / when we should remember
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	os acordareis	if / when you should remember (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	se acordaren	if / when they should remember; if / when you should remember (plural)

• Quien se acordare de algún dato adicional deberá comunicarlo. — Whoever should remember any additional information must report it.

Acordarse present perfect subjunctive conjugation

Present perfect subjunctive (el pretérito perfecto de subjuntivo) — Use it when a completed event appears inside a present- or future-oriented subjunctive environment. The clitic precedes the finite form of haber, followed by invariant acordado.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	me haya acordado	that I have remembered
Tú — you, singular informal	te hayas acordado	that you have remembered
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	se haya acordado	that he / she has remembered; that you have remembered (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	nos hayamos acordado	that we have remembered
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	os hayáis acordado	that you have remembered (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	se hayan acordado	that they have remembered; that you have remembered (plural)

• Me alegra que te hayas acordado de la cita. — I am glad that you remembered the appointment.

Acordarse past perfect subjunctive conjugation

Past perfect subjunctive (el pluscuamperfecto de subjuntivo) — The main table uses hubiera; hubiese is an accepted auxiliary alternative in many contexts and is demonstrated after the table. The clitic precedes the finite form of haber, followed by invariant acordado.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	me hubiera acordado	that I had remembered
Tú — you, singular informal	te hubieras acordado	that you had remembered
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	se hubiera acordado	that he / she had remembered; that you had remembered (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	nos hubiéramos acordado	that we had remembered
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	os hubierais acordado	that you had remembered (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	se hubieran acordado	that they had remembered; that you had remembered (plural)

• Si me hubiera acordado antes, te habría llamado. — If I had remembered earlier, I would have called you.
• Si te hubieses acordado de la llave, no habríamos tenido problema. — If you had remembered the key, we would not have had a problem.

Acordarse future perfect subjunctive conjugation

Future perfect subjunctive (el futuro perfecto de subjuntivo) — Rare in modern everyday Spanish. Treat it as a formal or historical reference form, not an everyday conversational target. The clitic precedes the finite form of haber, followed by invariant acordado.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	me hubiere acordado	if / when I should have remembered
Tú — you, singular informal	te hubieres acordado	if / when you should have remembered
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	se hubiere acordado	if / when he / she should have remembered; if / when you should have remembered (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	nos hubiéremos acordado	if / when we should have remembered
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	os hubiereis acordado	if / when you should have remembered (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	se hubieren acordado	if / when they should have remembered; if / when you should have remembered (plural)

• Si se hubieren acordado de nuevos detalles, deberán añadirlos al informe. — If they should have remembered new details, they must add them to the report.

Acordarse imperative and commands

Commands address another person directly. The nosotros/nosotras row is a present-subjunctive form used with exhortative “let’s…” value.

Acordarse affirmative commands

In affirmative pronominal commands, attach the clitic and recompute accentuation. The nosotros/nosotras form loses final -s before nos, and the usual vosotros/vosotras form loses -d before os.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Tú — you, singular informal	acuérdate	remember
Usted — you, singular formal	acuérdese	remember (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we; let’s…	acordémonos	let’s remember
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	acordaos	remember (plural, mainly Spain)
Ustedes — you, plural	acuérdense	remember (plural)

• Acuérdate de cerrar la puerta. — Remember to close the door.

Acordarse negative commands

Negative commands use subjunctive-based forms, with no before the person-matched clitic and the verb.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Tú — you, singular informal	no te acuerdes	do not remember
Usted — you, singular formal	no se acuerde	do not remember (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we; let’s…	no nos acordemos	let’s not remember
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	no os acordéis	do not remember (plural, mainly Spain)
Ustedes — you, plural	no se acuerden	do not remember (plural)

• No te acuerdes solo de los errores; recuerda también los logros. — Do not remember only the mistakes; remember the achievements too.

Common constructions with Acordarse

These patterns show sentence frames that materially affect how the target verb is used.

• acordarse de + noun / person. — to remember a thing or person.
• acordarse de + infinitive. — to remember to do something.
• acordarse de que + clause. — to remember that something is the case.

Example sentences with Acordarse

These examples reinforce the target verb across useful forms and contexts already taught in the lesson.

• ¿Te acuerdas de Marta? — Do you remember Marta?
• Me acuerdo de que mañana es festivo. — I remember that tomorrow is a holiday.
• Voy a acordarme de llevar agua. — I am going to remember to bring water.
• Espero que te acuerdes de la cita. — I hope you remember the appointment.
• Nos hemos acordado de todos los detalles. — We have remembered all the details.
• Acuérdense de traer su identificación. — Remember to bring your identification.

Regional and usage notes for Acordarse

The core tables retain tú, usted, vosotros/vosotras, and ustedes for project comparability. Voseo changes some second-person singular forms in regions where vos — “you, singular informal” — is used.

• Vos te acordás de todo. — You remember everything. (voseo)
• Acordate de llamarme. — Remember to call me. (affirmative vos command)

For acordarse, combine the stressed o → ue family with the correct pronominal clitic and the usual complement de. Keep both the stem change and the clitic visible in the forms that require them.