Alejarse Conjugation | How to Conjugate Alejarse in Spanish

Alejarse means “to move away,” “to go away,” or figuratively “to distance oneself.” You will learn its regular -AR morphology, required pronominal clitics, pronoun placement, and commands.

Alejarse conjugation at a glance

Verb type: Regular AR. Linguistically, alejarse is pronominal, has no stem change or spelling irregularity, and uses a person-matched clitic: me alejo, te alejas, se aleja, nos alejamos, os alejáis, se alejan.

Alejarse 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 alejado remains invariant in compound forms.

Form	Spanish	Natural English guide
Infinitive	alejarse	to move away / go away
Gerund	alejándose	moving away / going away
Past participle	alejado	moved away / gone away
Compound infinitive	haberse alejado	to have moved away / gone away
Compound gerund	habiéndose alejado	having moved away / gone away

Alejarse meaning and essential uses

Alejarse is pronominal and describes the subject moving farther away: Me alejo de la puerta. — “I move away from the door.” RAE also records figurative avoidance or distancing.

The reference point is commonly introduced by de: Aléjate del borde. — “Move away from the edge.” Keep the appropriate pronominal clitic with the conjugated form.

Alejarse conjugation pattern and pronoun placement

The verb itself follows regular -AR morphology: alejo, alejé, alejaba, alejaré, aleje. Add the matching clitic before finite forms: me, te, se, nos, os, se.

Affirmative commands attach the clitic: aléjate, aléjese, alejémonos, alejaos, aléjense. Negative commands keep the clitic before the verb: no te alejes, no se aleje, no nos alejemos, no os alejéis, no se alejen.

Alejarse indicative and periphrastic conjugations

Alejarse present tense conjugation

Present indicative (el presente de indicativo) — Use it for current situations, habits, facts, and contextually near-future reference. The table uses the verified paradigm.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	me alejo	I move away / go away
Tú — you, singular informal	te alejas	you move away / go away
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	se aleja	he / she moves away / goes away; you move away / go away (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	nos alejamos	we move away / go away
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	os alejáis	you move away / go away (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	se alejan	they move away / go away; you move away / go away (plural)

• Me alejo del ruido para concentrarme. — I move away from the noise to concentrate.

Alejarse 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 alejé	I moved away / went away
Tú — you, singular informal	te alejaste	you moved away / went away
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	se alejó	he / she moved away / went away; you moved away / went away (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	nos alejamos	we moved away / went away
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	os alejasteis	you moved away / went away (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	se alejaron	they moved away / went away; you moved away / went away (plural)

• Ayer me alejé de la entrada. — Yesterday I moved away from the entrance.

Alejarse 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 alejado.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	me alejaba	I used to move away / go away / was moving away / going away
Tú — you, singular informal	te alejabas	you used to move away / go away / were moving away / going away
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	se alejaba	he / she used to move away / go away / was moving away / going away; you used to move away / go away / were moving away / going away (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	nos alejábamos	we used to move away / go away / were moving away / going away
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	os alejabais	you used to move away / go away / were moving away / going away (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	se alejaban	they used to move away / go away / were moving away / going away; you used to move away / go away / were moving away / going away (plural)

• Antes nos alejábamos del centro los fines de semana. — We used to go away from downtown on weekends.

Alejarse 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 alejándome — “I am moving away.”

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

• Me estoy alejando del edificio. — I am moving away from the building.

Alejarse 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 alejarme — “I am going to move away.”

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

• Me voy a alejar de la carretera. — I am going to move away from the road.

Alejarse 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 alejaré	I will move away / go away
Tú — you, singular informal	te alejarás	you will move away / go away
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	se alejará	he / she will move away / go away; you will move away / go away (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	nos alejaremos	we will move away / go away
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	os alejaréis	you will move away / go away (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	se alejarán	they will move away / go away; you will move away / go away (plural)

• Nos alejaremos después de la señal. — We will move away after the signal.

Alejarse 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 alejaría	I would move away / go away
Tú — you, singular informal	te alejarías	you would move away / go away
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	se alejaría	he / she would move away / go away; you would move away / go away (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	nos alejaríamos	we would move away / go away
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	os alejaríais	you would move away / go away (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	se alejarían	they would move away / go away; you would move away / go away (plural)

• Me alejaría de esa zona por seguridad. — I would move away from that area for safety.

Alejarse 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 alejado.

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

• Me he alejado demasiado. — I have moved too far away.

Alejarse 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 alejado.

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

• Ya nos habíamos alejado cuando empezó a llover. — We had already moved away when it started to rain.

Alejarse 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 alejado.

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

• Para entonces se habrán alejado todos. — By then everyone will have moved away.

Alejarse 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 alejado.

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

• Me habría alejado antes si hubiera visto el peligro. — I would have moved away earlier if I had seen the danger.

Alejarse subjunctive conjugations

Alejarse 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. The table uses the verified paradigm.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	me aleje	that I move away / go away
Tú — you, singular informal	te alejes	that you move away / go away
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	se aleje	that he / she move away / go away; that you move away / go away (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	nos alejemos	that we move away / go away
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	os alejéis	that you move away / go away (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	se alejen	that they move away / go away; that you move away / go away (plural)

• Quiero que te alejes del borde. — I want you to move away from the edge.

Alejarse 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 alejado.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	me alejara	that I moved away / went away
Tú — you, singular informal	te alejaras	that you moved away / went away
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	se alejara	that he / she moved away / went away; that you moved away / went away (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	nos alejáramos	that we moved away / went away
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	os alejarais	that you moved away / went away (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	se alejaran	that they moved away / went away; that you moved away / went away (plural)

• Preferían que nos alejáramos de la zona cerrada. — They preferred that we move away from the closed area.
• Era mejor que te alejases del ruido. — It was better for you to move away from the noise.

Alejarse 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 alejare	if / when I should move away / go away
Tú — you, singular informal	te alejares	if / when you should move away / go away
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	se alejare	if / when he / she should move away / go away; if / when you should move away / go away (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	nos alejáremos	if / when we should move away / go away
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	os alejareis	if / when you should move away / go away (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	se alejaren	if / when they should move away / go away; if / when you should move away / go away (plural)

• Quien se alejare del grupo deberá comunicarlo. — Whoever should move away from the group must report it.

Alejarse 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 alejado.

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

• Me alegra que te hayas alejado del peligro. — I am glad that you moved away from the danger.

Alejarse 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 alejado.

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

• Si me hubiera alejado antes, no habría oído la discusión. — If I had moved away earlier, I would not have heard the argument.
• Si te hubieses alejado del borde, habría sido más seguro. — If you had moved away from the edge, it would have been safer.

Alejarse 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 alejado.

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

• Si se hubieren alejado de la ruta, deberán informar su posición. — If they should have moved away from the route, they must report their position.

Alejarse imperative and commands

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

Alejarse 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	aléjate	move away
Usted — you, singular formal	aléjese	move away (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we; let’s…	alejémonos	let’s move away
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	alejaos	move away (plural, mainly Spain)
Ustedes — you, plural	aléjense	move away (plural)

• Aléjate del borde. — Move away from the edge.

Alejarse 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 alejes	do not move away
Usted — you, singular formal	no se aleje	do not move away (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we; let’s…	no nos alejemos	let’s not move away
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	no os alejéis	do not move away (plural, mainly Spain)
Ustedes — you, plural	no se alejen	do not move away (plural)

• No te alejes del grupo. — Do not move away from the group.

Common constructions with Alejarse

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

• alejarse de + place / person / thing. — to move away from / distance oneself from something.
• alejarse para + infinitive. — to move away in order to do something.
• alejarse emocionalmente / políticamente de algo. — to distance oneself emotionally / politically from something.

Example sentences with Alejarse

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

• Voy a alejarme un poco. — I am going to move away a little.
• Estamos alejándonos del centro. — We are moving away from downtown.
• ¿Por qué te alejaste del grupo? — Why did you move away from the group?
• Espero que no te alejes demasiado. — I hope you do not move too far away.
• Se ha alejado de esa idea. — He / she has distanced himself / herself from that idea.
• Aléjense de la puerta, por favor. — Move away from the door, please.

Regional and usage notes for Alejarse

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 alejás del ruido. — You move away from the noise. (voseo)
• Alejate del borde. — Move away from the edge. (affirmative vos command)

Alejarse is morphologically regular; the difficulty is pronominal placement. Use the correct person-matched clitic before finite forms, attach it to affirmative commands, and commonly introduce the reference point with de.