Atreverse Conjugation | How to Conjugate Atreverse in Spanish

Atreverse means “to dare” or “to bring oneself to do something.” You will learn its regular pronominal -ER conjugation, required clitics, atreverse a + infinitive, pronoun placement, and commands.

Atreverse conjugation at a glance

Verb type: Regular ER. Linguistically, atreverse uses regular -ER verbal morphology with required person-matched pronominal clitics, as in me atrevo, te atreves, se atreve....

Atreverse gerund, past participle, and infinitive

The pronominal infinitive keeps se. The gerund can carry an attached clitic, and compound non-finite forms combine the clitic with haber. The participle atrevido remains invariant in compound forms.

Form	Spanish	Natural English guide
Infinitive	atreverse	to dare
Gerund	atreviéndose	daring
Past participle	atrevido	dared
Compound infinitive	haberse atrevido	to have dared
Compound gerund	habiéndose atrevido	having dared

Atreverse meaning and essential uses

RAE marks the productive modern sense as pronominal: deciding to do or say something risky or bold. Its standard frame is atreverse a + infinitive: Me atrevo a preguntar. — “I dare to ask.”

The verb can also describe daring toward someone or behaving insolently in some contexts, but the central learner target is atreverse a hacer algo.

Atreverse conjugation pattern and pronoun placement

Atreverse follows regular -ER verbal morphology. Add the matching clitic before finite forms: me, te, se, nos, os, se.

Affirmative commands attach the clitic: atrévete, atrévase, atrevámonos, atreveos, atrévanse. Negative commands keep the clitic before the verb: no te atrevas....

Atreverse indicative and periphrastic conjugations

Atreverse 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 atrevo	I dare
Tú — you, singular informal	te atreves	you dare
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	se atreve	he / she dares; you dare (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	nos atrevemos	we dare
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	os atrevéis	you dare (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	se atreven	they dare; you dare (plural)

• Me atrevo a preguntar. — I dare to ask.

Atreverse 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 atreví	I dared
Tú — you, singular informal	te atreviste	you dared
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	se atrevió	he / she dared; you dared (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	nos atrevimos	we dared
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	os atrevisteis	you dared (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	se atrevieron	they dared; you dared (plural)

• Ayer me atreví a hablar en público. — Yesterday I dared to speak in public.

Atreverse 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 atrevido.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	me atrevía	I used to dare / was daring
Tú — you, singular informal	te atrevías	you used to dare / were daring
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	se atrevía	he / she used to dare / was daring; you used to dare / were daring (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	nos atrevíamos	we used to dare / were daring
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	os atrevíais	you used to dare / were daring (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	se atrevían	they used to dare / were daring; you used to dare / were daring (plural)

• Antes no me atrevía a decirlo. — I did not use to dare to say it.

Atreverse 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 atreviéndome.

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

• Me estoy atreviendo a probar cosas nuevas. — I am daring to try new things.

Atreverse 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 atreverme.

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

• Me voy a atrever a intentarlo. — I am going to dare to try it.

Atreverse 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 atreveré	I will dare
Tú — you, singular informal	te atreverás	you will dare
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	se atreverá	he / she will dare; you will dare (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	nos atreveremos	we will dare
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	os atreveréis	you will dare (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	se atreverán	they will dare; you will dare (plural)

• Nos atreveremos a cambiar el plan. — We will dare to change the plan.

Atreverse 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 atrevería	I would dare
Tú — you, singular informal	te atreverías	you would dare
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	se atrevería	he / she would dare; you would dare (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	nos atreveríamos	we would dare
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	os atreveríais	you would dare (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	se atreverían	they would dare; you would dare (plural)

• Me atrevería a hacerlo con más apoyo. — I would dare to do it with more support.

Atreverse 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 atrevido.

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

• Me he atrevido a preguntar. — I have dared to ask.

Atreverse 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 atrevido.

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

• Ya nos habíamos atrevido a intentarlo. — We had already dared to try it.

Atreverse 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 atrevido.

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

• Para entonces se habrán atrevido a participar. — By then they will have dared to participate.

Atreverse 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 atrevido.

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

• Me habría atrevido con más experiencia. — I would have dared with more experience.

Atreverse subjunctive conjugations

Atreverse 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 atreva	that I dare
Tú — you, singular informal	te atrevas	that you dare
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	se atreva	that he / she dare; that you dare (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	nos atrevamos	that we dare
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	os atreváis	that you dare (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	se atrevan	that they dare; that you dare (plural)

• Quiero que te atrevas a hablar. — I want you to dare to speak.

Atreverse 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 atrevido.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	me atreviera	that I dared
Tú — you, singular informal	te atrevieras	that you dared
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	se atreviera	that he / she dared; that you dared (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	nos atreviéramos	that we dared
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	os atrevierais	that you dared (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	se atrevieran	that they dared; that you dared (plural)

• Preferían que nos atreviéramos a proponer otra idea. — They preferred that we dare to propose another idea.
• Era mejor que te atrevieses a preguntar. — It was better for you to dare to ask.

Atreverse 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 forms are mainly formal, legal, proverbial, literary, or historical.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	me atreviere	if / when I should dare
Tú — you, singular informal	te atrevieres	if / when you should dare
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	se atreviere	if / when he / she should dare; if / when you should dare (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	nos atreviéremos	if / when we should dare
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	os atreviereis	if / when you should dare (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	se atrevieren	if / when they should dare; if / when you should dare (plural)

• Quien se atreviere a entrar sin permiso asumirá la responsabilidad. — Whoever should dare to enter without permission will assume responsibility.

Atreverse 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 atrevido.

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

• Me alegra que te hayas atrevido a intentarlo. — I am glad that you dared to try it.

Atreverse 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 atrevido.

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

• Si me hubiera atrevido antes, habría aprendido más. — If I had dared earlier, I would have learned more.
• Si te hubieses atrevido a hablar, te habrían escuchado. — If you had dared to speak, they would have listened to you.

Atreverse 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 atrevido.

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

• Si se hubieren atrevido a intervenir, deberán explicar sus razones. — If they should have dared to intervene, they must explain their reasons.

Atreverse imperative and commands

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

Atreverse 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	atrévete	dare
Usted — you, singular formal	atrévase	dare (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we; let’s…	atrevámonos	let’s dare
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	atreveos	dare (plural, mainly Spain)
Ustedes — you, plural	atrévanse	dare (plural)

• Atrévete a preguntar. — Dare to ask.

Atreverse negative commands

Negative commands use subjunctive-based forms; pronominal verbs place the clitic before the finite verb.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Tú — you, singular informal	no te atrevas	do not dare
Usted — you, singular formal	no se atreva	do not dare (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we; let’s…	no nos atrevamos	let’s not dare
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	no os atreváis	do not dare (plural, mainly Spain)
Ustedes — you, plural	no se atrevan	do not dare (plural)

• No te atrevas a tocar eso. — Do not dare to touch that.

Common constructions with Atreverse

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

• atreverse a + infinitive. — to dare to do something.
• atreverse con + person / challenge, in suitable contexts. — to dare take on / confront someone or something.
• no atreverse a + infinitive. — not to dare to do something.

Example sentences with Atreverse

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

• No me atrevo a decirlo. — I do not dare to say it.
• ¿Te atreves a probarlo? — Do you dare to try it?
• Vamos a atrevernos a cambiar. — Let us dare to change.
• Espero que te atrevas a participar. — I hope you dare to participate.
• Se han atrevido a empezar de nuevo. — They have dared to start again.
• Atrévete a hacer una pregunta. — Dare to ask a question.

Regional and usage notes for Atreverse

The core tables retain tú, usted, vosotros/vosotras, and ustedes. Voseo changes some second-person singular forms where vos is used.

• Vos te atrevés a decirlo. — You dare to say it. (voseo)
• Atrevete a intentarlo. — Dare to try it. (affirmative vos command)

Atreverse is not stem-changing: its morphology is regular -ER. The main complexity is pronominal syntax and the standard complement a + infinitive, plus attached clitics in affirmative commands.