Hacerse Conjugation | How to Conjugate Hacerse in Spanish

Hacerse means “to become,” “to make oneself,” “to pretend,” or “to obtain/control” in certain constructions. You will learn its irregular families with full pronominal clitic placement.

Hacerse conjugation at a glance

Verb type: Irregular. Hacerse is pronominal and highly irregular. RAE records senses including “become/transform,” profession or affiliation, pretending, moving aside, and hacerse con.

Hacerse 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 irregular participle hecho remains invariant in compound forms.

Form	Spanish	Natural English guide
Infinitive	hacerse	to become / make oneself
Gerund	haciéndose	becoming / making oneself
Past participle	hecho	become / made
Compound infinitive	haberse hecho	to have become / made oneself
Compound gerund	habiéndose hecho	having become / made oneself

Hacerse meaning and essential uses

RAE records hacerse for becoming or transforming: Se hizo médico. — “He became a doctor.” It also appears with adjectives and nouns to describe acquired states, roles, professions, or identities.

Other important RAE patterns include hacerse el/la + adjective/noun for pretending, hacerse a un lado for moving aside, and hacerse con algo for obtaining or taking control of something.

Hacerse irregular conjugation patterns

Hacerse has several irregular families: me hago, me hice, se hizo, me haré, me haga, me hiciera, me hiciere, with gerund haciendo and participle hecho.

Affirmative commands attach the clitic: hazte, hágase, hagámonos, haceos, háganse. Negative commands keep the clitic before the verb: no te hagas, no os hagáis.

Hacerse indicative and periphrastic conjugations

Hacerse present tense conjugation

Present indicative (el presente de indicativo) — Use it for current situations, habits, facts, and contextually near-future reference. First-person singular uses hag-: hago; the remaining present forms use hac-.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	me hago	I become / make myself
Tú — you, singular informal	te haces	you become / make yourself
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	se hace	he / she becomes / makes himself or herself; you become / make yourself (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	nos hacemos	we become / make ourselves
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	os hacéis	you become / make yourselves (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	se hacen	they become / make themselves; you become / make yourselves (plural)

• Me hago más paciente con los años. — I become more patient over the years.

Hacerse preterite conjugation

Preterite (el pretérito perfecto simple / pretérito indefinido) — Use it for completed or bounded past events. The preterite uses hic-, but third-person singular is hizo, not *hico.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	me hice	I became / made myself
Tú — you, singular informal	te hiciste	you became / made yourself
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	se hizo	he / she became / made himself / herself; you became / made yourself (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	nos hicimos	we became / made ourselves
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	os hicisteis	you became / made yourselves (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	se hicieron	they became / made themselves; you became / made yourselves (plural)

• Se hizo médico después de muchos años de estudio. — He became a doctor after many years of study.

Hacerse 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 irregular participle hecho.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	me hacía	I used to become / make myself / was becoming / making myself
Tú — you, singular informal	te hacías	you used to become / make yourself / were becoming / making yourself
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	se hacía	he / she used to become / make himself / herself / was becoming / making himself / herself; you used to become / make yourself / were becoming / making yourself (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	nos hacíamos	we used to become / make ourselves / were becoming / making ourselves
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	os hacíais	you used to become / make yourselves / were becoming / making yourselves (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	se hacían	they used to become / make themselves / were becoming / making themselves; you used to become / make yourselves / were becoming / making yourselves (plural)

• Antes me hacía el distraído cuando preguntaban. — I used to pretend not to notice when they asked.

Hacerse 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 haciéndome.

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

• Me estoy haciendo más organizado. — I am becoming more organized.

Hacerse 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 hacerme.

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

• Me voy a hacer miembro del club. — I am going to become a member of the club.

Hacerse future tense conjugation

Simple future (el futuro simple) — Use it for future reference and, where useful, probability. Future uses the irregular stem har-.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	me haré	I will become / make myself
Tú — you, singular informal	te harás	you will become / make yourself
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	se hará	he / she will become / make himself / herself; you will become / make yourself (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	nos haremos	we will become / make ourselves
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	os haréis	you will become / make yourselves (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	se harán	they will become / make themselves; you will become / make yourselves (plural)

• Nos haremos responsables del proyecto. — We will take responsibility for the project.

Hacerse conditional conjugation

Conditional (el condicional simple) — Use it for hypothetical outcomes, softened statements, or related conditional meanings. Conditional uses the irregular stem har-.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	me haría	I would become / make myself
Tú — you, singular informal	te harías	you would become / make yourself
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	se haría	he / she would become / make himself / herself; you would become / make yourself (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	nos haríamos	we would become / make ourselves
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	os haríais	you would become / make yourselves (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	se harían	they would become / make themselves; you would become / make yourselves (plural)

• Me haría socio si las condiciones fueran mejores. — I would become a member if the conditions were better.

Hacerse 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 irregular participle hecho.

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

• Me he hecho amigo de mis vecinos. — I have become friends with my neighbors.

Hacerse 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 irregular participle hecho.

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

• Ya nos habíamos hecho a la nueva rutina. — We had already gotten used to the new routine.

Hacerse 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 irregular participle hecho.

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

• Para entonces se habrán hecho profesionales experimentados. — By then they will have become experienced professionals.

Hacerse 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 irregular participle hecho.

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

• Me habría hecho miembro antes. — I would have become a member earlier.

Hacerse subjunctive conjugations

Hacerse 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. Present subjunctive uses hag- throughout.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	me haga	that I become / make myself
Tú — you, singular informal	te hagas	that you become / make yourself
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	se haga	that he / she become / make himself / herself; that you become / make yourself (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	nos hagamos	that we become / make ourselves
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	os hagáis	that you become / make yourselves (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	se hagan	that they become / make themselves; that you become / make yourselves (plural)

• Quiero que te hagas responsable de esta parte. — I want you to take responsibility for this part.

Hacerse 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. Past subjunctive uses hicier-; the main table shows the -ra series, with -se forms also accepted.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	me hiciera	that I became / made myself
Tú — you, singular informal	te hicieras	that you became / made yourself
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	se hiciera	that he / she became / made himself / herself; that you became / made yourself (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	nos hiciéramos	that we became / made ourselves
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	os hicierais	that you became / made yourselves (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	se hicieran	that they became / made themselves; that you became / made yourselves (plural)

• Preferían que nos hiciéramos a un lado. — They preferred that we move aside.
• Era mejor que te hicieses con una copia adicional. — It was better for you to obtain an additional copy.

Hacerse 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 use hicier-.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	me hiciere	if / when I should become / make myself
Tú — you, singular informal	te hicieres	if / when you should become / make yourself
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	se hiciere	if / when he / she should become / make himself / herself; if / when you should become / make yourself (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	nos hiciéremos	if / when we should become / make ourselves
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	os hiciereis	if / when you should become / make yourselves (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	se hicieren	if / when they should become / make themselves; if / when you should become / make yourselves (plural)

• Quien se hiciere cargo del proyecto deberá firmar el documento. — Whoever should take charge of the project must sign the document.

Hacerse 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 irregular participle hecho.

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

• Me alegra que te hayas hecho amigo de ellos. — I am glad that you became friends with them.

Hacerse 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 irregular participle hecho.

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

• Si me hubiera hecho a un lado antes, habría dejado pasar a todos. — If I had moved aside earlier, I would have let everyone pass.
• Si te hubieses hecho con la información antes, habrías decidido mejor. — If you had obtained the information earlier, you would have decided better.

Hacerse 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 irregular participle hecho.

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

• Si se hubieren hecho responsables de tareas adicionales, deberán documentarlo. — If they should have taken responsibility for additional tasks, they must document it.

Hacerse imperative and commands

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

Hacerse affirmative commands

Affirmative pronominal commands attach the clitic. With hacerse, use hazte, hágase, hagámonos, haceos, háganse; final -s drops before nos and final -d drops before os.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Tú — you, singular informal	hazte	become
Usted — you, singular formal	hágase	become (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we; let’s…	hagámonos	let’s become
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	haceos	become (plural, mainly Spain)
Ustedes — you, plural	háganse	become (plural)

• Hazte a un lado, por favor. — Move aside, please.

Hacerse 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 hagas	do not become
Usted — you, singular formal	no se haga	do not become (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we; let’s…	no nos hagamos	let’s not become
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	no os hagáis	do not become (plural, mainly Spain)
Ustedes — you, plural	no se hagan	do not become (plural)

• No te hagas el tonto. — Do not play dumb.

Common constructions with Hacerse

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

• hacerse + adjective / noun. — to become or make oneself a state, role, profession, or identity.
• hacerse el / la + adjective or noun. — to pretend to be / act like.
• hacerse a un lado. — to move aside.
• hacerse con + something. — to obtain, secure, or take control of something.
• hacerse a + noun / situation. — to get used to / adapt oneself to something in certain contexts.

Example sentences with Hacerse

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

• Se hizo profesor a los treinta años. — He became a teacher at thirty.
• No te hagas el sorprendido. — Do not pretend to be surprised.
• Voy a hacerme miembro de la asociación. — I am going to become a member of the association.
• Nos estamos haciendo a la nueva ciudad. — We are getting used to the new city.
• Se han hecho con el control del proyecto. — They have taken control of the project.
• Háganse a un lado, por favor. — Move aside, please.

Regional and usage notes for Hacerse

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

• Vos te hacés responsable de esta parte. — You take responsibility for this part. (voseo)
• Hacete a un lado. — Move aside. (affirmative vos command)

Hacerse combines irregular verbal morphology with pronominal syntax. Memorize its irregular stems and attached-clitic commands, then distinguish its major constructions for becoming, pretending, adapting, moving aside, and obtaining.