Levantarse Conjugation | How to Conjugate Levantarse in Spanish

Levantarse means “to get up” or “to stand up.” You will learn its regular -AR morphology, required pronominal clitics, verbal-sequence placement, compound forms, and correctly accented commands.

Levantarse conjugation at a glance

Verb type: Regular AR. Levantarse keeps the stable stem levant- and regular -AR endings. In the common “get up / stand up” sense it is pronominal: me levanto — “I get up,” te levantas — “you get up,” and se levantan — “they get up.”

Levantarse gerund, past participle, and infinitive

The infinitive keeps se — the pronominal marker. The gerund may carry an attached person-matched clitic, while compound non-finite forms place the clitic with haber — “to have” as an auxiliary. The participle levantado remains invariant in compound forms.

Form	Spanish	Natural English guide
Infinitive	levantarse	to get up / stand up
Gerund	levantándose	getting up / standing up
Past participle	levantado	gotten up / stood up
Compound infinitive	haberse levantado	to have gotten up / stood up
Compound gerund	habiéndose levantado	having gotten up / stood up

Levantarse meaning and essential uses

Levantarse — “to get up / stand up” — describes rising from bed, a chair, or another resting position. RAE specifically records the pronominal sense of leaving one’s bed: Me levanto a las siete. — “I get up at seven.”

It also means standing up: Se levantó de la silla. — “He / she stood up from the chair.” The clitic identifies the same participant who performs and undergoes the change of posture.

Levantarse conjugation pattern

The lexical stem levant- remains unchanged. Present, preterite, imperfect, future, conditional, and subjunctive forms take the ordinary -AR endings, with the person-matched clitic before finite forms.

Affirmative commands attach the clitic and recompute accentuation: levántate — “get up,” levantémonos — “let’s get up,” and levantaos — “get up, plural informal.” Negative commands keep the clitic before the verb.

Levantarse indicative and periphrastic conjugations

Levantarse present tense conjugation

Present indicative (el presente de indicativo) — Use it for current actions, habits, facts, and contextually near-future reference. The lexical stem takes the regular -AR present endings, with the clitic before the finite verb.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	me levanto	I get up / stand up
Tú — you, singular informal	te levantas	you get up / stand up
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	se levanta	he / she gets up / stands up; you get up / stand up (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	nos levantamos	we get up / stand up
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	os levantáis	you get up / stand up (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	se levantan	they get up / stand up; you get up / stand up (plural)

• Me levanto a las siete entre semana. — I get up at seven on weekdays.

Levantarse preterite conjugation

Preterite (el pretérito perfecto simple / pretérito indefinido) — Use it for completed or bounded past events. The table uses the regular -AR preterite family, with the clitic before the finite verb.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	me levanté	I got up / stood up
Tú — you, singular informal	te levantaste	you got up / stood up
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	se levantó	he / she got up / stood up; you got up / stood up (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	nos levantamos	we got up / stood up
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	os levantasteis	you got up / stood up (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	se levantaron	they got up / stood up; you got up / stood up (plural)

• Ayer me levanté muy temprano. — Yesterday I got up very early.

Levantarse imperfect conjugation

Imperfect (el pretérito imperfecto) — Use it for habitual, descriptive, background, or ongoing past situations. The table uses the regular -AR imperfect family. The clitic precedes the finite verb.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	me levantaba	I used to get up / stand up / was getting up / standing up
Tú — you, singular informal	te levantabas	you used to get up / stand up / were getting up / standing up
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	se levantaba	he / she used to get up / stand up / was getting up / standing up; you used to get up / stand up / were getting up / standing up (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	nos levantábamos	we used to get up / stand up / were getting up / standing up
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	os levantabais	you used to get up / stand up / were getting up / standing up (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	se levantaban	they used to get up / stand up / were getting up / standing up; you used to get up / stand up / were getting up / standing up (plural)

• De niño me levantaba tarde los domingos. — As a child, I used to get up late on Sundays.

Levantarse present progressive

Present progressive — This verbal periphrasis focuses on an action or process in progress. Form it with present estar — “to be” — plus levantando; the main table places the clitic before the finite auxiliary. Enclitic placement on the gerund is also possible.

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

• Me estoy levantando ahora. — I am getting up now.

Levantarse near future conjugation

Near future — This verbal periphrasis expresses an intention, plan, or expected event. Form it with present ir — “to go” — plus a — “to” — and levantar; the main table places the clitic before ir. Attaching it to the infinitive is also standard.

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

• Me voy a levantar a las seis mañana. — I am going to get up at six tomorrow.

Levantarse future tense conjugation

Simple future (el futuro simple) — Use it for future reference and, where useful, probability. The endings attach to the full infinitive; there is no separate irregular future or conditional stem. The clitic precedes the finite verb.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	me levantaré	I will get up / stand up
Tú — you, singular informal	te levantarás	you will get up / stand up
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	se levantará	he / she will get up / stand up; you will get up / stand up (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	nos levantaremos	we will get up / stand up
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	os levantaréis	you will get up / stand up (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	se levantarán	they will get up / stand up; you will get up / stand up (plural)

• Me levantaré temprano para estudiar. — I will get up early to study.

Levantarse conditional conjugation

Conditional (el condicional simple) — Use it for hypothetical outcomes, softened statements, or related conditional meanings. The endings attach to the full infinitive; there is no separate irregular future or conditional stem. The clitic precedes the finite verb.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	me levantaría	I would get up / stand up
Tú — you, singular informal	te levantarías	you would get up / stand up
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	se levantaría	he / she would get up / stand up; you would get up / stand up (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	nos levantaríamos	we would get up / stand up
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	os levantaríais	you would get up / stand up (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	se levantarían	they would get up / stand up; you would get up / stand up (plural)

• Me levantaría antes si fuera necesario. — I would get up earlier if necessary.

Levantarse present perfect conjugation

Present perfect (el pretérito perfecto compuesto) — Use it for completed events connected to a present reference frame; regional distribution varies. Form it with the appropriate form of haber — “to have” as an auxiliary — plus the invariant participle levantado — “gotten up / stood up.” The clitic precedes haber.

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

• Ya me he levantado. — I have already gotten up.

Levantarse past perfect conjugation

Past perfect (el pretérito pluscuamperfecto) — Use it for an event completed before another past reference point. Form it with the appropriate form of haber — “to have” as an auxiliary — plus the invariant participle levantado — “gotten up / stood up.” The clitic precedes haber.

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

• Nos habíamos levantado antes del amanecer. — We had gotten up before dawn.

Levantarse future perfect conjugation

Future perfect (el futuro perfecto) — Use it for an event expected to be completed before a future reference point. Form it with the appropriate form of haber — “to have” as an auxiliary — plus the invariant participle levantado — “gotten up / stood up.” The clitic precedes haber.

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

• Para entonces todos se habrán levantado. — By then everyone will have gotten up.

Levantarse conditional perfect conjugation

Conditional perfect (el condicional compuesto) — Use it for a hypothetical completed outcome. Form it with the appropriate form of haber — “to have” as an auxiliary — plus the invariant participle levantado — “gotten up / stood up.” The clitic precedes haber.

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

• Me habría levantado antes con una alarma. — I would have gotten up earlier with an alarm.

Levantarse subjunctive conjugations

Levantarse 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 regular -AR present-subjunctive family, with the clitic before the finite verb.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	me levante	that I get up / stand up
Tú — you, singular informal	te levantes	that you get up / stand up
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	se levante	that he / she get up / stand up; that you get up / stand up (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	nos levantemos	that we get up / stand up
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	os levantéis	that you get up / stand up (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	se levanten	that they get up / stand up; that you get up / stand up (plural)

• Quiero que te levantes ahora. — I want you to get up now.

Levantarse 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. Form it with the appropriate form of haber — “to have” as an auxiliary — plus the invariant participle levantado — “gotten up / stood up.” The clitic precedes haber.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	me levantara	that I got up / stood up
Tú — you, singular informal	te levantaras	that you got up / stood up
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	se levantara	that he / she got up / stood up; that you got up / stood up (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	nos levantáramos	that we got up / stood up
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	os levantarais	that you got up / stood up (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	se levantaran	that they got up / stood up; that you got up / stood up (plural)

• Preferían que nos levantáramos temprano. — They preferred that we get up early.
• Era mejor que te levantases antes de las ocho. — It was better for you to get up before eight.

Levantarse 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 share the same historical family as the imperfect subjunctive. The clitic precedes the finite verb.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	me levantare	if / when I should get up / stand up
Tú — you, singular informal	te levantares	if / when you should get up / stand up
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	se levantare	if / when he / she should get up / stand up; if / when you should get up / stand up (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	nos levantáremos	if / when we should get up / stand up
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	os levantareis	if / when you should get up / stand up (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	se levantaren	if / when they should get up / stand up; if / when you should get up / stand up (plural)

• Quien se levantare antes de la señal deberá esperar. — Whoever should get up before the signal must wait.

Levantarse 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. Form it with the appropriate form of haber — “to have” as an auxiliary — plus the invariant participle levantado — “gotten up / stood up.” The clitic precedes haber.

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

• Me alegra que te hayas levantado temprano. — I am glad that you got up early.

Levantarse 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. Form it with the appropriate form of haber — “to have” as an auxiliary — plus the invariant participle levantado — “gotten up / stood up.” The clitic precedes haber.

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

• Si me hubiera levantado antes, habría tomado el tren. — If I had gotten up earlier, I would have caught the train.
• Si te hubieses levantado a tiempo, no habrías llegado tarde. — If you had gotten up on time, you would not have arrived late.

Levantarse 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. Form it with the appropriate form of haber — “to have” as an auxiliary — plus the invariant participle levantado — “gotten up / stood up.” The clitic precedes haber.

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

• Si se hubieren levantado antes del aviso, deberán comunicarlo. — If they should have gotten up before the notice, they must report it.

Levantarse imperative and commands

Commands address another person directly. Spanish uses different morphological sources by person and polarity; the nosotros/nosotras row is a present-subjunctive form used with exhortative “let’s…” value.

Levantarse affirmative commands

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

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Tú — you, singular informal	levántate	get up
Usted — you, singular formal	levántese	get up (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we; let’s…	levantémonos	let’s get up
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	levantaos	get up (plural, mainly Spain)
Ustedes — you, plural	levántense	get up (plural)

• Levántate ahora. — Get up now.

Levantarse negative commands

Negative commands use subjunctive-based forms, and the pronominal clitic precedes the verb after no — “not / do not.”

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Tú — you, singular informal	no te levantes	do not get up
Usted — you, singular formal	no se levante	do not get up (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we; let’s…	no nos levantemos	let’s not get up
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	no os levantéis	do not get up (plural, mainly Spain)
Ustedes — you, plural	no se levanten	do not get up (plural)

• No te levantes todavía. — Do not get up yet.

Common constructions with Levantarse

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

• levantarse de la cama. — to get out of bed.
• levantarse de una silla. — to stand up from a chair.
• levantarse a + time. — to get up at a stated time.

Example sentences with Levantarse

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

• Me levanto temprano todos los días. — I get up early every day.
• Se levantó de la silla. — He / she stood up from the chair.
• Nos estamos levantando más temprano esta semana. — We are getting up earlier this week.
• Voy a levantarme a las seis. — I am going to get up at six.
• Espero que te levantes a tiempo. — I hope you get up on time.
• Levántense cuando entre la profesora. — Stand up when the teacher enters.

Regional and usage notes for Levantarse

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 levantás temprano. — You get up early. (voseo)
• Levantate ahora. — Get up now. (affirmative vos command)

Levantarse is morphologically regular. Concentrate on the clitic, its position in verbal sequences, and the spelling changes caused by enclisis in affirmative commands such as levántate and levantémonos.