Mover Conjugation | How to Conjugate Mover in Spanish

Mover means “to move,” “to shift,” “to stir,” or figuratively “to prompt.” You will learn its o → ue present-family change, regular past/future forms, and commands.

Mover conjugation at a glance

Verb type: Irregular. RAE gives muevo, mueves / movés, mueve, movemos, movéis, mueven. Present subjunctive likewise contrasts mueva with movamos / mováis.

Mover gerund, past participle, and infinitive

The infinitive names the verb, the gerund supports progressive constructions, and the past participle combines with haber in compound forms. The participle movido remains invariant in those compounds.

Form	Spanish	Natural English guide
Infinitive	mover	to move / shift
Gerund	moviendo	moving / shifting
Past participle	movido	moved / shifted

Mover meaning and essential uses

RAE’s core transitive sense is making a body leave the place or position it occupies: Muevo la mesa. — “I move the table.”

RAE also records figurative meanings such as stirring emotions, prompting action, or starting something. Pronominal moverse is a separate target in this batch.

Mover irregular conjugation patterns

Present indicative uses muev- in stressed forms: muevo, mueves, mueve, mueven; nosotros/nosotras and vosotros/vosotras keep mov-.

Present subjunctive follows the same stress split: mueva, muevas, mueva, movamos, mováis, muevan. Preterite, imperfect, future, conditional, gerund moviendo, and participle movido are otherwise regular.

Mover indicative and periphrastic conjugations

Mover present tense conjugation

Present indicative (el presente de indicativo) — Use it for current situations, habits, facts, and contextually near-future reference. Stressed forms use muev-; nosotros/nosotras and vosotros/vosotras retain mov-.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	muevo	I move / shift
Tú — you, singular informal	mueves	you move / shift
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	mueve	he / she moves / shifts; you move / shift (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	movemos	we move / shift
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	movéis	you move / shift (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	mueven	they move / shift; you move / shift (plural)

• Muevo la mesa para limpiar. — I move the table to clean.

Mover 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	moví	I moved / shifted
Tú — you, singular informal	moviste	you moved / shifted
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	movió	he / she moved / shifted; you moved / shifted (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	movimos	we moved / shifted
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	movisteis	you moved / shifted (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	movieron	they moved / shifted; you moved / shifted (plural)

• Ayer moví el sofá. — Yesterday I moved the sofa.

Mover imperfect conjugation

Imperfect (el pretérito imperfecto) — Use it for habitual, descriptive, background, or ongoing past situations. Form it with the appropriate form of haber plus invariant movido.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	movía	I used to move / shift / was moving / shifting
Tú — you, singular informal	movías	you used to move / shift / were moving / shifting
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	movía	he / she used to move / shift / was moving / shifting; you used to move / shift / were moving / shifting (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	movíamos	we used to move / shift / were moving / shifting
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	movíais	you used to move / shift / were moving / shifting (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	movían	they used to move / shift / were moving / shifting; you used to move / shift / were moving / shifting (plural)

• Antes movíamos las cajas a mano. — We used to move the boxes by hand.

Mover present progressive

Present progressive — This verbal periphrasis focuses on an action or process in progress. Form it with present estar plus moviendo.

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

• Estoy moviendo la silla. — I am moving the chair.

Mover near future conjugation

Near future — This verbal periphrasis expresses an intention, plan, or expected event. Form it with present ir + a + mover.

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

• Voy a mover el coche. — I am going to move the car.

Mover 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	moveré	I will move / shift
Tú — you, singular informal	moverás	you will move / shift
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	moverá	he / she will move / shift; you will move / shift (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	moveremos	we will move / shift
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	moveréis	you will move / shift (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	moverán	they will move / shift; you will move / shift (plural)

• Moveremos el equipo mañana. — We will move the equipment tomorrow.

Mover 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	movería	I would move / shift
Tú — you, singular informal	moverías	you would move / shift
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	movería	he / she would move / shift; you would move / shift (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	moveríamos	we would move / shift
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	moveríais	you would move / shift (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	moverían	they would move / shift; you would move / shift (plural)

• Movería esa lámpara a la esquina. — I would move that lamp to the corner.

Mover 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 plus invariant movido.

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

• He movido todos los muebles. — I have moved all the furniture.

Mover 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 plus invariant movido.

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

• Ya habíamos movido las cajas. — We had already moved the boxes.

Mover 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 plus invariant movido.

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

• Para entonces habrán movido todo el equipo. — By then they will have moved all the equipment.

Mover conditional perfect conjugation

Conditional perfect (el condicional compuesto) — Use it for a hypothetical completed outcome. Form it with the appropriate form of haber plus invariant movido.

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

• Habría movido la mesa un poco más. — I would have moved the table a little more.

Mover subjunctive conjugations

Mover 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 muev- in stressed forms and mov- in nosotros/nosotras and vosotros/vosotras.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	mueva	that I move / shift
Tú — you, singular informal	muevas	that you move / shift
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	mueva	that he / she move / shift; that you move / shift (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	movamos	that we move / shift
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	mováis	that you move / shift (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	muevan	that they move / shift; that you move / shift (plural)

• Quiero que muevas la silla. — I want you to move the chair.

Mover 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 plus invariant movido.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	moviera	that I moved / shifted
Tú — you, singular informal	movieras	that you moved / shifted
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	moviera	that he / she moved / shifted; that you moved / shifted (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	moviéramos	that we moved / shifted
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	movierais	that you moved / shifted (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	movieran	that they moved / shifted; that you moved / shifted (plural)

• Preferían que moviéramos el coche. — They preferred that we move the car.
• Era mejor que movieses la mesa entre dos personas. — It was better for you to move the table with two people.

Mover 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	moviere	if / when I should move / shift
Tú — you, singular informal	movieres	if / when you should move / shift
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	moviere	if / when he / she should move / shift; if / when you should move / shift (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	moviéremos	if / when we should move / shift
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	moviereis	if / when you should move / shift (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	movieren	if / when they should move / shift; if / when you should move / shift (plural)

• Quien moviere material protegido deberá dejar constancia. — Whoever should move protected material must make a record.

Mover 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 plus invariant movido.

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

• Me alegra que hayas movido el coche. — I am glad that you moved the car.

Mover 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 plus invariant movido.

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

• Si hubiera movido la mesa antes, habría tenido más espacio. — If I had moved the table earlier, I would have had more space.
• Si hubieses movido la caja con cuidado, no se habría roto. — If you had moved the box carefully, it would not have broken.

Mover 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 plus invariant movido.

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

• Si hubieren movido equipos adicionales, deberán registrarlos. — If they should have moved additional equipment, they must register it.

Mover imperative and commands

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

Mover affirmative commands

Use the verified affirmative command forms for direct instructions when the target meaning supports them naturally.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Tú — you, singular informal	mueve	move
Usted — you, singular formal	mueva	move (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we; let’s…	movamos	let’s move
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	moved	move (plural, mainly Spain)
Ustedes — you, plural	muevan	move (plural)

• Mueve la silla hacia la ventana. — Move the chair toward the window.

Mover negative commands

Negative commands use subjunctive-based forms, with no before the verb.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Tú — you, singular informal	no muevas	do not move
Usted — you, singular formal	no mueva	do not move (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we; let’s…	no movamos	let’s not move
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	no mováis	do not move (plural, mainly Spain)
Ustedes — you, plural	no muevan	do not move (plural)

• No muevas esa caja todavía. — Do not move that box yet.

Common constructions with Mover

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

• mover algo / a alguien. — to move something / someone.
• mover algo hacia / hasta + place. — to move something toward / to a place.
• mover a alguien a + infinitive. — to prompt / move someone to do something.
• mover sentimientos / interés / compasión. — to stir feelings, interest, or compassion.

Example sentences with Mover

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

• Mueve la mesa un poco. — Move the table a little.
• La noticia movió a muchas personas a ayudar. — The news moved many people to help.
• Han movido la reunión a otra sala. — They have moved the meeting to another room.
• Espero que muevas el coche pronto. — I hope you move the car soon.
• Voy a mover estos archivos a otra carpeta. — I am going to move these files to another folder.
• Mueve solo lo necesario. — Move only what is necessary.

Regional and usage notes for Mover

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

• Vos movés la silla todos los días. — You move the chair every day. (voseo)
• Mové la mesa un poco. — Move the table a little. (affirmative vos command)

Mover is irregular only in stressed present-family forms. Memorize muevo / mueva against movemos / movamos; the remaining major tense families and non-finite forms are regular.