Vestirse Conjugation: Free Spanish Lesson and PDF

We all get dressed every day and it’s fun to talk about fashion—time to learn vestirse conjugation!

Vestirse means “to get dressed,” “to put your clothes on,” and sometimes even “to dress up in a costume.” It’s a common verb and it conjugates like another Spanish verb, pedir (to ask). 

It has some irregularities in some tenses but I will talk about them later in more detail.

Today, you’ll learn vestirse conjugation in multiple forms, in three moods:

• Indicative mood (present, past, conditional, and future)
• Subjunctive mood (present and past)
• Imperative mood

Let’s start.

Vestirse: A Pronominal Verb

A what verb? Yes, a pronominal verb. I know that sometimes you may feel that you don’t need all that grammar jargon but believe me, it’s essential to fully understand a foreign language. 

Pronominal verbs are the ones that in a dictionary have a –se attached to their infinitive ending -ar, -er, or -ir.

This -se ending is a reflexive pronoun that agrees with the subject and is an essential part of each pronominal verb. For example: yo me levanto, tú te levantas, él se levanta. (I get up, you get up, he gets up).

These are the reflexive pronouns you need to use in pronominal verbs with each grammatical subject:

Sometimes you may translate these reflexive pronouns to “myself,” “yourself,” and so on, but not all the pronominal verbs in Spanish can be translated using reflexive English pronouns.

Vestirse is a reflexive pronominal verb. All the reflexive verbs (verbs that indicate that someone is performing an action on or for themselves) are also pronominal. But there are many more types of pronominal verbs. 

To learn more, check out Pronominal Verbs in Spanish.

Now that we have it clear, and you’re richer with a new grammar concept, let’s take a closer look at vestirse conjugation.

The Ultimate Guide to Vestirse Conjugations

Since this is a complete guide to vestirse conjugation, you may not be familiar with all the tenses and forms shown. Try out your newfound vestirse conjugation skills using some practice exercises later in this blog post!

Vestirse Conjugation: Verbals

For these vestirse conjugations, there are two forms of vestirse that you need to learn

1. Conjugation of haber + past participle of vestirse
2. Conjugation of estar + gerund form of vestirse

The infinitive form of the verb is vestirse.
The past participle of vestirse is vestido.
The gerund form of vestirse is vistiéndose

These compound tenses involve using the helping verbs haber and estar. The conjugation changes in these tenses happen in the helping verb, while the form of vestirse stays the same. 

Let’s have a look.

¿Puedes vestirte tú solo?
Can you dress by yourself?

Me he vestido sin la ayuda de nadie.
I have dressed by myself without anyone’s help.

Espérame, me estoy vistiendo.
Wait for me, I’m getting dressed.

Vestirse Conjugation: Indicative Mood

Vestirse is a common Spanish verb as it refers to everyday action. It conjugates similarly to the verb pedir (to ask) but we need to remember to add the reflexive pronoun.

Present simple

In the present tense form, vestirse has a stem change (from e to i) in all but nosotros form.

¿Ya te vistes solo, Pablito?
Do you already dress alone, Pablito?

Nos vestimos siempre de una manera elegante.
We always dress elegantly.

Ellas se visten con mucha clase. 
They dress very classily.

Past simple

In the preterite, vestirse conjugation has stem change (from e to i) in the third person singular and in the ellos, ellas, and ustedes forms. All the other forms conjugate regularly.

Note that the first person plural form is identical to the same form in the present simple tense. Don’t worry, the context will make it clear if you’re talking about present or past activities.

Para ser una estrella, se vistió de una manera muy modesta.
For a star, she dressed very modestly.

Nos vestimos con lo que había en casa y salimos de prisa.
We dressed in what we had at home and hurried out.

¿Se vistieron solos? No puede ser.
Did you dress alone? It can’t be.

Past Imperfect

Take notice that there is no stem change in the imperfect form. The vestirse conjugation is completely regular here.

Te vestías de una manera ridícula cuando eras niño.
You dressed in a ridiculous way when you were a kid.

Antes la gente se vestía diferente.
Before, people dressed differently.

Él se vestía más casual antes de conocerla.
He dressed more casually before he met her.

Future Simple

This one is another regular vestirse conjugation without any stem changes.

Me vestiré para ti.
I will dress for you.

Nos vestiremos deprisa para llegar a tiempo.
We will dress quickly to be on time.

Conditional

The conditional form doesn’t have stem changes either.

Me vestiría pero me da flojera.
I would dress, but I’m being lazy.

Ella no se vestiría con esto ni si le pagaras.
She wouldn’t wear this even if you paid her.

Vestirse Conjugation: Subjunctive Mood

We use the subjunctive mood to talk about hypotheses, hopes, wishes, or uncertainty.

If you want to learn more about the subjunctive mood, read:

• The Ultimate Guide to Subjunctive Conjugation in Spanish
• An Easy Guide to the WEIRDO Subjunctive
• A Simple Guide to Subjunctive vs Indicative in Spanish

Present Subjunctive

No creo que te vistas antes de que cuente hasta diez.
I don’t think you’ll get dressed before I count to ten.

Supongo que se vistan conforme con la situación. 
I suppose they will dress according to the situation.

Past Subjunctive

Yo no quería que nos vistieramos igual.
I didn’t want us to dress the same.

Si te vistieras mejor, la  gente te vería diferente.
If you dressed better, people would see you differently.

Vestirse Conjugation: Imperative Mood

We use the imperative mood to give orders or commands. The stem change (e to i) occurs in all forms.

Affirmative

¡Vístete rápido que tenemos prisa!
Get dressed quickly, we’re in a hurry!

¡Vístanse ahora mismo, hace frío!
Get dressed right now, it’s getting cold!

Negative

Por Dios, ¡no te vistas así!
For God’s sake, don’t dress like that!

¡No se vistan como su abuela, por favor!
Don’t dress like your grandmother, please!

Vestirse Conjugation: Exercises

To test your freshly acquired skills, practice using the following exercises on vestirse conjugation. You can check your work with the answer key below.

Exercise 1

Identify the tense of each vestirse conjugation.

1. Me vestía
2. Se vistieron
3. Vístete
4. Nos vestimos
5. Nos vistamos

Exercise 2

Conjugate vestirse in the tense given

1. Usted – present
2. Ellos – conditional
3. Tú – past subjunctive
4. Nosotros – future
5. Yo – past simple

Exercise 3

Fill in the blank with the correct form of vestirse.

1. ____________ súper rápido para alcanzar el tren. (1st person singular, past simple)

2. Ojalá ____________ como yo. (3rd person singular, past subjunctive)

3. ____________ de negro para expresar su solidaridad. (3rd person plural, future simple)

4. Siempre ____________ igual en aquellos tiempos. (2nd person singular, past imperfect)

5. ____________ bien pero sin lujos. (3rd person plural, present simple)

Exercise 4

Translate the following sentences to English.

1. Siempre nos vestimos antes de desayunar.

2. Me vestiré de bruja para Halloween.

3. Si pudieran, mis hijas se vestirían de rosa todo el tiempo.

4. ¡No te vistas otra vez con la misma ropa!

5. ¿Cómo se vistió Carla?, cuéntame.

Click here to see the answer key at the end of this post.

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Answer Key

Exercise 1

1. Past imperfect
2. Past simple
3. Imperative
4. Present simple / Past simple
5. Present subjunctive

Exercise 2

1. Se viste
2. Se vestirían
3. Te vistieras
4. Nos vestiremos
5. Me vestí

Exercise 3

1. Me vestí 
2. se vistiera 
3. Se vestirán 
4. Te vestías 
5. Se visten 

Exercise 4

1. We always get dressed before breakfast.
2. I’ll dress up as a witch for Halloween.
3. If they could, my daughters would wear pink all the time.
4. Don’t wear the same clothes again!
5. How did Carla dress? Tell me.

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