Acostarse conjugation

Acostarse means "to go to bed". Here it is in every main tense, with real example sentences and a free checker for your own.

Meaningto go to bed

Type-ar verb, reflexive

Gerundacostando

Past participleacostado

Acostarse changes form (an irregular, stem-changing or spelling-changing form) in the present and present subjunctive. Juntos teaches Latin American Spanish, where ustedes replaces vosotros; the vosotros forms are shown for completeness.

Quick answer. Present: me acuesto, te acuestas, se acuesta, nos acostamos, se acuestan. Preterite: me acosté, te acostaste, se acostó, nos acostamos, se acostaron. All tenses below.

Acostarse conjugation tables

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Acostarse in the present

what happens now or usually

yo	me acuesto
tú	te acuestas
él / ella / usted	se acuesta
nosotros	nos acostamos
vosotros (Spain)	os acostáis
ellos / ustedes	se acuestan

Acostarse in the preterite

a finished action at a specific time

yo	me acosté
tú	te acostaste
él / ella / usted	se acostó
nosotros	nos acostamos
vosotros (Spain)	os acostasteis
ellos / ustedes	se acostaron

Acostarse in the imperfect

habits, descriptions and background in the past

yo	me acostaba
tú	te acostabas
él / ella / usted	se acostaba
nosotros	nos acostábamos
vosotros (Spain)	os acostabais
ellos / ustedes	se acostaban

Acostarse in the future

what will happen

yo	me acostaré
tú	te acostarás
él / ella / usted	se acostará
nosotros	nos acostaremos
vosotros (Spain)	os acostaréis
ellos / ustedes	se acostarán

Acostarse in the conditional

what would happen

yo	me acostaría
tú	te acostarías
él / ella / usted	se acostaría
nosotros	nos acostaríamos
vosotros (Spain)	os acostaríais
ellos / ustedes	se acostarían

Acostarse in the present subjunctive

after wishes, doubts and requests (quiero que…)

yo	me acueste
tú	te acuestes
él / ella / usted	se acueste
nosotros	nos acostemos
vosotros (Spain)	os acostéis
ellos / ustedes	se acuesten

Acostarse in the present perfect

what has happened, up to now (he comido)

yo	me he acostado
tú	te has acostado
él / ella / usted	se ha acostado
nosotros	nos hemos acostado
vosotros (Spain)	os habéis acostado
ellos / ustedes	se han acostado

Acostarse in the commands (imperative)

telling someone to do something (habla, no hables)

tú	acuéstate
tú (no)	no te acuestes
usted	acuéstese
nosotros	acostémonos
vosotros (Spain)	acostaos
ustedes	acuéstense

Acostarse in real sentences

Example sentences from the Juntos exercise bank, each checked before learners see it.

Present

Por la noche ceno y luego me acuesto.
At night I eat dinner and then I go to bed.

Mistakes learners make with acostarse

Acostarse is going to bed: me acuesto a las once. Without se it's putting someone else to bed: acuesto a los niños.
The stem changes o to ue: me acuesto, te acuestas, but nos acostamos.
Acostarse con alguien means sleeping with someone, sexually. For going to bed, just say me acuesto.

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Questions people ask

Is acostarse irregular in Spanish?

Partly. Acostarse changes form in the present and present subjunctive, through an irregular stem, a stem change or a spelling change. The other tenses follow the regular -ar pattern.

What is the preterite of acostarse?

Yo me acosté, tú te acostaste, él/ella se acostó, nosotros nos acostamos, ellos/ustedes se acostaron.

How do you conjugate acostarse in the present?

Yo me acuesto, tú te acuestas, él/ella se acuesta, nosotros nos acostamos, ellos/ustedes se acuestan.

What is the future of acostarse?

Yo me acostaré, tú te acostarás, él/ella se acostará, nosotros nos acostaremos, ellos/ustedes se acostarán.

What is the present subjunctive of acostarse?

Que yo me acueste, que tú te acuestes, que él/ella se acueste, que nosotros nos acostemos, que ellos/ustedes se acuesten.