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achicarse
achicarse
Spanish
Verb
achicarse (first-person singular present me achico, first-person singular preterite me achiqué, past participle achicado)
- (reflexive) to get smaller, shrink
- (reflexive) to eat humble pie
Conjugation
- c becomes qu before e.
| infinitive | achicarse | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | achicándose | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | achicado | achicada | |||||
| plural | achicados | achicadas | |||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| indicative | yo | tú vos |
él/ella usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes |
|
| present | me achico | te achicastú se achicásvos |
se achica | nos achicamos | os achicáis | se achican | |
| imperfect | me achicaba | te achicabas | se achicaba | nos achicábamos | os achicabais | se achicaban | |
| preterite | me achiqué | te achicaste | se achicó | nos achicamos | os achicasteis | se achicaron | |
| future | me achicaré | te achicarás | se achicará | nos achicaremos | os achicaréis | se achicarán | |
| conditional | me achicaría | te achicarías | se achicaría | nos achicaríamos | os achicaríais | se achicarían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos |
él/ella usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes |
|
| present | me achique | te achiquestú se achiquésvos1 |
se achique | nos achiquemos | os achiquéis | se achiquen | |
| imperfect (ra) |
me achicara | te achicaras | se achicara | nos achicáramos | os achicarais | se achicaran | |
| imperfect (se) |
me achicase | te achicases | se achicase | nos achicásemos | os achicaseis | se achicasen | |
| future | me achicare | te achicares | se achicare | nos achicáremos | os achicareis | se achicaren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos |
usted | nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ustedes | |
| affirmative | achícate | achíquese | achiquémonos | achicaos | achíquense | ||
| negative | no te achiques | no se achique | no nos achiquemos | no os achiquéis | no se achiquen | ||
1Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Other verbs with this conjugation:
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Spanish_verbs_ending_in_-ar_(conjugation_-car)'>Spanish verbs ending in -ar (conjugation -car)</a>
Related terms
See also
- acobardarse
- ciscarse