Levantarse Conjugation 101: Conjugate Levantarse in Spanish

Levantarse is one of the most common Spanish reflexive verbs for daily routines. Given that it can help you practice -AR reflexive conjugations, in this guide, we’ll review the levantarse conjugation patterns. Here is what we’ll cover.

• Levantarse Overview
• Indicative Tenses of Levantarse Conjugations
  • Present tense
  • Preterite tense
  • Imperfect tense
  • Near Future tense
  • Future tense
  • Conditional tense
  • Present Perfect tense
  • Past Perfect tense
  • Future Perfect tense
  • Conditional Perfect tense
  • Progressive tenses
• Subjunctive Tenses of Levantarse Conjugations
  • Present Subjunctive tense
  • Present Perfect Subjunctive tense
  • Imperfect Subjunctive tense
  • Past Perfect Subjunctive tense
• Imperative (Commands) of Levantarse Conjugations
  • Affirmative Commands
  • Negative Commands
• Uses & Examples
• Download Levantarse Conjugation Tables & Uses Cheat sheets
• Levantarse Conjugation Practice Quiz

Overview of Levantarse

Indicative Conjugations of Levantarse

Present tense

Levantarse reflexive conjugations in the present tense can be used to say that someone gets up. For example: Yo me levanto temprano todos los días. 

Notice that, with this levantarse conjugation, you must place the reflexive pronoun before the verb.

Preterite tense

The levantarse preterite conjugations expresses that someone got up at a specific moment in the past. For instance: Ayer, Juan se levantó de malas.

Imperfect tense

The imperfect conjugations of levantarse is used to talk about one’s past habits in regards to getting out of bed. Check this example: Mis papás se levantaban temprano todos los días.

Near future

To form this levantarse reflexive conjugation, you must use a reflexive pronoun + ir in present tense + a + levantar. The near future in Spanish conveys that someone is getting up soon. Mañana me voy a levantar más temprano.

Take Note: If a conjugated verb precedes a verb in the infinitive form, object pronouns in Spanish (reflexive, direct, and indirect) can be placed before the main verb or attached to the infinitive. Me voy a levantar or voy a levantarme are equally correct.

Future simple tense

In Spanish, the future simple levantarse conjugation expresses that someone will get up in the future. For instance: ¿A qué hora se levantarán mañana?

Conditional tense

Conjugate this verb to the Spanish conditional tense to say that someone would get up. If applicable to your statement, you can use si sentences to express the conditions that need to occur for this to happen. Si no tuviéramos que trabajar, nos levantaríamos más tarde.

Present perfect tense

The formula and order to conjugate the present perfect in Spanish is reflexive pronouns + haber’s present forms + past participle verb (levantado, in this case). Use these levantar conjugations to talk about whether someone has gotten up or not.

For example: Esteban todavía no se ha levantado.

Take Note: When it comes to perfect tenses, you must always place the reflexive pronoun before the verb haber.

Past perfect

Use this levantar conjugation to say someone had gotten up before another past action. The Spanish past perfect tense is created with haber imperfect forms + levantado. Don’t forget to add the proper pronoun to the corresponding levantarse reflexive conjugation.

For instance: Cuando fui a tu cuarto, todavía no te habías levantado.

Future perfect

The future perfect conjugations of this verb convey that someone will have gotten up by or before a future moment in time. Al final de este mes, me habré levantado temprano todos los días.

Conditional perfect

Levantarse conjugation in the conditional tense is used to say that a person would have gotten up if a past condition had occurred. For instance: Si me hubieras dicho que te quería sentar, me habría levantado.

Progressive tenses

In Spanish, we use reflexive pronoun + estar conjugations + present participle (such as levantando) to form levantarse progressive conjugations. Use them to say that a person is getting up at the moment of speaking. Check this example: Ya, ya me estoy levantando.

Take Note: When a conjugated verb works with a present participle in Spanish, reflexive pronouns can come before the main verb or attached to the gerund. So, it would be correct to say Me estoy levantando and estoy levantándome.

Levantarse Subjunctive Conjugations

In Spanish, the subjunctive mood refers to requests, recommendations, hypotheses, demands, advice, desires, and expectations. The following sections will teach each levantarse reflexive conjugation for the most important subjunctive tenses.

Present subjunctive

Levantarse conjugation in the present subjunctive is used to hope, demand, recommend, or expect someone to get up. For instance: Mi mamá quiere que nos levantemos antes de las 8.

Present perfect subjunctive

When conjugated to the present perfect subjunctive, levantarse expresses that someone expects or doubts that another person has already gotten up. Use haber present subjunctive forms + levantado to create this tense.

¿Crees que mi mamá ya se haya levantado?

Imperfect subjunctive

Use the imperfect subjunctive conjugations of levantarse to talk about your past recommendations, demands, or expectations about someone getting up. For instance: Te dije que te levantaras temprano. 

As shown in the levantarse conjugation chart below, Latin American and Castilian Spanish use different endings for the imperfect subjunctive tense:

Latin American Spanish version

Note: The previous conjugation chart doesn’t include vosotros because this pronoun is not used in Latin American Spanish.

Castilian Spanish version

Past perfect subjunctive

The past perfect conjugations of levantarse convey that a person would have gotten up if a past condition had been fulfilled. These forms can also show regret for not getting up. Si hubiera tenido cosas que hacer, me hubiera leventando temprano.

Levantarse Imperative Conjugations

In Spanish, we conjugate a verb to the imperative form to order people to do or not do something.

Affirmative commands

Use the affirmative commands of levantarse to order someone to get up. Levántate, estás sentado en el control.

Take Note: With affirmative commands, reflexive pronouns are attached to the verb.

Negative commands

To command someone not to get up, conjugate this verb to the negative imperative. For example: No se levanten, yo abro.

Meanings of Levantarse & Examples

Now that you know how to conjugate levantarse, check these examples of how to use this verb. As the direct translation of ‘to get up’, this verb can be used to talk about getting out of bed or standing up. 

[Levantar conjugated] + [complement]

Mi hermano siempre se levanta en la noche.
My brother always gets up at night.

Levántate y déjale tu asiento a la señora.
Get up and leave your seat to the lady.

Cuando era niña, me levantaba muy temprano.
When I was a kid, I used to wake up very early.

Take Note: Levantar (non-reflexive form) is used to say that someone wakes up another person or picks something up from the floor. For example: Levanta tus juguetes, por favor. This non-reflexive form can work with direct object pronouns.

Download Levantarse Conjugation Charts & Uses Cheat sheet

Levantarse is a common and useful verb in everyday Spanish for describing one’s daily routines. Since it’s a reflexive verb, it can take some time for beginners to familiarize themselves with its conjugations. I’ve compiled a cheat sheet PDF with all of the levantarse conjugation charts along with real-world examples you can see on how to apply this verb to your Spanish conversations.

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Practice Quiz: Levantarse Conjugation

Congratulations! You’ve now learned how to conjugate levantarse in Spanish. The next step is to take the levantarse conjugation practice quiz where you can put your skills of conjugating regular -AR reflexive verbs to the test.

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