Spanish verb acicalar conjugation

acicalar

to tidy up, to groom, to neatify

regular verbPast participle: acicaladoGerund: acicalando

Acicalar means to tidy, groom, or make something neat and presentable. It is often used in the context of grooming oneself, cleaning, or arranging objects neatly.

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Complete conjugation of acicalar

Indicative Present

El Presente - used to talk about situations, events or thoughts that are happening now or in the near future

Pronoun	Conjugation	Example
Yo	acicalo	Yo acicalo mi cabello cada mañana. I groom my hair every morning.
Tú	acicalas	Tú acicalas antes de salir. You groom yourself before going out.
Él / Ella / Usted	acicala	Ella acicala su perro en el parque. She grooms her dog in the park.
Nosotros / Nosotras	acicalamos	Nosotros acicalamos a los caballos en la mañana. We groom the horses in the morning.
Vosotros / Vosotras	acicaláis	Vosotros acicaláis las plantas en el jardín. You all groom the plants in the garden.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	acicalan	Ellos acicalan a los animales en la clínica. They groom the animals at the clinic.

Indicative Preterite

El Pretérito Indefinido - used to talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time

Pronoun	Conjugation	Example
Yo	acicalé	Ayer acicalé mi cabello rápidamente. Yesterday I groomed my hair quickly.
Tú	acicalaste	Tú acicalaste la casa antes de la fiesta. You tidied up the house before the party.
Él / Ella / Usted	acicaló	Ella acicaló su uniforme para la ceremonia. She groomed her uniform for the ceremony.
Nosotros / Nosotras	acicalamos	Nosotros acicalamos los jardines en verano. We groomed the gardens in summer.
Vosotros / Vosotras	acicalasteis	Vosotros acicalasteis las habitaciones rápidamente. You all tidied up the rooms quickly.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	acicalaron	Ellos acicalaron a los perros antes del paseo. They groomed the dogs before the walk.

Indicative Imperfect

El Pretérito Imperfecto - used to describe regular and repeated actions that happened in the past

Pronoun	Conjugation	Example
Yo	acicalaba	Yo acicalaba mi cabello cada mañana. I used to groom my hair every morning.
Tú	acicalabas	Tú acicalabas a tus mascotas con cariño. You used to groom your pets with care.
Él / Ella / Usted	acicalaba	Ella acicalaba su vestido antes de salir. She used to groom her dress before going out.
Nosotros / Nosotras	acicalábamos	Nosotros acicalábamos las plantas en verano. We used to tend to the plants in summer.
Vosotros / Vosotras	acicalabais	Vosotros acicalabais los caballos en el establo. You all used to groom the horses in the stable.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	acicalaban	Ellos acicalaban la casa cada fin de semana. They used to tidy up the house every weekend.

Indicative Present Continuous

El Presente Progresivo - used to talk about something that is happening continuously or right now

Pronoun	Conjugation	Example
Yo	estoy acicalando	Estoy acicalando mi cabello ahora mismo. I am grooming my hair right now.
Tú	estás acicalando	Estás acicalando tus zapatos. You are grooming your shoes.
Él / Ella / Usted	está acicalando	Ella está acicalando su uniforme. She is grooming her uniform.
Nosotros / Nosotras	estamos acicalando	Estamos acicalando a los perros. We are grooming the dogs.
Vosotros / Vosotras	estáis acicalando	Vosotros estáis acicalando las mascotas. You all are grooming the pets.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	están acicalando	Ellos están acicalando sus uniformes. They are grooming their uniforms.

Indicative Informal Future

El Futuro Próximo - used to talk about something that will happen in the future, especially in the near future

Pronoun	Conjugation	Example
Yo	me voy a acicalar	Me voy a acicalar antes de salir. I am going to groom myself before leaving.
Tú	te vas a acicalar	Tú te vas a acicalar para la fiesta. You are going to groom yourself for the party.
Él / Ella / Usted	se va a acicalar	Él se va a acicalar para la reunión. He is going to groom himself for the meeting.
Nosotros / Nosotras	nos vamos a acicalar	Nosotros nos vamos a acicalar para la boda. We are going to groom ourselves for the wedding.
Vosotros / Vosotras	os vais a acicalar	Vosotros os vais a acicalar para la fiesta. You all are going to groom yourselves for the party.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	se van a acicalar	Ellos se van a acicalar para la ceremonia. They are going to groom themselves for the ceremony.

Indicative Future

El Futuro Simple - used to talk about something that will happen in the future

Pronoun	Conjugation	Example
Yo	acicalaré	A partir de mañana, acicalaré a mi perro. Starting tomorrow, I will groom my dog.
Tú	acicalarás	Tú acicalarás tu cabello antes de salir. You will groom your hair before leaving.
Él / Ella / Usted	acicalará	Ella acicalará la casa para la fiesta. She will tidy up the house for the party.
Nosotros / Nosotras	acicalaremos	Nosotros acicalaremos el jardín mañana. We will groom the garden tomorrow.
Vosotros / Vosotras	acicalaréis	Vosotros acicalaréis los caballos en la granja. You all will groom the horses on the farm.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	acicalarán	Ellos acicalarán las habitaciones antes de la visita. They will tidy up the rooms before the visit.

Indicative Conditional

El Condicional Simple - used to talk about something that may happen in the future, hypothesis and probabilities

Pronoun	Conjugation	Example
Yo	acicalaría	Yo acicalaría al perro si tuviera tiempo. I would groom the dog if I had time.
Tú	acicalarías	Tú acicalarías el jardín si supieras cómo hacerlo. You would tidy up the garden if you knew how to do it.
Él / Ella / Usted	acicalaría	Ella acicalaría la casa si estuviera aquí. She would tidy up the house if she were here.
Nosotros / Nosotras	acicalaríamos	Nosotros acicalaríamos el parque si pudiéramos. We would tidy up the park if we could.
Vosotros / Vosotras	acicalaríais	Vosotros acicalaríais la oficina si tuvierais tiempo. You all would tidy up the office if you had time.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	acicalarían	Ellos acicalarían el salón si estuvieran aquí. They would tidy up the hall if they were here.

Indicative Present Perfect

El Pretérito Perfecto - used to describe actions that started recently and are still happening now

Pronoun	Conjugation	Example
Yo	me he acicalado	Me he acicalado antes de salir. I have groomed myself before leaving.
Tú	te has acicalado	¿Te has acicalado para la fiesta? Have you groomed yourself for the party?
Él / Ella / Usted	se ha acicalado	Ella se ha acicalado para la reunión. She has groomed herself for the meeting.
Nosotros / Nosotras	nos hemos acicalado	Nosotros nos hemos acicalado para la boda. We have groomed ourselves for the wedding.
Vosotros / Vosotras	os habéis acicalado	¿Os habéis acicalado para la cita? Have you all groomed yourselves for the date?
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	se han acicalado	Ellos se han acicalado para la fiesta. They have groomed themselves for the party.

Indicative Past Perfect

El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto - used to talk about actions that happened before another action in the past

Pronoun	Conjugation	Example
Yo	había acicalado	Yo había acicalado al perro antes de salir. I had groomed the dog before leaving.
Tú	habías acicalado	Tú habías acicalado la casa antes de la fiesta. You had tidied up the house before the party.
Él / Ella / Usted	había acicalado	Ella había acicalado su cabello antes de la reunión. She had groomed her hair before the meeting.
Nosotros / Nosotras	habíamos acicalado	Nosotros habíamos acicalado el jardín antes de la visita. We had tidied up the garden before the visit.
Vosotros / Vosotras	habíais acicalado	Vosotros habíais acicalado la sala para la fiesta. You all had cleaned up the living room for the party.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	habían acicalado	Ellos habían acicalado el coche antes de venderlo. They had cleaned the car before selling it.

Indicative Future Perfect

El Futuro Perfecto - used to talk about something that will have happened in the future after something else

Pronoun	Conjugation	Example
Yo	habré acicalado	Para entonces, ya habré acicalado al perro. By then, I will have groomed the dog.
Tú	habrás acicalado	Tú habrás acicalado la casa antes de salir. You will have cleaned the house before leaving.
Él / Ella / Usted	habrá acicalado	Ella habrá acicalado su cabello para la fiesta. She will have styled her hair for the party.
Nosotros / Nosotras	habremos acicalado	Nosotros habremos acicalado el jardín para entonces. We will have tidied up the garden by then.
Vosotros / Vosotras	habréis acicalado	Vosotros habréis acicalado la sala antes de la visita. You all will have cleaned the living room before the visit.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	habrán acicalado	Ellos habrán acicalado sus trajes para la boda. They will have dressed up their suits for the wedding.

Indicative Conditional Perfect

El Condicional Perfecto - used to talk about something that would have happened in the past but didn't

Pronoun	Conjugation	Example
Yo	habría acicalado	Yo habría acicalado el jardín. I would have tidied up the garden.
Tú	habrías acicalado	Tú habrías acicalado la casa. You would have tidied up the house.
Él / Ella / Usted	habría acicalado	Él habría acicalado su oficina. He would have tidied up his office.
Nosotros / Nosotras	habríamos acicalado	Nosotros habríamos acicalado el salón. We would have tidied up the living room.
Vosotros / Vosotras	habríais acicalado	Vosotros habríais acicalado el parque. You all would have tidied up the park.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	habrían acicalado	Ellos habrían acicalado la tienda. They would have tidied up the store.

Subjunctive Present

El Presente de Subjuntivo - used to talk about situations of uncertainty, or emotions such as wishes, desires and hopes

Pronoun	Conjugation	Example
Yo	acicale	Espero que acicale su apariencia. I hope he/she grooms his/her appearance.
Tú	aciques	Es importante que aciques tu espacio. It's important that you tidy up your space.
Él / Ella / Usted	acique	Es bueno que él acique su oficina. It's good that he tidies up his office.
Nosotros / Nosotras	aciquemos	Queremos que aciquemos la casa. We want us to tidy up the house.
Vosotros / Vosotras	aciquéis	Es necesario que aciquéis la habitación. It's necessary that you all tidy up the room.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	aciquen	Dudan que aciquen el lugar. They doubt that they tidy up the place.

Subjunctive Imperfect

El Imperfecto Subjuntivo - used to speak about unlikely or uncertain events in the past

Pronoun	Conjugation	Example
Yo	acicalara	Esperaba que acicalara su habitación. I hoped that he tidied up his room.
Tú	acicalaras	Querías que acicalaras el jardín. You wanted you tidied up the garden.
Él / Ella / Usted	acicalara	Dudaba que ella acicalara la casa. I doubted that she tidied up the house.
Nosotros / Nosotras	acicaláramos	Era importante que acicaláramos la oficina. It was important that we tidied up the office.
Vosotros / Vosotras	acicalarais	Esperaba que acicalarais las habitaciones. I hoped that you all tidied up the rooms.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	acicalaran	No creía que ellos acicalaran el lugar. I didn't believe that they tidied up the place.

Subjunctive Future

El Futuro de Subjuntivo - used to speak about hypothetical situations and actions/events that may happen in the future

Pronoun	Conjugation	Example
Yo	acicalare	Si llegara temprano, acicalare la casa. If I arrive early, I will tidy up the house.
Tú	acicalares	Cuando puedas, acicalares tu habitación. When you can, you will tidy your room.
Él / Ella / Usted	acicalare	El próximo año, acicalare el jardín. Next year, I will tidy up the garden.
Nosotros / Nosotras	acicaláremos	En verano, acicaláremos la casa de campo. In summer, we will tidy up the country house.
Vosotros / Vosotras	acicalareis	Cuando lleguéis, acicalare la sala. When you all arrive, I will tidy the living room.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	acicalaren	Si ganaran el concurso, acicalaren la oficina. If they win the contest, they will tidy up the office.

Subjunctive Present Perfect

El Pretérito Perfecto de Subjuntivo - used to describe past actions still connected to the present

Pronoun	Conjugation	Example
Yo	haya acicalado	Espero que haya acicalado bien. I hope I have groomed well.
Tú	hayas acicalado	Es importante que hayas acicalado antes de salir. It's important that you have groomed before leaving.
Él / Ella / Usted	haya acicalado	Es probable que él haya acicalado al perro. It's likely that he has groomed the dog.
Nosotros / Nosotras	hayamos acicalado	Esperamos que hayamos acicalado a tiempo. We hope that we have groomed on time.
Vosotros / Vosotras	hayáis acicalado	¿Creéis que hayáis acicalado bien? Do you think you have groomed well?
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	hayan acicalado	Es posible que hayan acicalado a los animales. It's possible that they have groomed the animals.

Subjunctive Past Perfect

El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto de Subjuntivo - used to speak about hypothetical situations in the past

Pronoun	Conjugation	Example
Yo	hubiera acicalado	Si hubiera acicalado mi cabello, habría sido más elegante. If I had groomed my hair, I would have been more elegant.
Tú	hubieras acicalado	Si hubieras acicalado antes de salir, te verías mejor. If you had groomed yourself before leaving, you would look better.
Él / Ella / Usted	hubiera acicalado	Ella habría acicalado su uniforme para la ceremonia. She would have groomed her uniform for the ceremony.
Nosotros / Nosotras	hubiéramos acicalado	Si hubiéramos acicalado, habríamos llegado más presentables. If we had groomed ourselves, we would have arrived more presentable.
Vosotros / Vosotras	hubierais acicalado	Si hubierais acicalado, habríais impresionado a todos. If you had groomed yourselves, you would have impressed everyone.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	hubieran acicalado	Ellos no habrían acicalado si no hubieran tenido tiempo. They wouldn't have groomed if they hadn't had time.

Subjunctive Future Perfect

El Futuro Perfecto de Subjuntivo - used to speak about something that will have happened if a hypothetical situation occurs

Pronoun	Conjugation	Example
Yo	hubiere acicalado	Para entonces, ya hubiere acicalado. By then, I will have already groomed myself.
Tú	hubieres acicalado	Es probable que tú hubieres acicalado. It's likely that you will have groomed yourself.
Él / Ella / Usted	hubiere acicalado	Quizá él hubiere acicalado antes de salir. Perhaps he will have groomed himself before leaving.
Nosotros / Nosotras	hubiéremos acicalado	Para entonces, nosotros hubiéremos acicalado. By then, we will have groomed ourselves.
Vosotros / Vosotras	hubiereis acicalado	Es posible que vosotros hubiereis acicalado ya. It's possible that you all will have groomed yourselves already.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	hubieren acicalado	Cuando lleguen, ellos hubieren acicalado. When they arrive, they will have groomed themselves.

Imperative Affirmative

El Imperativo Afirmativo - used to give orders and commands, to tell someone to do something

Pronoun	Conjugation	Example
Yo	acicale	¡Acicale la chaqueta antes de salir! Put on your jacket before leaving!
Tú	acicala	¡Acicala para la fiesta! Get yourself ready for the party!
Él / Ella / Usted	acicale	¡Acicale el cabello, por favor! Style his hair, please!
Nosotros / Nosotras	acicalemos	¡Acicalemos la sala para la reunión! Let's tidy up the living room for the meeting!
Vosotros / Vosotras	acicalad	¡Acicalad las flores del jardín! Arrange the flowers in the garden!
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	acicalen	¡Acicalen sus uniformes antes de entrar! They should tidy up their uniforms before entering!

Imperative Negative

El Imperativo Negativo - used to give orders and commands, telling someone not to do something

Pronoun	Conjugation	Example
Yo	no acicales	No acicales el cabello ahora. Don't style your hair now.
Tú	no aciques	No aciques la habitación todavía. Don't tidy up the room yet.
Él / Ella / Usted	no acicale	Por favor, no acicale el vestido. Please, don't iron the dress.
Nosotros / Nosotras	no acicalemos	No acicalemos la casa hoy. Let's not tidy up the house today.
Vosotros / Vosotras	no acicaléis	No acicaléis las flores todavía. Don't prune the flowers yet.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	no acicalen	No acicalen los muebles ahora. Don't polish the furniture now.