acostarse Future Conjugation
acostarse — to go to bed
The future tense is regular for acostarse: me acostaré, te acostarás, se acostará.
acostarse Future Forms
When to Use the Future
Use this to state when you plan to go to bed in the future or to make a prediction about when someone will finally fall asleep.
Notes on acostarse in the Future
The verb is completely regular in the future. You simply add the future endings (-é, -ás, -á, etc.) to the full infinitive 'acostar' and keep the reflexive pronoun.
Example Sentences
Me acostaré en cuanto termine esta película.
I will go to bed as soon as I finish this movie.
yo
Se acostarán tarde porque tienen una fiesta.
They will go to bed late because they have a party.
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Nos acostaremos después de cenar.
We will go to bed after having dinner.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Me acuestaré.
Correct: Me acostaré.
Why: There is no stem change in the future tense; you use the full infinitive as the base.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: me acuesto
Acostarse is a stem-changing (o > ue) reflexive verb: me acuesto, te acuestas, se acuesta.
Preterite
yo: me acosté
The preterite of acostarse is regular in its endings but requires reflexive pronouns: me acosté, te acostaste, se acostó.
Imperfect
yo: me acostaba
The imperfect of acostarse is regular: me acostaba, te acostabas, se acostaba.
Conditional
yo: me acostaría
The conditional is regular for acostarse: me acostaría, te acostarías, se acostaría.
Present Subjunctive
yo: me acueste
The present subjunctive of acostarse features the O>UE stem change: me acueste, te acuestes, se acueste.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: me acostara
The imperfect subjunctive is based on the preterite stem: me acostara, te acostaras, se acostara.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: acuéstate
The imperative for acostarse attaches the pronoun to the end: acuéstate, acuéstese, acostémonos.
Negative Imperative
yo: no te acuestes
The negative imperative uses the present subjunctive: no te acuestes, no se acueste.