What does 'arremolinarse' mean in English?

In Spanish, 'arremolinarse' means to mill about. It is a irregular verb used across all 18 standard Spanish tenses.

Is arremolinarse an irregular verb in Spanish?

Yes, arremolinarse is an irregular Spanish verb. It does not follow the regular ending pattern in every tense — some forms change stem or use unique endings. The complete conjugation table on this page shows every irregular form.

How do you conjugate arremolinarse in the present tense?

Present tense (Presente) of arremolinarse: yo me arremolino, tú te arremolinas, él/ella/usted se arremolina, nosotros nos arremolinamos, vosotros os arremolináis, ellos/ellas/ustedes se arremolinan.

What is the imperfect tense of arremolinarse?

Imperfect (Pretérito Imperfecto) of arremolinarse: yo me arremolinaba, tú te arremolinabas, él/ella/usted se arremolinaba, nosotros nos arremolinábamos, vosotros os arremolinabais, ellos/ellas/ustedes se arremolinaban. The imperfect describes past habits, ongoing actions, and background states.

What is the gerundio (present participle) of arremolinarse?

The gerundio of arremolinarse is 'arremolinarse + gerundio'. It pairs with estar to form the present continuous (estoy arremolinarse + gerundio) and other progressive tenses, indicating an action in progress.

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Arremolinarse conjugation

arremolinarse is an irregular Spanish -OTHER verb meaning mill about. In the present tense: yo me arremolino, tú te arremolinas, él/ella se arremolina, nosotros nos arremolinamos, vosotros os arremolináis, ellos se arremolinan. Full conjugation across 18 tenses below.

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At a glance

Infinitive: arremolinarse
Gerundio: arremolinarse + gerundio
Meaning: mill about
Pattern: Irregular
Difficulty: Level 2

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Conjugation tables

Arremolinarse across the MuyVerbs tense system

Non-finite forms

Infinitivo and Gerundio

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Form	Spanish	Use
Infinitivo	arremolinarse	Dictionary form and base form for many compound structures.
Gerundio	arremolinarse + gerundio	Used with estar for progressive forms, for example estar arremolinarse + gerundio.

Presente

Present

Pronoun	Form	Context
yo	me arremolino	Yo me arremolino frente al cartel nuevo.I mill about in front of the new poster.
tú	te arremolinas	Normalmente, tú te arremolinas junto a la mesa de firmas.You usually mill about by the signing table.
él	se arremolina	Hoy, la gente de la entrada se arremolina cerca de la barrera.Today, the crowd at the entrance mills about near the barrier.
nosotros	nos arremolinamos	A veces, nosotros nos arremolinamos cerca del quiosco cerrado.At times, we mill about near the closed kiosk.
vosotros	os arremolináis	Ahora, vosotros os arremolináis delante del portal estrecho.Right now, you all mill about in front of the narrow doorway.
ellos	se arremolinan	Casi siempre, los curiosos de la plaza se arremolinan en torno al músico callejero.Most of the time, the onlookers in the square mill about around the street musician.

Pronoun	Form	Context
yo	me he arremolinado	Este año, yo me he arremolinado frente al cartel nuevo.This year, I have milled about in front of the new poster.
tú	te has arremolinado	Últimamente, tú te has arremolinado junto a la mesa de firmas.Lately, you have milled about by the signing table.
él	se ha arremolinado	En estos meses, la gente de la entrada se ha arremolinado cerca de la barrera.In these months, the crowd at the entrance has milled about near the barrier.
nosotros	nos hemos arremolinado	Hasta ahora, nosotros nos hemos arremolinado cerca del quiosco cerrado.So far, we have milled about near the closed kiosk.
vosotros	os habéis arremolinado	En lo que va de curso, vosotros os habéis arremolinado delante del portal estrecho.This term, you all have milled about in front of the narrow doorway.
ellos	se han arremolinado	En este tiempo, los curiosos de la plaza se han arremolinado en torno al músico callejero.During this time, the onlookers in the square have milled about around the street musician.

Pronoun	Form	Context
yo	me arremoliné	Ayer, yo me arremoliné frente al cartel nuevo.Yesterday, I milled about in front of the new poster.
tú	te arremolinaste	Hace un rato, tú te arremolinaste junto a la mesa de firmas.A little while ago, you milled about by the signing table.
él	se arremolinó	Esta mañana, la gente de la entrada se arremolinó cerca de la barrera.This morning, the crowd at the entrance milled about near the barrier.
nosotros	nos arremolinamos	Anoche, nosotros nos arremolinamos cerca del quiosco cerrado.Last night, we milled about near the closed kiosk.
vosotros	os arremolinasteis	El sábado, vosotros os arremolinasteis delante del portal estrecho.On Saturday, you all milled about in front of the narrow doorway.
ellos	se arremolinaron	Hace poco, los curiosos de la plaza se arremolinaron en torno al músico callejero.Not long ago, the onlookers in the square milled about around the street musician.

Pronoun	Form	Context
yo	me arremolinaba	Antes, yo me arremolinaba frente al cartel nuevo.Before, I used to mill about in front of the new poster.
tú	te arremolinabas	Por entonces, tú te arremolinabas junto a la mesa de firmas.Back then, you used to mill about by the signing table.
él	se arremolinaba	En esa época, la gente de la entrada se arremolinaba cerca de la barrera.At that time, the crowd at the entrance used to mill about near the barrier.
nosotros	nos arremolinábamos	Cuando eso era normal, nosotros nos arremolinábamos cerca del quiosco cerrado.When that was normal, we used to mill about near the closed kiosk.
vosotros	os arremolinabais	Hace años, vosotros os arremolinabais delante del portal estrecho.Years ago, you all used to mill about in front of the narrow doorway.
ellos	se arremolinaban	En aquellos días, los curiosos de la plaza se arremolinaban en torno al músico callejero.In those days, the onlookers in the square used to mill about around the street musician.

Pronoun	Form	Context
yo	me había arremolinado	Cuando llegaste, yo ya me había arremolinado frente al cartel nuevo.When you arrived, I had already milled about in front of the new poster.
tú	te habías arremolinado	Para entonces, tú ya te habías arremolinado junto a la mesa de firmas.By then, you had already milled about by the signing table.
él	se había arremolinado	Al volver, la gente de la entrada ya se había arremolinado cerca de la barrera.When we came back, the crowd at the entrance had already milled about near the barrier.
nosotros	nos habíamos arremolinado	Antes de hablarlo, nosotros ya nos habíamos arremolinado cerca del quiosco cerrado.Before talking it through, we had already milled about near the closed kiosk.
vosotros	os habíais arremolinado	Cuando mirasteis otra vez, vosotros ya os habíais arremolinado delante del portal estrecho.When you looked again, you all had already milled about in front of the narrow doorway.
ellos	se habían arremolinado	Para ese momento, los curiosos de la plaza ya se habían arremolinado en torno al músico callejero.By that moment, the onlookers in the square had already milled about around the street musician.

Pronoun	Form	Context
yo	me hube arremolinado	Apenas yo me hube arremolinado frente al cartel nuevo, todo cambió.As soon as I had milled about in front of the new poster, everything changed.
tú	te hubiste arremolinado	En cuanto tú te hubiste arremolinado junto a la mesa de firmas, se notó.The moment you had milled about by the signing table, it showed.
él	se hubo arremolinado	No bien la gente de la entrada se hubo arremolinado cerca de la barrera, hubo ruido.As soon as the crowd at the entrance had milled about near the barrier, there was trouble.
nosotros	nos hubimos arremolinado	Tan pronto como nosotros nos hubimos arremolinado cerca del quiosco cerrado, seguimos adelante.Once we had milled about near the closed kiosk, we moved on.
vosotros	os hubisteis arremolinado	Apenas vosotros os hubisteis arremolinado delante del portal estrecho, mirasteis el resultado.As soon as you all had milled about in front of the narrow doorway, you checked the result.
ellos	se hubieron arremolinado	En cuanto los curiosos de la plaza se hubieron arremolinado en torno al músico callejero, el ambiente cambió.The moment the onlookers in the square had milled about around the street musician, the mood changed.

Pronoun	Form	Context
yo	me arremolinaré	Mañana, yo me arremolinaré frente al cartel nuevo.Tomorrow, I will mill about in front of the new poster.
tú	te arremolinarás	Dentro de poco, tú te arremolinarás junto a la mesa de firmas.Soon, you will mill about by the signing table.
él	se arremolinará	Esta tarde, la gente de la entrada se arremolinará cerca de la barrera.This afternoon, the crowd at the entrance will mill about near the barrier.
nosotros	nos arremolinaremos	La semana que viene, nosotros nos arremolinaremos cerca del quiosco cerrado.Next week, we will mill about near the closed kiosk.
vosotros	os arremolinaréis	Pronto, vosotros os arremolinaréis delante del portal estrecho.Before long, you all will mill about in front of the narrow doorway.
ellos	se arremolinarán	Más adelante, los curiosos de la plaza se arremolinarán en torno al músico callejero.Later on, the onlookers in the square will mill about around the street musician.

Pronoun	Form	Context
yo	me habré arremolinado	Para entonces, yo ya me habré arremolinado frente al cartel nuevo.By then, I will already have milled about in front of the new poster.
tú	te habrás arremolinado	Antes del cierre, tú ya te habrás arremolinado junto a la mesa de firmas.Before closing time, you will already have milled about by the signing table.
él	se habrá arremolinado	Al final del día, la gente de la entrada ya se habrá arremolinado cerca de la barrera.By the end of the day, the crowd at the entrance will already have milled about near the barrier.
nosotros	nos habremos arremolinado	Para mañana, nosotros ya nos habremos arremolinado cerca del quiosco cerrado.By tomorrow, we will already have milled about near the closed kiosk.
vosotros	os habréis arremolinado	Antes de iros, vosotros ya os habréis arremolinado delante del portal estrecho.Before leaving, you all will already have milled about in front of the narrow doorway.
ellos	se habrán arremolinado	Para esa hora, los curiosos de la plaza ya se habrán arremolinado en torno al músico callejero.By that hour, the onlookers in the square will already have milled about around the street musician.

Pronoun	Form	Context
yo	me arremolinaría	En un caso así, yo me arremolinaría frente al cartel nuevo.In a case like that, I would mill about in front of the new poster.
tú	te arremolinarías	Con un poco más de tiempo, tú te arremolinarías junto a la mesa de firmas.With a little more time, you would mill about by the signing table.
él	se arremolinaría	En esa situación, la gente de la entrada se arremolinaría cerca de la barrera.In that situation, the crowd at the entrance would mill about near the barrier.
nosotros	nos arremolinaríamos	Con ese panorama, nosotros nos arremolinaríamos cerca del quiosco cerrado.With that outlook, we would mill about near the closed kiosk.
vosotros	os arremolinaríais	Llegado el caso, vosotros os arremolinaríais delante del portal estrecho.If it came to that, you all would mill about in front of the narrow doorway.
ellos	se arremolinarían	En un día así, los curiosos de la plaza se arremolinarían en torno al músico callejero.On a day like that, the onlookers in the square would mill about around the street musician.

Pronoun	Form	Context
yo	me habría arremolinado	En otro momento, yo me habría arremolinado frente al cartel nuevo.At another moment, I would have milled about in front of the new poster.
tú	te habrías arremolinado	Con un poco más de margen, tú te habrías arremolinado junto a la mesa de firmas.With a little more margin, you would have milled about by the signing table.
él	se habría arremolinado	A esas alturas, la gente de la entrada se habría arremolinado cerca de la barrera.By then, the crowd at the entrance would have milled about near the barrier.
nosotros	nos habríamos arremolinado	Con ese giro, nosotros nos habríamos arremolinado cerca del quiosco cerrado.With that turn, we would have milled about near the closed kiosk.
vosotros	os habríais arremolinado	Llegados ahí, vosotros os habríais arremolinado delante del portal estrecho.At that point, you all would have milled about in front of the narrow doorway.
ellos	se habrían arremolinado	En ese punto, los curiosos de la plaza se habrían arremolinado en torno al músico callejero.From there, the onlookers in the square would have milled about around the street musician.

Pronoun	Form	Context
yo	me arremoline	Es mejor que yo me arremoline frente al cartel nuevo.It is better that I mill about in front of the new poster.
tú	te arremolines	Hace falta que tú te arremolines junto a la mesa de firmas.It is necessary that you mill about by the signing table.
él	se arremoline	Conviene que la gente de la entrada se arremoline cerca de la barrera.It is wise that the crowd at the entrance mill about near the barrier.
nosotros	nos arremolinemos	Importa que nosotros nos arremolinemos cerca del quiosco cerrado.It matters that we mill about near the closed kiosk.
vosotros	os arremolinéis	Puede ser útil que vosotros os arremolinéis delante del portal estrecho.It may help if you all mill about in front of the narrow doorway.
ellos	se arremolinen	Es posible que los curiosos de la plaza se arremolinen en torno al músico callejero.It is possible that the onlookers in the square mill about around the street musician.

Pronoun	Form	Context
yo	me haya arremolinado	Ojalá yo me haya arremolinado frente al cartel nuevo.Hopefully I have milled about in front of the new poster.
tú	te hayas arremolinado	Puede que tú ya te hayas arremolinado junto a la mesa de firmas.Maybe you already have milled about by the signing table.
él	se haya arremolinado	Tal vez la gente de la entrada se haya arremolinado cerca de la barrera.Perhaps the crowd at the entrance has milled about near the barrier.
nosotros	nos hayamos arremolinado	Quizá nosotros ya nos hayamos arremolinado cerca del quiosco cerrado.Maybe we already have milled about near the closed kiosk.
vosotros	os hayáis arremolinado	Es probable que vosotros os hayáis arremolinado delante del portal estrecho.It is likely that you all have milled about in front of the narrow doorway.
ellos	se hayan arremolinado	Puede ser que los curiosos de la plaza ya se hayan arremolinado en torno al músico callejero.It may be that the onlookers in the square already have milled about around the street musician.

Pronoun	Form	Context
yo	me arremolinara	Si yo me arremolinara frente al cartel nuevo, se notaría enseguida.If I milled about in front of the new poster, it would show right away.
tú	te arremolinaras	Si tú te arremolinaras junto a la mesa de firmas, costaría ocultarlo.If you milled about by the signing table, it would be hard to hide.
él	se arremolinara	Si la gente de la entrada se arremolinara cerca de la barrera, daría mucho que hablar.If the crowd at the entrance milled about near the barrier, it would give people plenty to talk about.
nosotros	nos arremolináramos	Si nosotros nos arremolináramos cerca del quiosco cerrado, todo iría por otro lado.If we milled about near the closed kiosk, everything would go another way.
vosotros	os arremolinarais	Si vosotros os arremolinarais delante del portal estrecho, cambiaría el ambiente.If you all milled about in front of the narrow doorway, the mood would change.
ellos	se arremolinaran	Si los curiosos de la plaza se arremolinaran en torno al músico callejero, la escena sería otra.If the onlookers in the square milled about around the street musician, the whole scene would be different.

Pronoun	Form	Context
yo	me hubiera arremolinado	Si yo me hubiera arremolinado frente al cartel nuevo, aún se recordaría.If I had milled about in front of the new poster, it would still be remembered.
tú	te hubieras arremolinado	Si tú te hubieras arremolinado junto a la mesa de firmas, eso habría dejado marca.If you had milled about by the signing table, that would have left a mark.
él	se hubiera arremolinado	Si la gente de la entrada se hubiera arremolinado cerca de la barrera, todavía se hablaría de eso.If the crowd at the entrance had milled about near the barrier, people would still be talking about it.
nosotros	nos hubiéramos arremolinado	Si nosotros nos hubiéramos arremolinado cerca del quiosco cerrado, el día habría seguido otro rumbo.If we had milled about near the closed kiosk, the day would have gone another way.
vosotros	os hubierais arremolinado	Si vosotros os hubierais arremolinado delante del portal estrecho, el cambio se habría notado antes.If you all had milled about in front of the narrow doorway, the change would have shown earlier.
ellos	se hubieran arremolinado	Si los curiosos de la plaza se hubieran arremolinado en torno al músico callejero, nada habría quedado igual.If the onlookers in the square had milled about around the street musician, nothing would have stayed the same.

Pronoun	Form	Context
yo	me arremolinare	Si yo me arremolinare frente al cartel nuevo, se notará enseguida.If I mill about in front of the new poster, it will show right away.
tú	te arremolinares	Si tú te arremolinares junto a la mesa de firmas, costará ignorarlo.If you mill about by the signing table, it will be hard to ignore.
él	se arremolinare	Si la gente de la entrada se arremolinare cerca de la barrera, dará mucho que hablar.If the crowd at the entrance mills about near the barrier, it will give people plenty to talk about.
nosotros	nos arremolináremos	Si nosotros nos arremolináremos cerca del quiosco cerrado, todo irá por otro camino.If we mill about near the closed kiosk, everything will go another way.
vosotros	os arremolinareis	Si vosotros os arremolinareis delante del portal estrecho, el ambiente cambiará rápido.If you all mill about in front of the narrow doorway, the mood will change fast.
ellos	se arremolinaren	Si los curiosos de la plaza se arremolinaren en torno al músico callejero, la escena será distinta.If the onlookers in the square mill about around the street musician, the whole scene will be different.

Pronoun	Form	Context
yo	me hubiere arremolinado	Cuando yo me hubiere arremolinado frente al cartel nuevo, ya se notará.When I have milled about in front of the new poster, it will already show.
tú	te hubieres arremolinado	En cuanto tú te hubieres arremolinado junto a la mesa de firmas, será difícil no verlo.As soon as you have milled about by the signing table, it will be hard not to see.
él	se hubiere arremolinado	Cuando la gente de la entrada se hubiere arremolinado cerca de la barrera, se verá de inmediato.When the crowd at the entrance has milled about near the barrier, it will show at once.
nosotros	nos hubiéremos arremolinado	Si para entonces nosotros nos hubiéremos arremolinado cerca del quiosco cerrado, todo irá de otra manera.If by then we have milled about near the closed kiosk, everything will move differently.
vosotros	os hubiereis arremolinado	Cuando vosotros os hubiereis arremolinado delante del portal estrecho, el ambiente sonará distinto.When you all have milled about in front of the narrow doorway, the mood will sound different.
ellos	se hubieren arremolinado	En cuanto los curiosos de la plaza se hubieren arremolinado en torno al músico callejero, el cambio quedará claro.As soon as the onlookers in the square have milled about around the street musician, the change will be clear.

Pronoun	Form	Context
yo	-	-
tú	arremolínate	arremolínate junto a la mesa de firmas.Mill about by the signing table.
él	arremolínese	Que la gente de la entrada arremolínese cerca de la barrera.Let the crowd at the entrance mill about near the barrier.
nosotros	arremolinémonos	arremolinémonos cerca del quiosco cerrado.Mill about near the closed kiosk.
vosotros	arremolinaos	arremolinaos delante del portal estrecho.Mill about in front of the narrow doorway.
ellos	arremolínense	Que los curiosos de la plaza arremolínense en torno al músico callejero.Let the onlookers in the square mill about around the street musician.

Pronoun	Form	Context
yo	-	-
tú	no te arremolines	No no te arremolines junto a la mesa de firmas.Do not mill about by the signing table.
él	no se arremoline	Que la gente de la entrada no no se arremoline cerca de la barrera.Let the crowd at the entrance not mill about near the barrier.
nosotros	no nos arremolinemos	No no nos arremolinemos cerca del quiosco cerrado.Let us not mill about near the closed kiosk.
vosotros	no os arremolinéis	No no os arremolinéis delante del portal estrecho.Do not mill about in front of the narrow doorway.
ellos	no se arremolinen	Que los curiosos de la plaza no no se arremolinen en torno al músico callejero.Let the onlookers in the square not mill about around the street musician.

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Futuro

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Condicional

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Subjuntivo Presente

Subjuntivo Pretérito Perfecto

Subjuntivo Pretérito Imperfecto

Subjuntivo Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto

Subjuntivo Futuro

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Imperativo Afirmativo

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