The Present Tense of Vestirse is used to describe the action of getting dressed, for example, Me visto rápidamente por la mañana. (I get dressed quickly in the morning.)

Vestirse is an e to i stem-changing verb, meaning the e in the verb stem changes to i in all present tense forms except nosotros and vosotros.

Conjugations

Conjugations of Vestirse (to dress oneself) in the Present Tense tense (Castilian Spanish):

Vestirse generally means to get dressed or to put clothes on, but has several different meanings in the Present Tense, some of which might surprise you.

Literal meaning: To put on clothes, for example, Yo me visto rápidamente por las mañanas. (I get dressed quickly in the mornings.)

Reflexive meaning: To dress oneself, for example, Los niños se visten solos. (The children dress themselves.)

Figurative meaning: To disguise or conceal something, for example, La mentira se viste de verdad. (The lie dresses itself up as the truth.)

Slang meaning: To get ready or prepare for something, for example, ¡Vístete que nos vamos! (Get ready, we’re leaving!)

Rude meaning: To insult someone by implying they are poorly dressed, for example, ¡Vístete mejor, andrajoso! (Dress better, you ragamuffin!)

Examples

Examples of Vestirse in the Present Tense

Cada mañana me visto para ir al trabajo. (Every morning I get dressed to go to work.)

¿Por qué te vistes tan rápido? Tenemos tiempo de sobra. (Why are you getting dressed so quickly? We have plenty of time.)

Ella se viste con mucho estilo para las ocasiones especiales. (She dresses very stylishly for special occasions.)

Nosotros nos vestimos con ropa cómoda los fines de semana. (We dress in comfortable clothes on the weekends.)

¿Cómo os vestís para ir a la playa? (How do you all dress to go to the beach?)

Ellos se visten de manera informal para las reuniones de la oficina. (They dress casually for office meetings.)

En la cultura latina, nos vestimos con colores brillantes para las fiestas. (In Latin culture, we dress in bright colors for parties.)

¿Ya te vistes? Llegaremos tarde si no nos apuramos. (Are you dressed yet? We’ll be late if we don’t hurry up.)

Mis amigos se visten de manera informal cuando salen juntos. (My friends dress casually when they go out together.)

Para las entrevistas de trabajo, me visto de manera profesional. (For job interviews, I dress professionally.)

¿Cómo se viste tu hermana para ir al gimnasio? (How does your sister dress to go to the gym?)

Cuando nos vestimos para salir, elegimos ropa cómoda y de moda. (When we get dressed to go out, we choose comfortable and fashionable clothes.)

Los niños se visten solos por la mañana antes de ir a la escuela. (The children dress themselves in the morning before going to school.)

¿Por qué os vestís tan formal para la reunión familiar? (Why are you all dressing so formally for the family gathering?)

Ella se viste de manera elegante para las cenas de gala. (She dresses elegantly for gala dinners.)

Conjugations with English Translations

Conjugations of Vestirse (to dress oneself) in the Present Tense tense (Castilian Spanish) with English Translations:

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Synonyms

The Present tense is also known as the Simple Present, Present Simple, Present Tense, or Present Indicative in English, and as Presente de Indicativo, Presente Simple, Tiempo Presente, or Indicativo Presente in Spanish.