querellarse

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /keɾeˈʝaɾse/ [ke.ɾeˈʝaɾ.se]

• IPA^(key): /keɾeˈʝaɾse/ [ke.ɾeˈʝaɾ.se] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
• IPA^(key): /keɾeˈʎaɾse/ [ke.ɾeˈʎaɾ.se] (rustic northern Spain, northern and central Andes Mountains (except central Ecuador), Bolivia, Paraguay, northeastern Argentina, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /keɾeˈʃaɾse/ [ke.ɾeˈʃaɾ.se] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /keɾeˈʒaɾse/ [ke.ɾeˈʒaɾ.se] (central Ecuador, Santiago del Estero and environs, elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)
• IPA^(key): /keɾeˈaɾse/ [ke.ɾeˈaɾ.se] (northern Mexico, Yucatán, Central America (except Panama))

• Rhymes: -aɾse
• Syllabification: que‧re‧llar‧se

Verb

querellarse (first-person singular present me querello, first-person singular preterite me querellé, past participle querellado)

1. to sue; to bring suit

   Synonym: demandar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of querellarse (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			querellarse
gerund			querellándose
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		querellado		querellada
		plural		querellados		querelladas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
personal non-finite		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	infinitive	querellarme	querellarte	querellarse	querellarnos	querellaros	querellarse
	gerund	querellándome	querellándote	querellándose	querellándonos	querellándoos	querellándose
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	me querello	te querellastú te querellásvos	se querella	nos querellamos	os querelláis	se querellan
	imperfect	me querellaba	te querellabas	se querellaba	nos querellábamos	os querellabais	se querellaban
	preterite	me querellé	te querellaste	se querelló	nos querellamos	os querellasteis	se querellaron
	future	me querellaré	te querellarás	se querellará	nos querellaremos	os querellaréis	se querellarán
	conditional	me querellaría	te querellarías	se querellaría	nos querellaríamos	os querellaríais	se querellarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	me querelle	te querellestú te querellésvos2	se querelle	nos querellemos	os querelléis	se querellen
	imperfect (ra)	me querellara	te querellaras	se querellara	nos querelláramos	os querellarais	se querellaran
	imperfect (se)	me querellase	te querellases	se querellase	nos querellásemos	os querellaseis	se querellasen
	future1	me querellare	te querellares	se querellare	nos querelláremos	os querellareis	se querellaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		queréllatetú querellatevos	queréllese	querellémonos	querellaos	queréllense
	negative		no te querelles	no se querelle	no nos querellemos	no os querelléis	no se querellen

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

Further reading

• “querellarse”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025