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Independizarse means ‘to become independent/move out’. It is a regular reflexive -ar verb with a spelling change (z becomes c before e): me independizo (present), me independicé (preterite), independizado (past participle), independizándose (gerund).
Independizarse in use
México se independizó de España en 1821Mexico gained independence from Spain in 1821
Me independicé cuando conseguí mi primer trabajoI moved out when I got my first job
Los jóvenes españoles se independizan cada vez más tardeYoung Spaniards are moving out later and later
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In everyday Spanish, independizarse usually means to leave your parents' home and live on your own.
More tenses
The other perfect tenses (haber + past participle) and the past subjunctive
The imperfect subjunctive has two forms: -ra (more common in speech) and -se (more formal; still heard in speech in Spain, mainly written in Latin America). Both are equally correct and interchangeable.
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