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Dejar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to leave”.
Below are all of the conjugations for dejar in Spanish, in all three moods (indicative/indicativo, subjunctive/subjunctivo and imperative/imperativo) and all of the tenses, for each pronoun.
The vosotros pronoun is mainly used in mainland Spain, and is the informal second-person plural – it could be considered the Spanish version of “y’all”. It is rarely found in Latin America, where ustedes is used instead.
The vos form is used instead of tú in some Spanish speaking countries of South America, especially the Southern Cone (e.g. Argentina and Uruguay) and has a different conjugation.
| English Infinitive | to leave |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | dejar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está dejando) and past continuous (estaba dejando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. leaving).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he dejado and hubiera dejado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have left).
| Gerundio / Gerund | dejando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | dejado |
The basic form of speech, el indicativo is used for making statements, talking about facts, events and things that are certain and objective.
The present tense is as it sounds – it’s for talking about things that are currently going on, which are habitual, or which generally exist. In English, this would be “I leave” or “they leave”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | dejo |
| Tú | dejas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | deja |
| Nosotros / as | dejamos |
| Vosotros / as | dejáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | dejan |
| Vos | dejás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I left” or “she left” in English.
In Spanish, there are two past tenses where just one is used in English; the pretérite infefinido is typically used to refer to a concrete, specific moment in time.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | dejé | I left |
| Tú | dejaste | You left |
| Él / Ella / Usted | dejó | He / she / you left |
| Nosotros / as | dejamos | We left |
| Vosotros / as | dejasteis | You left |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | dejaron | They / you left |
| Vos | dejaste | You left |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was leaving” or “she was leaving” in English, and is typically used to describe things and set a scene, talk about events without a specific timeframe, or talk about habitual events or states in the past.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | dejaba | I was leaving |
| Tú | dejabas | You were leaving |
| Él / Ella / Usted | dejaba | He was / she was / you were leaving |
| Nosotros / as | dejábamos | We were leaving |
| Vosotros / as | dejabais | You were leaving |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | dejaban | They / you were leaving |
| Vos | dejabas | You were leaving |
The perfect tense is for talking about things which happened in the past but are still related to the present or continue into the present.
In English, these use the auxiliary verbs ‘have’ and ‘has’ – i.e. “I have left” and “she has left”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he dejado | I have left |
| Tú | has dejado | You have left |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha dejado | He has / she has / you have left |
| Nosotros / as | hemos dejado | We have left |
| Vosotros / as | habéis dejado | You have left |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han dejado | They / you have left |
| Vos | has dejado | You have left |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would leave” or “she would leave”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | dejaría | I would leave |
| Tú | dejarías | You would leave |
| Él / Ella / Usted | dejaría | He / she / you would leave |
| Nosotros / as | dejaríamos | We would leave |
| Vosotros / as | dejaríais | You would leave |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | dejarían | They / you would leave |
| Vos | dejarías | You would leave |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will leave” or “they will leave”.
It is more commonly used for making a hypothesis about the present. To talk about the future, Spanish speakers frequently use “ir + a + infinivo”, e.g. “van a dejar” means “They are going to leave”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | dejaré | I will leave |
| Tú | dejarás | You will leave |
| Él / Ella / Usted | dejará | He / she / you will leave |
| Nosotros / as | dejaremos | We will leave |
| Vosotros / as | dejaréis | You will leave |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | dejarán | They / you will leave |
| Vos | dejarás | You will leave |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | deje |
| Tú | dejes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | deje |
| Nosotros / as | dejemos |
| Vosotros / as | dejéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | dejen |
| Vos | dejes |
There are two ways to form the imperfect subjunctive.
The first option sees verbs ending in -era (for -er and -ir verbs) and -ara (for -ar verbs), while the second sees verbs ending in -ese (for -er and -ir verbs) and -ase (for -ar verbs).
There is no difference between these two forms, and Spanish speakers use them interchangeably.
| Pronoun | Spanish era/ara | Spanish ese/ase |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | dejara | dejase |
| Tú | dejaras | dejase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | dejara | dejase |
| Nosotros / as | dejáramos | dejásemos |
| Vosotros / as | dejarais | dejaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | dejaran | dejasen |
| Vos | dejaras | dejase |
The future subjunctive is no longer used in modern-day Spanish, apart from in literary and legal contexts, and there is no need to learn it.
It is formed the same as the past/imperfect subjunctive, but with -e endings instead of -a endings.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | dejare |
| Tú | dejares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | dejare |
| Nosotros / as | dejáremos |
| Vosotros / as | dejareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | dejaren |
| Vos | dejares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “leave!” and “don’t leave!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | deja | no dejes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | deje | no deje |
| Nosotros / as | dejemos | no dejemos |
| Vosotros / as | dejad | no dejéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | dejen | no dejen |
| Vos | dejá | no dejes |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya dejado |
| Tú | hayas dejado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya dejado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos dejado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis dejado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan dejado |
| Vos | hayas dejado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera dejado / hubiese dejado |
| Tú | hubieras dejado / hubieses dejado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera dejado / hubiese dejado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos dejado / hubiésemos dejado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais dejado / hubieseis dejado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran dejado / hubiesen dejado |
| Vos | hubieras dejado / hubieses dejado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere dejado |
| Tú | hubieres dejado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere dejado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos dejado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis dejado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren dejado |
| Vos | hubieres dejado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté dejando |
| Tú | estés dejando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté dejando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos dejando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis dejando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén dejando |
| Vos | estés dejando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera dejando / estuviese dejando |
| Tú | estuvieras dejando / estuvieses dejando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera dejando / estuviese dejando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos dejando / estuviésamos dejando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais dejando / estuvieseis dejando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera dejando / estuviese dejando |
| Vos | estuvieras dejando / estuvieses dejando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere dejando |
| Tú | estuvieres dejando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere dejando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos dejando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis dejando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere dejando |
| Vos | estuvieres dejando |
Voseo is the practice of using ‘vos’ instead of ‘tú’ as the second-person singular pronoun, and is common throughout much of South America.
There are various versions of ‘voseo’ used throughout the Spanish-speaking world. The conjugations for the most common type – used throughout Argentina, parts of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguya and Uruguay are below.
The present indicative (presente de indicativo) and affirmative imperative (imperativo) have different conjugations from the tú form, while all other tenses generally use the tú form.
| Tense | Vos Conjugation |
|---|---|
| Present Indicative Presente de Indicativo | Vos dejás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos dejaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos dejabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos dejarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos dejarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos dejes |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos dejaras / Vos dejase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos dejá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no dejes |
