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Divertirse is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to have a good time”.
It’s a reflexive verb, which means the subject performs the action upon themselves – e.g. “I wake myself”.
Reflexive verbs always carry a reflexive pronoun – me, te, se, nos or os – which is often placed before the conjugated verb (e.g. me divierto) or after the infinitive (e.g. Él tiene que divertirse).
Below are all of the conjugations for divertirse 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 have a good time |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | divertirse |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está divirtiéndose) and past continuous (estaba divirtiéndose). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. having a good time).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he divertido and hubiera divertido. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have had a good time).
| Gerundio / Gerund | divirtiéndose |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | divertido |
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 have a good time” or “they have a good time”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | me divierto |
| Tú | te diviertes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se divierte |
| Nosotros / as | nos divertimos |
| Vosotros / as | os divertís |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se divierten |
| Vos | te divertís |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I had a good time” or “she had a good time” 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 | me divertí | I had a good time |
| Tú | te divertiste | You had a good time |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se divirtió | He / she / you had a good time |
| Nosotros / as | nos divertimos | We had a good time |
| Vosotros / as | os divertisteis | You had a good time |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se divirtieron | They / you had a good time |
| Vos | te divertiste | You had a good time |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was having a good time” or “she was having a good time” 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 | me divertía | I was having a good time |
| Tú | te divertías | You were having a good time |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se divertía | He was / she was / you were having a good time |
| Nosotros / as | nos divertíamos | We were having a good time |
| Vosotros / as | os divertíais | You were having a good time |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se divertían | They / you were having a good time |
| Vos | te divertías | You were having a good time |
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 had a good time” and “she has had a good time”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me he divertido | I have had a good time |
| Tú | te has divertido | You have had a good time |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se ha divertido | He has / she has / you have had a good time |
| Nosotros / as | nos hemos divertido | We have had a good time |
| Vosotros / as | os habéis divertido | You have had a good time |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se han divertido | They / you have had a good time |
| Vos | te has divertido | You have had a good time |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would have a good time” or “she would have a good time”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me divertiría | I would have a good time |
| Tú | te divertirías | You would have a good time |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se divertiría | He / she / you would have a good time |
| Nosotros / as | nos divertiríamos | We would have a good time |
| Vosotros / as | os divertiríais | You would have a good time |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se divertirían | They / you would have a good time |
| Vos | te divertirías | You would have a good time |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will have a good time” or “they will have a good time”.
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 divertirse” means “They are going to have a good time”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me divertiré | I will have a good time |
| Tú | te divertirás | You will have a good time |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se divertirá | He / she / you will have a good time |
| Nosotros / as | nos divertiremos | We will have a good time |
| Vosotros / as | os divertiréis | You will have a good time |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se divertirán | They / you will have a good time |
| Vos | te divertirás | You will have a good time |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | me divierta |
| Tú | te diviertas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se divierta |
| Nosotros / as | nos divirtamos |
| Vosotros / as | os divirtáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se diviertan |
| Vos | te diviertas |
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 | me divirtiera | me divirtiese |
| Tú | te divirtieras | me divirtiese |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se divirtiera | se divirtiese |
| Nosotros / as | nos divirtiéramos | nos divirtiésemos |
| Vosotros / as | os divirtierais | os divirtieseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se divirtieran | se divirtiesen |
| Vos | te divirtieras | me divirtiese |
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 | me divirtiere |
| Tú | te divirtieres |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se divirtiera |
| Nosotros / as | nos divirtiéremos |
| Vosotros / as | os divirtiereis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se divirtieren |
| Vos | te divirtieres |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “have a good time!” and “don’t have a good time!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | diviértete | no te diviertas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | diviértase | no se divierta |
| Nosotros / as | divirtámonos | no nos divirtamos |
| Vosotros / as | divertíos | no os divirtáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | diviértanse | no se diviertan |
| Vos | divertite | no te diviertas |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya divertido |
| Tú | hayas divertido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya divertido |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos divertido |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis divertido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan divertido |
| Vos | hayas divertido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera divertido / hubiese divertido |
| Tú | hubieras divertido / hubieses divertido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera divertido / hubiese divertido |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos divertido / hubiésemos divertido |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais divertido / hubieseis divertido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran divertido / hubiesen divertido |
| Vos | hubieras divertido / hubieses divertido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere divertido |
| Tú | hubieres divertido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere divertido |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos divertido |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis divertido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren divertido |
| Vos | hubieres divertido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté divirtiéndose |
| Tú | estés divirtiéndose |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté divirtiéndose |
| Nosotros / as | estemos divirtiéndose |
| Vosotros / as | estéis divirtiéndose |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén divirtiéndose |
| Vos | estés divirtiéndose |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera divirtiéndose / estuviese divirtiéndose |
| Tú | estuvieras divirtiéndose / estuvieses divirtiéndose |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera divirtiéndose / estuviese divirtiéndose |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos divirtiéndose / estuviésamos divirtiéndose |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais divirtiéndose / estuvieseis divirtiéndose |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera divirtiéndose / estuviese divirtiéndose |
| Vos | estuvieras divirtiéndose / estuvieses divirtiéndose |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere divirtiéndose |
| Tú | estuvieres divirtiéndose |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere divirtiéndose |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos divirtiéndose |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis divirtiéndose |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere divirtiéndose |
| Vos | estuvieres divirtiéndose |
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 te divertís |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos te divertiste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos te divertías |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos te divertirías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos te divertirás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos te diviertas |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos te divirtieras / Vos me divirtiese |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos divertite |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no te diviertas |