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How to conjugate Divertir in Spanish

divertir to amuse, to entertain Irregular Verb

At a glance: Divertir (to amuse, to entertain) is a widely used irregular verbs in Spanish. In the present tense: divierto, diviertes, divierte, divertimos, divertís, divierten. Yo, tú, ella/él and ellas/ellos change e to ie (divierto, diviertes, divierte, divierten); nosotros and vosotros are regular. It is also irregular in the preterite (divirtió), subjunctive and gerund (divirtiendo).

Past participle
divertido amused
Gerund
divirtiendo amusing
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Indicative tenses of Divertir

Divertir in the Indicative Present

The Indicative Present of divertir is used to talk about situations, events or thoughts that are happening now or in the near future. It is also used to talk about facts and truths. For example, “divierto”, meaning “I amuse”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Present is known as "El Presente".

PronounSpanishEnglish
YodiviertoI amuse
Túdiviertesyou amuse
Ella / Él / Usteddiviertes/he amuses
Nosotras / Nosotrosdivertimoswe amuse
Vosotras / Vosotrosdivertísyou (plural) amuse
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesdiviertenthey amuse

How it’s built: Yo, tú, ella/él and ellas/ellos change e to ie (divierto, diviertes, divierte, divierten); nosotros and vosotros are regular.

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Divertir in the Indicative Preterite

The Indicative Preterite of divertir is used to talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time. For example, “divertí”, meaning “I amused”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Preterite is known as "El Pretérito Indefinido".

PronounSpanishEnglish
YodivertíI amused
Túdivertisteyou amused
Ella / Él / Usteddivirtiós/he amused
Nosotras / Nosotrosdivertimoswe amused
Vosotras / Vosotrosdivertisteisyou (plural) amused
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesdivirtieronthey amused

How it’s built: Ella/Él and ellas/ellos change e to i (divirtió, divirtieron); the other forms are regular.

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Divertir in the Indicative Imperfect

The Indicative Imperfect of divertir is used to describe regular and repeated actions that happened in the past and descriptions of things you used to do. For example, “divertía”, meaning “I used to amuse”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Imperfect is known as "El Pretérito Imperfecto".

PronounSpanishEnglish
YodivertíaI used to amuse
Túdivertíasyou used to amuse
Ella / Él / Usteddivertías/he used to amuse
Nosotras / Nosotrosdivertíamoswe used to amuse
Vosotras / Vosotrosdivertíaisyou (plural) used to amuse
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesdivertíanthey used to amuse

How it’s built: Regular: stem divert- plus the -ir endings.

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Divertir in the Indicative Present Continuous

The Indicative Present Continuous of divertir is used to talk about something that is happening continuously or right now. For example, “estoy divirtiendo”, meaning “I am amusing”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Present Continuous is known as "El Presente Progresivo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yoestoy divirtiendoI am amusing
Túestás divirtiendoyou are amusing
Ella / Él / Ustedestá divirtiendos/he is amusing
Nosotras / Nosotrosestamos divirtiendowe are amusing
Vosotras / Vosotrosestáis divirtiendoyou (plural) are amusing
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesestán divirtiendothey are amusing

How it’s built: Estar in the present (estoy, estás, está, estamos, estáis, están) plus the irregular gerund divirtiendo.

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Divertir in the Indicative Informal Future

The Indicative Informal Future of divertir is used to talk about something that will happen in the future, especially in the near future. For example, “voy a divertir”, meaning “I am going to amuse”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Informal Future is known as "El Futuro Próximo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yovoy a divertirI am going to amuse
Túvas a divertiryou are going to amuse
Ella / Él / Ustedva a divertirs/he is going to amuse
Nosotras / Nosotrosvamos a divertirwe are going to amuse
Vosotras / Vosotrosvais a divertiryou (plural) are going to amuse
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesvan a divertirthey are going to amuse

How it’s built: Ir in the present (voy, vas, va, vamos, vais, van), then a, then the infinitive divertir.

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Divertir in the Indicative Future

The Indicative Future of divertir is used to talk about something that will happen in the future. For example, “divertiré”, meaning “I will amuse”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Future is known as "El Futuro Simple".

PronounSpanishEnglish
YodivertiréI will amuse
Túdivertirásyou will amuse
Ella / Él / Usteddivertirás/he will amuse
Nosotras / Nosotrosdivertiremoswe will amuse
Vosotras / Vosotrosdivertiréisyou (plural) will amuse
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesdivertiránthey will amuse

How it’s built: Regular: the infinitive divertir plus the future endings.

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Divertir in the Indicative Conditional

The Indicative Conditional of divertir is used to talk about something that may happen in the future, hypothesis and probabilities. For example, “divertiría”, meaning “I would amuse”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Conditional is known as "El Condicional Simple".

PronounSpanishEnglish
YodivertiríaI would amuse
Túdivertiríasyou would amuse
Ella / Él / Usteddivertirías/he would amuse
Nosotras / Nosotrosdivertiríamoswe would amuse
Vosotras / Vosotrosdivertiríaisyou (plural) would amuse
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesdivertiríanthey would amuse

How it’s built: Regular: the infinitive divertir plus the conditional endings.

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Divertir in the Indicative Present Perfect

The Indicative Present Perfect of divertir is used to describe actions that started recently (in the past) and are still happening now or things that have been done recently. For example, “he divertido”, meaning “I have amused”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Present Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Perfecto".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohe divertidoI have amused
Túhas divertidoyou have amused
Ella / Él / Ustedha divertidos/he has amused
Nosotras / Nosotroshemos divertidowe have amused
Vosotras / Vosotroshabéis divertidoyou (plural) have amused
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshan divertidothey have amused

How it’s built: Haber in the present (he, has, ha, hemos, habéis, han) plus the past participle divertido.

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Divertir in the Indicative Past Perfect

The Indicative Past Perfect of divertir is used to talk about actions that happened before another action in the past. For example, “había divertido”, meaning “I had amused”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Past Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohabía divertidoI had amused
Túhabías divertidoyou had amused
Ella / Él / Ustedhabía divertidos/he had amused
Nosotras / Nosotroshabíamos divertidowe had amused
Vosotras / Vosotroshabíais divertidoyou (plural) had amused
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshabían divertidothey had amused

How it’s built: Haber in the imperfect (había, habías, había, habíamos, habíais, habían) plus the past participle divertido.

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Divertir in the Indicative Future Perfect

The Indicative Future Perfect of divertir is used to talk about something that will have happened in the future after something else has already happened. For example, “habré divertido”, meaning “I will have amused”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Future Perfect is known as "El Futuro Perfecto".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohabré divertidoI will have amused
Túhabrás divertidoyou will have amused
Ella / Él / Ustedhabrá divertidos/he will have amused
Nosotras / Nosotroshabremos divertidowe will have amused
Vosotras / Vosotroshabréis divertidoyou (plural) will have amused
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshabrán divertidothey will have amused

How it’s built: Haber in the future (habré, habrás, habrá, habremos, habréis, habrán) plus the past participle divertido.

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Divertir in the Indicative Conditional Perfect

The Indicative Conditional Perfect of divertir is used to talk about something that would have happened in the past but didn’t due to another action. For example, “habría divertido”, meaning “I would have amused”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Conditional Perfect is known as "El Condicional Perfecto".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohabría divertidoI would have amused
Túhabrías divertidoyou would have amused
Ella / Él / Ustedhabría divertidos/he would have amused
Nosotras / Nosotroshabríamos divertidowe would have amused
Vosotras / Vosotroshabríais divertidoyou (plural) would have amused
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshabrían divertidothey would have amused

How it’s built: Haber in the conditional (habría, habrías, habría, habríamos, habríais, habrían) plus the past participle divertido.

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Subjunctive tenses of Divertir

Divertir in the Subjunctive Present

The Subjunctive Present is used to talk about situations of uncertainty, or emotions such as wishes, desires and hopes. It differs from the indicative mood due to the uncertainty of the events which are being spoken about. For example, “divierta”, meaning “I amuse”.

In Spanish, the Subjunctive Present is known as "El Presente de Subjuntivo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
YodiviertaI amuse
Túdiviertasyou amuse
Ella / Él / Usteddiviertas/he amuses
Nosotras / Nosotrosdivirtamoswe amuse
Vosotras / Vosotrosdivirtáisyou (plural) amuse
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesdiviertanthey amuse

How it’s built: Yo, tú, ella/él and ellas/ellos follow the yo present, divierto (divierta, diviertas, divierta, diviertan); nosotros and vosotros change e to i (divirtamos, divirtáis).

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Divertir in the Subjunctive Imperfect

The Subjunctive Imperfect is used to speak about unlikely or uncertain events in the past or to cast an opinion (emotional) about something that happened in the past. For example, “divirtiera”, meaning “I amused”.

In Spanish, the Subjunctive Imperfect is known as "El Imperfecto Subjuntivo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
YodivirtieraI amused
Túdivirtierasyou amused
Ella / Él / Usteddivirtieras/he amused
Nosotras / Nosotrosdivirtiéramoswe amused
Vosotras / Vosotrosdivirtieraisyou (plural) amused
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesdivirtieranthey amused

How it’s built: Built on the irregular ellas/ellos preterite, divirtieron: drop -ron and add the -ra endings; nosotros adds an accent (divirtiéramos).

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Divertir in the Subjunctive Future

The Subjunctive Future is used to speak about hypothetical situations, and actions/events that may happen in the future. For example, “divirtiere”, meaning “I will amuse”.

In Spanish, the Subjunctive Future is known as "El Futuro de Subjuntivo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
YodivirtiereI will amuse
Túdivirtieresyou will amuse
Ella / Él / Usteddivirtieres/he will amuse
Nosotras / Nosotrosdivirtiéremoswe will amuse
Vosotras / Vosotrosdivirtiereisyou (plural) will amuse
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesdivirtierenthey will amuse

How it’s built: Built on the irregular ellas/ellos preterite, divirtieron: drop -ron and add the -re endings; nosotros adds an accent (divirtiéremos).

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Divertir in the Subjunctive Present Perfect

The Subjunctive Present Perfect is used to describe past actions or events that are still connected to the present day and to speak about an action that will have happened by a certain time in the future. For example, “haya divertido”, meaning “I have amused”.

In Spanish, the Subjunctive Present Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Perfecto de Subjuntivo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohaya divertidoI have amused
Túhayas divertidoyou have amused
Ella / Él / Ustedhaya divertidos/he has amused
Nosotras / Nosotroshayamos divertidowe have amused
Vosotras / Vosotroshayáis divertidoyou (plural) have amused
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshayan divertidothey have amused

How it’s built: Haber in the subjunctive present (haya, hayas, haya, hayamos, hayáis, hayan) plus the past participle divertido.

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Divertir in the Subjunctive Past Perfect

The Subjunctive Past Perfect is used to speak about hypothetical situations, and actions/events that occurred before other actions/events in the past. For example, “hubiera divertido”, meaning “I had amused”.

In Spanish, the Subjunctive Past Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto de Subjuntivo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohubiera divertidoI had amused
Túhubieras divertidoyou had amused
Ella / Él / Ustedhubiera divertidos/he had amused
Nosotras / Nosotroshubiéramos divertidowe had amused
Vosotras / Vosotroshubierais divertidoyou (plural) had amused
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshubieran divertidothey had amused

How it’s built: Haber in the subjunctive imperfect (hubiera, hubieras, hubiera, hubiéramos, hubierais, hubieran) plus the past participle divertido.

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Divertir in the Subjunctive Future Perfect

The Subjunctive Future Perfect is used to speak about something that will have happened if a hypothetical situations occurs in the future. For example, “hubiere divertido”, meaning “I will have amused”.

In Spanish, the Subjunctive Future Perfect is known as "El Futuro Perfecto de Subjuntivo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohubiere divertidoI will have amused
Túhubieres divertidoyou will have amused
Ella / Él / Ustedhubiere divertidos/he will have amused
Nosotras / Nosotroshubiéremos divertidowe will have amused
Vosotras / Vosotroshubiereis divertidoyou (plural) will have amused
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshubieren divertidothey will have amused

How it’s built: Haber in the subjunctive future (hubiere, hubieres, hubiere, hubiéremos, hubiereis, hubieren) plus the past participle divertido.

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Imperative tenses of Divertir

Divertir in the Imperative Affirmative

The Imperative Affirmative is used to give orders and commands, to tell someone to do something. For example, “divierta”, meaning “(to you formal) amuse!”.

In Spanish, the Imperative Affirmative is known as "El Imperativo Afirmativo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yo--
Túdivierte(to you) amuse!
Ella / Él / Usteddivierta(to you formal) amuse!
Nosotras / Nosotrosdivirtamoslet's amuse!
Vosotras / Vosotrosdivertid(to you plural) amuse!
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesdiviertan(to you plural formal) amuse!

How it’s built: Tú takes the ella/él present (divierte); usted, nosotros and ustedes take the subjunctive present (divierta, divirtamos, diviertan); vosotros swaps the final r of the infinitive for a d (divertid).

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Divertir in the Imperative Negative

The Imperative Negative is used to give orders and commands, telling someone not to do something. For example, “no divierta”, meaning “(to you formal) don't amuse!”.

In Spanish, the Imperative Negative is known as "El Imperativo Negativo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yo--
Túno diviertas(to you) don't amuse!
Ella / Él / Ustedno divierta(to you formal) don't amuse!
Nosotras / Nosotrosno divirtamoslet's not amuse!
Vosotras / Vosotrosno divirtáis(to you plural) don't amuse!
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesno diviertan(to you plural formal) don't amuse!

How it’s built: No plus the subjunctive present: no diviertas, no divierta, no divirtamos, no divirtáis, no diviertan.

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Frequently asked questions about Divertir

Is divertir a regular or irregular verb?

Divertir is an irregular Spanish verb. In the present tense: yo, tú, ella/él and ellas/ellos change e to ie (divierto, diviertes, divierte, divierten); nosotros and vosotros are regular. It is also irregular in the preterite (divirtió), subjunctive and gerund (divirtiendo).

How do you conjugate divertir in the present tense (presente)?

In the present tense (presente), divertir is conjugated as: yo divierto, tú diviertes, él/ella/usted divierte, nosotros divertimos, vosotros divertís, ellos/ellas/ustedes divierten. The present tense is used To talk about situations, events or thoughts that are happening now or in the near future. It is also used to talk about facts and truths.

How do you conjugate divertir in the preterite (pretérito indefinido)?

In the preterite (pretérito indefinido), divertir is conjugated as: yo divertí, tú divertiste, él/ella/usted divirtió, nosotros divertimos, vosotros divertisteis, ellos/ellas/ustedes divirtieron. The preterite is used To talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time.

How do you conjugate divertir in the imperfect (pretérito imperfecto)?

In the imperfect (pretérito imperfecto), divertir is conjugated as: yo divertía, tú divertías, él/ella/usted divertía, nosotros divertíamos, vosotros divertíais, ellos/ellas/ustedes divertían. The imperfect is used To describe regular and repeated actions that happened in the past and descriptions of things you used to do.

How do you conjugate divertir in the future tense (futuro simple)?

In the future tense (futuro simple), divertir is conjugated as: yo divertiré, tú divertirás, él/ella/usted divertirá, nosotros divertiremos, vosotros divertiréis, ellos/ellas/ustedes divertirán. The future tense is used To talk about something that will happen in the future.

How do you conjugate divertir in the present subjunctive (subjuntivo presente)?

In the present subjunctive (subjuntivo presente), divertir is conjugated as: yo divierta, tú diviertas, él/ella/usted divierta, nosotros divirtamos, vosotros divirtáis, ellos/ellas/ustedes diviertan. The present subjunctive is used To talk about situations of uncertainty, or emotions such as wishes, desires and hopes. It differs from the indicative mood due to the uncertainty of the events which are being spoken about.

What’s the difference between divertir and divertirse?

Divertir means ‘to amuse, to entertain’ and divertirse means ‘to have fun, to enjoy (oneself), to have a good time’. Divertirse is the reflexive form of divertir, so it always takes a reflexive pronoun – me, te, se, nos, os or se – that matches the subject. The verb itself is conjugated the same way: in the present tense, yo divierto becomes me divierto. In the affirmative tú imperative the pronoun attaches to the end of the verb, so divierte becomes diviértete.


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