To sleep Irregular Verb Top 100
Dormir is the Spanish verb for "to sleep". It is an irregular verb, and one of the most popular 100 Spanish verbs. Read on below to see how it is conjugated in the 18 major Spanish tenses!
Item | Spanish | English |
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Infinitive | dormir | to sleep |
Past participle | dormido | slept |
Gerund | durmiendo | sleeping |
The Indicative Present of dormir 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, "duermo", meaning "I sleep".
In Spanish, the Indicative Present is known as "El Presente".
Pronoun | Spanish | English |
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Yo | duermo | I sleep |
Tú | duermes | you sleep |
Ella / Él / Usted | duerme | s/he sleeps, you (formal) sleep |
Nosotras / Nosotros | dormimos | we sleep |
Vosotras / Vosotros | dormís | you (plural) sleep |
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | duermen | they sleep, |
The red dot () above denotes an irregular conjugation.
The Indicative Preterite of dormir is used to talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time. For example, "dormí", meaning "I slept".
In Spanish, the Indicative Preterite is known as "El Pretérito Indefinido".
Pronoun | Spanish | English |
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Yo | dormí | I slept |
Tú | dormiste | you slept |
Ella / Él / Usted | durmió | s/he slept, you (formal) slept |
Nosotras / Nosotros | dormimos | we slept |
Vosotras / Vosotros | dormisteis | you (plural) slept |
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | durmieron | they slept, |
The red dot () above denotes an irregular conjugation.
The Indicative Imperfect of dormir is used to describe regular and repeated actions that happened in the past and descriptions of things you used to do. For example, "dormía", meaning "I used to sleep".
In Spanish, the Indicative Imperfect is known as "El Pretérito Imperfecto".
Pronoun | Spanish | English |
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Yo | dormía | I used to sleep |
Tú | dormías | you used to sleep |
Ella / Él / Usted | dormía | s/he used to sleep, you (formal) used to sleep |
Nosotras / Nosotros | dormíamos | we used to sleep |
Vosotras / Vosotros | dormíais | you (plural) used to sleep |
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | dormían | they used to sleep, |
The Indicative Present Continuous of dormir is used to talk about something that is happening continuously or right now. For example, "estoy durmiendo", meaning "I am sleeping".
In Spanish, the Indicative Present Continuous is known as "El Presente Progresivo".
Pronoun | Spanish | English |
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Yo | estoy durmiendo | I am sleeping |
Tú | estás durmiendo | you are sleeping |
Ella / Él / Usted | está durmiendo | s/he is sleeping, you (formal) are sleeping |
Nosotras / Nosotros | estamos durmiendo | we are sleeping |
Vosotras / Vosotros | estáis durmiendo | you (plural) are sleeping |
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | están durmiendo | they are sleeping, |
The red dot () above denotes an irregular conjugation.
The Indicative Informal Future of dormir is used to talk about something that will happen in the future, especially in the near future. For example, "voy a dormir", meaning "I am going to sleep".
In Spanish, the Indicative Informal Future is known as "El Futuro Próximo".
Pronoun | Spanish | English |
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Yo | voy a dormir | I am going to sleep |
Tú | vas a dormir | you are going to sleep |
Ella / Él / Usted | va a dormir | s/he is going to sleep, you (formal) are going to sleep |
Nosotras / Nosotros | vamos a dormir | we are going to sleep |
Vosotras / Vosotros | vais a dormir | you (plural) are going to sleep |
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | van a dormir | they are going to sleep, |
The Indicative Future of dormir is used to talk about something that will happen in the future. For example, "dormiré", meaning "I will sleep".
In Spanish, the Indicative Future is known as "El Futuro Simple".
Pronoun | Spanish | English |
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Yo | dormiré | I will sleep |
Tú | dormirás | you will sleep |
Ella / Él / Usted | dormirá | s/he will sleep, you (formal) will sleep |
Nosotras / Nosotros | dormiremos | we will sleep |
Vosotras / Vosotros | dormiréis | you (plural) will sleep |
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | dormirán | they will sleep, |
The Indicative Conditional of dormir is used to talk about something that may happen in the future, hypothesis and probabilities. For example, "dormiría", meaning "I would sleep".
In Spanish, the Indicative Conditional is known as "El Condicional Simple".
Pronoun | Spanish | English |
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Yo | dormiría | I would sleep |
Tú | dormirías | you would sleep |
Ella / Él / Usted | dormiría | s/he would sleep, you (formal) would sleep |
Nosotras / Nosotros | dormiríamos | we would sleep |
Vosotras / Vosotros | dormiríais | you (plural) would sleep |
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | dormirían | they would sleep, |
The Indicative Present Perfect of dormir 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 dormido", meaning "I have slept".
In Spanish, the Indicative Present Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Perfecto".
Pronoun | Spanish | English |
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Yo | he dormido | I have slept |
Tú | has dormido | you have slept |
Ella / Él / Usted | ha dormido | s/he has slept, you (formal) have slept |
Nosotras / Nosotros | hemos dormido | we have slept |
Vosotras / Vosotros | habéis dormido | you (plural) have slept |
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | han dormido | they have slept, |
The Indicative Past Perfect of dormir is used to talk about actions that happened before another action in the past. For example, "había dormido", meaning "I had slept".
In Spanish, the Indicative Past Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto".
Pronoun | Spanish | English |
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Yo | había dormido | I had slept |
Tú | habías dormido | you had slept |
Ella / Él / Usted | había dormido | s/he had slept, you (formal) had slept |
Nosotras / Nosotros | habíamos dormido | we had slept |
Vosotras / Vosotros | habíais dormido | you (plural) had slept |
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | habían dormido | they had slept, |
The Indicative Future Perfect of dormir is used to talk about something that will have happened in the future after something else has already happened. For example, "habré dormido", meaning "I will have slept".
In Spanish, the Indicative Future Perfect is known as "El Futuro Perfecto".
Pronoun | Spanish | English |
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Yo | habré dormido | I will have slept |
Tú | habrás dormido | you will have slept |
Ella / Él / Usted | habrá dormido | s/he will have slept, you (formal) will have slept |
Nosotras / Nosotros | habremos dormido | we will have slept |
Vosotras / Vosotros | habréis dormido | you (plural) will have slept |
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | habrán dormido | they will have slept, |
The Indicative Conditional Perfect of dormir is used to talk about something that would have happened in the past but didn’t due to another action. For example, "habría dormido", meaning "I would have slept".
In Spanish, the Indicative Conditional Perfect is known as "El Condicional Perfecto".
Pronoun | Spanish | English |
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Yo | habría dormido | I would have slept |
Tú | habrías dormido | you would have slept |
Ella / Él / Usted | habría dormido | s/he would have slept, you (formal) would have slept |
Nosotras / Nosotros | habríamos dormido | we would have slept |
Vosotras / Vosotros | habríais dormido | you (plural) would have slept |
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | habrían dormido | they would have slept, |
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, "duerma", meaning "I sleep".
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Present is known as "El Presente de Subjuntivo".
Pronoun | Spanish | English |
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Yo | duerma | I sleep |
Tú | duermas | you sleep |
Ella / Él / Usted | duerma | s/he sleeps, you (formal) sleep |
Nosotras / Nosotros | durmamos | we sleep |
Vosotras / Vosotros | durmáis | you (plural) sleep |
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | duerman | they sleep, |
The red dot () above denotes an irregular conjugation.
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, "durmiera", meaning "I slept".
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Imperfect is known as "El Imperfecto Subjuntivo".
Pronoun | Spanish | English |
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Yo | durmiera | I slept |
Tú | durmieras | you slept |
Ella / Él / Usted | durmiera | s/he slept, you (formal) slept |
Nosotras / Nosotros | durmiéramos | we slept |
Vosotras / Vosotros | durmierais | you (plural) slept |
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | durmieran | they slept, |
The red dot () above denotes an irregular conjugation.
The Subjunctive Future is used to speak about hypothetical situations, and actions/events that may happen in the future. For example, "durmiere", meaning "I will sleep".
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Future is known as "El Futuro de Subjuntivo".
Pronoun | Spanish | English |
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Yo | durmiere | I will sleep |
Tú | durmieres | you will sleep |
Ella / Él / Usted | durmiere | s/he will sleep, you (formal) will sleep |
Nosotras / Nosotros | durmiéremos | we will sleep |
Vosotras / Vosotros | durmiereis | you (plural) will sleep |
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | durmieren | they will sleep, |
The red dot () above denotes an irregular conjugation.
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 dormido", meaning "I have slept".
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Present Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Perfecto de Subjuntivo".
Pronoun | Spanish | English |
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Yo | haya dormido | I have slept |
Tú | hayas dormido | you have slept |
Ella / Él / Usted | haya dormido | s/he has slept, you (formal) have slept |
Nosotras / Nosotros | hayamos dormido | we have slept |
Vosotras / Vosotros | hayáis dormido | you (plural) have slept |
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | hayan dormido | they have slept, |
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 dormido", meaning "I had slept".
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Past Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto de Subjuntivo".
Pronoun | Spanish | English |
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Yo | hubiera dormido | I had slept |
Tú | hubieras dormido | you had slept |
Ella / Él / Usted | hubiera dormido | s/he had slept, you (formal) had slept |
Nosotras / Nosotros | hubiéramos dormido | we had slept |
Vosotras / Vosotros | hubierais dormido | you (plural) had slept |
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | hubieran dormido | they had slept, |
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 dormido", meaning "I will have slept".
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Future Perfect is known as "El Futuro Perfecto de Subjuntivo".
Pronoun | Spanish | English |
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Yo | hubiere dormido | I will have slept |
Tú | hubieres dormido | you will have slept |
Ella / Él / Usted | hubiere dormido | s/he will have slept, you (formal) will have slept |
Nosotras / Nosotros | hubiéremos dormido | we will have slept |
Vosotras / Vosotros | hubiereis dormido | you (plural) will have slept |
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | hubieren dormido | they will have slept, |
The Imperative Affirmative is used to give orders and commands, to tell someone to do something. For example, "duerma", meaning "(to you formal) sleep!".
In Spanish, the Imperative Affirmative is known as "El Imperativo Afirmativo".
Pronoun | Spanish | English |
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Yo | - | - |
Tú | duerme | (to you) sleep! |
Ella / Él / Usted | duerma | (to you formal) sleep! |
Nosotras / Nosotros | durmamos | let's sleep! |
Vosotras / Vosotros | dormid | (to you plural) sleep! |
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | duerman | (to you plural formal) sleep! |
The red dot () above denotes an irregular conjugation.
The Imperative Negative is used to give orders and commands, telling someone not to do something. For example, "no duerma", meaning "(to you formal) don't sleep!".
In Spanish, the Imperative Negative is known as "El Imperativo Negativo".
Pronoun | Spanish | English |
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Yo | - | - |
Tú | no duermas | (to you) don't sleep! |
Ella / Él / Usted | no duerma | (to you formal) don't sleep! |
Nosotras / Nosotros | no durmamos | let's not sleep! |
Vosotras / Vosotros | no durmáis | (to you plural) don't sleep! |
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | no duerman | (to you plural formal) don't sleep! |
The red dot () above denotes an irregular conjugation.
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