Ella Verbsvestir to dress, to wear Irregular Verb
At a glance: Vestir (to dress, to wear) is a widely used irregular verbs in Spanish. In the present tense: visto, vistes, viste, vestimos, vestís, visten. Yo, tú, ella/él and ellas/ellos change e to i (visto, vistes, viste, visten); nosotros and vosotros are regular. It is also irregular in the preterite (vistió), subjunctive and gerund (vistiendo).

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The Indicative Present of vestir 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, “visto”, meaning “I dress”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Present is known as "El Presente".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | visto | I dress |
| Tú | vistes | you dress |
| Ella / Él / Usted | viste | s/he dresses |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | vestimos | we dress |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | vestís | you (plural) dress |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | visten | they dress |
How it’s built: Yo, tú, ella/él and ellas/ellos change e to i (visto, vistes, viste, visten); nosotros and vosotros are regular.
Letters in red show where a form differs from the regular pattern.
The Indicative Preterite of vestir is used to talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time. For example, “vestí”, meaning “I dressed”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Preterite is known as "El Pretérito Indefinido".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | vestí | I dressed |
| Tú | vestiste | you dressed |
| Ella / Él / Usted | vistió | s/he dressed |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | vestimos | we dressed |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | vestisteis | you (plural) dressed |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | vistieron | they dressed |
How it’s built: Ella/Él and ellas/ellos change e to i (vistió, vistieron); the other forms are regular.
Letters in red show where a form differs from the regular pattern.
The Indicative Imperfect of vestir is used to describe regular and repeated actions that happened in the past and descriptions of things you used to do. For example, “vestía”, meaning “I used to dress”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Imperfect is known as "El Pretérito Imperfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | vestía | I used to dress |
| Tú | vestías | you used to dress |
| Ella / Él / Usted | vestía | s/he used to dress |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | vestíamos | we used to dress |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | vestíais | you (plural) used to dress |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | vestían | they used to dress |
How it’s built: Regular: stem vest- plus the -ir endings.
The Indicative Present Continuous of vestir is used to talk about something that is happening continuously or right now. For example, “estoy vistiendo”, meaning “I am dressing”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Present Continuous is known as "El Presente Progresivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | estoy vistiendo | I am dressing |
| Tú | estás vistiendo | you are dressing |
| Ella / Él / Usted | está vistiendo | s/he is dressing |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | estamos vistiendo | we are dressing |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | estáis vistiendo | you (plural) are dressing |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | están vistiendo | they are dressing |
How it’s built: Estar in the present (estoy, estás, está, estamos, estáis, están) plus the irregular gerund vistiendo.
Letters in red show where a form differs from the regular pattern.
The Indicative Informal Future of vestir is used to talk about something that will happen in the future, especially in the near future. For example, “voy a vestir”, meaning “I am going to dress”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Informal Future is known as "El Futuro Próximo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | voy a vestir | I am going to dress |
| Tú | vas a vestir | you are going to dress |
| Ella / Él / Usted | va a vestir | s/he is going to dress |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | vamos a vestir | we are going to dress |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | vais a vestir | you (plural) are going to dress |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | van a vestir | they are going to dress |
How it’s built: Ir in the present (voy, vas, va, vamos, vais, van), then a, then the infinitive vestir.
The Indicative Future of vestir is used to talk about something that will happen in the future. For example, “vestiré”, meaning “I will dress”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Future is known as "El Futuro Simple".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | vestiré | I will dress |
| Tú | vestirás | you will dress |
| Ella / Él / Usted | vestirá | s/he will dress |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | vestiremos | we will dress |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | vestiréis | you (plural) will dress |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | vestirán | they will dress |
How it’s built: Regular: the infinitive vestir plus the future endings.
The Indicative Conditional of vestir is used to talk about something that may happen in the future, hypothesis and probabilities. For example, “vestiría”, meaning “I would dress”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Conditional is known as "El Condicional Simple".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | vestiría | I would dress |
| Tú | vestirías | you would dress |
| Ella / Él / Usted | vestiría | s/he would dress |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | vestiríamos | we would dress |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | vestiríais | you (plural) would dress |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | vestirían | they would dress |
How it’s built: Regular: the infinitive vestir plus the conditional endings.
The Indicative Present Perfect of vestir 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 vestido”, meaning “I have dressed”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Present Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Perfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he vestido | I have dressed |
| Tú | has vestido | you have dressed |
| Ella / Él / Usted | ha vestido | s/he has dressed |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hemos vestido | we have dressed |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habéis vestido | you (plural) have dressed |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | han vestido | they have dressed |
How it’s built: Haber in the present (he, has, ha, hemos, habéis, han) plus the past participle vestido.
The Indicative Past Perfect of vestir is used to talk about actions that happened before another action in the past. For example, “había vestido”, meaning “I had dressed”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Past Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | había vestido | I had dressed |
| Tú | habías vestido | you had dressed |
| Ella / Él / Usted | había vestido | s/he had dressed |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | habíamos vestido | we had dressed |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habíais vestido | you (plural) had dressed |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | habían vestido | they had dressed |
How it’s built: Haber in the imperfect (había, habías, había, habíamos, habíais, habían) plus the past participle vestido.
The Indicative Future Perfect of vestir is used to talk about something that will have happened in the future after something else has already happened. For example, “habré vestido”, meaning “I will have dressed”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Future Perfect is known as "El Futuro Perfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | habré vestido | I will have dressed |
| Tú | habrás vestido | you will have dressed |
| Ella / Él / Usted | habrá vestido | s/he will have dressed |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | habremos vestido | we will have dressed |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habréis vestido | you (plural) will have dressed |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | habrán vestido | they will have dressed |
How it’s built: Haber in the future (habré, habrás, habrá, habremos, habréis, habrán) plus the past participle vestido.
The Indicative Conditional Perfect of vestir is used to talk about something that would have happened in the past but didn’t due to another action. For example, “habría vestido”, meaning “I would have dressed”.
In Spanish, the Indicative Conditional Perfect is known as "El Condicional Perfecto".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | habría vestido | I would have dressed |
| Tú | habrías vestido | you would have dressed |
| Ella / Él / Usted | habría vestido | s/he would have dressed |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | habríamos vestido | we would have dressed |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | habríais vestido | you (plural) would have dressed |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | habrían vestido | they would have dressed |
How it’s built: Haber in the conditional (habría, habrías, habría, habríamos, habríais, habrían) plus the past participle vestido.
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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, “vista”, meaning “I dress”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Present is known as "El Presente de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | vista | I dress |
| Tú | vistas | you dress |
| Ella / Él / Usted | vista | s/he dresses |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | vistamos | we dress |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | vistáis | you (plural) dress |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | vistan | they dress |
How it’s built: Every form follows the yo present, visto (vista, vistas, vista, vistamos, vistáis, vistan).
Letters in red show where a form differs from the regular pattern.
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, “vistiera”, meaning “I dressed”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Imperfect is known as "El Imperfecto Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | vistiera | I dressed |
| Tú | vistieras | you dressed |
| Ella / Él / Usted | vistiera | s/he dressed |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | vistiéramos | we dressed |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | vistierais | you (plural) dressed |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | vistieran | they dressed |
How it’s built: Built on the irregular ellas/ellos preterite, vistieron: drop -ron and add the -ra endings; nosotros adds an accent (vistiéramos).
Letters in red show where a form differs from the regular pattern.
The Subjunctive Future is used to speak about hypothetical situations, and actions/events that may happen in the future. For example, “vistiere”, meaning “I will dress”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Future is known as "El Futuro de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | vistiere | I will dress |
| Tú | vistieres | you will dress |
| Ella / Él / Usted | vistiere | s/he will dress |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | vistiéremos | we will dress |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | vistiereis | you (plural) will dress |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | vistieren | they will dress |
How it’s built: Built on the irregular ellas/ellos preterite, vistieron: drop -ron and add the -re endings; nosotros adds an accent (vistiéremos).
Letters in red show where a form differs from the regular pattern.
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 vestido”, meaning “I have dressed”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Present Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Perfecto de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | haya vestido | I have dressed |
| Tú | hayas vestido | you have dressed |
| Ella / Él / Usted | haya vestido | s/he has dressed |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hayamos vestido | we have dressed |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | hayáis vestido | you (plural) have dressed |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | hayan vestido | they have dressed |
How it’s built: Haber in the subjunctive present (haya, hayas, haya, hayamos, hayáis, hayan) plus the past participle vestido.
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 vestido”, meaning “I had dressed”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Past Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera vestido | I had dressed |
| Tú | hubieras vestido | you had dressed |
| Ella / Él / Usted | hubiera vestido | s/he had dressed |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hubiéramos vestido | we had dressed |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | hubierais vestido | you (plural) had dressed |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | hubieran vestido | they had dressed |
How it’s built: Haber in the subjunctive imperfect (hubiera, hubieras, hubiera, hubiéramos, hubierais, hubieran) plus the past participle vestido.
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 vestido”, meaning “I will have dressed”.
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Future Perfect is known as "El Futuro Perfecto de Subjuntivo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere vestido | I will have dressed |
| Tú | hubieres vestido | you will have dressed |
| Ella / Él / Usted | hubiere vestido | s/he will have dressed |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | hubiéremos vestido | we will have dressed |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | hubiereis vestido | you (plural) will have dressed |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | hubieren vestido | they will have dressed |
How it’s built: Haber in the subjunctive future (hubiere, hubieres, hubiere, hubiéremos, hubiereis, hubieren) plus the past participle vestido.
The Imperative Affirmative is used to give orders and commands, to tell someone to do something. For example, “vista”, meaning “(to you formal) dress!”.
In Spanish, the Imperative Affirmative is known as "El Imperativo Afirmativo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | - | - |
| Tú | viste | (to you) dress! |
| Ella / Él / Usted | vista | (to you formal) dress! |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | vistamos | let's dress! |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | vestid | (to you plural) dress! |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | vistan | (to you plural formal) dress! |
How it’s built: Tú takes the ella/él present (viste); usted, nosotros and ustedes take the subjunctive present (vista, vistamos, vistan); vosotros swaps the final r of the infinitive for a d (vestid).
Letters in red show where a form differs from the regular pattern.
The Imperative Negative is used to give orders and commands, telling someone not to do something. For example, “no vista”, meaning “(to you formal) don't dress!”.
In Spanish, the Imperative Negative is known as "El Imperativo Negativo".
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | - | - |
| Tú | no vistas | (to you) don't dress! |
| Ella / Él / Usted | no vista | (to you formal) don't dress! |
| Nosotras / Nosotros | no vistamos | let's not dress! |
| Vosotras / Vosotros | no vistáis | (to you plural) don't dress! |
| Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | no vistan | (to you plural formal) don't dress! |
How it’s built: No plus the subjunctive present: no vistas, no vista, no vistamos, no vistáis, no vistan.
Letters in red show where a form differs from the regular pattern.
Vestir is an irregular Spanish verb. In the present tense: yo, tú, ella/él and ellas/ellos change e to i (visto, vistes, viste, visten); nosotros and vosotros are regular. It is also irregular in the preterite (vistió), subjunctive and gerund (vistiendo).
In the present tense (presente), vestir is conjugated as: yo visto, tú vistes, él/ella/usted viste, nosotros vestimos, vosotros vestís, ellos/ellas/ustedes visten. 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.
In the preterite (pretérito indefinido), vestir is conjugated as: yo vestí, tú vestiste, él/ella/usted vistió, nosotros vestimos, vosotros vestisteis, ellos/ellas/ustedes vistieron. The preterite is used To talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time.
In the imperfect (pretérito imperfecto), vestir is conjugated as: yo vestía, tú vestías, él/ella/usted vestía, nosotros vestíamos, vosotros vestíais, ellos/ellas/ustedes vestían. The imperfect is used To describe regular and repeated actions that happened in the past and descriptions of things you used to do.
In the future tense (futuro simple), vestir is conjugated as: yo vestiré, tú vestirás, él/ella/usted vestirá, nosotros vestiremos, vosotros vestiréis, ellos/ellas/ustedes vestirán. The future tense is used To talk about something that will happen in the future.
In the present subjunctive (subjuntivo presente), vestir is conjugated as: yo vista, tú vistas, él/ella/usted vista, nosotros vistamos, vosotros vistáis, ellos/ellas/ustedes vistan. 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.
Vestir means ‘to dress, to wear’ and vestirse means ‘to dress (oneself), to get dressed’. Vestirse is the reflexive form of vestir, 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 visto becomes me visto. In the affirmative tú imperative the pronoun attaches to the end of the verb, so viste becomes vístete.
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