Dimitir Conjugation in Spanish
The Spanish verb dimitir means to resign, and it is a verb you will use again and again once you know it. Dimitir is a regular -ir verb, so the tables below show you exactly how it behaves in every tense. On this page you will find the full conjugation of dimitir in all thirteen tenses, notes on when to use each one, example sentences, the mistakes learners make most often, a ten-question quiz and answers to the questions students ask about this verb. For example, in the present tense you say El lunes, yo dimito — "On monday, I resign" — and in the preterite you say Yo dimití de su puesto — "I resigned from his post". Work through the tables below, read the notes for each tense, and then test yourself with the examples, the common mistakes and the quiz at the end of the page.
Quick facts
- Infinitive: dimitir
- English: to resign
- Verb type: regular -ir verb
- Ending: -ir
- Gerund: dimitiendo
- Past participle: dimitido
- Auxiliary verb: haber (all perfect tenses are formed with haber + dimitido)
Pronunciation is not listed on this page: the verified tables do not include IPA for dimitir, so no pronunciation is given rather than an invented one.
Full conjugation tables
Every form below comes from the verified conjugation tables for dimitir. The imperfect subjunctive is shown in its -ra forms; the -se forms use the same stem. For reflexive verbs, the pronoun column shows the reflexive pronoun that goes before each form.
Gerund: dimitiendo · Past participle: dimitido
Present indicative
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | dimito |
| tú | dimites |
| él/ella/Ud. | dimite |
| nosotros/as | dimitimos |
| vosotros/as | dimitís |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | dimiten |
Preterite
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | dimití |
| tú | dimitiste |
| él/ella/Ud. | dimitió |
| nosotros/as | dimitimos |
| vosotros/as | dimitisteis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | dimitieron |
Imperfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | dimitía |
| tú | dimitías |
| él/ella/Ud. | dimitía |
| nosotros/as | dimitíamos |
| vosotros/as | dimitíais |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | dimitían |
Future
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | dimitiré |
| tú | dimitirás |
| él/ella/Ud. | dimitirá |
| nosotros/as | dimitiremos |
| vosotros/as | dimitiréis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | dimitirán |
Conditional
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | dimitiría |
| tú | dimitirías |
| él/ella/Ud. | dimitiría |
| nosotros/as | dimitiríamos |
| vosotros/as | dimitiríais |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | dimitirían |
Present perfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | he dimitido |
| tú | has dimitido |
| él/ella/Ud. | ha dimitido |
| nosotros/as | hemos dimitido |
| vosotros/as | habéis dimitido |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | han dimitido |
Pluperfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | había dimitido |
| tú | habías dimitido |
| él/ella/Ud. | había dimitido |
| nosotros/as | habíamos dimitido |
| vosotros/as | habíais dimitido |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | habían dimitido |
Future perfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | habré dimitido |
| tú | habrás dimitido |
| él/ella/Ud. | habrá dimitido |
| nosotros/as | habremos dimitido |
| vosotros/as | habréis dimitido |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | habrán dimitido |
Conditional perfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | habría dimitido |
| tú | habrías dimitido |
| él/ella/Ud. | habría dimitido |
| nosotros/as | habríamos dimitido |
| vosotros/as | habríais dimitido |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | habrían dimitido |
Present subjunctive
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | dimita |
| tú | dimitas |
| él/ella/Ud. | dimita |
| nosotros/as | dimitamos |
| vosotros/as | dimitáis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | dimitan |
Imperfect subjunctive (-ra)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | dimitiera |
| tú | dimitieras |
| él/ella/Ud. | dimitiera |
| nosotros/as | dimitiéramos |
| vosotros/as | dimitierais |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | dimitieran |
Imperative (affirmative)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| tú | dimite |
| él/ella/Ud. | dimita |
| nosotros/as | dimitamos |
| vosotros/as | dimitid |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | dimitan |
Imperative (negative)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| tú | dimitas |
| él/ella/Ud. | dimita |
| nosotros/as | dimitamos |
| vosotros/as | dimitáis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | dimitan |
Gerund and past participle
| Form | Spanish | Use |
|---|---|---|
| Gerund | dimitiendo | with estar for the progressive: estoy dimitiendo |
| Past participle | dimitido | with haber for the perfect tenses: he dimitido |
How to use each tense
Present indicative
Use the present for routines, general facts and what is happening right now. It is the tense you will use most often in everyday conversation, for habits with words like todos los días and for statements that are true in general. For dimitir, the present indicative looks like this in a real sentence: Yo dimito de su puesto — "I resign from his post". Learn the present indicative forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.
Preterite
Use the preterite for finished actions in the past — things that started and ended, often with time words like ayer, anoche or la semana pasada. The preterite moves a story forward, one completed event at a time. For dimitir, the preterite looks like this in a real sentence: Yo dimití por motivos personales — "I resigned for personal reasons". Learn the preterite forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.
Imperfect
Use the imperfect for background, habits and actions in progress in the past, often with words like antes, de niño or mientras. It describes how things used to be, not one finished event. For dimitir, the imperfect looks like this in a real sentence: El lunes, yo dimitía — "On monday, I used to resign". Learn the imperfect forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.
Future
Use the future for plans, predictions and promises, often with mañana, el año que viene or pronto. It talks about what will happen, not what is happening now. For dimitir, the future looks like this in a real sentence: Yo dimitiré de su puesto — "I will resign from his post". Learn the future forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.
Conditional
Use the conditional for polite requests, hypotheticals and what would happen, often in si clauses. It softens a request and describes imagined situations. For dimitir, the conditional looks like this in a real sentence: Yo dimitiría por motivos personales — "I would resign for personal reasons". Learn the conditional forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.
Present perfect
Use the present perfect for recent actions and experiences, often with hoy, esta semana or ya. It connects the past with the present moment. For dimitir, the present perfect looks like this in a real sentence: El lunes, yo he dimitido — "On monday, I have resigned". Learn the present perfect forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.
Pluperfect
Use the pluperfect when one past action happened before another past action. It is the past of the past, and it usually appears with antes de or ya. For dimitir, the pluperfect looks like this in a real sentence: Yo había dimitido de su puesto — "I had resigned from his post". Learn the pluperfect forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.
Future perfect
Use the future perfect for something that will already be finished by a future time, often with para mañana or para el viernes. For dimitir, the future perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Yo habré dimitido por motivos personales — "I will have resigned for personal reasons". Learn the future perfect forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.
Conditional perfect
Use the conditional perfect for what would have happened under different conditions. It looks back at a past that never happened. For dimitir, the conditional perfect looks like this in a real sentence: El lunes, yo habría dimitido — "On monday, I would have resigned". Learn the conditional perfect forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.
Present subjunctive
Use the present subjunctive after expressions of wish, doubt, emotion and hope, such as espero que or quiero que. The subjunctive does not state a fact; it states an attitude towards the action. For dimitir, the present subjunctive looks like this in a real sentence: Espero que él dimita de su puesto — "I hope he resigns from his post". Learn the present subjunctive forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.
Imperfect subjunctive (-ra)
Use the imperfect subjunctive after past wishes and in si clauses about the past, and note the -ra forms shown here; the -se forms use the same stem. For dimitir, the imperfect subjunctive (-ra) looks like this in a real sentence: Si yo dimitiera por motivos personales, todo cambiaría — "If I resigned for personal reasons, everything would change". Learn the imperfect subjunctive (-ra) forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.
Imperative (affirmative)
Use the affirmative imperative for direct commands, instructions and invitations. It tells someone to do something, and it has no yo form. For dimitir, the imperative (affirmative) looks like this in a real sentence: Dimita el lunes — "Let him resign on Monday". Learn the imperative (affirmative) forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.
Imperative (negative)
Use the negative imperative, always with no, to tell someone not to do something. It uses the subjunctive forms, so it looks different from the affirmative commands. For dimitir, the imperative (negative) looks like this in a real sentence: No dimitas de su puesto — "Don't resign from his post". Learn the imperative (negative) forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.
Example sentences
Ten natural sentences with dimitir, covering different tenses and persons. Each one uses a form from the tables above.
- Yo dimito por motivos personales — "I resign for personal reasons"
- El lunes, él dimite — "On monday, he resigns"
- Yo dimití de su puesto — "I resigned from his post"
- Yo dimitía por motivos personales — "I used to resign for personal reasons"
- El lunes, tú dimitirás — "On monday, you will resign"
- Yo dimitiría de su puesto — "I would resign from his post"
- Él ha dimitido por motivos personales — "He has resigned for personal reasons"
- Espero que él dimita el lunes — "I hope he resigns on Monday"
- Yo había dimitido de su puesto — "I had resigned from his post"
- Ellos dimitían por motivos personales — "They used to resign for personal reasons"
Common mistakes
- Wrong: Ellos dimite el lunes — Right: El lunes, ellos dimiten — Ellos needs the ellos form dimiten. The singular dimite belongs with él, ella or a singular noun.
- Wrong: Ayer, yo dimito — Right: Ayer, yo dimití — The present tense cannot describe a finished action yesterday. Ayer forces the preterite, so the form must change to dimití.
- Wrong: De niño, yo dimití todos los días. — Right: Todos los días, yo dimitía — For a repeated habit in the past, use the imperfect (dimitía), not the preterite. The preterite (dimití) is for one finished action.
- Wrong: Yo soy dimitido de su puesto. — Right: Yo he dimitido de su puesto. — Spanish perfect tenses use haber, not ser: he dimitido, has dimitido, ha dimitido. Ser plus the participle makes a passive, not a perfect tense.
- Wrong: Espero que él dimite el lunes. — Right: Espero que él dimita el lunes. — After espero que, Spanish needs the subjunctive: dimita. The indicative dimite is wrong here.
Quiz: test yourself
Ten questions on dimitir. Choose the right form, then check the answer key below.
Complete the sentence: Yo ___ de su puesto. (present tense) A. dimito B. habían dimitido C. dimitiremos D. hemos dimitido
Complete the sentence: Él ___ de su puesto. (preterite) A. dimitimos B. dimitiremos C. dimitió D. dimitid
Complete the sentence: Nosotros ___ de su puesto. (imperfect) A. dimitíamos B. has dimitido C. dimitiríamos D. habrá dimitido
Complete the sentence: Tú ___ de su puesto. (future) A. habremos dimitido B. dimitid C. dimitirás D. habría dimitido
Complete the sentence: Yo ___ de su puesto. (conditional) A. dimitamos B. habían dimitido C. dimitiría D. habremos dimitido
Complete the sentence: Espero que él ___ de su puesto. (present subjunctive) A. dimitimos B. dimitís C. dimita D. habréis dimitido
Complete the sentence: Si yo ___ de su puesto, todo cambiaría. (imperfect subjunctive, -ra form) A. dimitiera B. he dimitido C. hemos dimitido D. has dimitido
Complete the sentence: Nosotros ___ de su puesto. (present perfect) A. dimitiera B. dimitían C. hemos dimitido D. dimitiríamos
Complete the command: No ___ de su puesto. (negative imperative, tú) A. dimitamos B. dimita C. dimitas D. dimitan
Which is the gerund of dimitir, used with estar for the progressive? A. dimitiendo B. dimitiré C. dimitido D. dimitía
Answer key
- dimito — The yo present tense of dimitir is dimito.
- dimitió — The él/ella/Ud. preterite of dimitir is dimitió.
- dimitíamos — The nosotros/as imperfect of dimitir is dimitíamos.
- dimitirás — The tú future of dimitir is dimitirás.
- dimitiría — The yo conditional of dimitir is dimitiría.
- dimita — The él/ella/Ud. present subjunctive of dimitir is dimita.
- dimitiera — The yo imperfect subjunctive, -ra form of dimitir is dimitiera.
- hemos dimitido — The nosotros/as present perfect of dimitir is hemos dimitido.
- dimitas — The negative tú imperative uses the present subjunctive form with no before it: dimitas.
- dimitiendo — The gerund of dimitir is dimitiendo: estoy dimitiendo. The participle dimitido is used with haber instead.
Frequently asked questions
What does dimitir mean in English?
Dimitir means to resign. It is used in everyday situations such as El lunes, yo dimito. The exact English wording depends on the context, but the core meaning stays the same across the tenses.
Is dimitir regular?
Yes. Dimitir is a regular -ir verb: dimito, dimites, dimite. The only thing to learn is the pattern of endings, which is the same for every regular -ir verb.
What is the gerund and the past participle of dimitir?
The gerund is dimitiendo, used with estar for the progressive: estoy dimitiendo. The past participle is dimitido, used with haber in the perfect tenses: he dimitido.
How do I say “I resign” in the past?
It depends on the kind of past. For one finished action, use the preterite: Yo dimití de su puesto. For a repeated habit or background in the past, use the imperfect: Yo dimitía por motivos personales. For something that has just happened, use the present perfect: El lunes, yo he dimitido.
How do I practise dimitir?
Start with the present tense table, then drill the preterite and the imperfect, since those two past tenses cause the most mistakes. Try the dimitir examples and quiz page for more sentences, and use the Spanish Verb Quiz to test the forms under pressure.
Related links
- Dimitir in the present tense — the full present-tense table for dimitir.
- Dimitir examples and quiz — more example sentences and practice for dimitir.
- Spanish verbs — the Spanish hub, with every verb and tense guide.
- Sacudir conjugation — another -ir verb to compare with dimitir.
- Zambullirse conjugation — another -ir verb to compare with dimitir.
- Zurcir conjugation — another -ir verb to compare with dimitir.
- Spanish Verb Quiz — test yourself on real conjugated forms.
- Verb Conjugator — conjugate any Spanish verb in every tense.