Diversificar Examples, Sentences and Quiz in Spanish

diversificar means to diversify, and it is a verb you will meet in everyday Spanish again and again. Diversificar means to diversify, and it is used for diversifying a company's production, investments, a restaurant's menu and crops on a farm. It is a spelling-change verb: the c becomes qu before e. This page puts diversificar to work: twelve example sentences in different tenses and persons, grouped by use, then two short dialogues where the verb appears naturally, then the common mistakes to avoid, and finally a ten-question quiz with explained answers. Every Spanish form on this page comes from the verified conjugation tables for diversificar, and the full tables are on the diversificar conjugation page if you need to check a form.

Example sentences

Everyday uses

  1. Yo diversifico la producción de la empresa. — I diversify the company's production.
  2. Él diversifica sus inversiones en bolsa. — He/she diversifies his stock-market investments.
  3. Ayer, yo diversifiqué la oferta del restaurante. — Yesterday, I diversified the restaurant's menu.
  4. Antes, nosotros diversificábamos los cultivos de la finca. — Before, we used to diversify the crops on the farm.

In other tenses

  1. Mañana, tú diversificarás la producción de la empresa. — Tomorrow, you will diversify the company's production.
  2. Yo diversificaría sus inversiones en bolsa. — I would diversify his stock-market investments.
  3. Él ha diversificado la oferta del restaurante. — He/she has diversified the restaurant's menu.
  4. Espero que él diversifique los cultivos de la finca. — I hope he/she diversifies the crops on the farm.

With other people

  1. Nosotros diversificamos la producción de la empresa. — We diversify the company's production.
  2. Vosotros diversificáis sus inversiones en bolsa. — You all diversify his stock-market investments.
  3. Antes, ellos diversificaban la oferta del restaurante. — Before, they used to diversify the restaurant's menu.
  4. Mañana, él diversificará los cultivos de la finca. — Tomorrow, he/she will diversify the crops on the farm.

Diversificar in context

Two short dialogues that use diversificar the way people really use it. Read them aloud — the verb forms will stick much faster in a conversation than in a table.

Dialogue 1: today and yesterday

  • Ana: "Hola, ¿qué tal?" — "Hello, how are you?"
  • Luis: "Hoy diversifico la producción de la empresa." — "Today I diversify the company's production."
  • Ana: "¿Y ayer?" — "And yesterday?"
  • Luis: "Ayer, diversifiqué la oferta del restaurante." — "Yesterday I diversified the restaurant's menu."
  • Ana: "¿Y mañana, tú diversificarás sus inversiones en bolsa?" — "And tomorrow, will you will diversify his stock-market investments?"
  • Luis: "Sí, claro. Y tú también." — "Yes, of course. And you too."

Dialogue 2: making plans

  • Marta: "Mañana, nosotros diversificamos los cultivos de la finca." — "Tomorrow we diversify the crops on the farm."
  • Carlos: "Perfecto. Yo diversificaría sus inversiones en bolsa si tuviera más tiempo." — "Perfect. I would would diversify his stock-market investments if I had more time."
  • Marta: "Espero que él diversifique la producción de la empresa." — "I hope he diversifies the company's production."
  • Carlos: "Seguro que sí. Él ya ha diversificado la oferta del restaurante." — "Surely. He has already has diversified the restaurant's menu."
  • Marta: "Vale, nos vemos mañana." — "OK, see you tomorrow."

Notice how the same verb changes with the tense: the present for the plan, the conditional for the wish, the subjunctive after espero que, and the present perfect for what has already happened. That is the whole point of learning a verb across its tenses, not just in one form.

Common mistakes

  1. Wrong: Yo diversifica la producción de la empresa. — Right: Yo diversifico la producción de la empresa. — The person matters: diversifica is the él/ella/Ud. form, while the yo form is diversifico. Using the third-person form with yo is one of the most common beginner errors.
  2. Wrong: Yo diversificé sus inversiones en bolsa. — Right: Yo diversifiqué sus inversiones en bolsa. — In the preterite, the correct first-person form is diversifiqué, not diversificé. diversificar is a spelling-change verb: c becomes qu before e, so the written form changes to keep the same sound. The regular-looking form is wrong.
  3. Wrong: Treating diversificar and variar as identical in every context. — Right: Diversificar means to diversify, while variar means to vary, the close verb. — They overlap, but each has uses the other does not: diversificar fits sentences such as Diversifico la producción de la empresa, while variar belongs in a different sentence. Check the meaning you want before choosing.
  4. Wrong: Yo soy diversificado sus inversiones en bolsa. — Right: Yo he diversificado sus inversiones en bolsa. — Spanish perfect tenses use haber, not ser: he diversificado, has diversificado, ha diversificado. Ser plus the participle makes a passive, not a perfect tense.
  5. Wrong: De niño, yo diversifiqué la oferta del restaurante todos los días. — Right: De niño, yo diversificaba la oferta del restaurante todos los días. — For a repeated habit in the past, use the imperfect (diversificaba), not the preterite. The preterite (diversifiqué) is for one finished action.

Quiz: test yourself

Ten questions on diversificar: four on the forms, three on the meaning, and three on spotting the correct sentence. Check the answer key below.

  1. Complete the sentence: Yo ___ la producción de la empresa. (present tense) A. diversifico B. diversificas C. diversifica D. diversificamos

  2. Complete the sentence: Él ___ sus inversiones en bolsa. (preterite tense) A. diversifiqué B. diversificaste C. diversificamos D. diversificó

  3. Complete the sentence: Tú ___ la oferta del restaurante. (future tense) A. diversificará B. diversificaremos C. diversificarás D. diversificaré

  4. Complete the sentence: Nosotros ___ los cultivos de la finca. (imperfect tense) A. diversificabais B. diversificábamos C. diversificaba D. diversificabas

  5. What does "Yo diversifico la producción de la empresa." mean in English? A. I diversify the company's production. B. I diversify his stock-market investments. C. I diversify the restaurant's menu. D. I diversify the crops on the farm.

  6. What does "Él diversificó sus inversiones en bolsa." mean in English? A. He/she diversified the company's production. B. He/she diversified the restaurant's menu. C. He/she diversified the crops on the farm. D. He/she diversified his stock-market investments.

  7. What does "Nosotros diversificaremos la oferta del restaurante." mean in English? A. We will diversify his stock-market investments. B. We will diversify the crops on the farm. C. We will diversify the restaurant's menu. D. We will diversify the company's production.

  8. Which sentence is correct? A. Yo diversifican sus inversiones en bolsa. B. Yo diversifica sus inversiones en bolsa. C. Yo diversifico sus inversiones en bolsa.

  9. Which sentence is correct? A. Él diversifiqué la oferta del restaurante. B. Él diversificó la oferta del restaurante. C. Él diversificaron la oferta del restaurante.

  10. Which sentence is correct? A. Espero que yo diversifique los cultivos de la finca. B. Yo diversifice los cultivos de la finca. C. Yo diversifique los cultivos de la finca.

Answer key

  1. diversifico — The yo present form of diversificar is diversifico.
  2. diversificó — The el preterite form of diversificar is diversificó.
  3. diversificarás — The tu future form of diversificar is diversificarás.
  4. diversificábamos — The nosotros imperfect form of diversificar is diversificábamos.
  5. I diversify the company's production. — The Spanish sentence uses the present form diversifico, so the English is "I diversify the company's production." The other options use a different object or situation.
  6. He/she diversified his stock-market investments. — The Spanish sentence uses the preterite form diversificó, so the English is "He/she diversified his stock-market investments." The other options use a different object or situation.
  7. We will diversify the restaurant's menu. — The Spanish sentence uses the future form diversificaremos, so the English is "We will diversify the restaurant's menu." The other options use a different object or situation.
  8. Yo diversifico sus inversiones en bolsa. — The correct sentence is "Yo diversifico sus inversiones en bolsa." The other sentences use the wrong form or the wrong person for the subject.
  9. Él diversificó la oferta del restaurante. — The correct sentence is "Él diversificó la oferta del restaurante." The other sentences use the wrong form or the wrong person for the subject.
  10. Espero que yo diversifique los cultivos de la finca. — The correct sentence is "Espero que yo diversifique los cultivos de la finca." The other sentences use the wrong form or the wrong person for the subject.

Frequently asked questions

What does diversificar mean, and when do I use it?

Diversificar means to diversify. Diversificar means to diversify, and it is used for diversifying a company's production, investments, a restaurant's menu and crops on a farm. It is a spelling-change verb: the c becomes qu before e. A good first sentence to remember is Yo diversifico la producción de la empresa. — "I diversify the company's production."

What is the difference between diversificar and variar?

Diversificar means to diversify, while variar means to vary, the close verb. They appear in similar situations, but they are not interchangeable: use diversificar when you mean to diversify, as in Yo diversifico sus inversiones en bolsa., and use variar for to vary, the close verb.

How do I say "I diversify" in the past?

For one finished action, use the preterite: Yo diversifiqué sus inversiones en bolsa.. For a repeated habit or background in the past, use the imperfect: Yo diversificaba la oferta del restaurante.. For something that has just happened, use the present perfect: Yo he diversificado sus inversiones en bolsa..

How do I practise diversificar?

Start with the diversificar conjugation page for the full tables, then the diversificar in the present tense page for the tense in focus, and use the Spanish Verb Quiz to test the forms under pressure. Spelling change: c becomes qu before e, so the preterite is diversifiqué and the subjunctive is diversifique.

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