Divertirse Conjugation in Spanish
divertirse means "to have fun" in English, and it is one of the Spanish verbs you will use again and again in everyday conversation. It is used for talking about having fun — at parties, on holiday, with friends and in everyday life, which makes it a practical verb to learn early and to use confidently. This page gives you the complete conjugation of divertirse in every tense and mood — present, preterite, imperfect, future, conditional, the four perfect tenses, both subjunctive tenses and the imperative — with all six persons, plus the gerund and the past participle. Every form below comes from VerbFlow's verified conjugation tables, so you can trust the accents and the irregular forms. Divertirse is a reflexive stem-changing (e → ie) -ir verb verb, and the notes under each tense explain exactly where it follows the rules and where it breaks them. To hear it in a real sentence: Yo me divierto en la fiesta. — "I have fun at the party.". Work through the tables, read the notes, then test yourself with the quiz at the end of the page.
Quick facts
- Infinitive: divertirse
- English: to have fun
- Verb type: Reflexive Stem-changing (e → ie) -ir verb
- Gerund: divirtiendo
- Past participle: divertido
- Auxiliary verb: haber (all compound tenses use haber + divertido)
- Reflexive: yes — always use it with the reflexive pronouns me, te, se, nos, os, se.
- Stem change: e → ie in the present, the present subjunctive and related forms (see the notes below).
Full conjugation table
Every tense of divertirse with all six persons. The gerund is divirtiendo and the past participle is divertido.
Present indicative
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | divierto |
| tú | diviertes |
| él/ella/Ud. | divierte |
| nosotros/as | divertimos |
| vosotros/as | divertís |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | divierten |
Preterite (past)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | divertí |
| tú | divertiste |
| él/ella/Ud. | divirtió |
| nosotros/as | divertimos |
| vosotros/as | divertisteis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | divirtieron |
Imperfect (past)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | divertía |
| tú | divertías |
| él/ella/Ud. | divertía |
| nosotros/as | divertíamos |
| vosotros/as | divertíais |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | divertían |
Future
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | divertiré |
| tú | divertirás |
| él/ella/Ud. | divertirá |
| nosotros/as | divertiremos |
| vosotros/as | divertiréis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | divertirán |
Conditional
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | divertiría |
| tú | divertirías |
| él/ella/Ud. | divertiría |
| nosotros/as | divertiríamos |
| vosotros/as | divertiríais |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | divertirían |
Present perfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | he divertido |
| tú | has divertido |
| él/ella/Ud. | ha divertido |
| nosotros/as | hemos divertido |
| vosotros/as | habéis divertido |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | han divertido |
Pluperfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | había divertido |
| tú | habías divertido |
| él/ella/Ud. | había divertido |
| nosotros/as | habíamos divertido |
| vosotros/as | habíais divertido |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | habían divertido |
Future perfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | habré divertido |
| tú | habrás divertido |
| él/ella/Ud. | habrá divertido |
| nosotros/as | habremos divertido |
| vosotros/as | habréis divertido |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | habrán divertido |
Conditional perfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | habría divertido |
| tú | habrías divertido |
| él/ella/Ud. | habría divertido |
| nosotros/as | habríamos divertido |
| vosotros/as | habríais divertido |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | habrían divertido |
Present subjunctive
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | divierta |
| tú | diviertas |
| él/ella/Ud. | divierta |
| nosotros/as | divirtamos |
| vosotros/as | divirtáis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | diviertan |
Imperfect subjunctive (-ra)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | divirtiera |
| tú | divirtieras |
| él/ella/Ud. | divirtiera |
| nosotros/as | divirtiéramos |
| vosotros/as | divirtierais |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | divirtieran |
Imperative (affirmative)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| tú | divierte |
| él/ella/Ud. | divierta |
| nosotros/as | divirtamos |
| vosotros/as | divertid |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | diviertan |
Imperative (negative)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| tú | diviertas |
| él/ella/Ud. | divierta |
| nosotros/as | divirtamos |
| vosotros/as | divirtáis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | diviertan |
Gerund and past participle
| Form | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Gerund | divirtiendo |
| Past participle | divertido |
How to use each tense
Each tense below explains when to use it with divertirse, with one example sentence. The example forms are taken from the tables above.
Present indicative
The present tense talks about what happens now, habits, routines and general truths. It is the first tense every learner needs, because it covers daily life: what you do, what you like, where you live. For most verbs the present is also the base for the present subjunctive, so learning it well pays off twice.
divertirse is irregular in this tense, so memorise the forms in the table above instead of applying the regular endings.
Example: Yo me divierto en la fiesta.
Preterite (past)
The preterite talks about finished actions in the past — things that started and ended at a specific moment. Use it for events, for what happened yesterday, last year, or at a particular time. It answers the question "what happened?" and it is the tense of stories told as a sequence of events.
divertirse is irregular in this tense, so memorise the forms in the table above instead of applying the regular endings.
Example: Ayer yo me divertí en la fiesta.
Imperfect (past)
The imperfect talks about the past as background: habits, repeated actions, descriptions, and things that were in progress when something else happened. Use it for "used to", for setting a scene, and for age, time and weather in the past. It answers "what was going on?" rather than "what happened?".
Remember the reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes before the verb in these forms.
Example: En aquella época, yo me divertía en la fiesta.
Future
The future tense talks about what will happen: plans, predictions and promises. In everyday speech Spanish speakers often use "ir a + infinitive" instead, but the future tense is essential for formal writing, for promises, and for guessing about the present ("¿Dónde estará?").
Remember the reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes before the verb in these forms.
Example: Mañana yo me divertiré en la fiesta.
Conditional
The conditional talks about what would happen: hypothetical situations, polite requests, and advice. It pairs with the imperfect subjunctive in "if" sentences ("Si pudiera, lo haría"). It is also the polite way to ask for things and to soften opinions.
Remember the reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes before the verb in these forms.
Example: Yo me divertiría en la fiesta si pudiera.
Present perfect
The present perfect (haber + past participle) talks about the recent past and about experience: what you have done, what has just happened, what you have never tried. It connects the past to the present moment, so it often appears with "hoy", "esta semana", "ya" and "todavía no".
Remember the reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes before the verb in these forms.
Example: Yo ya me he divertido en la fiesta.
Pluperfect
The pluperfect (había + past participle) talks about the past before the past: what had already happened when something else happened. Use it to order two past events — the pluperfect one comes first in time. It appears constantly in stories and explanations.
Remember the reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes before the verb in these forms.
Example: Yo ya me había divertido en la fiesta antes.
Future perfect
The future perfect (habré + past participle) talks about something that will already be finished by a future moment: "Para mañana ya habré terminado". It is also used to guess about the past: "¿Dónde habrá ido?". It is less common in speech but regular in writing.
Remember the reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes before the verb in these forms.
Example: Para mañana yo ya me habré divertido en la fiesta.
Conditional perfect
The conditional perfect (habría + past participle) talks about what would have happened: the past of the conditional. It appears in "if" sentences about a past that did not happen ("Si hubiera sabido, habría venido") and in polite regrets and reproaches.
Remember the reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes before the verb in these forms.
Example: Yo me habría divertido en la fiesta si hubiera podido.
Present subjunctive
The present subjunctive is the mood of wishes, doubts, emotions and influence: what you want, hope, doubt or demand. It appears after "quiero que", "espero que", "es posible que", "ojalá" and after verbs of emotion and doubt. It never stands alone — a trigger in the main clause calls for it.
divertirse is irregular in this tense, so memorise the forms in the table above instead of applying the regular endings.
Example: Espero que él se divierta en la fiesta.
Imperfect subjunctive (-ra)
The imperfect subjunctive is the past of the subjunctive: it follows past-tense triggers ("Quería que vinieras") and it is the tense of "if" clauses about unlikely or impossible situations ("Si tuviera dinero, viajaría"). The -ra forms shown here are the standard ones; -se forms exist too but -ra is far more common in speech.
divertirse is irregular in this tense, so memorise the forms in the table above instead of applying the regular endings.
Example: Si él se divirtiera en la fiesta, sería perfecto.
Imperative (affirmative)
Affirmative commands tell someone to do something: "¡Ven aquí!", "¡Siéntate!". The tú and vosotros forms are the ones you will use most, and they are also the ones that break the regular pattern most often — the tú affirmative command comes from the él/ella present form, not from the infinitive.
divertirse is irregular in this tense, so memorise the forms in the table above instead of applying the regular endings.
In affirmative commands the reflexive pronoun attaches to the end of the verb. The table above gives the verb part of the command; add the pronoun (te, se, nos, os) after it.
Imperative (negative)
Negative commands tell someone not to do something: "¡No hables!", "¡No te vayas!". Unlike affirmative commands, negative commands always use the subjunctive forms, for every person. If you know the present subjunctive, you already know the negative imperative.
divertirse is irregular in this tense, so memorise the forms in the table above instead of applying the regular endings.
Example: No te diviertas en la fiesta.
Example sentences
Ten natural sentences with divertirse, covering different tenses and persons. Read the Spanish first, then check the English.
- Yo me divierto en la fiesta. — "I have fun at the party."
- ¿Tú te diviertes en la fiesta? — "Do you have fun at the party?"
- Ayer me divertí en la fiesta. — "Yesterday I had fun at the party."
- Ellos se divertían en la fiesta cada año. — "They used to have fun at the party every year."
- Mañana yo me divertiré en la fiesta. — "Tomorrow I will have fun at the party."
- Yo me divertiría en la fiesta si vinieras. — "I would have fun at the party if you came."
- Ya me he divertido en la fiesta. — "I have already had fun at the party."
- Espero que te diviertas en la fiesta. — "I hope you have fun at the party."
Common mistakes
The errors learners actually make with divertirse — and how to fix them.
- Wrong: *Yo divierto en la fiesta — the pronoun is often forgotten. → Right: Yo me divierto en la fiesta.. Divertirse is reflexive: me divierto, te diviertes, se divierte. Without the pronoun, divertir means to entertain someone else, not to have fun yourself.
- Wrong: *Él se divirtió en la fiesta — learners often write divertió without the stem change. → Right: Él se divirtió en la fiesta.. The preterite third person changes e to i: se divirtió, se divirtieron. The pronoun stays before the verb in every tense.
- Wrong: *Espero que te diviertes en la fiesta. → Right: Espero que te diviertas en la fiesta.. After espero que, use the subjunctive diviertas, which keeps the ie stem change: me divierta, te diviertas, se divierta.
- Wrong: *Me estoy divirtiendo en la fiesta — some learners write divertiendo without the change. → Right: Me estoy divirtiendo en la fiesta.. The gerund is divirtiendo, with the e-to-i change: divirtiendo, not divertiendo.
Quiz: test yourself
Ten questions on divertirse. Answers are at the end, with a short explanation for each.
What is the yo form of divertirse in the present indicative?
- a) diviertes
- b) divertimos
- c) divierte
- d) divierto
What is the él/ella/Ud. form of divertirse in the preterite (past)?
- a) divertiste
- b) divertimos
- c) divertí
- d) divirtió
What is the nosotros/as form of divertirse in the imperfect (past)?
- a) divertía
- b) divertíamos
- c) divertía
- d) divertías
What is the tú form of divertirse in the future?
- a) divertiremos
- b) divertirá
- c) divertiré
- d) divertirás
What is the ellos/ellas/Uds. form of divertirse in the conditional?
- a) divertiría
- b) divertirías
- c) divertirían
- d) divertiría
What is the yo form of divertirse in the present subjunctive?
- a) divierta
- b) diviertas
- c) divirtamos
- d) divierta
What is the gerund of divertirse?
- a) divierte
- b) divertirse
- c) divirtiendo
- d) divertido
What is the past participle of divertirse?
- a) he divertido
- b) divierto
- c) divirtiendo
- d) divertido
What does divertirse mean in English?
- a) to worry
- b) to cry
- c) to have fun
- d) to relax
The form divertí belongs to which tense?
- a) Future
- b) Imperfect
- c) Preterite
- d) Present
Answer key
- divierto — The yo form in the present indicative is divierto — the other options are the same tense but different persons.
- divirtió — The él/ella/Ud. form in the preterite (past) is divirtió — the other options are the same tense but different persons.
- divertíamos — The nosotros/as form in the imperfect (past) is divertíamos — the other options are the same tense but different persons.
- divertirás — The tú form in the future is divertirás — the other options are the same tense but different persons.
- divertirían — The ellos/ellas/Uds. form in the conditional is divertirían — the other options are the same tense but different persons.
- divierta — The yo form in the present subjunctive is divierta — the other options are the same tense but different persons.
- divirtiendo — The gerund is divirtiendo — it is the form used with estar for the progressive (estoy divirtiendo). The past participle is divertido.
- divertido — The past participle is divertido — it is the form used after haber in the perfect tenses (he divertido).
- to have fun — divertirse means "to have fun".
- Preterite — divertí is the yo form of the preterite of divertirse — a finished past action. The imperfect yo form is divertía.
Frequently asked questions
Is divertirse reflexive?
Yes. Divertirse always takes a reflexive pronoun: me divierto, te diviertes, se divierte, nos divertimos, os divertís, se divierten. Without the pronoun, divertir means to entertain someone else.
How do you say "to have fun" in Spanish?
Divertirse — for example: Me divierto en la fiesta. Or use pasarlo bien: Lo pasé muy bien en la fiesta. Both are correct; divertirse is the verb, pasarlo bien is the idiom.
What is the difference between divertirse and disfrutar?
Divertirse means to have fun, to enjoy yourself in the moment. Disfrutar means to enjoy something (disfruto de la fiesta) — it takes de and describes appreciation rather than fun. You have fun (te diviertes) at the party; you enjoy (disfrutas de) the music.
Does divertirse take a preposition?
Yes, con for the people you have fun with (Me divierto con mis amigos) and en for the place (Me divierto en la fiesta). Both are common.
Related pages
- Divertirse in the present tense — the present tense of divertirse in depth, with its own examples and quiz.
- Divertirse examples and quiz — more everyday sentences with divertirse and a second quiz.
- Spanish verbs — the Spanish hub: every verb, every tense guide and every tool in one place.
- Complete list of Spanish irregular verbs — where divertirse sits among the irregular verbs, grouped by pattern.
- Divertir conjugation — another verb in the same family as divertirse.
- Alegrarse conjugation — another verb in the same family as divertirse.
- Spanish Verb Conjugator — practise divertirse with this tool.
- Reflexive Verb Conjugator — practise divertirse with this tool.
- Present tense guide — how the present tense works for regular and irregular verbs.