Morir Conjugation in Spanish

morir means "to die" 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 death — in stories, news, history and the sombre moments of life, which makes it a practical verb to learn early and to use confidently. This page gives you the complete conjugation of morir 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. Morir is a stem-changing (o → ue) -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: El abuelo muere en paz en su casa. — "The grandfather dies peacefully at home.". Work through the tables, read the notes, then test yourself with the quiz at the end of the page.

Quick facts

  • Infinitive: morir
  • English: to die
  • Verb type: Stem-changing (o → ue) -ir verb
  • Gerund: muriendo
  • Past participle: muerto
  • Auxiliary verb: haber (all compound tenses use haber + muerto)
  • Stem change: o → ue in the present, the present subjunctive and related forms (see the notes below).

Full conjugation table

Every tense of morir with all six persons. The gerund is muriendo and the past participle is muerto.

Present indicative

Person Form
yo muero
tú mueres
él/ella/Ud. muere
nosotros/as morimos
vosotros/as morís
ellos/ellas/Uds. mueren

Preterite (past)

Person Form
yo morí
tú moriste
él/ella/Ud. murió
nosotros/as morimos
vosotros/as moristeis
ellos/ellas/Uds. murieron

Imperfect (past)

Person Form
yo moría
tú morías
él/ella/Ud. moría
nosotros/as moríamos
vosotros/as moríais
ellos/ellas/Uds. morían

Future

Person Form
yo moriré
tú morirás
él/ella/Ud. morirá
nosotros/as moriremos
vosotros/as moriréis
ellos/ellas/Uds. morirán

Conditional

Person Form
yo moriría
tú morirías
él/ella/Ud. moriría
nosotros/as moriríamos
vosotros/as moriríais
ellos/ellas/Uds. morirían

Present perfect

Person Form
yo he muerto
tú has muerto
él/ella/Ud. ha muerto
nosotros/as hemos muerto
vosotros/as habéis muerto
ellos/ellas/Uds. han muerto

Pluperfect

Person Form
yo había muerto
tú habías muerto
él/ella/Ud. había muerto
nosotros/as habíamos muerto
vosotros/as habíais muerto
ellos/ellas/Uds. habían muerto

Future perfect

Person Form
yo habré muerto
tú habrás muerto
él/ella/Ud. habrá muerto
nosotros/as habremos muerto
vosotros/as habréis muerto
ellos/ellas/Uds. habrán muerto

Conditional perfect

Person Form
yo habría muerto
tú habrías muerto
él/ella/Ud. habría muerto
nosotros/as habríamos muerto
vosotros/as habríais muerto
ellos/ellas/Uds. habrían muerto

Present subjunctive

Person Form
yo muera
tú mueras
él/ella/Ud. muera
nosotros/as muramos
vosotros/as muráis
ellos/ellas/Uds. mueran

Imperfect subjunctive (-ra)

Person Form
yo muriera
tú murieras
él/ella/Ud. muriera
nosotros/as muriéramos
vosotros/as murierais
ellos/ellas/Uds. murieran

Imperative (affirmative)

Person Form
tú muere
él/ella/Ud. muera
nosotros/as muramos
vosotros/as morid
ellos/ellas/Uds. mueran

Imperative (negative)

Person Form
tú mueras
él/ella/Ud. muera
nosotros/as muramos
vosotros/as muráis
ellos/ellas/Uds. mueran

Gerund and past participle

Form Spanish
Gerund muriendo
Past participle muerto

How to use each tense

Each tense below explains when to use it with morir, 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.

Stem change o → ue applies in this tense — the stem vowel changes in the forms shown above, while nosotros and vosotros usually keep the regular stem.

Example: Él muere en paz.

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.

Stem change o → ue applies in this tense — the stem vowel changes in the forms shown above, while nosotros and vosotros usually keep the regular stem.

Example: Ayer él murió en paz.

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?".

This tense is regular for this verb — the endings follow the standard pattern for its verb class.

Example: En aquella época, él moría en paz.

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?").

This tense is regular for this verb — the endings follow the standard pattern for its verb class.

Example: Algún día él morirá en paz.

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.

This tense is regular for this verb — the endings follow the standard pattern for its verb class.

Example: Él moriría en paz rodeado de su familia.

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".

morir is irregular in this tense, so memorise the forms in the table above instead of applying the regular endings.

Example: Él ya ha muerto en paz.

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.

morir is irregular in this tense, so memorise the forms in the table above instead of applying the regular endings.

Example: Él ya había muerto en paz 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.

morir is irregular in this tense, so memorise the forms in the table above instead of applying the regular endings.

Example: Para mañana él ya habrá muerto en paz.

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.

morir is irregular in this tense, so memorise the forms in the table above instead of applying the regular endings.

Example: Él habría muerto en paz 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.

Stem change o → ue applies in this tense — the stem vowel changes in the forms shown above, while nosotros and vosotros usually keep the regular stem.

Example: Espero que él muera en paz.

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.

Stem change o → ue applies in this tense — the stem vowel changes in the forms shown above, while nosotros and vosotros usually keep the regular stem.

Example: Si él muriera en paz, 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.

Stem change o → ue applies in this tense — the stem vowel changes in the forms shown above, while nosotros and vosotros usually keep the regular stem.

Commands with morir are not used in practice, so there is no natural example sentence for this tense. Learn the forms in the table so you can recognise them if you meet them in literature.

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.

Stem change o → ue applies in this tense — the stem vowel changes in the forms shown above, while nosotros and vosotros usually keep the regular stem.

Negative commands with morir are not used in practice, so there is no natural example sentence for this tense. The forms in the table follow the present subjunctive.

Example sentences

Ten natural sentences with morir, covering different tenses and persons. Read the Spanish first, then check the English.

  1. El abuelo muere en paz en su casa. — "The grandfather dies peacefully at home."
  2. Mucha gente mueren en paz cada día. — "Many people die peacefully every day."
  3. El héroe murió en paz al final de la novela. — "The hero died peacefully at the end of the novel."
  4. En la novela, él moría en paz. — "In the novel, he was dying peacefully."
  5. Algún día él morirá en paz. — "One day he will die peacefully."
  6. Él moriría en paz rodeado de su familia. — "He would die peacefully surrounded by his family."
  7. El poeta ya ha muerto en paz. — "The poet has already died peacefully."
  8. Espero que muera en paz. — "I hope he dies peacefully."

Common mistakes

The errors learners actually make with morir — and how to fix them.

  • Wrong: *Él morió en paz — learners often write morio without the accent. → Right: Él murió en paz.. The preterite third person is murió, with an accent on the o. The stem also changes o to u: murió, murieron, not morió.
  • Wrong: *Yo muero en paz — some learners write moro instead of muero. → Right: Yo muero en paz.. Morir is a stem-changing verb (o → ue): muero, mueres, muere, mueren. The nosotros and vosotros forms keep the o: morimos, morís.
  • Wrong: *Él ha morido en paz — the participle of morir is irregular. → Right: Él ha muerto en paz.. The past participle of morir is muerto, not morido: ha muerto, había muerto, habría muerto. Muerto is also the adjective for dead.
  • Wrong: *El gerundio es moriendo — the gerund changes too. → Right: Está muriendo en paz.. The gerund is muriendo, with the o-to-u change: muriendo, not moriendo. The same change appears in the preterite third person.

Quiz: test yourself

Ten questions on morir. Answers are at the end, with a short explanation for each.

  1. What is the yo form of morir in the present indicative?

    • a) muere
    • b) morimos
    • c) mueres
    • d) muero

  2. What is the él/ella/Ud. form of morir in the preterite (past)?

    • a) moriste
    • b) morimos
    • c) murió
    • d) morí

  3. What is the nosotros/as form of morir in the imperfect (past)?

    • a) morías
    • b) moría
    • c) moríamos
    • d) moría

  4. What is the tú form of morir in the future?

    • a) moriré
    • b) morirá
    • c) morirás
    • d) moriremos

  5. What is the ellos/ellas/Uds. form of morir in the conditional?

    • a) moriría
    • b) morirías
    • c) moriría
    • d) morirían

  6. What is the yo form of morir in the present subjunctive?

    • a) muera
    • b) muramos
    • c) muera
    • d) mueras

  7. What is the gerund of morir?

    • a) morir
    • b) muriendo
    • c) muerto
    • d) muere

  8. What is the past participle of morir?

    • a) muriendo
    • b) muero
    • c) muerto
    • d) he muerto

  9. What does morir mean in English?

    • a) to hear
    • b) to die
    • c) to invite
    • d) to try, to taste

  10. The form morí belongs to which tense?

  • a) Imperfect
  • b) Preterite
  • c) Future
  • d) Present

Answer key

  1. muero — The yo form in the present indicative is muero — the other options are the same tense but different persons.
  2. murió — The él/ella/Ud. form in the preterite (past) is murió — the other options are the same tense but different persons.
  3. moríamos — The nosotros/as form in the imperfect (past) is moríamos — the other options are the same tense but different persons.
  4. morirás — The tú form in the future is morirás — the other options are the same tense but different persons.
  5. morirían — The ellos/ellas/Uds. form in the conditional is morirían — the other options are the same tense but different persons.
  6. muera — The yo form in the present subjunctive is muera — the other options are the same tense but different persons.
  7. muriendo — The gerund is muriendo — it is the form used with estar for the progressive (estoy muriendo). The past participle is muerto.
  8. muerto — The past participle is muerto — it is the form used after haber in the perfect tenses (he muerto).
  9. to die — morir means "to die".
  10. Preterite — morí is the yo form of the preterite of morir — a finished past action. The imperfect yo form is moría.

Frequently asked questions

Is morir regular?

No. Morir is stem-changing (o → ue) in the present — muero, mueres, muere, mueren — and it has an irregular past participle, muerto. The preterite third person also changes the stem vowel: murió, murieron, and the gerund is muriendo.

What is the past participle of morir?

Muerto. It is used in all the perfect tenses (ha muerto, había muerto) and as an adjective meaning dead: un hombre muerto. Do not write morido — that form does not exist.

How do you say "to die" in Spanish?

Morir. For example: El héroe murió en paz. In everyday speech, people often soften it with fallecer (to pass away), which is more formal and polite.

What is the difference between morir and morirse?

Morir is the plain verb (to die), while morirse adds emphasis or emotion — often suddenness or a figurative sense: Me muero de risa (I'm dying of laughter), Me muero de hambre (I'm starving). The reflexive form is very common in idioms.

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