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Deleitarse is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to delight”.
It’s a reflexive verb, which means the subject performs the action upon themselves – e.g. “I wake myself”.
Reflexive verbs always carry a reflexive pronoun – me, te, se, nos or os – which is often placed before the conjugated verb (e.g. me deleito) or after the infinitive (e.g. Él tiene que deleitarse).
Below are all of the conjugations for deleitarse in Spanish, in all three moods (indicative/indicativo, subjunctive/subjunctivo and imperative/imperativo) and all of the tenses, for each pronoun.
The vosotros pronoun is mainly used in mainland Spain, and is the informal second-person plural – it could be considered the Spanish version of “y’all”. It is rarely found in Latin America, where ustedes is used instead.
The vos form is used instead of tú in some Spanish speaking countries of South America, especially the Southern Cone (e.g. Argentina and Uruguay) and has a different conjugation.
| English Infinitive | to delight |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | deleitarse |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está deleitándose) and past continuous (estaba deleitándose). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. delighting).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he deleitado and hubiera deleitado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have delighted).
| Gerundio / Gerund | deleitándose |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | deleitado |
The basic form of speech, el indicativo is used for making statements, talking about facts, events and things that are certain and objective.
The present tense is as it sounds – it’s for talking about things that are currently going on, which are habitual, or which generally exist. In English, this would be “I delight” or “they delight”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | me deleito |
| Tú | te deleitas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se deleita |
| Nosotros / as | nos deleitamos |
| Vosotros / as | os deleitáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se deleitan |
| Vos | deleitás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I delighted” or “she delighted” in English.
In Spanish, there are two past tenses where just one is used in English; the pretérite infefinido is typically used to refer to a concrete, specific moment in time.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me deleité | I delighted |
| Tú | te deleitaste | You delighted |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se deleitó | He / she / you delighted |
| Nosotros / as | nos deleitamos | We delighted |
| Vosotros / as | os deleitasteis | You delighted |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se deleitaron | They / you delighted |
| Vos | te deleitaste | You delighted |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was delighting” or “she was delighting” in English, and is typically used to describe things and set a scene, talk about events without a specific timeframe, or talk about habitual events or states in the past.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me deleitaba | I was delighting |
| Tú | te deleitabas | You were delighting |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se deleitaba | He was / she was / you were delighting |
| Nosotros / as | nos deleitábamos | We were delighting |
| Vosotros / as | os deleitabais | You were delighting |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se deleitaban | They / you were delighting |
| Vos | te deleitabas | You were delighting |
The perfect tense is for talking about things which happened in the past but are still related to the present or continue into the present.
In English, these use the auxiliary verbs ‘have’ and ‘has’ – i.e. “I have delighted” and “she has delighted”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me he deleitado | I have delighted |
| Tú | te has deleitado | You have delighted |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se ha deleitado | He has / she has / you have delighted |
| Nosotros / as | nos hemos deleitado | We have delighted |
| Vosotros / as | os habéis deleitado | You have delighted |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se han deleitado | They / you have delighted |
| Vos | te has deleitado | You have delighted |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would delight” or “she would delight”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me deleitaría | I would delight |
| Tú | te deleitarías | You would delight |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se deleitaría | He / she / you would delight |
| Nosotros / as | nos deleitaríamos | We would delight |
| Vosotros / as | os deleitaríais | You would delight |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se deleitarían | They / you would delight |
| Vos | te deleitarías | You would delight |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will delight” or “they will delight”.
It is more commonly used for making a hypothesis about the present. To talk about the future, Spanish speakers frequently use “ir + a + infinivo”, e.g. “van a deleitarse” means “They are going to delight”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me deleitaré | I will delight |
| Tú | te deleitarás | You will delight |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se deleitará | He / she / you will delight |
| Nosotros / as | nos deleitaremos | We will delight |
| Vosotros / as | os deleitaréis | You will delight |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se deleitarán | They / you will delight |
| Vos | te deleitarás | You will delight |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | me deleite |
| Tú | te deleites |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se deleite |
| Nosotros / as | nos deleitemos |
| Vosotros / as | os deleitéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se deleiten |
| Vos | te deleites |
There are two ways to form the imperfect subjunctive.
The first option sees verbs ending in -era (for -er and -ir verbs) and -ara (for -ar verbs), while the second sees verbs ending in -ese (for -er and -ir verbs) and -ase (for -ar verbs).
There is no difference between these two forms, and Spanish speakers use them interchangeably.
| Pronoun | Spanish era/ara | Spanish ese/ase |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | me deleitara | me deleitase |
| Tú | te deleitaras | me deleitase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se deleitara | se deleitase |
| Nosotros / as | nos deleitáramos | nos deleitásemos |
| Vosotros / as | os deleitarais | os deleitaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se deleitaran | se deleitasen |
| Vos | te deleitaras | me deleitase |
The future subjunctive is no longer used in modern-day Spanish, apart from in literary and legal contexts, and there is no need to learn it.
It is formed the same as the past/imperfect subjunctive, but with -e endings instead of -a endings.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | me deleitare |
| Tú | te deleitares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | se deleitare |
| Nosotros / as | nos deleitáremos |
| Vosotros / as | os deleitareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se deleitaren |
| Vos | te deleitares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “delight!” and “don’t delight!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | déleitate | no te deleites |
| Él / Ella / Usted | déleitese | no se deleite |
| Nosotros / as | deleitémonos | no nos deleitemos |
| Vosotros / as | deleitaos | no os deleitéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | déleitense | no se deleiten |
| Vos | deleitá | no te deleites |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya deleitado |
| Tú | hayas deleitado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya deleitado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos deleitado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis deleitado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan deleitado |
| Vos | hayas deleitado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera deleitado / hubiese deleitado |
| Tú | hubieras deleitado / hubieses deleitado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera deleitado / hubiese deleitado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos deleitado / hubiésemos deleitado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais deleitado / hubieseis deleitado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran deleitado / hubiesen deleitado |
| Vos | hubieras deleitado / hubieses deleitado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere deleitado |
| Tú | hubieres deleitado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere deleitado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos deleitado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis deleitado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren deleitado |
| Vos | hubieres deleitado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté deleitándose |
| Tú | estés deleitándose |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté deleitándose |
| Nosotros / as | estemos deleitándose |
| Vosotros / as | estéis deleitándose |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén deleitándose |
| Vos | estés deleitándose |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera deleitándose / estuviese deleitándose |
| Tú | estuvieras deleitándose / estuvieses deleitándose |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera deleitándose / estuviese deleitándose |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos deleitándose / estuviésamos deleitándose |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais deleitándose / estuvieseis deleitándose |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera deleitándose / estuviese deleitándose |
| Vos | estuvieras deleitándose / estuvieses deleitándose |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere deleitándose |
| Tú | estuvieres deleitándose |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere deleitándose |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos deleitándose |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis deleitándose |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere deleitándose |
| Vos | estuvieres deleitándose |
Voseo is the practice of using ‘vos’ instead of ‘tú’ as the second-person singular pronoun, and is common throughout much of South America.
There are various versions of ‘voseo’ used throughout the Spanish-speaking world. The conjugations for the most common type – used throughout Argentina, parts of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguya and Uruguay are below.
The present indicative (presente de indicativo) and affirmative imperative (imperativo) have different conjugations from the tú form, while all other tenses generally use the tú form.
| Tense | Vos Conjugation |
|---|---|
| Present Indicative Presente de Indicativo | Vos deleitás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos te deleitaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos te deleitabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos te deleitarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos te deleitarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos te deleites |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos te deleitaras / Vos me deleitase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos deleitá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no te deleites |