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Divergir is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to diverge, disagree”.
Below are all of the conjugations for divergir 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 diverge, disagree |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | divergir |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está divergiendo) and past continuous (estaba divergiendo). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. diverging).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he divergido and hubiera divergido. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have diverged).
| Gerundio / Gerund | divergiendo |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | divergido |
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 diverge” or “they diverge”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | diverjo |
| Tú | diverges |
| Él / Ella / Usted | diverge |
| Nosotros / as | divergimos |
| Vosotros / as | divergís |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | divergen |
| Vos | divergís |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I diverged” or “she diverged” 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 | divergí | I diverged |
| Tú | divergiste | You diverged |
| Él / Ella / Usted | divergió | He / she / you diverged |
| Nosotros / as | divergimos | We diverged |
| Vosotros / as | divergisteis | You diverged |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | divergieron | They / you diverged |
| Vos | divergiste | You diverged |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was diverging” or “she was diverging” 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 | divergía | I was diverging |
| Tú | divergías | You were diverging |
| Él / Ella / Usted | divergía | He was / she was / you were diverging |
| Nosotros / as | divergíamos | We were diverging |
| Vosotros / as | divergíais | You were diverging |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | divergían | They / you were diverging |
| Vos | divergías | You were diverging |
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 diverged” and “she has diverged”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he divergido | I have diverged |
| Tú | has divergido | You have diverged |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha divergido | He has / she has / you have diverged |
| Nosotros / as | hemos divergido | We have diverged |
| Vosotros / as | habéis divergido | You have diverged |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han divergido | They / you have diverged |
| Vos | has divergido | You have diverged |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would diverge” or “she would diverge”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | divergiría | I would diverge |
| Tú | divergirías | You would diverge |
| Él / Ella / Usted | divergiría | He / she / you would diverge |
| Nosotros / as | divergiríamos | We would diverge |
| Vosotros / as | divergiríais | You would diverge |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | divergirían | They / you would diverge |
| Vos | divergirías | You would diverge |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will diverge” or “they will diverge”.
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 divergir” means “They are going to diverge”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | divergiré | I will diverge |
| Tú | divergirás | You will diverge |
| Él / Ella / Usted | divergirá | He / she / you will diverge |
| Nosotros / as | divergiremos | We will diverge |
| Vosotros / as | divergiréis | You will diverge |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | divergirán | They / you will diverge |
| Vos | divergirás | You will diverge |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | diverja |
| Tú | diverjas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | diverja |
| Nosotros / as | diverjamos |
| Vosotros / as | diverjáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | diverjan |
| Vos | diverjas |
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 | divergiera | divergiese |
| Tú | divergieras | divergiese |
| Él / Ella / Usted | divergiera | divergiese |
| Nosotros / as | divergiéramos | divergiésemos |
| Vosotros / as | divergierais | divergieseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | divergieran | divergiesen |
| Vos | divergieras | divergiese |
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 | divergiere |
| Tú | divergieres |
| Él / Ella / Usted | divergiera |
| Nosotros / as | divergiéremos |
| Vosotros / as | divergiereis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | divergieren |
| Vos | divergieres |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “diverge!” and “don’t diverge!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | diverge | no diverjas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | diverja | no diverja |
| Nosotros / as | diverjamos | no diverjamos |
| Vosotros / as | divergid | no diverjáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | diverjan | no diverjan |
| Vos | divergí | no diverjas |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya divergido |
| Tú | hayas divergido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya divergido |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos divergido |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis divergido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan divergido |
| Vos | hayas divergido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera divergido / hubiese divergido |
| Tú | hubieras divergido / hubieses divergido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera divergido / hubiese divergido |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos divergido / hubiésemos divergido |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais divergido / hubieseis divergido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran divergido / hubiesen divergido |
| Vos | hubieras divergido / hubieses divergido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere divergido |
| Tú | hubieres divergido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere divergido |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos divergido |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis divergido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren divergido |
| Vos | hubieres divergido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté divergiendo |
| Tú | estés divergiendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté divergiendo |
| Nosotros / as | estemos divergiendo |
| Vosotros / as | estéis divergiendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén divergiendo |
| Vos | estés divergiendo |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera divergiendo / estuviese divergiendo |
| Tú | estuvieras divergiendo / estuvieses divergiendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera divergiendo / estuviese divergiendo |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos divergiendo / estuviésamos divergiendo |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais divergiendo / estuvieseis divergiendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera divergiendo / estuviese divergiendo |
| Vos | estuvieras divergiendo / estuvieses divergiendo |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere divergiendo |
| Tú | estuvieres divergiendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere divergiendo |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos divergiendo |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis divergiendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere divergiendo |
| Vos | estuvieres divergiendo |
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 divergís |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos divergiste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos divergías |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos divergirías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos divergirás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos diverjas |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos divergieras / Vos divergiese |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos divergí |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no diverjas |