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Diversificar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to diversify”.
Below are all of the conjugations for diversificar 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 diversify |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | diversificar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está diversificando) and past continuous (estaba diversificando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. diversifying).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he diversificado and hubiera diversificado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have diversified).
| Gerundio / Gerund | diversificando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | diversificado |
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 diversify” or “they diversify”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | diversifico |
| Tú | diversificas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | diversifica |
| Nosotros / as | diversificamos |
| Vosotros / as | diversificáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | diversifican |
| Vos | diversificás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I diversified” or “she diversified” 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 | diversifiqué | I diversified |
| Tú | diversificaste | You diversified |
| Él / Ella / Usted | diversificó | He / she / you diversified |
| Nosotros / as | diversificamos | We diversified |
| Vosotros / as | diversificasteis | You diversified |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | diversificaron | They / you diversified |
| Vos | diversificaste | You diversified |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was diversifying” or “she was diversifying” 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 | diversificaba | I was diversifying |
| Tú | diversificabas | You were diversifying |
| Él / Ella / Usted | diversificaba | He was / she was / you were diversifying |
| Nosotros / as | diversificábamos | We were diversifying |
| Vosotros / as | diversificabais | You were diversifying |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | diversificaban | They / you were diversifying |
| Vos | diversificabas | You were diversifying |
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 diversified” and “she has diversified”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he diversificado | I have diversified |
| Tú | has diversificado | You have diversified |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha diversificado | He has / she has / you have diversified |
| Nosotros / as | hemos diversificado | We have diversified |
| Vosotros / as | habéis diversificado | You have diversified |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han diversificado | They / you have diversified |
| Vos | has diversificado | You have diversified |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would diversify” or “she would diversify”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | diversificaría | I would diversify |
| Tú | diversificarías | You would diversify |
| Él / Ella / Usted | diversificaría | He / she / you would diversify |
| Nosotros / as | diversificaríamos | We would diversify |
| Vosotros / as | diversificaríais | You would diversify |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | diversificarían | They / you would diversify |
| Vos | diversificarías | You would diversify |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will diversify” or “they will diversify”.
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 diversificar” means “They are going to diversify”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | diversificaré | I will diversify |
| Tú | diversificarás | You will diversify |
| Él / Ella / Usted | diversificará | He / she / you will diversify |
| Nosotros / as | diversificaremos | We will diversify |
| Vosotros / as | diversificaréis | You will diversify |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | diversificarán | They / you will diversify |
| Vos | diversificarás | You will diversify |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | diversifique |
| Tú | diversifiques |
| Él / Ella / Usted | diversifique |
| Nosotros / as | diversifiquemos |
| Vosotros / as | diversifiquéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | diversifiquen |
| Vos | diversifiques |
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 | diversificara | diversificase |
| Tú | diversificaras | diversificase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | diversificara | diversificase |
| Nosotros / as | diversificáramos | diversificásemos |
| Vosotros / as | diversificarais | diversificaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | diversificaran | diversificasen |
| Vos | diversificaras | diversificase |
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 | diversificare |
| Tú | diversificares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | diversificare |
| Nosotros / as | diversificáremos |
| Vosotros / as | diversificareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | diversificaren |
| Vos | diversificares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “diversify!” and “don’t diversify!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | diversifica | no diversifiques |
| Él / Ella / Usted | diversifique | no diversifique |
| Nosotros / as | diversifiquemos | no diversifiquemos |
| Vosotros / as | diversificad | no diversifiquéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | diversifiquen | no diversifiquen |
| Vos | diversificá | no diversifiques |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya diversificado |
| Tú | hayas diversificado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya diversificado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos diversificado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis diversificado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan diversificado |
| Vos | hayas diversificado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera diversificado / hubiese diversificado |
| Tú | hubieras diversificado / hubieses diversificado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera diversificado / hubiese diversificado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos diversificado / hubiésemos diversificado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais diversificado / hubieseis diversificado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran diversificado / hubiesen diversificado |
| Vos | hubieras diversificado / hubieses diversificado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere diversificado |
| Tú | hubieres diversificado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere diversificado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos diversificado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis diversificado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren diversificado |
| Vos | hubieres diversificado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté diversificando |
| Tú | estés diversificando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté diversificando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos diversificando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis diversificando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén diversificando |
| Vos | estés diversificando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera diversificando / estuviese diversificando |
| Tú | estuvieras diversificando / estuvieses diversificando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera diversificando / estuviese diversificando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos diversificando / estuviésamos diversificando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais diversificando / estuvieseis diversificando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera diversificando / estuviese diversificando |
| Vos | estuvieras diversificando / estuvieses diversificando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere diversificando |
| Tú | estuvieres diversificando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere diversificando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos diversificando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis diversificando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere diversificando |
| Vos | estuvieres diversificando |
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 diversificás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos diversificaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos diversificabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos diversificarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos diversificarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos diversifiques |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos diversificaras / Vos diversificase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos diversificá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no diversifiques |