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Delirar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to be delirious, talk nonsense”.
Below are all of the conjugations for delirar 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 be delirious, talk nonsense |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | delirar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está delirando) and past continuous (estaba delirando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. talking nonsense).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he delirado and hubiera delirado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have talked nonsense).
| Gerundio / Gerund | delirando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | delirado |
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 talk nonsense” or “they talk nonsense”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | deliro |
| Tú | deliras |
| Él / Ella / Usted | delira |
| Nosotros / as | deliramos |
| Vosotros / as | deliráis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | deliran |
| Vos | delirás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I talked nonsense” or “she talked nonsense” 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 | deliré | I talked nonsense |
| Tú | deliraste | You talked nonsense |
| Él / Ella / Usted | deliró | He / she / you talked nonsense |
| Nosotros / as | deliramos | We talked nonsense |
| Vosotros / as | delirasteis | You talked nonsense |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | deliraron | They / you talked nonsense |
| Vos | deliraste | You talked nonsense |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was talking nonsense” or “she was talking nonsense” 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 | deliraba | I was talking nonsense |
| Tú | delirabas | You were talking nonsense |
| Él / Ella / Usted | deliraba | He was / she was / you were talking nonsense |
| Nosotros / as | delirábamos | We were talking nonsense |
| Vosotros / as | delirabais | You were talking nonsense |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | deliraban | They / you were talking nonsense |
| Vos | delirabas | You were talking nonsense |
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 talked nonsense” and “she has talked nonsense”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he delirado | I have talked nonsense |
| Tú | has delirado | You have talked nonsense |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha delirado | He has / she has / you have talked nonsense |
| Nosotros / as | hemos delirado | We have talked nonsense |
| Vosotros / as | habéis delirado | You have talked nonsense |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han delirado | They / you have talked nonsense |
| Vos | has delirado | You have talked nonsense |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would talk nonsense” or “she would talk nonsense”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | deliraría | I would talk nonsense |
| Tú | delirarías | You would talk nonsense |
| Él / Ella / Usted | deliraría | He / she / you would talk nonsense |
| Nosotros / as | deliraríamos | We would talk nonsense |
| Vosotros / as | deliraríais | You would talk nonsense |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | delirarían | They / you would talk nonsense |
| Vos | delirarías | You would talk nonsense |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will talk nonsense” or “they will talk nonsense”.
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 delirar” means “They are going to talk nonsense”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | deliraré | I will talk nonsense |
| Tú | delirarás | You will talk nonsense |
| Él / Ella / Usted | delirará | He / she / you will talk nonsense |
| Nosotros / as | deliraremos | We will talk nonsense |
| Vosotros / as | deliraréis | You will talk nonsense |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | delirarán | They / you will talk nonsense |
| Vos | delirarás | You will talk nonsense |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | delire |
| Tú | delires |
| Él / Ella / Usted | delire |
| Nosotros / as | deliremos |
| Vosotros / as | deliréis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | deliren |
| Vos | delires |
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 | delirara | delirase |
| Tú | deliraras | delirase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | delirara | delirase |
| Nosotros / as | deliráramos | delirásemos |
| Vosotros / as | delirarais | deliraseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | deliraran | delirasen |
| Vos | deliraras | delirase |
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 | delirare |
| Tú | delirares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | delirare |
| Nosotros / as | deliráremos |
| Vosotros / as | delirareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | deliraren |
| Vos | delirares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “talk nonsense!” and “don’t talk nonsense!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | delira | no delires |
| Él / Ella / Usted | delire | no delire |
| Nosotros / as | deliremos | no deliremos |
| Vosotros / as | delirad | no deliréis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | deliren | no deliren |
| Vos | delirá | no delires |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya delirado |
| Tú | hayas delirado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya delirado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos delirado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis delirado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan delirado |
| Vos | hayas delirado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera delirado / hubiese delirado |
| Tú | hubieras delirado / hubieses delirado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera delirado / hubiese delirado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos delirado / hubiésemos delirado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais delirado / hubieseis delirado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran delirado / hubiesen delirado |
| Vos | hubieras delirado / hubieses delirado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere delirado |
| Tú | hubieres delirado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere delirado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos delirado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis delirado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren delirado |
| Vos | hubieres delirado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté delirando |
| Tú | estés delirando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté delirando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos delirando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis delirando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén delirando |
| Vos | estés delirando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera delirando / estuviese delirando |
| Tú | estuvieras delirando / estuvieses delirando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera delirando / estuviese delirando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos delirando / estuviésamos delirando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais delirando / estuvieseis delirando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera delirando / estuviese delirando |
| Vos | estuvieras delirando / estuvieses delirando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere delirando |
| Tú | estuvieres delirando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere delirando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos delirando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis delirando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere delirando |
| Vos | estuvieres delirando |
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 delirás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos deliraste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos delirabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos delirarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos delirarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos delires |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos deliraras / Vos delirase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos delirá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no delires |