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Dialogar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to converse, chat”.
Below are all of the conjugations for dialogar 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 converse, chat |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | dialogar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está dialogando) and past continuous (estaba dialogando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. conversing).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he dialogado and hubiera dialogado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have conversed).
| Gerundio / Gerund | dialogando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | dialogado |
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 converse” or “they converse”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | dialogo |
| Tú | dialogas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | dialoga |
| Nosotros / as | dialogamos |
| Vosotros / as | dialogáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | dialogan |
| Vos | dialogás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I conversed” or “she conversed” 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 | dialogué | I conversed |
| Tú | dialogaste | You conversed |
| Él / Ella / Usted | dialogó | He / she / you conversed |
| Nosotros / as | dialogamos | We conversed |
| Vosotros / as | dialogasteis | You conversed |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | dialogaron | They / you conversed |
| Vos | dialogaste | You conversed |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was conversing” or “she was conversing” 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 | dialogaba | I was conversing |
| Tú | dialogabas | You were conversing |
| Él / Ella / Usted | dialogaba | He was / she was / you were conversing |
| Nosotros / as | dialogábamos | We were conversing |
| Vosotros / as | dialogabais | You were conversing |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | dialogaban | They / you were conversing |
| Vos | dialogabas | You were conversing |
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 conversed” and “she has conversed”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he dialogado | I have conversed |
| Tú | has dialogado | You have conversed |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha dialogado | He has / she has / you have conversed |
| Nosotros / as | hemos dialogado | We have conversed |
| Vosotros / as | habéis dialogado | You have conversed |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han dialogado | They / you have conversed |
| Vos | has dialogado | You have conversed |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would converse” or “she would converse”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | dialogaría | I would converse |
| Tú | dialogarías | You would converse |
| Él / Ella / Usted | dialogaría | He / she / you would converse |
| Nosotros / as | dialogaríamos | We would converse |
| Vosotros / as | dialogaríais | You would converse |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | dialogarían | They / you would converse |
| Vos | dialogarías | You would converse |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will converse” or “they will converse”.
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 dialogar” means “They are going to converse”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | dialogaré | I will converse |
| Tú | dialogarás | You will converse |
| Él / Ella / Usted | dialogará | He / she / you will converse |
| Nosotros / as | dialogaremos | We will converse |
| Vosotros / as | dialogaréis | You will converse |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | dialogarán | They / you will converse |
| Vos | dialogarás | You will converse |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | dialogue |
| Tú | dialogues |
| Él / Ella / Usted | dialogue |
| Nosotros / as | dialoguemos |
| Vosotros / as | dialoguéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | dialoguen |
| Vos | dialogues |
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 | dialogara | dialogase |
| Tú | dialogaras | dialogase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | dialogara | dialogase |
| Nosotros / as | dialogáramos | dialogásemos |
| Vosotros / as | dialogarais | dialogaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | dialogaran | dialogasen |
| Vos | dialogaras | dialogase |
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 | dialogare |
| Tú | dialogares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | dialogare |
| Nosotros / as | dialogáremos |
| Vosotros / as | dialogareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | dialogaren |
| Vos | dialogares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “converse!” and “don’t converse!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | dialoga | no dialogues |
| Él / Ella / Usted | dialogue | no dialogue |
| Nosotros / as | dialoguemos | no dialoguemos |
| Vosotros / as | dialogad | no dialoguéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | dialoguen | no dialoguen |
| Vos | dialogá | no dialogues |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya dialogado |
| Tú | hayas dialogado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya dialogado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos dialogado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis dialogado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan dialogado |
| Vos | hayas dialogado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera dialogado / hubiese dialogado |
| Tú | hubieras dialogado / hubieses dialogado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera dialogado / hubiese dialogado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos dialogado / hubiésemos dialogado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais dialogado / hubieseis dialogado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran dialogado / hubiesen dialogado |
| Vos | hubieras dialogado / hubieses dialogado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere dialogado |
| Tú | hubieres dialogado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere dialogado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos dialogado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis dialogado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren dialogado |
| Vos | hubieres dialogado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté dialogando |
| Tú | estés dialogando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté dialogando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos dialogando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis dialogando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén dialogando |
| Vos | estés dialogando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera dialogando / estuviese dialogando |
| Tú | estuvieras dialogando / estuvieses dialogando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera dialogando / estuviese dialogando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos dialogando / estuviésamos dialogando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais dialogando / estuvieseis dialogando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera dialogando / estuviese dialogando |
| Vos | estuvieras dialogando / estuvieses dialogando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere dialogando |
| Tú | estuvieres dialogando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere dialogando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos dialogando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis dialogando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere dialogando |
| Vos | estuvieres dialogando |
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 dialogás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos dialogaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos dialogabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos dialogarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos dialogarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos dialogues |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos dialogaras / Vos dialogase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos dialogá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no dialogues |