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Digerir is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to digest, assimilate”.
Below are all of the conjugations for digerir 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 digest, assimilate |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | digerir |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está digiriendo) and past continuous (estaba digiriendo). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. digesting).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he digerido and hubiera digerido. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have digested).
| Gerundio / Gerund | digiriendo |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | digerido |
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 digest” or “they digest”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | digiero |
| Tú | digieres |
| Él / Ella / Usted | digiere |
| Nosotros / as | digerimos |
| Vosotros / as | digerís |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | digieren |
| Vos | digerís |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I digested” or “she digested” 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 | digerí | I digested |
| Tú | digeriste | You digested |
| Él / Ella / Usted | digirió | He / she / you digested |
| Nosotros / as | digerimos | We digested |
| Vosotros / as | digeristeis | You digested |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | digirieron | They / you digested |
| Vos | digeriste | You digested |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was digesting” or “she was digesting” 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 | digería | I was digesting |
| Tú | digerías | You were digesting |
| Él / Ella / Usted | digería | He was / she was / you were digesting |
| Nosotros / as | digeríamos | We were digesting |
| Vosotros / as | digeríais | You were digesting |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | digerían | They / you were digesting |
| Vos | digerías | You were digesting |
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 digested” and “she has digested”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he digerido | I have digested |
| Tú | has digerido | You have digested |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha digerido | He has / she has / you have digested |
| Nosotros / as | hemos digerido | We have digested |
| Vosotros / as | habéis digerido | You have digested |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han digerido | They / you have digested |
| Vos | has digerido | You have digested |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would digest” or “she would digest”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | digeriría | I would digest |
| Tú | digerirías | You would digest |
| Él / Ella / Usted | digeriría | He / she / you would digest |
| Nosotros / as | digeriríamos | We would digest |
| Vosotros / as | digeriríais | You would digest |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | digerirían | They / you would digest |
| Vos | digerirías | You would digest |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will digest” or “they will digest”.
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 digerir” means “They are going to digest”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | digeriré | I will digest |
| Tú | digerirás | You will digest |
| Él / Ella / Usted | digerirá | He / she / you will digest |
| Nosotros / as | digeriremos | We will digest |
| Vosotros / as | digeriréis | You will digest |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | digerirán | They / you will digest |
| Vos | digerirás | You will digest |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | digiera |
| Tú | digieras |
| Él / Ella / Usted | digiera |
| Nosotros / as | digiramos |
| Vosotros / as | digiráis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | digieran |
| Vos | digieras |
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 | digiriera | digiriese |
| Tú | digirieras | digiriese |
| Él / Ella / Usted | digiriera | digiriese |
| Nosotros / as | digiriéramos | digiriésemos |
| Vosotros / as | digirierais | digirieseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | digirieran | digiriesen |
| Vos | digirieras | digiriese |
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 | digiriere |
| Tú | digirieres |
| Él / Ella / Usted | digiriera |
| Nosotros / as | digiriéremos |
| Vosotros / as | digiriereis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | digirieren |
| Vos | digirieres |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “digest!” and “don’t digest!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | digiere | no digieras |
| Él / Ella / Usted | digiera | no digiera |
| Nosotros / as | digiramos | no digiramos |
| Vosotros / as | digerid | no digiráis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | digieran | no digieran |
| Vos | digerí | no digieras |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya digerido |
| Tú | hayas digerido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya digerido |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos digerido |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis digerido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan digerido |
| Vos | hayas digerido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera digerido / hubiese digerido |
| Tú | hubieras digerido / hubieses digerido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera digerido / hubiese digerido |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos digerido / hubiésemos digerido |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais digerido / hubieseis digerido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran digerido / hubiesen digerido |
| Vos | hubieras digerido / hubieses digerido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere digerido |
| Tú | hubieres digerido |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere digerido |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos digerido |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis digerido |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren digerido |
| Vos | hubieres digerido |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté digiriendo |
| Tú | estés digiriendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté digiriendo |
| Nosotros / as | estemos digiriendo |
| Vosotros / as | estéis digiriendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén digiriendo |
| Vos | estés digiriendo |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera digiriendo / estuviese digiriendo |
| Tú | estuvieras digiriendo / estuvieses digiriendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera digiriendo / estuviese digiriendo |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos digiriendo / estuviésamos digiriendo |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais digiriendo / estuvieseis digiriendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera digiriendo / estuviese digiriendo |
| Vos | estuvieras digiriendo / estuvieses digiriendo |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere digiriendo |
| Tú | estuvieres digiriendo |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere digiriendo |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos digiriendo |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis digiriendo |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere digiriendo |
| Vos | estuvieres digiriendo |
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 digerís |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos digeriste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos digerías |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos digerirías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos digerirás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos digieras |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos digirieras / Vos digiriese |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos digerí |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no digieras |