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Dirigirse conjugation

Dirigirse is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to go to, go toward”.

Below are all of the conjugations for dirigirse 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.

Dirigirse Infinitive

English Infinitive	to go to, go toward
Spanish Infinitive	dirigirse

Dirigirse Gerund and Past Participle

The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está dirigiéndose) and past continuous (estaba dirigiéndose). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. going to).

The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he dirigido and hubiera dirigido. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have gone to).

Gerundio / Gerund	dirigiéndose
Participio / Past Participle	dirigido

Dirigirse Indicative Conjugations

The basic form of speech, el indicativo is used for making statements, talking about facts, events and things that are certain and objective.

Dirigirse Presente / Present

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 go to” or “they go to”.

Pronoun	Spanish
Yo	me dirijo
Tú	te diriges
Él / Ella / Usted	se dirige
Nosotros / as	nos dirigimos
Vosotros / as	os dirigís
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	se dirigen
Vos	te dirigís

Dirigirse Preterite / Pretérito Indefinido

Your simple past tense, e.g. “I went to” or “she went to” 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	me dirigí	I went to
Tú	te dirigiste	You went to
Él / Ella / Usted	se dirigió	He / she / you went to
Nosotros / as	nos dirigimos	We went to
Vosotros / as	os dirigisteis	You went to
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	se dirigieron	They / you went to
Vos	te dirigiste	You went to

Dirigirse Imperfect / Pretérito Imperfecto

The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was going to” or “she was going to” 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	me dirigía	I was going to
Tú	te dirigías	You were going to
Él / Ella / Usted	se dirigía	He was / she was / you were going to
Nosotros / as	nos dirigíamos	We were going to
Vosotros / as	os dirigíais	You were going to
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	se dirigían	They / you were going to
Vos	te dirigías	You were going to

Dirigirse Perfect / Perfecto

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 gone to” and “she has gone to”.

Pronoun	Spanish	English
Yo	he dirigido	I have gone to
Tú	has dirigido	You have gone to
Él / Ella / Usted	ha dirigido	He has / she has / you have gone to
Nosotros / as	hemos dirigido	We have gone to
Vosotros / as	habéis dirigido	You have gone to
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	han dirigido	They / you have gone to
Vos	has dirigido	You have gone to

Dirigirse Conditional / Condicional

The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would go to” or “she would go to”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.

Pronoun	Spanish	Englush
Yo	me dirigiría	I would go to
Tú	te dirigirías	You would go to
Él / Ella / Usted	se dirigiría	He / she / you would go to
Nosotros / as	nos dirigiríamos	We would go to
Vosotros / as	os dirigiríais	You would go to
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	se dirigirían	They / you would go to
Vos	te dirigirías	You would go to

Dirigirse Future / Futuro

The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will go to” or “they will go to”.

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 dirigirse” means “They are going to go to”.

Pronoun	Spanish	English
Yo	me dirigiré	I will go to
Tú	te dirigirás	You will go to
Él / Ella / Usted	se dirigirá	He / she / you will go to
Nosotros / as	nos dirigiremos	We will go to
Vosotros / as	os dirigiréis	You will go to
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	se dirigirán	They / you will go to
Vos	te dirigirás	You will go to

Dirigirse Subjunctive Conjugations

Dirigirse Present Subjunctive / Presente de Subjuntivo

Pronoun	Spanish
Yo	me dirija
Tú	te dirijas
Él / Ella / Usted	se dirija
Nosotros / as	nos dirijamos
Vosotros / as	os dirijáis
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	se dirijan
Vos	te dirijas

Dirigirse Past Subjunctive / Imperfecto de Subjuntivo

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	me dirigiera	me dirigiese
Tú	te dirigieras	me dirigiese
Él / Ella / Usted	se dirigiera	se dirigiese
Nosotros / as	nos dirigiéramos	nos dirigiésemos
Vosotros / as	os dirigierais	os dirigieseis
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	se dirigieran	se dirigiesen
Vos	te dirigieras	me dirigiese

Dirigirse Future Subjunctive / Futuro de Subjuntivo

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	me dirigiere
Tú	te dirigieres
Él / Ella / Usted	se dirigiera
Nosotros / as	nos dirigiéremos
Vosotros / as	os dirigiereis
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	se dirigieren
Vos	te dirigieres

Dirigirse Imperative Conjugations

Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “go to!” and “don’t go to!”.

Pronoun	Spanish Affirmative	Spanish Negative
Tú	dirígete	no te dirijas
Él / Ella / Usted	diríjase	no se dirija
Nosotros / as	dirijámonos	no nos dirijamos
Vosotros / as	dirigíos	no os dirijáis
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	diríjanse	no se dirijan
Vos	dirigite	no te dirijas

Dirigirse Compound Subjunctive Tenses

Dirigirse Subjunctive Perfect

Pronoun	Spanish
Yo	haya dirigido
Tú	hayas dirigido
Él / Ella / Usted	haya dirigido
Nosotros / as	hayamos dirigido
Vosotros / as	hayáis dirigido
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	hayan dirigido
Vos	hayas dirigido

Dirigirse Subjunctive Past Perfect

Pronoun	Spanish
Yo	hubiera dirigido / hubiese dirigido
Tú	hubieras dirigido / hubieses dirigido
Él / Ella / Usted	hubiera dirigido / hubiese dirigido
Nosotros / as	hubiéramos dirigido / hubiésemos dirigido
Vosotros / as	hubierais dirigido / hubieseis dirigido
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	hubieran dirigido / hubiesen dirigido
Vos	hubieras dirigido / hubieses dirigido

Dirigirse Subjunctive Future Perfect

Pronoun	Spanish
Yo	hubiere dirigido
Tú	hubieres dirigido
Él / Ella / Usted	hubiere dirigido
Nosotros / as	hubiéremos dirigido
Vosotros / as	hubiereis dirigido
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	hubieren dirigido
Vos	hubieres dirigido

Dirigirse Subjective Progressive Perfect

Pronoun	Spanish
Yo	esté dirigiéndose
Tú	estés dirigiéndose
Él / Ella / Usted	esté dirigiéndose
Nosotros / as	estemos dirigiéndose
Vosotros / as	estéis dirigiéndose
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	estén dirigiéndose
Vos	estés dirigiéndose

Dirigirse Subjunctive Past Progressive

Pronoun	Spanish
Yo	estuviera dirigiéndose / estuviese dirigiéndose
Tú	estuvieras dirigiéndose / estuvieses dirigiéndose
Él / Ella / Usted	estuviera dirigiéndose / estuviese dirigiéndose
Nosotros / as	estuviéramos dirigiéndose / estuviésamos dirigiéndose
Vosotros / as	estuvierais dirigiéndose / estuvieseis dirigiéndose
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	estuviera dirigiéndose / estuviese dirigiéndose
Vos	estuvieras dirigiéndose / estuvieses dirigiéndose

Dirigirse Subjunctive Future Progressive

Pronoun	Spanish
Yo	estuviere dirigiéndose
Tú	estuvieres dirigiéndose
Él / Ella / Usted	estuviere dirigiéndose
Nosotros / as	estuviéremos dirigiéndose
Vosotros / as	estuviereis dirigiéndose
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	estuviere dirigiéndose
Vos	estuvieres dirigiéndose

Dirigirse Vos Conjugation

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 te dirigís
Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo	Vos te dirigiste
Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo	Vos te dirigías
Conditional Condicional	Vos te dirigirías
Future Futuro de Indicativo	Vos te dirigirás
Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo	Vos te dirijas
Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo	Vos te dirigieras / Vos me dirigiese
Affirmative Imperative Imperativo	Vos dirigite
Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo	Vos no te dirijas