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Disfrutar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to enjoy, have a good time”.
Below are all of the conjugations for disfrutar 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 enjoy, have a good time |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | disfrutar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está disfrutando) and past continuous (estaba disfrutando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. enjoying).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he disfrutado and hubiera disfrutado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have enjoyed).
| Gerundio / Gerund | disfrutando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | disfrutado |
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 enjoy” or “they enjoy”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | disfruto |
| Tú | disfrutas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | disfruta |
| Nosotros / as | disfrutamos |
| Vosotros / as | disfrutáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | disfrutan |
| Vos | disfrutás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I enjoyed” or “she enjoyed” 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 | disfruté | I enjoyed |
| Tú | disfrutaste | You enjoyed |
| Él / Ella / Usted | disfrutó | He / she / you enjoyed |
| Nosotros / as | disfrutamos | We enjoyed |
| Vosotros / as | disfrutasteis | You enjoyed |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | disfrutaron | They / you enjoyed |
| Vos | disfrutaste | You enjoyed |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was enjoying” or “she was enjoying” 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 | disfrutaba | I was enjoying |
| Tú | disfrutabas | You were enjoying |
| Él / Ella / Usted | disfrutaba | He was / she was / you were enjoying |
| Nosotros / as | disfrutábamos | We were enjoying |
| Vosotros / as | disfrutabais | You were enjoying |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | disfrutaban | They / you were enjoying |
| Vos | disfrutabas | You were enjoying |
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 enjoyed” and “she has enjoyed”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he disfrutado | I have enjoyed |
| Tú | has disfrutado | You have enjoyed |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha disfrutado | He has / she has / you have enjoyed |
| Nosotros / as | hemos disfrutado | We have enjoyed |
| Vosotros / as | habéis disfrutado | You have enjoyed |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han disfrutado | They / you have enjoyed |
| Vos | has disfrutado | You have enjoyed |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would enjoy” or “she would enjoy”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | disfrutaría | I would enjoy |
| Tú | disfrutarías | You would enjoy |
| Él / Ella / Usted | disfrutaría | He / she / you would enjoy |
| Nosotros / as | disfrutaríamos | We would enjoy |
| Vosotros / as | disfrutaríais | You would enjoy |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | disfrutarían | They / you would enjoy |
| Vos | disfrutarías | You would enjoy |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will enjoy” or “they will enjoy”.
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 disfrutar” means “They are going to enjoy”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | disfrutaré | I will enjoy |
| Tú | disfrutarás | You will enjoy |
| Él / Ella / Usted | disfrutará | He / she / you will enjoy |
| Nosotros / as | disfrutaremos | We will enjoy |
| Vosotros / as | disfrutaréis | You will enjoy |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | disfrutarán | They / you will enjoy |
| Vos | disfrutarás | You will enjoy |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | disfrute |
| Tú | disfrutes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | disfrute |
| Nosotros / as | disfrutemos |
| Vosotros / as | disfrutéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | disfruten |
| Vos | disfrutes |
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 | disfrutara | disfrutase |
| Tú | disfrutaras | disfrutase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | disfrutara | disfrutase |
| Nosotros / as | disfrutáramos | disfrutásemos |
| Vosotros / as | disfrutarais | disfrutaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | disfrutaran | disfrutasen |
| Vos | disfrutaras | disfrutase |
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 | disfrutare |
| Tú | disfrutares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | disfrutare |
| Nosotros / as | disfrutáremos |
| Vosotros / as | disfrutareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | disfrutaren |
| Vos | disfrutares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “enjoy!” and “don’t enjoy!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | disfruta | no disfrutes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | disfrute | no disfrute |
| Nosotros / as | disfrutemos | no disfrutemos |
| Vosotros / as | disfrutad | no disfrutéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | disfruten | no disfruten |
| Vos | disfrutá | no disfrutes |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya disfrutado |
| Tú | hayas disfrutado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya disfrutado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos disfrutado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis disfrutado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan disfrutado |
| Vos | hayas disfrutado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera disfrutado / hubiese disfrutado |
| Tú | hubieras disfrutado / hubieses disfrutado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera disfrutado / hubiese disfrutado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos disfrutado / hubiésemos disfrutado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais disfrutado / hubieseis disfrutado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran disfrutado / hubiesen disfrutado |
| Vos | hubieras disfrutado / hubieses disfrutado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere disfrutado |
| Tú | hubieres disfrutado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere disfrutado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos disfrutado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis disfrutado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren disfrutado |
| Vos | hubieres disfrutado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté disfrutando |
| Tú | estés disfrutando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté disfrutando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos disfrutando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis disfrutando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén disfrutando |
| Vos | estés disfrutando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera disfrutando / estuviese disfrutando |
| Tú | estuvieras disfrutando / estuvieses disfrutando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera disfrutando / estuviese disfrutando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos disfrutando / estuviésamos disfrutando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais disfrutando / estuvieseis disfrutando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera disfrutando / estuviese disfrutando |
| Vos | estuvieras disfrutando / estuvieses disfrutando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere disfrutando |
| Tú | estuvieres disfrutando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere disfrutando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos disfrutando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis disfrutando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere disfrutando |
| Vos | estuvieres disfrutando |
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 disfrutás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos disfrutaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos disfrutabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos disfrutarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos disfrutarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos disfrutes |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos disfrutaras / Vos disfrutase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos disfrutá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no disfrutes |