Everything you need to improve your Spanish
Menu
Everything you need to improve your Spanish
Divagar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to wander, digress”.
Below are all of the conjugations for divagar 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 wander, digress |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | divagar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está divagando) and past continuous (estaba divagando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. wandering).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he divagado and hubiera divagado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have wandered).
| Gerundio / Gerund | divagando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | divagado |
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 wander” or “they wander”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | divago |
| Tú | divagas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | divaga |
| Nosotros / as | divagamos |
| Vosotros / as | divagáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | divagan |
| Vos | divagás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I wandered” or “she wandered” 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 | divagué | I wandered |
| Tú | divagaste | You wandered |
| Él / Ella / Usted | divagó | He / she / you wandered |
| Nosotros / as | divagamos | We wandered |
| Vosotros / as | divagasteis | You wandered |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | divagaron | They / you wandered |
| Vos | divagaste | You wandered |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was wandering” or “she was wandering” 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 | divagaba | I was wandering |
| Tú | divagabas | You were wandering |
| Él / Ella / Usted | divagaba | He was / she was / you were wandering |
| Nosotros / as | divagábamos | We were wandering |
| Vosotros / as | divagabais | You were wandering |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | divagaban | They / you were wandering |
| Vos | divagabas | You were wandering |
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 wandered” and “she has wandered”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he divagado | I have wandered |
| Tú | has divagado | You have wandered |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha divagado | He has / she has / you have wandered |
| Nosotros / as | hemos divagado | We have wandered |
| Vosotros / as | habéis divagado | You have wandered |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han divagado | They / you have wandered |
| Vos | has divagado | You have wandered |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would wander” or “she would wander”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | divagaría | I would wander |
| Tú | divagarías | You would wander |
| Él / Ella / Usted | divagaría | He / she / you would wander |
| Nosotros / as | divagaríamos | We would wander |
| Vosotros / as | divagaríais | You would wander |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | divagarían | They / you would wander |
| Vos | divagarías | You would wander |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will wander” or “they will wander”.
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 divagar” means “They are going to wander”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | divagaré | I will wander |
| Tú | divagarás | You will wander |
| Él / Ella / Usted | divagará | He / she / you will wander |
| Nosotros / as | divagaremos | We will wander |
| Vosotros / as | divagaréis | You will wander |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | divagarán | They / you will wander |
| Vos | divagarás | You will wander |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | divague |
| Tú | divagues |
| Él / Ella / Usted | divague |
| Nosotros / as | divaguemos |
| Vosotros / as | divaguéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | divaguen |
| Vos | divagues |
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 | divagara | divagase |
| Tú | divagaras | divagase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | divagara | divagase |
| Nosotros / as | divagáramos | divagásemos |
| Vosotros / as | divagarais | divagaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | divagaran | divagasen |
| Vos | divagaras | divagase |
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 | divagare |
| Tú | divagares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | divagare |
| Nosotros / as | divagáremos |
| Vosotros / as | divagareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | divagaren |
| Vos | divagares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “wander!” and “don’t wander!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | divaga | no divagues |
| Él / Ella / Usted | divague | no divague |
| Nosotros / as | divaguemos | no divaguemos |
| Vosotros / as | divagad | no divaguéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | divaguen | no divaguen |
| Vos | divagá | no divagues |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya divagado |
| Tú | hayas divagado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya divagado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos divagado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis divagado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan divagado |
| Vos | hayas divagado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera divagado / hubiese divagado |
| Tú | hubieras divagado / hubieses divagado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera divagado / hubiese divagado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos divagado / hubiésemos divagado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais divagado / hubieseis divagado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran divagado / hubiesen divagado |
| Vos | hubieras divagado / hubieses divagado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere divagado |
| Tú | hubieres divagado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere divagado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos divagado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis divagado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren divagado |
| Vos | hubieres divagado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté divagando |
| Tú | estés divagando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté divagando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos divagando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis divagando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén divagando |
| Vos | estés divagando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera divagando / estuviese divagando |
| Tú | estuvieras divagando / estuvieses divagando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera divagando / estuviese divagando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos divagando / estuviésamos divagando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais divagando / estuvieseis divagando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera divagando / estuviese divagando |
| Vos | estuvieras divagando / estuvieses divagando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere divagando |
| Tú | estuvieres divagando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere divagando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos divagando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis divagando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere divagando |
| Vos | estuvieres divagando |
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 divagás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos divagaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos divagabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos divagarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos divagarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos divagues |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos divagaras / Vos divagase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos divagá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no divagues |