decir conjugation
irregular verbto say
Decir means to say. Its main irregular forms are digo and dices in the present, dije in the preterite and diré in the future.
digo Underlined forms are irregular.
Present
| yo | digo, irregular |
|---|---|
| tú | dices, irregular |
| vos | decís |
| él, ella, usted | dice, irregular |
| nosotros | decimos |
| vosotros | decís |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | dicen, irregular |
Preterite
| yo | dije, irregular |
|---|---|
| tú | dijiste, irregular |
| vos | dijiste, irregular |
| él, ella, usted | dijo, irregular |
| nosotros | dijimos, irregular |
| vosotros | dijisteis, irregular |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | dijeron, irregular |
Imperfect
| yo | decía |
|---|---|
| tú | decías |
| vos | decías |
| él, ella, usted | decía |
| nosotros | decíamos |
| vosotros | decíais |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | decían |
Future
| yo | diré, irregular |
|---|---|
| tú | dirás, irregular |
| vos | dirás, irregular |
| él, ella, usted | dirá, irregular |
| nosotros | diremos, irregular |
| vosotros | diréis, irregular |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | dirán, irregular |
Conditional
| yo | diría, irregular |
|---|---|
| tú | dirías, irregular |
| vos | dirías, irregular |
| él, ella, usted | diría, irregular |
| nosotros | diríamos, irregular |
| vosotros | diríais, irregular |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | dirían, irregular |
Present subjunctive
| yo | diga, irregular |
|---|---|
| tú | digas, irregular |
| vos | digas, irregular |
| él, ella, usted | diga, irregular |
| nosotros | digamos, irregular |
| vosotros | digáis, irregular |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | digan, irregular |
Imperfect subjunctive
| yo | dijera, irregulardijese |
|---|---|
| tú | dijeras, irregulardijeses |
| vos | dijeras, irregulardijeses |
| él, ella, usted | dijera, irregulardijese |
| nosotros | dijéramos, irregulardijésemos |
| vosotros | dijerais, irregulardijeseis |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | dijeran, irregulardijesen |
Imperative
| tú | di, irregular |
|---|---|
| vos | decí |
| usted | diga, irregular |
| nosotros | digamos, irregular |
| vosotros | decid |
| ustedes | digan, irregular |
Perfect tenses
Haber plus dicho: he dicho, había dicho, habré dicho. Gerund diciendo. haber conjugation
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¿Has dicho algo?
Did you say something?
Digo esto por tu bien.
I say this for your own good.
Es difícil decir que no.
It's hard to say no.
Where decir breaks the pattern
- digo. The yo form of the present ends in -go. The present subjunctive is built on it: diga, digas, digamos.
- dices, dice, dicen. The stem becomes dic- where it is stressed. In decimos and decís the stress moves to the ending and the stem stays dec-.
- dije. The preterite has its own stem, dij-, and no written accent on dije or dijo. After j, the ellos form ends in -eron: dijeron. The imperfect subjunctive is built on it: dijera.
- diré. The future and conditional use dir- in place of decir-.
- di. The tú command is one syllable.
- diciendo. The gerund changes the e of the stem to i.
- dicho. The past participle is irregular: he dicho, había dicho.
Vos and vosotros
| vos decís, decí | Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay and much of Central America. The other tenses use the tú form. |
|---|---|
| vosotros decís, decid | Spain. Latin America says ustedes dicen. |
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