Divertirse Conjugation: How to talk about having fun in Spanish

Divertirse translates as to have fun or to enjoy oneself, and is a common reflexive verb used in everyday conversation. Mastering divertirse conjugation can bring a new level of fun to Spanish conversations!

Related words are the non-reflexive verb divertir, meaning to entertain, and divertido, which is an adjective to describe something as fun or amusing. Understanding the relationship between these words and learning how to use them properly helps us to express ideas more naturally.

This post is not just about learning divertirse conjugation; it’s about having fun while doing so! Today we’ll start by exploring the differences between divertir, divertirse, and divertido, seeing how each one works in different contexts. Then, we’ll dive into our divertirse conjugation charts, providing a detailed guide to using this verb across multiple tenses.

So let’s have some fun while learning the nuances of this versatile verb. Get ready to be entertained as we start our post on divertirse meanings and conjugation in Spanish!

How to say Fun in Spanish

How do you say fun in Spanish? Well it all depends on the context, and if our fun is being expressed as a verb, a noun, or an adjective. Divertir and divertirse are the most common verbs for talking about fun in Spanish, but each one is used differently. We’ll start by looking at each of these verbs, and then move on to the adjective for fun, and finally the noun for fun.

Fun as a verb: Divertirse

Divertirse is the most common verb we use to talk about having fun. It’s a reflexive verb, so we always use it with the reflexive pronoun referring back to whoever is enjoying themself.

The best translations of divertirse are to have fun and to enjoy oneself. When we use divertirse, we’re highlighting that the subject of the sentence is having a good time!

• Siempre me divierto con mis amigos. – I always have fun with my friends.

• Ellos se divirtieron en la fiesta. – They had fun at the party.

Fun as a verb: Divertir

Whereas the reflexive divertirse is used to refer to the act of having fun, the non-reflexive divertir is used to refer to the act of making or creating fun. Good translations of divertir are to entertain or to amuse.

Divertir is a transitive verb, meaning that it needs to take a direct object, typically the person or people being entertained. With this in mind, we can think of divertir as meaning to entertain someone or to amuse someone.

• El mago siempre divierte a los invitados con sus trucos. – The magician always entertains the guests with his tricks.

• La maestra sabe cómo divertir a sus alumnos mientras enseña. – The teacher knows how to entertain his students while teaching.

(When the person being entertained is the same as the person doing the entertaining, it becomes the reflexive verb divertirse! Yo me divierto could be translated both as I amuse myself or I have fun.)

Fun as an adjective

If we describe something as fun, we’re using fun as an adjective. As we mentioned above, the adjective for fun in Spanish is divertido. It’s our best choice when describing something enjoyable or amusing.

Divertido follows standard gender and number agreement rules for adjectives in Spanish, so it can also be expressed as divertida, divertidos, and divertidas. It’s an everyday word used for talking about things like a movie, an event, or a good time with our friends.

• La fiesta fue divertida. – The party was fun.

• La experiencia en Canadá fue divertida. – The experience in Canada was fun.

If you’re interested in some blog posts that are divertidos, check out our lessons with dad jokes, riddles, and other funny jokes in Spanish.

Fun as a noun

Let’s finish up our meanings of fun as a noun, which is a bit of an abstract concept. The equivalent in Spanish is la diversión, a feminine noun. This is the right word we use when referring to fun itself as an idea in Spanish.

• En las fiestas de Juan la diversión nunca se acaba. – At Juan’s parties the fun never stops.

• La diversión está en disfrutar la película sin hablar mucho. – The fun is in enjoying the movie without talking too much.

Divertirse conjugation

Now that we’ve seen the different words for fun in Spanish, it’s time to get into our conjugation charts. We’ve seen the distinct meanings of divertir and divertirse, but both are conjugated identically following the model of sentir conjugation.

We’ll focus on divertirse conjugation in this post, showing the reflexive pronouns in every conjugation. We’ll proceed by mood, showing each tense in turn. For a broader overview, check out our post that outlines all the verb tenses in Spanish.

The gerund of divertir is divertiendo, and the past participle is divertido. Now let’s see all the divertirse conjugation charts!

Indicative mood

We use the indicative mood in Spanish for talking about facts, objective reality, and actions that are certain. In the following sections, we’ll cover every divertirse conjugation in the indicative tenses: present, preterite, imperfect, conditional, and future, followed by all of the perfect forms.

Divertirse conjugation: Present tense

Divertirse is an irregular verb that follows the ‑e‑ to ‑ie‑ stem change pattern. Here is the divertirse conjugation chart in present tense.

Subject	Divertirse conjugation present tense
yo	me divierto
tú	te diviertes
él, ella, usted	se divierte
nosotros, nosotras	nos divertimos
vosotros, vosotras	os divertís
ellos, ellas, ustedes	se divierten

• Mi mamá siempre se divierte con mis chistes. – My mom always has fun with my jokes.

• ¿Te diviertes en el parque los domingos? – Do you have fun at the park on Sundays?

Visit our guide to the present tense in Spanish for a full lesson on this fundamental tense.

Divertirse conjugation: Preterite tense

In the preterite tense, divertirse is an irregular stem-changing verb where the ‑e‑ in the stem changes to ‑i‑ in the third-person forms. Let’s see our divertirse preterite conjugation.

Subject	Divertirse conjugation preterite
yo	me divertí
tú	te divertiste
él, ella, usted	se divirtió
nosotros, nosotras	nos divertimos
vosotros, vosotras	os divertisteis
ellos, ellas, ustedes	se divirtieron

• Nos divertimos mucho en la boda. – We had a lot of fun at the wedding.

• Ellos se divirtieron en el concierto de la semana pasada. – They had fun at last week’s concert.

Head over to our post on the Spanish preterite for a full review of this tense.

Divertirse conjugation: Imperfect tense

In the imperfect tense, divertirse is built on the regular stem of divert‑ and takes the regular ‑ir verb endings: ‑ía, ‑ías, ‑ía, ‑íamos, ‑íais, and ‑ían. Here are our divertirse imperfect conjugations.

Subject	Divertirse conjugation imperfect
yo	me divertía
tú	te divertías
él, ella, usted	se divertía
nosotros, nosotras	nos divertíamos
vosotros, vosotras	os divertíais
ellos, ellas, ustedes	se divertían

• Cuando era niño, siempre me divertía con mis primos. – As a child, I always had fun with my cousins.

• Ellos frecuentemente se divertían en vacaciones. – They frequently had fun on vacation.

For a full lesson on this tense, head over to our post on imperfect Spanish. If you’re unsure of which past tense to use, check out our anti-confusion guide to preterite vs imperfect.

Divertirse conjugation: Conditional tense

In the conditional tense, divertirse in Spanish has a regular stem and regular endings.

Subject	Diverterse conditional tense
yo	me divertiría
tú	te divertirías
él, ella, usted	se divertiría
nosotros, nosotras	nos divertiríamos
vosotros, vosotras	os divertiríais
ellos, ellas, ustedes	se divertirían

• Nos divertiríamos más si hubiera música. – We would have more fun if there were music.

• Si tuviera tiempo, me divertiría con mis perros. – If I had time, I would play with my dogs.

Divertirse conjugation: Future tense

For conjugating divertirse in the simple future tense, we just add the regular ‑ir endings.

Subject	Divertirse future tense
yo	me divertiré
tú	te divertirás
él, ella, usted	se divertirá
nosotros, nosotras	nos divertiremos
vosotros, vosotras	os divertiréis
ellos, ellas, ustedes	se divertirán

• Mi hermano se divertirá con esta película. – My brother will be amused by this movie.

• Ellos se divertirán en su viaje a Madrid. – They will have fun on their trip to Madrid.

Divertirse: Compound tenses

In this section, we provide the perfect forms of divertirse conjugation in the indicative mood. The past participle is divertido, and the auxiliary verb is haber. These compound forms all follow the regular conjugation rules.

Subject	Present perfect	Past perfect
yo	me he divertido	me había divertido
tú	te has divertido	te habías divertido
él, ella, usted	se ha divertido	se había divertido
nosotros, nosotras	nos hemos divertido	nos habíamos divertido
vosotros, vosotras	os habéis divertido	os habíais divertido
ellos, ellas, ustedes	se han divertido	se habían divertido

• Él se ha divertido en la fiesta de Rebecca. – He has had fun at Rebecca’s birthday party.

• Cuando llegamos, ya nos habíamos divertido. – By the time we arrived, we had already had fun.

If you need some explanations of these tenses, head on over to our posts on present perfect Spanish and past perfect Spanish.

Now let’s finish up our indicative divertirse conjugations with the future perfect and the conditional perfect tenses.

Subject	Perfect future	Perfect conditional
yo	me habré divertido	me habría divertido
tú	te habrás divertido	te habrías divertido
él, ella, usted	se habrá divertido	se habría divertido
nosotros, nosotras	nos habremos divertido	nos habríamos divertido
vosotros, vosotras	os habréis divertido	os habríais divertido
ellos, ellas, ustedes	se habrán divertido	se habrían divertido

• Para cuando termine la obra de teatro me habré divertido. – By the time the play is over, I will have been entertained.

• Si hubieras venido, te habrías divertido con nosotros. – If you had come, you would have had fun with us.

Subjunctive mood

The subjunctive mood in Spanish is used to express wishes, doubts, desires, necessities, possibilities, and uncertainty. Let’s move on and see each of our divertirse subjunctive conjugations.

Divertirse conjugation: Present subjunctive

The present subjunctive conjugations of divertirse follow the same ‑e‑ to ‑ie‑ stem changes as the present tense to get a stem of diviert‑. In addition, however, the nosotros and vosotros conjugations also exhibit an irregular stem change from ‑e‑ to ‑i‑, giving an irregular stem for the first‑ and second-person plural conjugations of divirt‑.

Subject	Divertirse present subjunctive
yo	me divierta
tú	te diviertas
él, ella, usted	se divierta
nosotros, nosotras	nos divirtamos
vosotros, vosotras	os divirtáis
ellos, ellas, ustedes	se diviertan

• Espero que se diviertan en su boda. – I hope they have fun at their wedding.

• Quieren que me divierta con ellos esta noche. – They want me to have fun with them tonight.

Divertirse conjugation: Imperfect subjunctive

In the imperfect subjunctive of divertirse, we start with the third-person plural form of the verb in the preterite tense, se divirtieron, and remove the ending ‑ron to get the stem divirtie‑. We can then add either of the correct imperfect subjunctive endings, as we see here in our imperfect subjunctive divertirse conjugation chart.

Subject	Divertirse imperfect subjunctive
yo	me divirtiera / me divirtiese
tú	te divirtieras / te divirtieses
él, ella, usted	se divirtiera / se divirtiese
nosotros, nosotras	nos divirtiéramos / nos divirtiésemos
vosotros, vosotras	os divirtierais / os divirtieseis
ellos, ellas, ustedes	se divirtieran / se divirtiesen

• Era importante que los niños se divirtieran durante el viaje. – It was important that the kids had fun during the trip.

• Si tú te divirtieras más, disfrutarías más de la vida. – If you entertained yourself more, you would enjoy life more.

For a complete lesson on this tense, check out our post on the imperfect subjunctive in Spanish.

Divertirse conjugation: Future subjunctive

Just like the imperfect subjunctive, the future subjunctive stem is taken from the third-person plural form of the verb from the preterite tense: divirtie‑. We then add the regular future subjunctive endings: ‑re, ‑res, ‑re, ‑remos, ‑reis, ‑ren.

The future subjunctive tense is rare in modern Spanish, and is mostly seen in legal or literary contexts. Nonetheless, here we present the full future subjunctive divertirse conjugation chart.

Subject	Divertirse future subjunctive
yo	me divirtiere
tú	te divirtieres
él, ella, usted	se divirtiere
nosotros, nosotras	nos divirtiéremos
vosotros, vosotras	os divirtiereis
ellos, ellas, ustedes	se divirtieren

• Dondequiera que te divirtieres, recuerda respetar a los demás. – Wherever you may have fun, remember to respect others.

• Si él se divirtiere en las montañas, será difícil que quiera venir temprano. – If he has fun in the mountains, it will be difficult for him to want to come early.

Divertirse conjugation: Compound subjunctive tenses

In the same way we did with the compound conjugations in the indicative mood, the perfect subjunctive forms also need the correct form of the auxiliary verb haber. In this case we conjugate haber in the present and imperfect subjunctive, and then include the past participle of divertirse, which is divertido. The reflexive pronoun goes before the conjugated auxiliary verb.

These are all regular conjugations.

Subject	Perfect subjunctive	Pluperfect subjunctive
yo	me haya divertido	me hubiera / hubiese divertido
tú	te hayas divertido	te hubieras / hubieses divertido
él, ella, usted	se haya divertido	se hubiera / hubiese divertido
nosotros, nosotras	nos hayamos divertido	nos hubiéramos / hubiésemos divertido
vosotros, vosotras	os hayáis divertido	os hubierais / hubieseis divertido
ellos, ellas, ustedes	se hayan divertido	se hubieran / hubiesen divertido

• Dudo que ellas se hayan divertido en el concierto. – I doubt that they have had fun at the concert.

• If I had had fun at the party, I would have stayed longer. – Si me hubiera divertido más en la fiesta, me habría quedado más tiempo.

Imperative mood

The imperative mood in Spanish is used to give direct commands, requests, instructions, or advice. Since divertirse is a reflexive verb, we need to include the reflexive pronouns in our commands. They’re attached to the end of the conjugated verb in affirmative commands, and placed before the verb in negative commands. See our post on the imperative mood in Spanish for a full explanation of its rules.

Our divertirse conjugation in the imperative mood keeps the ‑e‑ to ‑ie‑ stem change. Only the affirmative imperative conjugation for vosotros follows the regular pattern as divertíos, without the stem change. For anyone speaking Latin American Spanish, however, this is unimportant because you’ll instead use the ustedes form for plural you.

We include both the affirmative and the negative imperative forms in this divertirse conjugation chart.

Subject	Divertirse imperative conjugations
tú	diviértete / no te diviertas
usted	diviértase / no se divierta
nosotros, nosotras	divirtámonos / no nos divirtamos
vosotros, vosotras	divertíos / no os divirtáis
ustedes	diviértanse / no se diviertan

• No se divierta demasiado en la reunión, es un asunto serio. – Don’t have too much fun at the meeting, it’s a serious matter.

• Divirtámonos con este juego mientras esperamos a mis hermanos. – Let’s have fun with this game while we wait for my brothers.

Conclusion: Fun in Spanish

Nice work! We’ve reached the end of our divertirse conjugation charts, having covered each and every tense of this fun verb in Spanish with full conjugations and example sentences.

We also started today’s post with an introduction to the different ways to talk about fun in Spanish. We saw that divertirse is the best one for talking about having fun oneself, whereas the non-reflexive divertir is about entertaining or amusing someone else. We also saw how to use divertido as the adjective to describe something that’s fun, as well as the noun la diversión for the concept of fun itself.

Between knowing the right words to describe fun in Spanish, and having a clear reference for all the conjugations of divertir and divertirse, you’re ready to talk about fun in Spanish in any situation!