Dejar conjugation chart
Dejar present tense
presente · I speak
| yo | I leave | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you leave | |
| vos | you leave | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she leaves | |
| nosotros | we leave | |
| vosotros | you all leave | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they leave |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
Dejar preterite
pretérito · I spoke
| yo | I left | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you left | |
| vos | you left | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she left | |
| nosotros | we left | |
| vosotros | you all left | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they left |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
Dejar imperfect
pretérito imperfecto · I used to speak
| yo | I used to leave | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you used to leave | |
| vos | you used to leave | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she used to leave | |
| nosotros | we used to leave | |
| vosotros | you all used to leave | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they used to leave |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
Dejar future
futuro · I will speak
| yo | I will leave | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you will leave | |
| vos | you will leave | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she will leave | |
| nosotros | we will leave | |
| vosotros | you all will leave | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they will leave |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
Dejar conditional
condicional · I would speak
| yo | I would leave | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you would leave | |
| vos | you would leave | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she would leave | |
| nosotros | we would leave | |
| vosotros | you all would leave | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they would leave |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
Dejar present subjunctive
presente de subjuntivo · that I speak
| yo | that I leave | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | that you leave | |
| vos | that you leave | |
| él, ella, usted | that he/she leave | |
| nosotros | that we leave | |
| vosotros | that you all leave | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | that they leave |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
Dejar imperfect subjunctive
imperfecto de subjuntivo · if I spoke
| yo | if I left | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | if you left | |
| vos | if you left | |
| él, ella, usted | if he/she left | |
| nosotros | if we left | |
| vosotros | if you all left | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | if they left |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
In the subjunctive, vos takes the same form as tú in careful speech. The imperfect subjunctive also has an -se form (dejase), more common in writing.
Dejar affirmative commands
imperativo · speak!
| tú | leave! | |
|---|---|---|
| vos | leave! | |
| usted | leave! | |
| nosotros | let's leave! | |
| vosotros | leave! | |
| ustedes | leave! |
The tú form is the él form of the present: deja. Usted, nosotros and ustedes come from the present subjunctive (deje, dejemos, dejen).
Dejar negative commands
imperativo negativo · don't speak!
| tú | don't leave! | |
|---|---|---|
| vos | don't leave! | |
| usted | don't leave! | |
| nosotros | let's not leave! | |
| vosotros | don't leave! | |
| ustedes | don't leave! |
Built from the present subjunctive: no + dejes, deje…
Always the verb haber + the past participle dejado, which never changes.
Dejar present perfect
pretérito perfecto · I have spoken
| yo | he dejado |
|---|---|
| tú | has dejado |
| vos | has dejado |
| él, ella, usted | ha dejado |
| nosotros | hemos dejado |
| vosotros | habéis dejado |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | han dejado |
Dejar pluperfect
pluscuamperfecto · I had spoken
| yo | había dejado |
|---|---|
| tú | habías dejado |
| vos | habías dejado |
| él, ella, usted | había dejado |
| nosotros | habíamos dejado |
| vosotros | habíais dejado |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | habían dejado |
Dejar future perfect
futuro perfecto · I will have spoken
| yo | habré dejado |
|---|---|
| tú | habrás dejado |
| vos | habrás dejado |
| él, ella, usted | habrá dejado |
| nosotros | habremos dejado |
| vosotros | habréis dejado |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | habrán dejado |
Dejar conditional perfect
condicional perfecto · I would have spoken
| yo | habría dejado |
|---|---|
| tú | habrías dejado |
| vos | habrías dejado |
| él, ella, usted | habría dejado |
| nosotros | habríamos dejado |
| vosotros | habríais dejado |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | habrían dejado |
Dejar present perfect subjunctive
pretérito perfecto de subjuntivo · that I have spoken
| yo | haya dejado |
|---|---|
| tú | hayas dejado |
| vos | hayas dejado |
| él, ella, usted | haya dejado |
| nosotros | hayamos dejado |
| vosotros | hayáis dejado |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | hayan dejado |
In Latin America, ustedes is the only “you all”; vosotros is used only in Spain. Vos is used in Argentina, Uruguay and much of Central America. Uncheck the boxes above to hide what you don’t need.
Watch out
Dejar is “to leave” something behind, but leaving a place is salir. And dejar de + infinitive is “to stop doing”: dejé de fumar.
Examples with dejar
Dejé de fumar.
I quit smoking.
¿Me dejas pasar?
Will you let me through?
Deja eso ahí.
Leave that there.
Practice dejar
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