Sonreír conjugation chart
Sonreír present tense
presente · I speak
| yo | I smile | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you smile | |
| vos | you smile | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she smiles | |
| nosotros | we smile | |
| vosotros | you all smile | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they smile |
The highlighted forms change their stem. Notice that nosotros, vosotros and vos stay out: draw a line around the forms that change and you get a boot, which is why these are called “boot verbs.”
Sonreír preterite
pretérito · I spoke
| yo | I smiled | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you smiled | |
| vos | you smiled | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she smiled | |
| nosotros | we smiled | |
| vosotros | you all smiled | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they smiled |
Irregular in él/ella/usted and ellos/ustedes (in red): sonrió, sonrieron…; the other forms are regular.
Sonreír imperfect
pretérito imperfecto · I used to speak
| yo | I used to smile | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you used to smile | |
| vos | you used to smile | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she used to smile | |
| nosotros | we used to smile | |
| vosotros | you all used to smile | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they used to smile |
Regular: same endings as vivir.
Sonreír future
futuro · I will speak
| yo | I will smile | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you will smile | |
| vos | you will smile | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she will smile | |
| nosotros | we will smile | |
| vosotros | you all will smile | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they will smile |
Regular: same endings as vivir.
Sonreír conditional
condicional · I would speak
| yo | I would smile | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you would smile | |
| vos | you would smile | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she would smile | |
| nosotros | we would smile | |
| vosotros | you all would smile | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they would smile |
Regular: same endings as vivir.
Sonreír present subjunctive
presente de subjuntivo · that I speak
| yo | that I smile | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | that you smile | |
| vos | that you smile | |
| él, ella, usted | that he/she smile | |
| nosotros | that we smile | |
| vosotros | that you all smile | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | that they smile |
Irregular stem sonr- + -ía, -ías, -iamos, -iáis, -ían.
Sonreír imperfect subjunctive
imperfecto de subjuntivo · if I spoke
| yo | if I smiled | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | if you smiled | |
| vos | if you smiled | |
| él, ella, usted | if he/she smiled | |
| nosotros | if we smiled | |
| vosotros | if you all smiled | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | if they smiled |
Irregular stem sonri- + -era, -eras, -éramos, -erais, -eran.
In the subjunctive, vos takes the same form as tú in careful speech. The imperfect subjunctive also has an -se form (sonriese), more common in writing.
Sonreír affirmative commands
imperativo · speak!
| tú | smile! | |
|---|---|---|
| vos | smile! | |
| usted | smile! | |
| nosotros | let's smile! | |
| vosotros | smile! | |
| ustedes | smile! |
The tú form is the él form of the present: sonríe. Usted, nosotros and ustedes come from the present subjunctive (sonría, sonriamos, sonrían).
Sonreír negative commands
imperativo negativo · don't speak!
| tú | don't smile! | |
|---|---|---|
| vos | don't smile! | |
| usted | don't smile! | |
| nosotros | let's not smile! | |
| vosotros | don't smile! | |
| ustedes | don't smile! |
Built from the present subjunctive: no + sonrías, sonría…
Always the verb haber + the past participle sonreído, which never changes.
Sonreír present perfect
pretérito perfecto · I have spoken
| yo | he sonreído |
|---|---|
| tú | has sonreído |
| vos | has sonreído |
| él, ella, usted | ha sonreído |
| nosotros | hemos sonreído |
| vosotros | habéis sonreído |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | han sonreído |
Sonreír pluperfect
pluscuamperfecto · I had spoken
| yo | había sonreído |
|---|---|
| tú | habías sonreído |
| vos | habías sonreído |
| él, ella, usted | había sonreído |
| nosotros | habíamos sonreído |
| vosotros | habíais sonreído |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | habían sonreído |
Sonreír future perfect
futuro perfecto · I will have spoken
| yo | habré sonreído |
|---|---|
| tú | habrás sonreído |
| vos | habrás sonreído |
| él, ella, usted | habrá sonreído |
| nosotros | habremos sonreído |
| vosotros | habréis sonreído |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | habrán sonreído |
Sonreír conditional perfect
condicional perfecto · I would have spoken
| yo | habría sonreído |
|---|---|
| tú | habrías sonreído |
| vos | habrías sonreído |
| él, ella, usted | habría sonreído |
| nosotros | habríamos sonreído |
| vosotros | habríais sonreído |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | habrían sonreído |
Sonreír present perfect subjunctive
pretérito perfecto de subjuntivo · that I have spoken
| yo | haya sonreído |
|---|---|
| tú | hayas sonreído |
| vos | hayas sonreído |
| él, ella, usted | haya sonreído |
| nosotros | hayamos sonreído |
| vosotros | hayáis sonreído |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | hayan sonreído |
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
Smiling at someone uses an indirect object pronoun, with no word for “at”: me sonrió is “she smiled at me.” Watch the accents: sonrío and sonríe in the present, sonrió in the preterite.
Examples with sonreír
Siempre sonríe cuando habla.
She always smiles when she talks.
El bebé me sonrió.
The baby smiled at me.
Mis abuelos sonreían en todas las fotos.
My grandparents were smiling in every photo.
Practice sonreír
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Verbs like sonreír
Irregular preterite (sonreír → sonreí). Also irregular in the preterite:
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