Vestir conjugation chart
Vestir present tense
presente · I speak
| yo | I dress | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you dress | |
| vos | you dress | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she dresses | |
| nosotros | we dress | |
| vosotros | you all dress | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they dress |
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.”
Vestir preterite
pretérito · I spoke
| yo | I dressed | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you dressed | |
| vos | you dressed | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she dressed | |
| nosotros | we dressed | |
| vosotros | you all dressed | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they dressed |
Irregular in él/ella/usted and ellos/ustedes (in red): vistió, vistieron…; the other forms are regular.
Vestir imperfect
pretérito imperfecto · I used to speak
| yo | I used to dress | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you used to dress | |
| vos | you used to dress | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she used to dress | |
| nosotros | we used to dress | |
| vosotros | you all used to dress | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they used to dress |
Regular: same endings as vivir.
Vestir future
futuro · I will speak
| yo | I will dress | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you will dress | |
| vos | you will dress | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she will dress | |
| nosotros | we will dress | |
| vosotros | you all will dress | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they will dress |
Regular: same endings as vivir.
Vestir conditional
condicional · I would speak
| yo | I would dress | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you would dress | |
| vos | you would dress | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she would dress | |
| nosotros | we would dress | |
| vosotros | you all would dress | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they would dress |
Regular: same endings as vivir.
Vestir present subjunctive
presente de subjuntivo · that I speak
| yo | that I dress | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | that you dress | |
| vos | that you dress | |
| él, ella, usted | that he/she dress | |
| nosotros | that we dress | |
| vosotros | that you all dress | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | that they dress |
Irregular stem vist- (from the yo form visto) + -a, -as, -amos, -áis, -an.
Vestir imperfect subjunctive
imperfecto de subjuntivo · if I spoke
| yo | if I dressed | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | if you dressed | |
| vos | if you dressed | |
| él, ella, usted | if he/she dressed | |
| nosotros | if we dressed | |
| vosotros | if you all dressed | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | if they dressed |
Irregular stem visti- + -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 (vistiese), more common in writing.
Vestir affirmative commands
imperativo · speak!
| tú | dress! | |
|---|---|---|
| vos | dress! | |
| usted | dress! | |
| nosotros | let's dress! | |
| vosotros | dress! | |
| ustedes | dress! |
The tú form is the él form of the present: viste. Usted, nosotros and ustedes come from the present subjunctive (vista, vistamos, vistan).
Vestir negative commands
imperativo negativo · don't speak!
| tú | don't dress! | |
|---|---|---|
| vos | don't dress! | |
| usted | don't dress! | |
| nosotros | let's not dress! | |
| vosotros | don't dress! | |
| ustedes | don't dress! |
Built from the present subjunctive: no + vistas, vista…
Always the verb haber + the past participle vestido, which never changes.
Vestir present perfect
pretérito perfecto · I have spoken
| yo | he vestido |
|---|---|
| tú | has vestido |
| vos | has vestido |
| él, ella, usted | ha vestido |
| nosotros | hemos vestido |
| vosotros | habéis vestido |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | han vestido |
Vestir pluperfect
pluscuamperfecto · I had spoken
| yo | había vestido |
|---|---|
| tú | habías vestido |
| vos | habías vestido |
| él, ella, usted | había vestido |
| nosotros | habíamos vestido |
| vosotros | habíais vestido |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | habían vestido |
Vestir future perfect
futuro perfecto · I will have spoken
| yo | habré vestido |
|---|---|
| tú | habrás vestido |
| vos | habrás vestido |
| él, ella, usted | habrá vestido |
| nosotros | habremos vestido |
| vosotros | habréis vestido |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | habrán vestido |
Vestir conditional perfect
condicional perfecto · I would have spoken
| yo | habría vestido |
|---|---|
| tú | habrías vestido |
| vos | habrías vestido |
| él, ella, usted | habría vestido |
| nosotros | habríamos vestido |
| vosotros | habríais vestido |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | habrían vestido |
Vestir present perfect subjunctive
pretérito perfecto de subjuntivo · that I have spoken
| yo | haya vestido |
|---|---|
| tú | hayas vestido |
| vos | hayas vestido |
| él, ella, usted | haya vestido |
| nosotros | hayamos vestido |
| vosotros | hayáis vestido |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | hayan vestido |
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
Getting yourself dressed is vestirse: me visto rápido. “To wear” is not vestir: it's llevar or usar (uso lentes, I wear glasses). And vestirse de is “to dress as” or “to dress in”: se vistió de negro.
Examples with vestir
Me visto en cinco minutos.
I get dressed in five minutes.
Se vistió de superhéroe para la fiesta.
He dressed up as a superhero for the party.
Vestí a los chicos y salimos.
I got the kids dressed and we went out.
Practice vestir
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Verbs like vestir
Stem change e → i (vestir → vistes). Same pattern:
decir dicespedir pidesservir sirvesrepetir repitesseguir siguesconseguir consigueselegir eliges