Dormir conjugation

Dormir means "to sleep". Here it is in every main tense, with real example sentences and a free checker for your own.

Meaningto sleep

Type-ir verb

Gerunddurmiendo

Past participledormido

Dormir changes form (an irregular, stem-changing or spelling-changing form) in the present, preterite and present subjunctive. Juntos teaches Latin American Spanish, where ustedes replaces vosotros; the vosotros forms are shown for completeness.

Quick answer. Present: duermo, duermes, duerme, dormimos, duermen. Preterite: dormí, dormiste, durmió, dormimos, durmieron. All tenses below.

Dormir conjugation tables

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Dormir in the present

what happens now or usually

yo	duermo
tú	duermes
él / ella / usted	duerme
nosotros	dormimos
vosotros (Spain)	dormís
ellos / ustedes	duermen

Dormir in the preterite

a finished action at a specific time

yo	dormí
tú	dormiste
él / ella / usted	durmió
nosotros	dormimos
vosotros (Spain)	dormisteis
ellos / ustedes	durmieron

Dormir in the imperfect

habits, descriptions and background in the past

yo	dormía
tú	dormías
él / ella / usted	dormía
nosotros	dormíamos
vosotros (Spain)	dormíais
ellos / ustedes	dormían

Dormir in the future

what will happen

yo	dormiré
tú	dormirás
él / ella / usted	dormirá
nosotros	dormiremos
vosotros (Spain)	dormiréis
ellos / ustedes	dormirán

Dormir in the conditional

what would happen

yo	dormiría
tú	dormirías
él / ella / usted	dormiría
nosotros	dormiríamos
vosotros (Spain)	dormiríais
ellos / ustedes	dormirían

Dormir in the present subjunctive

after wishes, doubts and requests (quiero que…)

yo	duerma
tú	duermas
él / ella / usted	duerma
nosotros	durmamos
vosotros (Spain)	durmáis
ellos / ustedes	duerman

Dormir in the present perfect

what has happened, up to now (he comido)

yo	he dormido
tú	has dormido
él / ella / usted	ha dormido
nosotros	hemos dormido
vosotros (Spain)	habéis dormido
ellos / ustedes	han dormido

Dormir in the commands (imperative)

telling someone to do something (habla, no hables)

tú	duerme
tú (no)	no duermas
usted	duerma
nosotros	durmamos
vosotros (Spain)	dormid
ustedes	duerman

Dormir in real sentences

Example sentences from the Juntos exercise bank, each checked before learners see it.

Imperfect

Dormía profundamente cuando sonó el teléfono.
I was sleeping deeply when the phone rang.
Dormías cuando llegué a tu casa.
You were sleeping when I arrived at your house.

Mistakes learners make with dormir

The stem changes o to ue in the present (duermo) and o to u in the third-person preterite (durmió, durmieron).
Dormirse is "to fall asleep": me dormí en el bus.
Dormí bien is the everyday "I slept well".

Write your own sentence with dormir

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Questions people ask

Is dormir irregular in Spanish?

Partly. Dormir changes form in the present, preterite and present subjunctive, through an irregular stem, a stem change or a spelling change. The other tenses follow the regular -ir pattern.

What is the preterite of dormir?

Yo dormí, tú dormiste, él/ella durmió, nosotros dormimos, ellos/ustedes durmieron.

How do you conjugate dormir in the present?

Yo duermo, tú duermes, él/ella duerme, nosotros dormimos, ellos/ustedes duermen.

What is the future of dormir?

Yo dormiré, tú dormirás, él/ella dormirá, nosotros dormiremos, ellos/ustedes dormirán.

What is the present subjunctive of dormir?

Que yo duerma, que tú duermas, que él/ella duerma, que nosotros durmamos, que ellos/ustedes duerman.