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SPANISH VERB

derretirse

to melt

  • Irregular -ir verb
  • Gerund: derritiéndose
  • Past participle: derretido

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

  1. yo I melt
  2. tú you melt
  3. usted, él, ella he/she melts
  4. nosotros we melt
  5. vosotros Spain you all melt
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they melt

Past

Pretérito indefinido · finished actions

  1. yo I melted
  2. tú you melted
  3. usted, él, ella he/she melted
  4. nosotros we melted
  5. vosotros Spain you all melted
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they melted

Imperfect

Pretérito imperfecto · “used to” and “was …ing”

  1. yo I used to melt
  2. tú you used to melt
  3. usted, él, ella he/she used to melt
  4. nosotros we used to melt
  5. vosotros Spain you all used to melt
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they used to melt

Future

Futuro · plans and promises; in speech, “voy a hablar” is just as common

  1. yo I will melt
  2. tú you will melt
  3. usted, él, ella he/she will melt
  4. nosotros we will melt
  5. vosotros Spain you all will melt
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they will melt

Conditional

Condicional · “would”

  1. yo I would melt
  2. tú you would melt
  3. usted, él, ella he/she would melt
  4. nosotros we would melt
  5. vosotros Spain you all would melt
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they would melt

Present subjunctive

Presente de subjuntivo · wishes, doubts, “que …”

  1. yo (that) I melt
  2. tú (that) you melt
  3. usted, él, ella (that) he/she melt
  4. nosotros (that) we melt
  5. vosotros Spain (that) you all melt
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas (that) they melt

Past subjunctive

Imperfecto de subjuntivo · “if I were”, “si …”

  1. yo (if) I melted
  2. tú (if) you melted
  3. usted, él, ella (if) he/she melted
  4. nosotros (if) we melted
  5. vosotros Spain (if) you all melted
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas (if) they melted

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders; a negative one uses the subjunctive (no hables)

  1. tú melt!
  2. usted melt! (formal)
  3. nosotros melt! (let’s)
  4. vosotros Spain melt! (all of you)
  5. ustedes melt! (all of you)

How to use derretirse

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present

    El helado se derrite antes de llegar a casa.

    The ice cream melts before we get home.

  2. Past

    ¿Se derritió la mantequilla que dejaste en la mesa?

    Did the butter you left on the table melt?

  3. Imperfect

    En la playa el hielo se derretía en minutos.

    On the beach the ice would melt in minutes.

  4. Future

    Si dejas el chocolate ahí, se derretirá.

    If you leave the chocolate there, it'll melt.

  5. Conditional

    Con este calor, hasta las velas se derretirían.

    In this heat, even the candles would melt.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Come la paleta antes de que se derrita.

    Eat the popsicle before it melts.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Metí el queso al horno para que se derritiera.

    I put the cheese in the oven so it would melt.

  8. Imperative

    ¡No te derritas, solo es un piropo!

    Don't melt, it's just a compliment!

Good to know

  • "Me derrito" also means I melt, with heat or with love: me derrito por él.

Where you hear derretirse

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

Spanish · Intermediate Level 3

  • Con este calor, el chocolate se derrite. In this heat, chocolate melts.
  • Mi chocolate se derritió en la lancha. My chocolate melted on the boat.
  • El helado se va a derretir. The ice cream is going to melt.

Spanish · Advanced Level 3

  • Aquí me derrito. Here I'm melting.
  • En agosto se derritió hasta el hielo del bar. In August even the ice in the bar melted.
  • Sin sombra, te vas a derretir. Without shade, you're going to melt.
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Intermediate Level 3 · se derritió

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Don't Look at the Clock

Advanced Level 3 · me derrito

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