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SPANISH VERB

dividir

to divide, to split

  • #436 most used
  • Regular -ir verb
  • Gerund: dividiendo
  • Past participle: dividido

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

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

Past

Pretérito indefinido · finished actions

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

Imperfect

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

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

Condicional · “would”

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

Present subjunctive

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

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

Past subjunctive

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

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

Imperative

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

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

How to use dividir

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

  1. Present

    Siempre dividimos la cuenta entre todos los amigos.

    We always split the bill among all the friends.

  2. Past

    Dividí el pastel en ocho rebanadas iguales.

    I divided the cake into eight equal slices.

  3. Imperfect

    Mi mamá dividía las tareas de la casa entre nosotros.

    My mom divided the household chores among us.

  4. Future

    Dividiremos el viaje en dos días para no cansarnos.

    We'll split the trip into two days so we don't get tired.

  5. Conditional

    Yo dividiría el grupo en equipos de cuatro.

    I would divide the group into teams of four.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Es justo que dividan la herencia en partes iguales.

    It's fair that they split the inheritance equally.

  7. Past subjunctive

    El maestro pidió que dividiéramos la clase en dos.

    The teacher asked us to divide the class in two.

  8. Imperative

    Divide la masa en bolitas del mismo tamaño.

    Divide the dough into little balls of the same size.

Where you hear dividir

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

Spanish · Intermediate Level 1

  • Divido el trabajo en dos partes. I divide the work into two parts.
  • Dividimos la cuenta entre cuatro. We split the bill between four people.
  • Voy a dividir la clase en dos grupos. I’m going to divide the class into two groups.
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It's Your Decision

Intermediate Level 1 · dividir en dos

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Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: regular -ir verb.