Dormirse Conjugation | How to Conjugate Dormirse in Spanish

Dormirse means “to fall asleep” or “to go to sleep.” You will learn its o → ue / o → u changes, pronominal clitics, durmiendo, compound forms, and commands.

Dormirse conjugation at a glance

Verb type: Irregular. Dormirse is pronominal and uses several irregular stem families. RAE gives duermo, preterite durmió / durmieron, subjunctive duerma / durmamos, past/future subjunctive durmiera / durmiere, and gerund durmiendo.

Dormirse gerund, past participle, and infinitive

The pronominal infinitive keeps se. The gerund can carry an attached clitic, and compound non-finite forms combine the clitic with haber. The participle dormido remains invariant in compound forms.

Form	Spanish	Natural English guide
Infinitive	dormirse	to fall asleep / go to sleep
Gerund	durmiéndose	falling asleep
Past participle	dormido	fallen asleep
Compound infinitive	haberse dormido	to have fallen asleep
Compound gerund	habiéndose dormido	having fallen asleep

Dormirse meaning and essential uses

RAE explicitly records pronominal dormirse for a person or animal becoming asleep: Me duermo rápido. — “I fall asleep quickly.” The core target meaning here is the transition into sleep.

RAE also records pronominal use for a body part becoming numb: Se me durmió la pierna. — “My leg went numb.” The core learner target remains “fall asleep.”

Dormirse irregular conjugation patterns

Present uses duerm- in stressed forms but dorm- in nosotros/vosotros: me duermo / nos dormimos. Preterite third persons use durmió / durmieron.

Present subjunctive is duerma... but durmamos / durmáis. Past/future subjunctive use durmier-. Affirmative commands attach clitics: duérmete, duérmase, durmámonos, dormíos, duérmanse.

Dormirse indicative and periphrastic conjugations

Dormirse present tense conjugation

Present indicative (el presente de indicativo) — Use it for current situations, habits, facts, and contextually near-future reference. Stressed forms use duerm-; nosotros/nosotras and vosotros/vosotras retain dorm-.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	me duermo	I fall asleep / go to sleep
Tú — you, singular informal	te duermes	you fall asleep / go to sleep
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	se duerme	he / she falls asleep / goes to sleep; you fall asleep / go to sleep (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	nos dormimos	we fall asleep / go to sleep
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	os dormís	you fall asleep / go to sleep (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	se duermen	they fall asleep / go to sleep; you fall asleep / go to sleep (plural)

• Me duermo rápido cuando estoy cansado. — I fall asleep quickly when I am tired.

Dormirse preterite conjugation

Preterite (el pretérito perfecto simple / pretérito indefinido) — Use it for completed or bounded past events. Third-person forms use durmió / durmieron; other persons retain dorm-.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	me dormí	I fell asleep / went to sleep
Tú — you, singular informal	te dormiste	you fell asleep / went to sleep
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	se durmió	he / she fell asleep / went to sleep; you fell asleep / went to sleep (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	nos dormimos	we fell asleep / went to sleep
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	os dormisteis	you fell asleep / went to sleep (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	se durmieron	they fell asleep / went to sleep; you fell asleep / went to sleep (plural)

• Ayer me dormí en el sofá. — Yesterday I fell asleep on the sofa.

Dormirse imperfect conjugation

Imperfect (el pretérito imperfecto) — Use it for habitual, descriptive, background, or ongoing past situations. The clitic precedes the finite form of haber, followed by invariant dormido.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	me dormía	I used to fall asleep / go to sleep / was falling asleep / going to sleep
Tú — you, singular informal	te dormías	you used to fall asleep / go to sleep / were falling asleep / going to sleep
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	se dormía	he / she used to fall asleep / go to sleep / was falling asleep / going to sleep; you used to fall asleep / go to sleep / were falling asleep / going to sleep (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	nos dormíamos	we used to fall asleep / go to sleep / were falling asleep / going to sleep
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	os dormíais	you used to fall asleep / go to sleep / were falling asleep / going to sleep (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	se dormían	they used to fall asleep / go to sleep / were falling asleep / going to sleep; you used to fall asleep / go to sleep / were falling asleep / going to sleep (plural)

• De niño me dormía temprano. — As a child, I used to fall asleep early.

Dormirse present progressive

Present progressive — This verbal periphrasis focuses on an action or process in progress. The main table places the clitic before estar. Attaching it to the gerund is also standard: estoy durmiéndome.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	me estoy durmiendo	I am falling asleep / going to sleep
Tú — you, singular informal	te estás durmiendo	you are falling asleep / going to sleep
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	se está durmiendo	he / she is falling asleep / going to sleep; you are falling asleep / going to sleep (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	nos estamos durmiendo	we are falling asleep / going to sleep
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	os estáis durmiendo	you are falling asleep / going to sleep (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	se están durmiendo	they are falling asleep / going to sleep; you are falling asleep / going to sleep (plural)

• Me estoy durmiendo. — I am falling asleep.

Dormirse near future conjugation

Near future — This verbal periphrasis expresses an intention, plan, or expected event. The main table places the clitic before ir. Attaching it to the infinitive is also standard: voy a dormirme.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	me voy a dormir	I am going to fall asleep / go to sleep
Tú — you, singular informal	te vas a dormir	you are going to fall asleep / go to sleep
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	se va a dormir	he / she is going to fall asleep / go to sleep; you are going to fall asleep / go to sleep (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	nos vamos a dormir	we are going to fall asleep / go to sleep
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	os vais a dormir	you are going to fall asleep / go to sleep (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	se van a dormir	they are going to fall asleep / go to sleep; you are going to fall asleep / go to sleep (plural)

• Me voy a dormir pronto. — I am going to go to sleep soon.

Dormirse future tense conjugation

Simple future (el futuro simple) — Use it for future reference and, where useful, probability. The table uses the verified paradigm.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	me dormiré	I will fall asleep / go to sleep
Tú — you, singular informal	te dormirás	you will fall asleep / go to sleep
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	se dormirá	he / she will fall asleep / go to sleep; you will fall asleep / go to sleep (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	nos dormiremos	we will fall asleep / go to sleep
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	os dormiréis	you will fall asleep / go to sleep (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	se dormirán	they will fall asleep / go to sleep; you will fall asleep / go to sleep (plural)

• Nos dormiremos después de la película. — We will fall asleep after the movie.

Dormirse conditional conjugation

Conditional (el condicional simple) — Use it for hypothetical outcomes, softened statements, or related conditional meanings. The table uses the verified paradigm.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	me dormiría	I would fall asleep / go to sleep
Tú — you, singular informal	te dormirías	you would fall asleep / go to sleep
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	se dormiría	he / she would fall asleep / go to sleep; you would fall asleep / go to sleep (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	nos dormiríamos	we would fall asleep / go to sleep
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	os dormiríais	you would fall asleep / go to sleep (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	se dormirían	they would fall asleep / go to sleep; you would fall asleep / go to sleep (plural)

• Me dormiría enseguida en esa cama. — I would fall asleep immediately in that bed.

Dormirse present perfect conjugation

Present perfect (el pretérito perfecto compuesto) — Use it for completed events connected to a present reference frame; regional distribution varies. The clitic precedes the finite form of haber, followed by invariant dormido.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	me he dormido	I have fallen asleep / gone to sleep
Tú — you, singular informal	te has dormido	you have fallen asleep / gone to sleep
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	se ha dormido	he / she has fallen asleep / gone to sleep; you have fallen asleep / gone to sleep (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	nos hemos dormido	we have fallen asleep / gone to sleep
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	os habéis dormido	you have fallen asleep / gone to sleep (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	se han dormido	they have fallen asleep / gone to sleep; you have fallen asleep / gone to sleep (plural)

• Me he dormido dos veces durante el viaje. — I have fallen asleep twice during the trip.

Dormirse past perfect conjugation

Past perfect (el pretérito pluscuamperfecto) — Use it for an event completed before another past reference point. The clitic precedes the finite form of haber, followed by invariant dormido.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	me había dormido	I had fallen asleep / gone to sleep
Tú — you, singular informal	te habías dormido	you had fallen asleep / gone to sleep
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	se había dormido	he / she had fallen asleep / gone to sleep; you had fallen asleep / gone to sleep (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	nos habíamos dormido	we had fallen asleep / gone to sleep
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	os habíais dormido	you had fallen asleep / gone to sleep (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	se habían dormido	they had fallen asleep / gone to sleep; you had fallen asleep / gone to sleep (plural)

• Ya se había dormido el bebé. — The baby had already fallen asleep.

Dormirse future perfect conjugation

Future perfect (el futuro perfecto) — Use it for an event expected to be completed before a future reference point. The clitic precedes the finite form of haber, followed by invariant dormido.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	me habré dormido	I will have fallen asleep / gone to sleep
Tú — you, singular informal	te habrás dormido	you will have fallen asleep / gone to sleep
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	se habrá dormido	he / she will have fallen asleep / gone to sleep; you will have fallen asleep / gone to sleep (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	nos habremos dormido	we will have fallen asleep / gone to sleep
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	os habréis dormido	you will have fallen asleep / gone to sleep (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	se habrán dormido	they will have fallen asleep / gone to sleep; you will have fallen asleep / gone to sleep (plural)

• Para entonces se habrán dormido todos. — By then everyone will have fallen asleep.

Dormirse conditional perfect conjugation

Conditional perfect (el condicional compuesto) — Use it for a hypothetical completed outcome. The clitic precedes the finite form of haber, followed by invariant dormido.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	me habría dormido	I would have fallen asleep / gone to sleep
Tú — you, singular informal	te habrías dormido	you would have fallen asleep / gone to sleep
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	se habría dormido	he / she would have fallen asleep / gone to sleep; you would have fallen asleep / gone to sleep (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	nos habríamos dormido	we would have fallen asleep / gone to sleep
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	os habríais dormido	you would have fallen asleep / gone to sleep (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	se habrían dormido	they would have fallen asleep / gone to sleep; you would have fallen asleep / gone to sleep (plural)

• Me habría dormido antes sin el ruido. — I would have fallen asleep earlier without the noise.

Dormirse subjunctive conjugations

Dormirse present subjunctive conjugation

Present subjunctive (el presente de subjuntivo) — Use it in subordinate environments involving wishes, influence, emotion, doubt or denial, evaluation, necessity, possibility, or non-specific reference. Stressed forms use duerm-, while nosotros/nosotras and vosotros/vosotras use durm-.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	me duerma	that I fall asleep / go to sleep
Tú — you, singular informal	te duermas	that you fall asleep / go to sleep
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	se duerma	that he / she fall asleep / go to sleep; that you fall asleep / go to sleep (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	nos durmamos	that we fall asleep / go to sleep
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	os durmáis	that you fall asleep / go to sleep (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	se duerman	that they fall asleep / go to sleep; that you fall asleep / go to sleep (plural)

• Espero que te duermas pronto. — I hope you fall asleep soon.

Dormirse imperfect subjunctive conjugation

Imperfect subjunctive (el imperfecto de subjuntivo) — The main table uses the -ra series. The accepted -se series is also valid in many contexts and is demonstrated after the table. Past subjunctive uses durmier-; the main table shows the -ra series.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	me durmiera	that I fell asleep / went to sleep
Tú — you, singular informal	te durmieras	that you fell asleep / went to sleep
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	se durmiera	that he / she fell asleep / went to sleep; that you fell asleep / went to sleep (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	nos durmiéramos	that we fell asleep / went to sleep
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	os durmierais	that you fell asleep / went to sleep (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	se durmieran	that they fell asleep / went to sleep; that you fell asleep / went to sleep (plural)

• Preferían que nos durmiéramos antes de medianoche. — They preferred that we fall asleep before midnight.
• Era posible que te durmieses durante el viaje. — It was possible that you would fall asleep during the trip.

Dormirse future subjunctive conjugation

Future subjunctive (el futuro de subjuntivo) — Rare in modern everyday Spanish. It survives mainly in formal, legal, proverbial, literary, or historical contexts. These rare reference forms use durmier-.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	me durmiere	if / when I should fall asleep / go to sleep
Tú — you, singular informal	te durmieres	if / when you should fall asleep / go to sleep
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	se durmiere	if / when he / she should fall asleep / go to sleep; if / when you should fall asleep / go to sleep (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	nos durmiéremos	if / when we should fall asleep / go to sleep
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	os durmiereis	if / when you should fall asleep / go to sleep (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	se durmieren	if / when they should fall asleep / go to sleep; if / when you should fall asleep / go to sleep (plural)

• Quien se durmiere durante la guardia deberá informar al responsable. — Whoever should fall asleep during the watch must notify the person in charge.

Dormirse present perfect subjunctive conjugation

Present perfect subjunctive (el pretérito perfecto de subjuntivo) — Use it when a completed event appears inside a present- or future-oriented subjunctive environment. The clitic precedes the finite form of haber, followed by invariant dormido.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	me haya dormido	that I have fallen asleep / gone to sleep
Tú — you, singular informal	te hayas dormido	that you have fallen asleep / gone to sleep
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	se haya dormido	that he / she has fallen asleep / gone to sleep; that you have fallen asleep / gone to sleep (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	nos hayamos dormido	that we have fallen asleep / gone to sleep
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	os hayáis dormido	that you have fallen asleep / gone to sleep (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	se hayan dormido	that they have fallen asleep / gone to sleep; that you have fallen asleep / gone to sleep (plural)

• Me alegra que te hayas dormido sin problemas. — I am glad that you fell asleep without problems.

Dormirse past perfect subjunctive conjugation

Past perfect subjunctive (el pluscuamperfecto de subjuntivo) — The main table uses hubiera; hubiese is an accepted auxiliary alternative in many contexts and is demonstrated after the table. The clitic precedes the finite form of haber, followed by invariant dormido.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	me hubiera dormido	that I had fallen asleep / gone to sleep
Tú — you, singular informal	te hubieras dormido	that you had fallen asleep / gone to sleep
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	se hubiera dormido	that he / she had fallen asleep / gone to sleep; that you had fallen asleep / gone to sleep (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	nos hubiéramos dormido	that we had fallen asleep / gone to sleep
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	os hubierais dormido	that you had fallen asleep / gone to sleep (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	se hubieran dormido	that they had fallen asleep / gone to sleep; that you had fallen asleep / gone to sleep (plural)

• Si me hubiera dormido antes, estaría más descansado. — If I had fallen asleep earlier, I would be more rested.
• Si te hubieses dormido en el tren, habrías perdido la parada. — If you had fallen asleep on the train, you would have missed the stop.

Dormirse future perfect subjunctive conjugation

Future perfect subjunctive (el futuro perfecto de subjuntivo) — Rare in modern everyday Spanish. Treat it as a formal or historical reference form, not an everyday conversational target. The clitic precedes the finite form of haber, followed by invariant dormido.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	me hubiere dormido	if / when I should have fallen asleep / gone to sleep
Tú — you, singular informal	te hubieres dormido	if / when you should have fallen asleep / gone to sleep
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	se hubiere dormido	if / when he / she should have fallen asleep / gone to sleep; if / when you should have fallen asleep / gone to sleep (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	nos hubiéremos dormido	if / when we should have fallen asleep / gone to sleep
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	os hubiereis dormido	if / when you should have fallen asleep / gone to sleep (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	se hubieren dormido	if / when they should have fallen asleep / gone to sleep; if / when you should have fallen asleep / gone to sleep (plural)

• Si se hubieren dormido los niños, podremos hablar en voz baja. — If the children should have fallen asleep, we can speak quietly.

Dormirse imperative and commands

Commands address another person directly. The nosotros/nosotras row is a present-subjunctive form used with exhortative “let’s…” value.

Dormirse affirmative commands

In affirmative pronominal commands, attach the clitic and recompute accentuation. With dormirse, the verified forms are duérmete, duérmase, durmámonos, dormíos, duérmanse.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Tú — you, singular informal	duérmete	fall asleep
Usted — you, singular formal	duérmase	fall asleep (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we; let’s…	durmámonos	let’s fall asleep
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	dormíos	fall asleep (plural, mainly Spain)
Ustedes — you, plural	duérmanse	fall asleep (plural)

• Duérmete ya; mañana madrugas. — Go to sleep now; you have to get up early tomorrow.

Dormirse negative commands

Negative commands use subjunctive-based forms, with no before the person-matched clitic and the verb.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Tú — you, singular informal	no te duermas	do not fall asleep
Usted — you, singular formal	no se duerma	do not fall asleep (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we; let’s…	no nos durmamos	let’s not fall asleep
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	no os durmáis	do not fall asleep (plural, mainly Spain)
Ustedes — you, plural	no se duerman	do not fall asleep (plural)

• No te duermas al volante. — Do not fall asleep at the wheel.

Common constructions with Dormirse

These patterns show sentence frames that materially affect how the target verb is used.

• dormirse. — to fall asleep / go to sleep.
• dormirse en + place / during an activity. — to fall asleep in a place / during an activity.
• dormírsele a alguien una parte del cuerpo. — for someone’s body part to go numb.

Example sentences with Dormirse

These examples reinforce useful forms and contexts already taught in the lesson.

• Se me durmió la pierna. — My leg went numb.
• Voy a dormirme temprano. — I am going to fall asleep early.
• Estoy durmiéndome. — I am falling asleep.
• Espero que no te duermas en clase. — I hope you do not fall asleep in class.
• Los niños se han dormido. — The children have fallen asleep.
• Duérmanse antes de las once. — Go to sleep before eleven.

Regional and usage notes for Dormirse

The core tables retain tú, usted, vosotros/vosotras, and ustedes. Voseo changes some second-person singular forms where vos is used.

• Vos te dormís muy rápido. — You fall asleep very quickly. (voseo)
• Dormite temprano hoy. — Go to sleep early today. (affirmative vos command)

Dormirse combines pronominal syntax with two stem patterns: stressed o → ue and preterite/subjunctive o → u. Memorize duermo, durmió, durmamos, durmiera, durmiendo and the attached-clitic commands.