ser de

Spanish

Etymology

Literally, “to be of”.

Verb

ser de (impersonal, third-person singular present es de, third-person singular preterite fue de, past participle sido de)

(impersonal, colloquial, El Salvador, Ecuador) synonym of hay que: to be necessary, to have got to, have to, gotta [with de (+ infinitive) ‘to do something’]
Es de ir por un café, ¿qué dices?
We gotta go for a coffee, what do you say?

Conjugation

Conjugation of ser de (irregular; impersonal) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

		singular			plural
infinitive			ser de
gerund			siendo de
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		sido de		—
		plural		—		—
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	—	—	es de	—	—	—
	imperfect	—	—	era de	—	—	—
	preterite	—	—	fue de	—	—	—
	future	—	—	será de	—	—	—
	conditional	—	—	sería de	—	—	—

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	—	—	sea de	—	—	—
	imperfect (ra)	—	—	fuera de	—	—	—
	imperfect (se)	—	—	fuese de	—	—	—
	future¹	—	—	fuere de	—	—	—

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		—	—	—	—	—
	negative		—	—	—	—	—

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.

Selected combined forms of ser de (irregular; impersonal)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive ser de	dative	serme de	serte de	serle de, serse de	sernos de	seros de	serles de, serse de
with infinitive ser de	accusative	serme de	serte de	serlo de, serla de, serse de	sernos de	seros de	serlos de, serlas de, serse de

with gerund siendo de	dative	siéndome de	siéndote de	siéndole de, siéndose de	siéndonos de	siéndoos de	siéndoles de, siéndose de
with gerund siendo de	accusative	siéndome de	siéndote de	siéndolo de, siéndola de, siéndose de	siéndonos de	siéndoos de	siéndolos de, siéndolas de, siéndose de

with informal second-person singular tú/vos imperative —	dative	—	—	—	—	not used	—
with informal second-person singular tú/vos imperative —	accusative	—	—	—, —	—	not used	—, —

with formal second-person singular imperative —	dative	—	not used	—, —	—	not used	—
with formal second-person singular imperative —	accusative	—	not used	—, —, —	—	not used	—, —

with first-person plural imperative —	dative	not used	—	—	—	—	—
with first-person plural imperative —	accusative	not used	—	—, —	—	—	—, —

with informal second-person plural imperative —	dative	—	not used	—	—	—	—
with informal second-person plural imperative —	accusative	—	not used	—, —	—	—	—, —

with formal second-person plural imperative —	dative	—	not used	—	—	not used	—, —
with formal second-person plural imperative —	accusative	—	not used	—, —	—	not used	—, —, —