administrar Preterite Conjugation
administrar — to manage
The preterite of administrar is regular: administré, administraste, administró, administramos, administrasteis, administraron.
administrar Preterite Forms
When to Use the Preterite
Use the preterite to talk about specific, completed actions of managing something in the past. For example, 'I managed the event last week' or 'She managed the team for two years'.
Notes on administrar in the Preterite
Administrar is a regular -ar verb and follows the standard conjugation pattern in the preterite tense.
Example Sentences
Yo administré el proyecto durante seis meses.
I managed the project for six months.
yo
¿Tú administráste bien las finanzas de la empresa?
Did you manage the company's finances well?
tú
Él administró la tienda hasta que se jubiló.
He managed the store until he retired.
él/ella/usted
Nosotros administramos la crisis con calma.
We managed the crisis calmly.
nosotros
Ellos administraron los recursos de manera muy eficiente.
They managed the resources very efficiently.
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Using the imperfect tense 'administraba' instead of the preterite 'administré'.
Correct: Use 'administré' for a specific, completed management task. Use 'administraba' for habitual or ongoing management in the past.
Why: The preterite marks a finished action, while the imperfect describes ongoing or habitual past actions.
Mistake: Forgetting the accent on 'administró' (él/ella/usted).
Correct: The third-person singular preterite form is 'administró' with an accent on the 'ó'.
Why: The accent is necessary to indicate the correct stress and differentiate it from other forms.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: administro
The present indicative of administrar is regular: administro, administras, administra, administramos, administráis, administran.
Imperfect
yo: administraba
The imperfect of administrar is regular: administraba, administrabas, administraba, administrábamos, administrabais, administraban.
Future
yo: administraré
The future tense of administrar is regular: administraré, administrarás, administrará, etc.
Conditional
yo: administraría
The conditional of administrar is regular: administraría, administrarías, administraría, etc.
Present Subjunctive
yo: administre
The present subjunctive (administre, administres, etc.) is used for wishes, doubts, emotions, and uncertainty.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: administrara
The imperfect subjunctive (administrara/administrase) expresses unreal or hypothetical situations in the past.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: administra
Use the imperative forms administra, administre, administremos, administrad, administren for direct commands.
Negative Imperative
yo: no administres
Negative commands use 'no' plus the present subjunctive: no administres, no administre, no administremos, no administréis, no administren.