admitir Imperfect Subjunctive Conjugation
admitir — to admit
The imperfect subjunctive of admitir is regular: admitiera, admitieras, admitiera, admitiéramos, admitierais, admitieran.
admitir Imperfect Subjunctive Forms
When to Use the Imperfect Subjunctive
Use this tense for hypothetical situations or past requests, such as 'If he admitted it...' or 'They wanted us to admit it'.
Notes on admitir in the Imperfect Subjunctive
Admitir follows the regular pattern for -ir verbs in the imperfect subjunctive, based on the 'admitieron' stem.
Example Sentences
Si yo admitiera eso, sería un mentiroso.
If I were to admit that, I would be a liar.
yo
Me gustaría que ellos admitieran el error.
I would like them to admit the error.
ellos/ellas/ustedes
No era necesario que nosotros admitiéramos nada.
It wasn't necessary for us to admit anything.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: admitieramos
Correct: admitiéramos
Why: The 'nosotros' form of the imperfect subjunctive always requires an accent on the vowel before the -ramos ending.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: admito
The present tense of admitir is regular: admito, admites, admite, admitimos, admitís, admiten.
Preterite
yo: admití
Admitir is regular in the preterite: admití, admitiste, admitió, admitimos, admitisteis, admitieron.
Imperfect
yo: admitía
The imperfect of admitir uses regular -ía endings: admitía, admitías, admitía, admitíamos, admitíais, admitían.
Future
yo: admitiré
The future of admitir adds endings to the infinitive: admitiré, admitirás, admitirá, admitiremos, admitiréis, admitirán.
Conditional
yo: admitiría
The conditional of admitir is formed by adding -ía endings to the infinitive: admitiría, admitirías, admitiría, admitiríamos, admitiríais, admitirían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: admita
The present subjunctive of admitir uses -a endings: admita, admitas, admita, admitamos, admitáis, admitan.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: admite
The imperative of admitir provides commands: admite (tú), admita (usted), admitamos (nosotros), admitid (vosotros), admitan (ustedes).
Negative Imperative
yo: no admitas
The negative imperative of admitir uses subjunctive forms: no admitas, no admita, no admitamos, no admitáis, no admitan.