admitir Present Conjugation
admitir — to admit
The present tense of admitir is regular: admito, admites, admite, admitimos, admitís, admiten.
admitir Present Forms
When to Use the Present
Use the present tense to talk about current facts, such as a school that admits new students every year or someone who admits their mistakes habitually.
Notes on admitir in the Present
Admitir is a completely regular -ir verb in the present tense. There are no stem changes or spelling shifts.
Example Sentences
Yo admito que cometí un error.
I admit that I made a mistake.
yo
Esta universidad no admite más solicitudes.
This university does not admit more applications.
él/ella/usted
Nosotros admitimos que el plan es difícil.
We admit that the plan is difficult.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: admitimos (used only for present)
Correct: admitimos (present and preterite)
Why: Learners often forget that the 'nosotros' form is the same in both the present and preterite for -ir verbs.
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Related Tenses
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.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: admitiera
The imperfect subjunctive of admitir is regular: admitiera, admitieras, admitiera, admitiéramos, admitierais, admitieran.
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.