admitir Preterite Conjugation
admitir — to admit
Admitir is regular in the preterite: admití, admitiste, admitió, admitimos, admitisteis, admitieron.
admitir Preterite Forms
When to Use the Preterite
Use the preterite for specific, completed moments when someone confessed something or was officially accepted into a group.
Notes on admitir in the Preterite
Admitir is fully regular in the preterite. It follows the standard -ir ending pattern without any stem changes.
Example Sentences
Al final, él admitió la verdad.
In the end, he admitted the truth.
él/ella/usted
¿Te admitieron en el equipo de fútbol?
Did they admit you to the soccer team?
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Ayer admití mis sentimientos por ella.
Yesterday I admitted my feelings for her.
yo
Common Mistakes
Mistake: admitio
Correct: admitió
Why: The third-person singular needs an accent on the 'ó' to indicate the correct stress and tense.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: admito
The present tense of admitir is regular: admito, admites, admite, admitimos, admitís, admiten.
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.