arreglar Preterite Conjugation
arreglar — fix
Arreglar is regular in the preterite: arreglé, arreglaste, arregló, arreglamos, arreglasteis, arreglaron.
arreglar Preterite Forms
When to Use the Preterite
Use the preterite when the fixing job is finished. It's perfect for saying you fixed the Wi-Fi yesterday or tidied your room before the guests arrived.
Notes on arreglar in the Preterite
This verb is regular in the preterite. Note that 'arreglamos' is the same in both present and preterite; use context clues like 'ayer' to tell them apart.
Example Sentences
Ayer arreglé el grifo de la cocina.
Yesterday I fixed the kitchen tap.
yo
Ellos arreglaron el jardín el verano pasado.
They fixed up the garden last summer.
ellos/ellas/ustedes
¿Arregló usted el televisor?
Did you fix the television?
él/ella/usted
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Writing 'arreglo' (present) instead of 'arregló' (past).
Correct: Arregló
Why: The accent on the 'ó' is vital to show it happened in the past; without it, it looks like 'I fix'.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: arreglo
Arreglar is regular in the present: arreglo, arreglas, arregla, arreglamos, arregláis, arreglan.
Imperfect
yo: arreglaba
Arreglar in the imperfect uses the -aba endings: arreglaba, arreglabas, arreglaba, arreglábamos, arreglabais, arreglaban.
Future
yo: arreglaré
The future of arreglar is formed by adding -é, -ás, -á, -emos, -éis, -án to the infinitive.
Conditional
yo: arreglaría
Arreglar in the conditional adds -ía endings to the infinitive: arreglaría, arreglarías, arreglaría...
Present Subjunctive
yo: arregle
The present subjunctive of arreglar uses -e endings: arregle, arregles, arregle, arreglemos, arregléis, arreglen.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: arreglara
The imperfect subjunctive of arreglar is formed from the 'ellos' preterite: arreglara, arreglaras, arreglara, etc.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: arregla
The imperative of arreglar gives commands: arregla (tú), arregle (usted), arreglad (vosotros), arreglen (ustedes).
Negative Imperative
yo: no arregles
The negative imperative of arreglar uses 'no' plus the present subjunctive forms: no arregles, no arregle, etc.