arrepentirse Imperfect Conjugation
arrepentirse — to regret
Arrepentirse is completely regular in the imperfect tense: arrepentía, arrepentías, arrepentía...
arrepentirse Imperfect Forms
When to Use the Imperfect
Use the imperfect to describe an ongoing or habitual state of regret in the past, or to set the scene for why someone was feeling remorseful.
Notes on arrepentirse in the Imperfect
There are no stem changes in the imperfect. It follows the standard -ía endings for -ir verbs.
Example Sentences
Yo me arrepentía cada vez que comía chocolate.
I used to regret it every time I ate chocolate.
yo
Parecía que ella se arrepentía de su elección.
It seemed like she was regretting her choice.
él/ella/usted
En ese entonces, no nos arrepentíamos de nada.
Back then, we didn't regret anything.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Me arrepientía.
Correct: Me arrepentía.
Why: Do not carry the present tense stem change (ie) into the imperfect; it stays as 'e'.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: me arrepiento
Arrepentirse is a stem-changing (e > ie) verb in the present tense, except for the nosotros and vosotros forms.
Preterite
yo: me arrepentí
Arrepentirse has a stem change (e > i) only in the third-person forms (él/ellos) in the preterite.
Future
yo: me arrepentiré
The future tense of arrepentirse is regular: attach the endings to the full infinitive.
Conditional
yo: me arrepentiría
The conditional of arrepentirse is regular: arrepentiría, arrepentirías, arrepentiría...
Present Subjunctive
yo: me arrepienta
The present subjunctive uses the 'ie' stem change, except for nosotros/vosotros which use 'i'.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: me arrepintiera
The imperfect subjunctive uses the 'i' stem change throughout: arrepintiera, arrepintieras...
Affirmative Imperative
yo: arrepiéntete
The imperative uses the 'ie' stem change for commands (except 'arrepentíos').
Negative Imperative
yo: no te arrepientas
The negative imperative uses the present subjunctive forms: no te arrepientas.