concluir Imperfect Conjugation
concluir — to finish
The imperfect of concluir is regular: concluía, concluías, concluía, concluíamos, concluíais, concluían.
concluir Imperfect Forms
When to Use the Imperfect
Use the imperfect to describe the process of finishing something over time in the past, or to say what you 'used to conclude' habitually.
Notes on concluir in the Imperfect
Concluir is regular in the imperfect. Every form has an accent on the first 'í' of the ending.
Example Sentences
Yo siempre concluía mis tareas antes de la cena.
I used to always finish my homework before dinner.
yo
En ese entonces, concluíamos que no había otra opción.
Back then, we used to conclude there was no other option.
nosotros
Ellos concluían el evento cuando empezó a llover.
They were finishing the event when it started to rain.
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Common Mistakes
Mistake: concluia
Correct: concluía
Why: All -ir verbs in the imperfect must have a written accent on the 'í'.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: concluyo
In the present tense, concluir is irregular: the 'i' changes to 'uy' in all forms except nosotros and vosotros.
Preterite
yo: concluí
The preterite of concluir features a 'y' in the third-person forms: concluyó and concluyeron.
Future
yo: concluiré
The future of concluir is regular: concluiré, concluirás, concluirá, concluiremos, concluiréis, concluirán.
Conditional
yo: concluiría
The conditional of concluir is regular: concluiría, concluirías, concluiría, concluiríamos, concluiríais, concluirían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: concluya
The present subjunctive of concluir uses the 'y' throughout: concluya, concluyas, concluya, concluyamos, concluyáis, concluyan.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: concluyera
The imperfect subjunctive of concluir uses the 'y' from the preterite: concluyera, concluyeras, concluyera...
Affirmative Imperative
yo: concluye
The imperative forms for concluir are: concluye (tú), concluya (usted), concluyamos (nosotros), concluid (vosotros), concluyan (ustedes).
Negative Imperative
yo: no concluyas
The negative imperative always uses the present subjunctive forms: no concluyas, no concluya, no concluyamos, no concluyáis, no concluyan.