consentir Imperfect Conjugation
consentir — to pamper
Consentir is completely regular in the imperfect: consentía, consentías, consentía...
consentir Imperfect Forms
When to Use the Imperfect
Use this to describe how you used to spoil someone as a child or to set the scene of what was being tolerated over a long period.
Notes on consentir in the Imperfect
There are no stem changes in the imperfect. It follows the standard -ir verb endings perfectly.
Example Sentences
De niña, mis padres me consentían mucho.
As a child, my parents used to spoil me a lot.
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Tú siempre consentías sus mentiras.
You always used to tolerate his lies.
tú
Nosotros consentíamos a los gatos con comida cara.
We used to pamper the cats with expensive food.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Adding a stem change like 'consientía'.
Correct: consentía
Why: Stem changes (e to ie) do not happen in the imperfect tense for -ir verbs.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: consiento
Consentir undergoes an e to ie stem change in all forms except nosotros and vosotros.
Preterite
yo: consentí
Consentir has a 'slipper' irregularity: the 'e' changes to 'i' only in the third-person forms.
Future
yo: consentiré
The future of consentir is regular: just add the endings to the full infinitive.
Conditional
yo: consentiría
The conditional of consentir is regular: consentiría, consentirías, consentiría...
Present Subjunctive
yo: consienta
Consentir has two stem changes here: 'ie' in most forms and 'i' in nosotros/vosotros.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: consintiera
The imperfect subjunctive uses the 'consintie-' stem derived from the preterite.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: consiente
Use 'consiente' to tell someone to spoil you and 'consienta' for formal requests.
Negative Imperative
yo: no consientas
Negative commands use the present subjunctive forms: no consientas, no consintamos.