desvestir Imperfect Conjugation
desvestir — to undress
Desvestir is completely regular in the imperfect: desvestía, desvestías, desvestía, desvestíamos, desvestíais, desvestían.
desvestir Imperfect Forms
When to Use the Imperfect
Use the imperfect to describe habitual undressing in the past or to set the scene (e.g., 'I was undressing the baby when the phone rang').
Notes on desvestir in the Imperfect
There are no stem changes in the imperfect. It follows the standard -ía endings for -ir verbs.
Example Sentences
De niña, yo siempre desvestía a mis muñecas.
As a child, I always used to undress my dolls.
yo
Nosotros desvestíamos a los perros después de caminar bajo la lluvia.
We used to undress (take the coats off) the dogs after walking in the rain.
nosotros
Ustedes desvestían el escaparate cada lunes.
You all used to undress the shop window every Monday.
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Adding a stem change like 'desvistía'.
Correct: desvestía
Why: Stem-changing -ir verbs do not change their stems in the imperfect indicative.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: desvisto
Desvestir changes the 'e' to 'i' in all forms except nosotros and vosotros: desvisto, desvistes, desviste, desvisten.
Preterite
yo: desvestí
In the preterite, desvestir is irregular only in the third person (él/ellos), where the 'e' changes to 'i'.
Future
yo: desvestiré
The future of desvestir is regular: just add -é, -ás, -á, -emos, -éis, -án to the infinitive.
Conditional
yo: desvestiría
The conditional of desvestir is regular: desvestiría, desvestirías, desvestiría, etc.
Present Subjunctive
yo: desvista
The present subjunctive uses the 'i' stem change in ALL forms: desvista, desvistas, desvista, desvistamos, desvistáis, desvistan.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: desvistiera
The imperfect subjunctive uses the 'desvisti-' stem from the third-person preterite: desvistiera, desvistieras, desvistiera...
Affirmative Imperative
yo: desviste
Give commands to undress: desviste (tú), desvista (usted), desvistan (ustedes).
Negative Imperative
yo: no desvistas
Negative commands use 'no' + present subjunctive: no desvistas, no desvista, no desvistamos, no desvistan.