diluir Imperfect Conjugation
diluir — to dilute
The imperfect of diluir is regular: diluía, diluías, diluía, diluíamos, diluíais, diluían.
diluir Imperfect Forms
When to Use the Imperfect
Use the imperfect to describe a process of dilution that was happening over time or a habit of thinning out ingredients in the past.
Notes on diluir in the Imperfect
Diluir is completely regular in the imperfect. Like all -ir verbs, it uses the -ía endings, and all forms carry a written accent on the 'í'.
Example Sentences
Mi abuelo siempre diluía el vino con gaseosa.
My grandfather always used to dilute wine with soda.
él/ella/usted
Mientras diluíamos la mezcla, el color cambiaba.
While we were diluting the mixture, the color was changing.
nosotros
Las sombras se diluían al amanecer.
The shadows were fading away at dawn.
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Common Mistakes
Mistake: diluia
Correct: diluía
Why: The 'i' in the -ía ending must always have an accent to maintain the correct syllable stress.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: diluyo
The present tense of diluir is irregular, adding a 'y' before the endings in all forms except nosotros and vosotros.
Preterite
yo: diluí
In the preterite, diluir is irregular in the third person (él/ellos), changing 'i' to 'y'.
Future
yo: diluiré
The future tense of diluir is regular: diluiré, diluirás, diluirá, diluiremos, diluiréis, diluirán.
Conditional
yo: diluiría
The conditional of diluir is regular: diluiría, diluirías, diluiría, diluiríamos, diluiríais, diluirían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: diluya
The present subjunctive of diluir keeps the 'y' from the 'yo' form: diluya, diluyas, diluya, diluyamos, diluyáis, diluyan.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: diluyera
The imperfect subjunctive is based on the preterite 'ellos' form: diluyera, diluyeras, diluyera, diluyéramos, diluyerais, diluyeran.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: diluye
Use the imperative to give orders: diluye (tú), diluya (usted), diluyamos (nosotros), diluid (vosotros), diluyan (ustedes).
Negative Imperative
yo: no diluyas
The negative imperative uses the present subjunctive: no diluyas, no diluya, no diluyamos, no diluyáis, no diluyan.