fingir Imperfect Conjugation
fingir — to pretend
The imperfect of fingir is entirely regular: fingía, fingías, fingía, fingíamos, fingíais, fingían.
fingir Imperfect Forms
When to Use the Imperfect
Use the imperfect to describe a period in the past when someone used to pretend or was in the middle of pretending when something else happened.
Notes on fingir in the Imperfect
There are no irregularities here. All -ir verbs in the imperfect use the -ía endings with an accent on the 'í'.
Example Sentences
De niños, siempre fingíamos que éramos piratas.
As kids, we always pretended we were pirates.
nosotros
Ella fingía una sonrisa mientras hablaba.
She was faking a smile while she talked.
él/ella/usted
Ustedes fingían que no pasaba nada.
You all were pretending nothing was happening.
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Forgetting the accent on the 'í'.
Correct: fingía
Why: All forms of the imperfect for -er and -ir verbs require an accent on the 'í' to maintain the correct stress.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: finjo
The present tense of fingir is regular except for the 'yo' form, which changes to 'finjo' to keep the sound right.
Preterite
yo: fingí
The preterite of fingir is mostly regular, but watch for the spelling change in the third person: fingió and fingieron.
Future
yo: fingiré
The future tense of fingir is completely regular: fingiré, fingirás, fingirá, fingiremos, fingiréis, fingirán.
Conditional
yo: fingiría
The conditional of fingir is regular: fingiría, fingirías, fingiría, fingiríamos, fingiríais, fingirían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: finja
The present subjunctive of fingir uses a 'j' in all forms: finja, finjas, finja, finjamos, finjáis, finjan.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: fingiera
The imperfect subjunctive of fingir is built from the third-person preterite: fingiera, fingieras, fingiera, fingiéramos, fingierais, fingieran.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: finge
The imperative of fingir tells someone to pretend: finge (tú), finja (usted), finjamos (nosotros), fingid (vosotros), finjan (ustedes).
Negative Imperative
yo: no finjas
The negative imperative of fingir always uses the 'j' spelling: no finjas, no finja, no finjamos, no finjáis, no finjan.