fingir Imperfect Subjunctive Conjugation
fingir — to pretend
The imperfect subjunctive of fingir is built from the third-person preterite: fingiera, fingieras, fingiera, fingiéramos, fingierais, fingieran.
fingir Imperfect Subjunctive Forms
When to Use the Imperfect Subjunctive
Use this for 'if' scenarios (e.g., 'If I pretended...') or after past-tense expressions of doubt or emotion.
Notes on fingir in the Imperfect Subjunctive
This tense is regular based on the preterite stem 'fingier-'. Note the accent on the 'e' in the nosotros form (fingiéramos).
Example Sentences
Si yo fingiera estar loco, me creerían.
If I pretended to be crazy, they would believe me.
yo
Me pidió que fingiera no conocerlo.
He asked me to pretend not to know him.
él/ella/usted
Si fingieras un poco más, sería más creíble.
If you pretended a bit more, it would be more believable.
tú
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Using 'fingara' instead of 'fingiera'.
Correct: fingiera
Why: -ir verbs use the 'iera' ending in the imperfect subjunctive, not 'ara'.
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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.
Imperfect
yo: fingía
The imperfect of fingir is entirely regular: fingía, fingías, fingía, fingíamos, fingíais, fingían.
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.
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.