freír Present Subjunctive Conjugation
freír — to fry
The present subjunctive of freír uses the 'i' stem change: fría, frías, fría, friamos, friáis, frían.
freír Present Subjunctive Forms
When to Use the Present Subjunctive
Use this when you want someone else to fry something ('Quiero que frías...'), or with expressions of doubt or necessity.
Notes on freír in the Present Subjunctive
The stem change (e > i) happens in ALL persons in the present subjunctive, including nosotros and vosotros.
Example Sentences
Espero que tú frías las patatas pronto.
I hope that you fry the potatoes soon.
tú
Es mejor que nosotros friamos el pollo ahora.
It's better that we fry the chicken now.
nosotros
Dudo que ellos frían la comida correctamente.
I doubt that they will fry the food correctly.
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Using 'freamos' for nosotros.
Correct: friamos
Why: In the subjunctive, -ir stem-changing verbs like freír change the 'e' to 'i' even in the nosotros form.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: frío
Freír is a stem-changing verb where the 'e' becomes 'í' in all forms except nosotros and vosotros.
Preterite
yo: freí
Freír has a stem change (e > i) in the third-person forms and requires accents on most endings.
Imperfect
yo: freía
Freír is regular in the imperfect: freía, freías, freía, freíamos, freíais, freían.
Future
yo: freiré
Freír is regular in the future: freiré, freirás, freirá, freiremos, freiréis, freirán.
Conditional
yo: freiría
Freír is regular in the conditional: freiría, freirías, freiría, freiríamos, freiríais, freirían.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: friera
The imperfect subjunctive uses the 'fri-' stem: friera, frieras, friera, friéramos, frierais, frieran.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: fríe
Give commands to fry: fríe (tú), fría (usted), friamos (nosotros), freíd (vosotros), frían (ustedes).
Negative Imperative
yo: no frías
Negative commands use the present subjunctive: no frías, no fría, no friamos, no friáis, no frían.