freír Imperfect Subjunctive Conjugation
freír — to fry
The imperfect subjunctive uses the 'fri-' stem: friera, frieras, friera, friéramos, frierais, frieran.
freír Imperfect Subjunctive Forms
When to Use the Imperfect Subjunctive
Use this for hypothetical situations (e.g., 'If I fried...') or after past-tense verbs of influence.
Notes on freír in the Imperfect Subjunctive
This tense is built from the third-person plural of the preterite (frieron), so it keeps the 'i' stem throughout.
Example Sentences
Si yo friera el pescado, sabría mejor.
If I fried the fish, it would taste better.
yo
Me pidió que yo friera las cebollas.
He asked me to fry the onions.
yo
Si nosotros friéramos la comida, tardaríamos menos.
If we fried the food, we would take less time.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Using 'freiera' with an 'e'.
Correct: friera
Why: The stem must match the preterite 'ellos' form (frieron), which uses an 'i'.
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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.
Present Subjunctive
yo: fría
The present subjunctive of freír uses the 'i' stem change: fría, frías, fría, friamos, friáis, frían.
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.