
girar Imperfect Subjunctive Conjugation
girar — to turn
The imperfect subjunctive of girar is regular: girara, giraras, girara, giráramos, girarais, giraran.
girar Imperfect Subjunctive Forms
When to Use the Imperfect Subjunctive
Use this in 'if' clauses (hypotheticals) or when expressing past doubts/wishes about something turning.
Notes on girar in the Imperfect Subjunctive
Girar follows the standard pattern for -ar verbs. It is based on the 3rd person plural preterite (giraron).
Example Sentences
Si la llave girara, podríamos entrar.
If the key turned, we could get in.
él/ella/usted
Me gustaría que giraras a la derecha ahora.
I would like you to turn right now.
tú
Si giráramos aquí, llegaríamos antes.
If we turned here, we would arrive sooner.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: giraramos
Correct: giráramos
Why: The 'nosotros' form always needs an accent on the vowel before the -ramos ending.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: giro
The present of girar is regular: giro, giras, gira, giramos, giráis, giran.
Preterite
yo: giré
The preterite of girar is regular: giré, giraste, giró, giramos, girasteis, giraron.
Imperfect
yo: giraba
The imperfect of girar is regular: giraba, girabas, giraba, girábamos, girabais, giraban.
Future
yo: giraré
The future of girar is regular: giraré, girarás, girará, giraremos, giraréis, girarán.
Conditional
yo: giraría
The conditional of girar is regular: giraría, girarías, giraría, giraríamos, giraríais, girarían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: gire
The present subjunctive of girar is regular: gire, gires, gire, giremos, giréis, giren.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: gira
The affirmative imperative of girar is: gira (tú), gire (usted), giremos (nosotros), girad (vosotros), giren (ustedes).
Negative Imperative
yo: no gires
The negative imperative of girar uses present subjunctive forms: no gires, no gire, no giremos, no giréis, no giren.