gruñir Imperfect Conjugation
gruñir — to growl
The imperfect of gruñir is regular: gruñía, gruñías, gruñía, gruñíamos, gruñíais, gruñían.
gruñir Imperfect Forms
When to Use the Imperfect
Use this to describe a dog that used to growl frequently or a person who was grumbling in the background while something else happened.
Notes on gruñir in the Imperfect
Gruñir is fully regular in the imperfect indicative.
Example Sentences
Antes, el perro gruñía a todos los extraños.
Before, the dog used to growl at all strangers.
él/ella/usted
Nosotros gruñíamos mientras limpiábamos la casa.
We were grumbling while we were cleaning the house.
nosotros
Tú gruñías cada vez que perdías el juego.
You used to grumble every time you lost the game.
tú
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Missing the accent mark on the 'í'.
Correct: All forms of the imperfect for -ir verbs have an accented 'í'.
Why: The accent is necessary to maintain the correct stress and distinguish it from other tenses.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: gruño
Gruñir is regular in the present tense: gruño, gruñes, gruñe, gruñimos, gruñís, gruñen.
Preterite
yo: gruñí
Gruñir has a spelling change in the third person: gruñó and gruñeron (dropping the 'i').
Future
yo: gruñiré
The future of gruñir is regular: add the endings -é, -ás, -á, -emos, -éis, -án to the infinitive.
Conditional
yo: gruñiría
The conditional of gruñir is regular: add -ía, -ías, -ía, -íamos, -íais, -ían to the infinitive.
Present Subjunctive
yo: gruña
Gruñir uses the present subjunctive stem 'gruñ-' with -ir endings: gruña, gruñas, gruña, gruñamos, gruñáis, gruñan.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: gruñera
The imperfect subjunctive of gruñir drops the 'ie' before the ending: gruñera, gruñeras, gruñera, gruñéramos, gruñerais, gruñeran.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: gruñe
The imperative forms for gruñir are: gruñe (tú), gruña (usted), gruñamos (nosotros), gruñid (vosotros), gruñan (ustedes).
Negative Imperative
yo: no gruñas
The negative imperative uses the present subjunctive: no gruñas, no gruña, no gruñamos, no gruñáis, no gruñan.