gruñir Present Subjunctive Conjugation
gruñir — to growl
Gruñir uses the present subjunctive stem 'gruñ-' with -ir endings: gruña, gruñas, gruña, gruñamos, gruñáis, gruñan.
gruñir Present Subjunctive Forms
When to Use the Present Subjunctive
Use this when you want someone else to stop grumbling or when you doubt a dog will growl. It expresses wishes, emotions, or uncertainty about the act of growling.
Notes on gruñir in the Present Subjunctive
Gruñir is regular in the present subjunctive, following the standard pattern for -ir verbs after the 'yo' form stem.
Example Sentences
No quiero que mi perro te gruña.
I don't want my dog to growl at you.
él/ella/usted
Espero que no gruñamos por la comida.
I hope we don't grumble about the food.
nosotros
Dudo que ellos gruñan si les pagas bien.
I doubt they will grumble if you pay them well.
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Using 'gruña' for 'yo' in the indicative.
Correct: Use 'gruño' for 'I growl' (indicative) and 'gruña' only for 'I growl' in subjunctive contexts.
Why: Learners sometimes confuse the 'o' and 'a' endings between indicative and subjunctive.
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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').
Imperfect
yo: gruñía
The imperfect of gruñir is regular: gruñía, gruñías, gruñía, gruñíamos, gruñíais, gruñían.
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.
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.