gruñir Preterite Conjugation
gruñir — to growl
Gruñir has a spelling change in the third person: gruñó and gruñeron (dropping the 'i').
gruñir Preterite Forms
When to Use the Preterite
Use the preterite for a specific instance of growling or grumbling that started and finished in the past.
Notes on gruñir in the Preterite
In the third person (él/ellos), the 'i' of the ending disappears because it follows an 'ñ'. It is 'gruñó' instead of 'gruñió'.
Example Sentences
El perro me gruñó una vez.
The dog growled at me once.
él/ella/usted
Gruñí de dolor cuando me caí.
I groaned/growled in pain when I fell.
yo
Los vecinos gruñeron por el ruido.
The neighbors grumbled about the noise.
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Writing 'gruñió' or 'gruñieron'.
Correct: Use 'gruñó' and 'gruñeron'.
Why: The 'i' is redundant after an 'ñ' in Spanish spelling and is always omitted in these endings.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: gruño
Gruñir is regular in the present tense: gruño, gruñes, gruñe, gruñimos, gruñís, gruñen.
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.
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.