impedir Conditional Conjugation
impedir — to prevent
The conditional of impedir is regular: impediría, impedirías, impediría, impediríamos, impediríais, impedirían.
impedir Conditional Forms
When to Use the Conditional
Use the conditional to express what 'would' prevent an action under certain circumstances or to be polite.
Notes on impedir in the Conditional
Like the future, the conditional uses the full infinitive as the stem and is completely regular.
Example Sentences
Yo no impediría tu felicidad.
I would not prevent your happiness.
yo
¿Impedirías que se fuera?
Would you prevent him from leaving?
tú
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Impidiría.
Correct: Impediría.
Why: Do not apply the present-tense stem change to the conditional stem.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: impido
Impedir is an e>i stem-changing verb in all forms except nosotros and vosotros.
Preterite
yo: impedí
Impedir is irregular in the preterite, changing the 'e' to 'i' in the third-person forms: impidió and impidieron.
Imperfect
yo: impedía
Impedir is regular in the imperfect: impedía, impedías, impedía, impedíamos, impedíais, impedían.
Future
yo: impediré
Impedir is regular in the future: just add the endings to the full infinitive.
Present Subjunctive
yo: impida
Impedir changes 'e' to 'i' in all forms of the present subjunctive, including nosotros and vosotros.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: impidiera
Based on the 'ellos' preterite, the stem is 'impidier-'.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: impide
Use 'impide' for tú and 'impida' for usted; remember the stem change.
Negative Imperative
yo: no impidas
The negative imperative uses the present subjunctive forms: no impidas, no impida, no impidamos.