inducir Imperfect Conjugation
inducir — to induce
Inducir is regular in the imperfect: inducía, inducías, inducía, inducíamos, inducíais, inducían.
inducir Imperfect Forms
When to Use the Imperfect
Use this for ongoing past states or habits, like a specific policy that used to induce certain behaviors.
Notes on inducir in the Imperfect
Inducir is fully regular in the imperfect. All -ir verbs in this tense use the '-ía' endings with an accent on the 'i'.
Example Sentences
El antiguo sistema inducía muchos errores.
The old system used to induce many errors.
él/ella/usted
Siempre nos inducían a participar en clase.
They were always inducing us to participate in class.
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Yo inducía la paz en las reuniones familiares.
I used to induce peace in family meetings.
yo
Common Mistakes
Mistake: inducia (without accent)
Correct: inducía
Why: All forms of the imperfect for -er and -ir verbs must have an accent on the 'i'.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: induzco
Inducir is irregular only in the 'yo' form (induzco); all other forms are regular -ir endings.
Preterite
yo: induje
Inducir is irregular in the preterite, using a 'j' stem: induje, indujiste, indujo, indujimos, indujisteis, indujeron.
Future
yo: induciré
Inducir is regular in the future: induciré, inducirás, inducirá, etc.
Conditional
yo: induciría
Inducir is regular in the conditional: induciría, inducirías, induciría, etc.
Present Subjunctive
yo: induzca
Inducir changes the 'c' to 'zc' in all forms of the present subjunctive: induzca, induzcas, induzca, etc.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: indujera
The imperfect subjunctive of inducir uses the 'j' stem: indujera, indujeras, indujera, etc.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: induce
The imperative uses 'induce' for tú and 'induzca' for formal commands.
Negative Imperative
yo: no induzcas
The negative imperative always uses the 'zc' subjunctive forms: no induzcas, no induzca, etc.