ingerir Imperfect Conjugation
ingerir — to ingest
Ingerir is regular in the imperfect: ingería, ingerías, ingería, ingeríamos, ingeríais, ingerían.
ingerir Imperfect Forms
When to Use the Imperfect
Use this to describe past habits (e.g., a diet you used to follow) or ongoing intake in the past.
Notes on ingerir in the Imperfect
There are no stem changes or irregularities in the imperfect for this verb.
Example Sentences
De niño, yo no ingería verduras.
As a child, I didn't ingest (eat) vegetables.
yo
Ellos ingerían suplementos habitualmente.
They used to ingest supplements habitually.
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Nosotros ingeríamos mucha agua durante el entrenamiento.
We were ingesting a lot of water during the training.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Adding an 'ie' stem change (ingieria).
Correct: ingería
Why: The imperfect tense for -ir verbs never features an e→ie stem change.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: ingiero
Ingerir has an e→ie stem change in all forms except nosotros and vosotros.
Preterite
yo: ingerí
Ingerir is mostly regular but has a 'basement' change (e→i) in the third person: ingirió and ingirieron.
Future
yo: ingeriré
Ingerir is completely regular in the future: ingeriré, ingerirás, ingerirá, etc.
Conditional
yo: ingeriría
Ingerir is regular in the conditional: ingeriría, ingerirías, ingeriría...
Present Subjunctive
yo: ingiera
Ingerir undergoes an e→ie stem change (ingiera) and an e→i change in the nosotros/vosotros forms (ingiramos).
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: ingiriera
The imperfect subjunctive uses the 'ingir-' stem throughout: ingiriera, ingirieras, ingiriera...
Affirmative Imperative
yo: ingiere
The imperative uses 'ingiere' for tú, 'ingerid' for vosotros, and 'ingiera' for formal commands.
Negative Imperative
yo: no ingieras
Negative commands use the present subjunctive forms: no ingieras, no ingiera, no ingiramos...