intuir Imperfect Conjugation
intuir — to sense
The imperfect of intuir is regular for -ir verbs: intuía, intuías, intuía, intuíamos, intuíais, intuían.
intuir Imperfect Forms
When to Use the Imperfect
Use the imperfect to describe a lingering feeling or a continuous sense of suspicion you had over a period of time.
Notes on intuir in the Imperfect
This tense is completely regular. Every form carries an accent on the 'í'.
Example Sentences
Yo intuía que el negocio iba a quebrar.
I sensed (had a feeling) that the business was going to fail.
yo
De niños, intuíamos cuándo mamá estaba enfadada.
As kids, we sensed when mom was angry.
nosotros
Ella intuía que algo cambiaría pronto.
She sensed that something would change soon.
él/ella/usted
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Forgetting the accent on the 'i'.
Correct: intuía
Why: All imperfect endings for -ir verbs require an accent on the 'i' to separate the vowels.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: intuyo
The present of intuir changes the 'i' to 'y' in all forms except nosotros and vosotros: intuyo, intuyes, intuye, intuimos, intuís, intuyen.
Preterite
yo: intuí
In the preterite, intuir changes 'i' to 'y' in the third person forms: intuí, intuiste, intuyó, intuimos, intuisteis, intuyeron.
Future
yo: intuiré
The future of intuir is regular: intuiré, intuirás, intuirá, intuiremos, intuiréis, intuirán.
Conditional
yo: intuiría
The conditional of intuir is regular: intuiría, intuirías, intuiría, intuiríamos, intuiríais, intuirían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: intuya
The present subjunctive uses a 'y' in all forms: intuya, intuyas, intuya, intuyamos, intuyáis, intuyan.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: intuyera
The imperfect subjunctive uses the 'y' from the preterite: intuyera, intuyeras, intuyera, intuyéramos, intuyerais, intuyeran.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: intuye
The imperative uses 'y' for most commands: intuye (tú), intuya (usted), intuyamos (nosotros), intuid (vosotros), intuyan (ustedes).
Negative Imperative
yo: no intuyas
The negative imperative always uses the present subjunctive: no intuyas, no intuya, no intuyamos, no intuyáis, no intuyan.