invertir Imperfect Conjugation
invertir — to invest
The imperfect of invertir is completely regular: invertía, invertías, invertía, invertíamos, invertíais, invertían.
invertir Imperfect Forms
When to Use the Imperfect
Use the imperfect to describe ongoing investment habits in the past or how you used to spend your time without a specific end date.
Notes on invertir in the Imperfect
Invertir is regular in the imperfect. All forms maintain the 'e' stem and use standard -ía endings.
Example Sentences
Antes, mi padre invertía solo en oro.
Before, my father used to invest only in gold.
él/ella/usted
Invertíamos horas estudiando para los exámenes.
We used to spend (invest) hours studying for exams.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Adding a stem change like 'inviertía'.
Correct: Invertía.
Why: Stem changes for -ir verbs do not occur in the imperfect indicative.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: invierto
Invertir is an e-to-ie stem-changer in the present (invierto, inviertes, invierte, invierten), but nosotros and vosotros remain regular.
Preterite
yo: invertí
Invertir has a 'slipper' stem change (e-to-i) in the third person: invirtió and invirtieron.
Future
yo: invertiré
The future tense is regular: simply add endings to the infinitive (invertiré, invertirás, invertirá).
Conditional
yo: invertiría
The conditional is regular: add -ía endings to the infinitive (invertiría, invertirías, invertiría).
Present Subjunctive
yo: invierta
Invertir stem-changes to 'ie' in most forms, but changes to 'i' in nosotros/vosotros (invirtamos, invirtáis).
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: invirtiera
Based on the preterite 'invirtieron', all forms use the 'invirt-' stem (invirtiera, invirtieras).
Affirmative Imperative
yo: invierte
Commands use 'invierte' (tú) and 'invierta' (usted), following the present and subjunctive patterns.
Negative Imperative
yo: no inviertas
Negative commands always use the present subjunctive forms: no inviertas, no invierta, no invirtamos.