
lastimar Preterite Conjugation
lastimar — to injure
The preterite of lastimar is regular: lastimé, lastimaste, lastimó, lastimamos, lastimasteis, lastimaron.
lastimar Preterite Forms
When to Use the Preterite
Use the preterite for a specific incident where an injury occurred or a specific moment someone's feelings were hurt.
Notes on lastimar in the Preterite
Lastimar is regular. Note that the nosotros form 'lastimamos' is the same as the present tense; use context clues to distinguish them.
Example Sentences
Me lastimé el tobillo jugando fútbol ayer.
I hurt my ankle playing soccer yesterday.
yo
Sus palabras me lastimaron mucho.
Their words hurt me a lot.
ellos/ellas/ustedes
¿Te lastimaste cuando te caíste?
Did you hurt yourself when you fell?
tú
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Using lastimo instead of lastimó for the third person.
Correct: lastimó
Why: Without the accent, 'lastimo' is the present tense 'I hurt'. The accent on the 'ó' marks the past tense 'he/she hurt'.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: lastimo
The present of lastimar is regular: lastimo, lastimas, lastima, lastimamos, lastimáis, lastiman.
Imperfect
yo: lastimaba
The imperfect of lastimar is regular: lastimaba, lastimabas, lastimaba, lastimábamos, lastimabais, lastimaban.
Future
yo: lastimaré
The future of lastimar is regular: lastimaré, lastimarás, lastimará, lastimaremos, lastimaréis, lastimarán.
Conditional
yo: lastimaría
The conditional of lastimar is regular: lastimaría, lastimarías, lastimaría, lastimaríamos, lastimaríais, lastimarían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: lastime
The present subjunctive of lastimar is regular: lastime, lastimes, lastime, lastimemos, lastiméis, lastimen.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: lastimara
The imperfect subjunctive of lastimar uses the -ra endings: lastimara, lastimaras, lastimara, lastimáramos, lastimarais, lastimaran.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: lastima
The affirmative imperative of lastimar: lastima (tú), lastime (usted), lastimemos (nosotros), lastimad (vosotros), lastimen (ustedes).
Negative Imperative
yo: no lastimes
The negative imperative of lastimar uses present subjunctive forms: no lastimes, no lastime, no lastimemos, no lastiméis, no lastimen.