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A wooden ruler being used to measure the length of a small green book on a blue table.

medir

to measure

Complete conjugation tables and interactive practice exercises. This is an irregular (stem-changing) -ir verb.

The Spanish verb medir means to measure.

Present tense:

yomido
mides
él/ella/ustedmide
nosotrosmedimos
vosotrosmedís
ellos/ellas/ustedesmiden

Complete Conjugation Tables

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🔄 Conjugations

subjunctive

imperfect

ellos/ellas/ustedesmidieran
yomidiera
midieras
vosotrosmidierais
nosotrosmidiéramos
él/ella/ustedmidiera

The imperfect subjunctive uses the 'midier-' stem for all forms (midiera, midieras, etc.).

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present

ellos/ellas/ustedesmidan
yomida
midas
vosotrosmidáis
nosotrosmidamos
él/ella/ustedmida

The present subjunctive of medir uses the 'i' stem change in ALL forms: mida, midas, mida, midamos, midáis, midan.

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imperative

negative

no midas
vosotrosno midáis
ustedesno midan
nosotrosno midamos
ustedno mida

The negative imperative always uses the present subjunctive forms: no midas, no mida, no midamos, no midáis, no midan.

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affirmative

mide
vosotrosmedid
ustedesmidan
nosotrosmidamos
ustedmida

Use 'mide' (tú) or 'midan' (ustedes) to tell someone to measure something.

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indicative

conditional

ellos/ellas/ustedesmedirían
yomediría
medirías
vosotrosmediríais
nosotrosmediríamos
él/ella/ustedmediría

The conditional of medir is regular: añadir -ía endings to the infinitive (mediría, medirías, etc.).

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preterite

ellos/ellas/ustedesmidieron
yomedí
mediste
vosotrosmedisteis
nosotrosmedimos
él/ella/ustedmidió

In the preterite, medir only changes e-to-i in the third-person forms (midió, midieron).

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imperfect

ellos/ellas/ustedesmedían
yomedía
medías
vosotrosmedíais
nosotrosmedíamos
él/ella/ustedmedía

Medir is completely regular in the imperfect: medía, medías, medía, medíamos, medíais, medían.

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present

ellos/ellas/ustedesmiden
yomido
mides
vosotrosmedís
nosotrosmedimos
él/ella/ustedmide

Medir undergoes an e-to-i stem change in the present: mido, mides, mide, medimos, medís, miden.

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future

ellos/ellas/ustedesmedirán
yomediré
medirás
vosotrosmediréis
nosotrosmediremos
él/ella/ustedmedirá

The future of medir is regular: añadir the endings to the full infinitive (mediré, medirás, etc.).

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