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nutrir

to nourish

Complete conjugation tables and interactive practice exercises. This is a regular -ir verb.

The Spanish verb nutrir means to nourish.

Present tense:

yonutro
nutres
él/ella/ustednutre
nosotrosnutrimos
vosotrosnutrís
ellos/ellas/ustedesnutren

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subjunctive

imperfect

ellos/ellas/ustedesnutrieran
yonutriera
nutrieras
vosotrosnutrierais
nosotrosnutriéramos
él/ella/ustednutriera

The imperfect subjunctive of 'nutrir' (nutriera/nutriese, nutrieras/nutrieses, etc.) is used for past hypotheticals or wishes.

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present

ellos/ellas/ustedesnutran
yonutra
nutras
vosotrosnutráis
nosotrosnutramos
él/ella/ustednutra

The present subjunctive of 'nutrir' (nutra, nutras, nutramos, nutran) is used after expressions of doubt, desire, emotion, or uncertainty.

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imperative

negative

no nutras
vosotrosno nutráis
ustedesno nutran
nosotrosno nutramos
ustedno nutra

Negative commands for 'nutrir' use the present subjunctive: no nutras (tú), no nutráis (vosotros), no nutra (usted), no nutramos (nosotros), no nutran (ustedes).

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affirmative

nutre
vosotrosnutrid
ustedesnutran
nosotrosnutramos
ustednutra

Nutre (tú), nutrid (vosotros), nutra (usted), nutramos (nosotros), nutran (ustedes) are the commands for 'nutrir'.

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indicative

conditional

ellos/ellas/ustedesnutrirían
yonutriría
nutrirías
vosotrosnutriríais
nosotrosnutriríamos
él/ella/ustednutriría

The conditional of 'nutrir' is regular: nutriría, nutrirías, nutriría, nutriríamos, nutriríais, nutrirían.

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preterite

ellos/ellas/ustedesnutrieron
yonutrí
nutriste
vosotrosnutristeis
nosotrosnutrimos
él/ella/ustednutrió

The preterite of 'nutrir' is regular: nutrí, nutriste, nutrió, nutrimos, nutristeis, nutrieron.

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imperfect

ellos/ellas/ustedesnutrían
yonutría
nutrías
vosotrosnutríais
nosotrosnutríamos
él/ella/ustednutría

The imperfect of 'nutrir' is regular: nutría, nutrías, nutría, nutríamos, nutríais, nutrían.

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present

ellos/ellas/ustedesnutren
yonutro
nutres
vosotrosnutrís
nosotrosnutrimos
él/ella/ustednutre

The present tense of 'nutrir' is regular: nutro, nutres, nutre, nutrimos, nutrís, nutren.

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future

ellos/ellas/ustedesnutrirán
yonutriré
nutrirás
vosotrosnutriréis
nosotrosnutriremos
él/ella/ustednutrirá

The future tense of 'nutrir' is regular: nutriré, nutrirás, nutrirá, nutriremos, nutriréis, nutrirán.

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