permitir Imperfect Conjugation
permitir — to permit
The imperfect of permitir follows regular -ir patterns: permitía, permitías, permitía, permitíamos, permitíais, permitían.
permitir Imperfect Forms
When to Use the Imperfect
Use the imperfect to describe ongoing permissions in the past, like childhood rules or what used to be allowed before a law changed.
Notes on permitir in the Imperfect
Permitir is regular in the imperfect. All forms carry an accent on the letter 'í'.
Example Sentences
Antes, el hotel permitía mascotas.
Before, the hotel used to permit pets.
él/ella/usted
Mis maestros no permitían hablar en clase.
My teachers didn't permit talking in class.
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Nosotros permitíamos que los vecinos usaran la piscina.
We used to permit the neighbors to use the pool.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: permitia (without accent)
Correct: permitía
Why: All imperfect endings for -ir verbs require an accent on the 'i'.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: permito
Permitir is a regular -ir verb in the present tense: permito, permites, permite, permitimos, permitís, permiten.
Preterite
yo: permití
The preterite of permitir is regular: permití, permitiste, permitió, permitimos, permitisteis, permitieron.
Future
yo: permitiré
The future of permitir uses the infinitive as a base: permitiré, permitirás, permitirá, permitiremos, permitiréis, permitirán.
Conditional
yo: permitiría
The conditional of permitir is regular: permitiría, permitirías, permitiría, permitiríamos, permitiríais, permitirían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: permita
The present subjunctive of permitir uses -a endings: permita, permitas, permita, permitamos, permitáis, permitan.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: permitiera
The imperfect subjunctive of permitir uses the preterite stem: permitiera, permitieras, permitiera, permitiéramos, permitierais, permitieran.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: permite
The affirmative imperative of permitir is: permite (tú), permita (usted), permitamos (nosotros), permitid (vosotros), permitan (ustedes).
Negative Imperative
yo: no permitas
The negative imperative of permitir uses present subjunctive forms: no permitas, no permita, no permitamos, no permitáis, no permitan.