permitir Preterite Conjugation
permitir — to permit
The preterite of permitir is regular: permití, permitiste, permitió, permitimos, permitisteis, permitieron.
permitir Preterite Forms
When to Use the Preterite
Use the preterite when a permission was granted or denied at a specific moment in the past, such as a one-time authorization.
Notes on permitir in the Preterite
Permitir is regular in the preterite. Note that 'permitimos' is the same in both present and preterite.
Example Sentences
El guardia me permitió entrar al edificio.
The guard permitted me to enter the building.
él/ella/usted
¿Por qué no me permitiste explicar la situación?
Why didn't you permit me to explain the situation?
tú
Ayer permitimos que los niños jugaran afuera.
Yesterday we permitted the children to play outside.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: permitio (without accent)
Correct: permitió
Why: The third-person singular needs an accent on the final 'o' to indicate the past tense.
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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.
Imperfect
yo: permitía
The imperfect of permitir follows regular -ir patterns: permitía, permitías, permitía, permitíamos, permitíais, permitían.
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.