presentir Imperfect Conjugation
presentir — to have a feeling
The imperfect of presentir is regular: presentía, presentías, presentía, etc.
presentir Imperfect Forms
When to Use the Imperfect
Use this to describe a vague, ongoing feeling you had in the past, or to set the scene for a story.
Notes on presentir in the Imperfect
This tense is regular for all -ir verbs. There are no stem changes here.
Example Sentences
Yo presentía que las cosas iban a cambiar.
I had a feeling (ongoing) that things were going to change.
yo
Ellos presentían que el viaje sería largo.
They had a feeling the trip would be long.
ellos/ellas/ustedes
En ese entonces, presentíamos que ganaríamos.
Back then, we had a feeling we would win.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Using 'presentaba' instead of 'presentía'.
Correct: presentía
Why: -ir verbs use the -ía ending in the imperfect, not -aba (which is for -ar verbs).
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: presiento
Presentir is an e-ie stem-changer in the present tense (presiento, presientes, presiente, presienten).
Preterite
yo: presentí
Presentir has a 'slipper' stem change in the preterite: it is regular except for the third-person forms (presintió, presintieron).
Future
yo: presentiré
Presentir is fully regular in the future tense: just add endings to the infinitive.
Conditional
yo: presentiría
The conditional of presentir is regular: presentiría, presentirías, presentiría, etc.
Present Subjunctive
yo: presienta
Presentir is a stem-changing verb in the present subjunctive, switching e to ie (presienta) and e to i (presintamos).
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: presintiera
The imperfect subjunctive of presentir uses the 'presintie-' stem for all forms (presintiera, presintieras).
Affirmative Imperative
yo: presiente
The imperative uses 'presiente' (tú) and 'presientan' (ustedes) to command someone to trust their intuition.
Negative Imperative
yo: no presientas
The negative imperative uses the present subjunctive forms: no presientas, no presienta.