revertir Imperfect Conjugation
revertir — to reverse
Revertir is completely regular in the imperfect: revertía, revertías, revertía, revertíamos, revertíais, revertían.
revertir Imperfect Forms
When to Use the Imperfect
Use the imperfect to describe an ongoing process of reversal in the past or a habitual tendency for something to revert back to its original state.
Notes on revertir in the Imperfect
There are no stem changes or irregularities in the imperfect tense for this verb.
Example Sentences
La situación revertía lentamente a la normalidad.
The situation was slowly reverting to normality.
él/ella/usted
Antes, ellos revertían las ventas cada trimestre.
Before, they used to reverse the sales every quarter.
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Adding a stem change like 'reviertía'.
Correct: revertía
Why: Stem changes for -ir verbs never occur in the imperfect indicative.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: revierto
Revertir is a stem-changing verb (e -> ie) in the present tense: revierto, reviertes, revierte, revertimos, revertís, revierten.
Preterite
yo: revertí
Revertir has a stem change (e -> i) only in the third-person forms: revertí, revertiste, revirtió, revertimos, revertisteis, revirtieron.
Future
yo: revertiré
Revertir is regular in the future: revertiré, revertirás, revertirá, revertiremos, revertiréis, revertirán.
Conditional
yo: revertiría
Revertir is regular in the conditional: revertiría, revertirías, revertiría, revertiríamos, revertiríais, revertirían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: revierta
Revertir has a stem change in all forms of the present subjunctive: revierta, reviertas, revierta, revirtamos, revirtáis, reviertan.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: revirtiera
The imperfect subjunctive uses the 'revirt-' stem: revirtiera, revirtieras, revirtiera, revirtiéramos, revirtierais, revirtieran.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: revierte
The imperative uses stem changes: revierte (tú), revierta (usted), revirtamos (nosotros), revertid (vosotros), reviertan (ustedes).
Negative Imperative
yo: no reviertas
The negative imperative follows the present subjunctive: no reviertas, no revierta, no revirtamos, no revirtáis, no reviertan.