revertir Preterite Conjugation
revertir — to reverse
Revertir has a stem change (e -> i) only in the third-person forms: revertí, revertiste, revirtió, revertimos, revertisteis, revirtieron.
revertir Preterite Forms
When to Use the Preterite
Use the preterite to describe a specific moment when a situation was successfully undone or a trend was flipped.
Notes on revertir in the Preterite
In the preterite, the 'e' changes to 'i' only in the third-person singular (revirtió) and plural (revirtieron). The other forms are regular.
Example Sentences
La empresa revirtió su política de privacidad ayer.
The company reversed its privacy policy yesterday.
él/ella/usted
Los médicos revirtieron el efecto del veneno.
The doctors reversed the effect of the poison.
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Revertí los cambios en el documento por error.
I reversed the changes in the document by mistake.
yo
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Using 'revertió' instead of 'revirtió'.
Correct: revirtió
Why: -ir verbs with a stem change in the present often have an e->i shift in the third-person preterite.
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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.
Imperfect
yo: revertía
Revertir is completely regular in the imperfect: revertía, revertías, revertía, revertíamos, revertíais, revertían.
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.