revestir Imperfect Conjugation
revestir — to coat
Revestir is completely regular in the imperfect: revestía, revestías, revestía...
revestir Imperfect Forms
When to Use the Imperfect
Use the imperfect to describe a process of coating that was ongoing in the past or to describe how something used to be covered.
Notes on revestir in the Imperfect
There are no stem changes in the imperfect for -ir verbs. It follows the standard -ía endings.
Example Sentences
Antiguamente, revestían las paredes con tapices.
In the old days, they used to cover the walls with tapestries.
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Yo revestía el molde con cuidado cada mañana.
I used to coat the mold carefully every morning.
yo
La nieve revestía todo el paisaje.
The snow was covering the whole landscape.
él/ella/usted
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Adding a stem change: 'revistía'.
Correct: revestía
Why: The imperfect tense never features stem changes for -ir verbs.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: revisto
Revestir has an e-to-i stem change in all forms except nosotros and vosotros.
Preterite
yo: revestí
Revestir has a third-person stem change (e-to-i) in the forms 'revistió' and 'revistieron'.
Future
yo: revestiré
Revestir is regular in the future; simply add the endings to the infinitive.
Conditional
yo: revestiría
Revestir is regular in the conditional: revestiría, revestirías, revestiría...
Present Subjunctive
yo: revista
Revestir changes e to i in all forms of the present subjunctive (revista, revistamos).
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: revistiera
Revestir uses the 'revisti-' stem in all forms of the imperfect subjunctive.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: reviste
The imperative uses 'reviste' (tú) and 'revista' (usted), following the stem-change pattern.
Negative Imperative
yo: no revistas
The negative imperative always uses the present subjunctive forms: no revistas, no revistamos.