revestir Preterite Conjugation
revestir — to coat
Revestir has a third-person stem change (e-to-i) in the forms 'revistió' and 'revistieron'.
revestir Preterite Forms
When to Use the Preterite
Use the preterite to describe a completed act of coating or covering something at a specific point in time.
Notes on revestir in the Preterite
As a stem-changing -ir verb, it changes e to i only in the third-person singular and plural. All other forms are regular.
Example Sentences
Ayer revestí la fachada de la casa.
Yesterday I coated the facade of the house.
yo
El arquitecto revistió la columna con piedra.
The architect coated the column with stone.
él/ella/usted
Ellos revistieron el interior con metal.
They coated the interior with metal.
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Using 'revestió' instead of 'revistió'.
Correct: revistió
Why: In the preterite, -ir stem-changers must shift e to i in the third person.
Mistake: Changing the stem in the 'yo' form: 'revistí'.
Correct: revestí
Why: Wait, 'revestí' is actually the correct regular form; learners often mistakenly apply the stem change to the 'yo' form where it doesn't belong.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: revisto
Revestir has an e-to-i stem change in all forms except nosotros and vosotros.
Imperfect
yo: revestía
Revestir is completely regular in the imperfect: revestía, revestías, revestía...
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.