sugerir Imperfect Conjugation
sugerir — to suggest
Sugerir is completely regular in the imperfect: sugería, sugerías, sugería, sugeríamos, sugeríais, sugerían.
sugerir Imperfect Forms
When to Use the Imperfect
Use this for ongoing suggestions in the past, describing what someone used to suggest, or setting the scene before something else happened.
Notes on sugerir in the Imperfect
There are no stem changes or irregularities here. Just use the standard -ir endings for the imperfect.
Example Sentences
Mi abuelo siempre sugería remedios naturales.
My grandfather always used to suggest natural remedies.
él/ella/usted
Nosotros sugeríamos cambios cada semana.
We were suggesting changes every week.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: sugería without the accent.
Correct: sugería
Why: All -er and -ir verbs in the imperfect must have an accent on the 'í'.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: sugiero
Sugerir is an e-to-ie stem-changer in all forms except nosotros and vosotros: sugiero, sugieres, sugiere, sugerimos, sugerís, sugieren.
Preterite
yo: sugerí
Sugerir has a third-person stem change (e-to-i): sugerí, sugeriste, sugirió, sugerimos, sugeristeis, sugirieron.
Future
yo: sugeriré
Sugerir is regular in the future: sugeriré, sugerirás, sugerirá, sugeriremos, sugeriréis, sugerirán.
Conditional
yo: sugeriría
Sugerir is regular in the conditional: sugeriría, sugerirías, sugeriría, sugeriríamos, sugeriríais, sugerirían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: sugiera
Sugerir is an e-to-ie stem changer, but also changes e-to-i in nosotros/vosotros: sugiera, sugieras, sugiera, sugiramos, sugiráis, sugieran.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: sugiriera
Built from the 3rd person preterite stem 'sugir-': sugiriera, sugirieras, sugiriera, sugiriéramos, sugirierais, sugirieran.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: sugiere
Use 'sugiere' (tú) or 'sugiera' (usted) to give direct advice or commands.
Negative Imperative
yo: no sugieras
All negative commands for sugerir use the present subjunctive: no sugieras, no sugiera, no sugiramos, no sugiráis, no sugieran.