verter Imperfect Conjugation
verter — to pour
Verter is completely regular in the imperfect: vertía, vertías, vertía, vertíamos, vertíais, vertían.
verter Imperfect Forms
When to Use the Imperfect
Use the imperfect to describe the process of pouring something over a period of time or a habitual way of pouring in the past.
Notes on verter in the Imperfect
There are no stem changes or irregularities here. Just use the standard -er imperfect endings.
Example Sentences
Mi abuela siempre vertía la sopa con un cucharón de plata.
My grandmother always poured the soup with a silver ladle.
él/ella/usted
Mientras yo vertía el zumo, ella cortaba el pan.
While I was pouring the juice, she was cutting the bread.
yo
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Forgetting the accent on the 'í'.
Correct: vertía
Why: All -er and -ir verbs in the imperfect require an accent on the 'i' for every person.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: vierto
Verter is a stem-changing verb (e > ie) in the present tense, except for nosotros and vosotros.
Preterite
yo: vertí
Verter is regular in the preterite, following the standard -er ending pattern.
Future
yo: verteré
The future of verter is regular, formed by adding endings to the infinitive: verteré, verterás, etc.
Conditional
yo: vertería
The conditional of verter is regular: vertería, verterías, vertería, verteríamos, verteríais, verterían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: vierta
The present subjunctive of verter follows the e > ie stem change: vierta, viertas, vierta, vertamos, vertáis, viertan.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: vertiera
The imperfect subjunctive is formed from the preterite stem: vertiera, vertieras, vertiera, vertiéramos, vertierais, vertieran.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: vierte
The imperative uses the stem-changed 'vierte' for tú and 'vierta' for usted.
Negative Imperative
yo: no viertas
The negative imperative uses the present subjunctive: no viertas, no vierta, no vertamos, no vertáis, no viertan.