vestir Imperfect Conjugation
vestir — to dress
Vestir is regular in the imperfect: vestía, vestías, vestía, vestíamos, vestíais, vestían.
vestir Imperfect Forms
When to Use the Imperfect
Use the imperfect to describe how someone used to dress in the past or what they were wearing during a background scene in a story.
Notes on vestir in the Imperfect
There are no stem changes here. Use the standard -ía endings for -ir verbs.
Example Sentences
De niña, siempre vestía ropa de mi hermana.
As a girl, I always wore my sister's clothes.
yo
Antes, la gente vestía de forma más elegante.
Before, people used to dress more elegantly.
él/ella/usted
Nosotros vestíamos uniformes en la escuela.
We used to wear uniforms at school.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: vistía
Correct: vestía
Why: Applying the e > i stem change from the present tense to the imperfect.
Master Spanish verbs in context
Memorizing tables only gets you so far. Read 200+ illustrated and narrated Spanish stories to see verbs like 'vestir' used naturally — in the tenses you're learning.
Related Tenses
Present
yo: visto
Vestir has an e > i stem change in all forms except nosotros and vosotros.
Preterite
yo: vestí
Vestir is a stem-changer in the preterite, but only in the third-person forms: vistió and vistieron.
Future
yo: vestiré
Vestir is regular in the future: vestiré, vestirás, vestirá, vestiremos, vestiréis, vestirán.
Conditional
yo: vestiría
Vestir is regular in the conditional: vestiría, vestirías, vestiría, vestiríamos, vestiríais, vestirían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: vista
The present subjunctive of vestir follows the e > i change in ALL forms.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: vistiera
The imperfect subjunctive uses the 'visti-' stem: vistiera, vistieras, vistiera, vistiéramos, vistierais, vistieran.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: viste
The imperative uses 'viste' for tú and 'vistan' for formal commands.
Negative Imperative
yo: no vistas
The negative imperative always uses the present subjunctive: no vistas, no vista, no vistamos, no vistáis, no vistan.