vestir Present Conjugation
vestir — to dress
Vestir has an e > i stem change in all forms except nosotros and vosotros.
vestir Present Forms
When to Use the Present
Use the present to describe how someone usually dresses, their personal style, or the act of dressing someone right now.
Notes on vestir in the Present
This is a radical changing verb. The 'e' in the stem becomes 'i' in the 'boot' forms (yo, tú, él, ellos).
Example Sentences
Yo siempre me visto de negro.
I always dress in black.
yo
Mi madre viste a mi hermano pequeño.
My mother dresses my little brother.
él/ella/usted
Nosotros vestimos muy informal en la oficina.
We dress very informally at the office.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: visto (as a noun meaning dress)
Correct: el vestido
Why: Learners confuse the conjugated verb 'visto' (I dress) with the noun for 'dress' (vestido).
Mistake: vesto
Correct: visto
Why: Forgetting the e > i stem change in the first person singular.
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Related Tenses
Preterite
yo: vestí
Vestir is a stem-changer in the preterite, but only in the third-person forms: vistió and vistieron.
Imperfect
yo: vestía
Vestir is regular in the imperfect: vestía, vestías, vestía, vestíamos, vestíais, vestían.
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.