SPANISH VERB REFERENCE

admitir

to accept, to admit, to agree to, to concede

-ir verbRegular in these six tenses

Conjugations

Present Presente

Habits, current states, and general facts.

admitir: Present
SubjectVerb formListen
yoadmito
túadmites
él / ella / ustedadmite
nosotros / nosotrasadmitimos
vosotros / vosotrasadmitís
ellos / ellas / ustedesadmiten

Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple

Actions viewed as completed events in the past.

admitir: Preterite
SubjectVerb formListen
yoadmití
túadmitiste
él / ella / ustedadmitió
nosotros / nosotrasadmitimos
vosotros / vosotrasadmitisteis
ellos / ellas / ustedesadmitieron

Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto

Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.

admitir: Imperfect
SubjectVerb formListen
yoadmitía
túadmitías
él / ella / ustedadmitía
nosotros / nosotrasadmitíamos
vosotros / vosotrasadmitíais
ellos / ellas / ustedesadmitían

Future Futuro simple

Future events; also used to express a guess about the present.

admitir: Future
SubjectVerb formListen
yoadmitiré
túadmitirás
él / ella / ustedadmitirá
nosotros / nosotrasadmitiremos
vosotros / vosotrasadmitiréis
ellos / ellas / ustedesadmitirán

Conditional Condicional simple

Hypothetical events and some polite requests.

admitir: Conditional
SubjectVerb formListen
yoadmitiría
túadmitirías
él / ella / ustedadmitiría
nosotros / nosotrasadmitiríamos
vosotros / vosotrasadmitiríais
ellos / ellas / ustedesadmitirían

Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo

Used in certain clauses expressing wishes, doubt, feelings, and other non-asserted situations.

admitir: Present subjunctive
SubjectVerb formListen
yoadmita
túadmitas
él / ella / ustedadmita
nosotros / nosotrasadmitamos
vosotros / vosotrasadmitáis
ellos / ellas / ustedesadmitan

Use ustedes for plural “you” in Latin America. Its verb form matches ellos / ellas. Vos forms are not included. Google voice when available; device voice as a fallback.

Meaning & usage

  • to accept, to admit, to agree to, to concede
  • to admit, to let in
  • to permit, to allow

English glosses are a starting point. The meaning of a verb can change with context, a preposition, or se. Read the full dictionary entry ↗

Meanings and conjugation data adapted from English Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org / Wiktextract. Frequency scores from wordfreq 3.1.1 by Robyn Speer and contributors. Adapted data is available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Entry source · Sources, download & limitations

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