SPANISH VERB REFERENCE

constituir

to constitute

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Conjugations

Present Presente

Habits, current states, and general facts.

constituir: Present
SubjectVerb formListen
yoconstituyo
túconstituyes
él / ella / ustedconstituye
nosotros / nosotrasconstituimos
vosotros / vosotrasconstituís
ellos / ellas / ustedesconstituyen

Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple

Actions viewed as completed events in the past.

constituir: Preterite
SubjectVerb formListen
yoconstituí
túconstituiste
él / ella / ustedconstituyó
nosotros / nosotrasconstituimos
vosotros / vosotrasconstituisteis
ellos / ellas / ustedesconstituyeron

Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto

Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.

constituir: Imperfect
SubjectVerb formListen
yoconstituía
túconstituías
él / ella / ustedconstituía
nosotros / nosotrasconstituíamos
vosotros / vosotrasconstituíais
ellos / ellas / ustedesconstituían

Future Futuro simple

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

constituir: Future
SubjectVerb formListen
yoconstituiré
túconstituirás
él / ella / ustedconstituirá
nosotros / nosotrasconstituiremos
vosotros / vosotrasconstituiréis
ellos / ellas / ustedesconstituirán

Conditional Condicional simple

Hypothetical events and some polite requests.

constituir: Conditional
SubjectVerb formListen
yoconstituiría
túconstituirías
él / ella / ustedconstituiría
nosotros / nosotrasconstituiríamos
vosotros / vosotrasconstituiríais
ellos / ellas / ustedesconstituirían

Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo

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

constituir: Present subjunctive
SubjectVerb formListen
yoconstituya
túconstituyas
él / ella / ustedconstituya
nosotros / nosotrasconstituyamos
vosotros / vosotrasconstituyáis
ellos / ellas / ustedesconstituyan

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 constitute

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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