SPANISH VERB REFERENCE

intervenir

to intervene

-ir verbForm or spelling changes

Conjugations

Present Presente

Habits, current states, and general facts.

intervenir: Present
SubjectVerb formListen
yointervengo
túintervienes
él / ella / ustedinterviene
nosotros / nosotrasintervenimos
vosotros / vosotrasintervenís
ellos / ellas / ustedesintervienen

Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple

Actions viewed as completed events in the past.

intervenir: Preterite
SubjectVerb formListen
yointervine
túinterviniste
él / ella / ustedintervino
nosotros / nosotrasintervinimos
vosotros / vosotrasintervinisteis
ellos / ellas / ustedesintervinieron

Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto

Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.

intervenir: Imperfect
SubjectVerb formListen
yointervenía
túintervenías
él / ella / ustedintervenía
nosotros / nosotrasinterveníamos
vosotros / vosotrasinterveníais
ellos / ellas / ustedesintervenían

Future Futuro simple

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

intervenir: Future
SubjectVerb formListen
yointervendré
túintervendrás
él / ella / ustedintervendrá
nosotros / nosotrasintervendremos
vosotros / vosotrasintervendréis
ellos / ellas / ustedesintervendrán

Conditional Condicional simple

Hypothetical events and some polite requests.

intervenir: Conditional
SubjectVerb formListen
yointervendría
túintervendrías
él / ella / ustedintervendría
nosotros / nosotrasintervendríamos
vosotros / vosotrasintervendríais
ellos / ellas / ustedesintervendrían

Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo

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

intervenir: Present subjunctive
SubjectVerb formListen
yointervenga
túintervengas
él / ella / ustedintervenga
nosotros / nosotrasintervengamos
vosotros / vosotrasintervengáis
ellos / ellas / ustedesintervengan

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 intervene
  • to participate

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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