SPANISH VERB REFERENCE

resistir

to tolerate, to put up with, to bear, to handle, to stand

-ir verbRegular in these six tenses

Conjugations

Present Presente

Habits, current states, and general facts.

resistir: Present
SubjectVerb formListen
yoresisto
túresistes
él / ella / ustedresiste
nosotros / nosotrasresistimos
vosotros / vosotrasresistís
ellos / ellas / ustedesresisten

Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple

Actions viewed as completed events in the past.

resistir: Preterite
SubjectVerb formListen
yoresistí
túresististe
él / ella / ustedresistió
nosotros / nosotrasresistimos
vosotros / vosotrasresististeis
ellos / ellas / ustedesresistieron

Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto

Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.

resistir: Imperfect
SubjectVerb formListen
yoresistía
túresistías
él / ella / ustedresistía
nosotros / nosotrasresistíamos
vosotros / vosotrasresistíais
ellos / ellas / ustedesresistían

Future Futuro simple

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

resistir: Future
SubjectVerb formListen
yoresistiré
túresistirás
él / ella / ustedresistirá
nosotros / nosotrasresistiremos
vosotros / vosotrasresistiréis
ellos / ellas / ustedesresistirán

Conditional Condicional simple

Hypothetical events and some polite requests.

resistir: Conditional
SubjectVerb formListen
yoresistiría
túresistirías
él / ella / ustedresistiría
nosotros / nosotrasresistiríamos
vosotros / vosotrasresistiríais
ellos / ellas / ustedesresistirían

Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo

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

resistir: Present subjunctive
SubjectVerb formListen
yoresista
túresistas
él / ella / ustedresista
nosotros / nosotrasresistamos
vosotros / vosotrasresistáis
ellos / ellas / ustedesresistan

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 tolerate, to put up with, to bear, to handle, to stand
  • to fight off, to survive, to defend oneself (from)
  • (reflexive) to resist

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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