Conducir preterite conjugation
Conducir in the preterite: conduje, condujiste, condujo, condujimos, condujisteis, condujeron.
- to drive; to lead; to conduct
- irregular (-zc-, -j- preterite)
- Participle: conducido
- Gerund: conduciendo
Preterite pretérito
| yo | conduje |
|---|---|
| tú | condujiste |
| él/ella/usted | condujo |
| nosotros | condujimos |
| vosotros | condujisteis |
| ellos/ellas/ustedes | condujeron |
How to use conducir in the preterite
The preterite has a j stem and no written accents: conduje, condujiste, condujo, condujimos, condujeron. The third person plural ends in -eron, not -ieron. Use it for a specific drive or for what something led to: La investigación condujo a tres despidos. This is the tense learners get wrong most often with conducir.
Examples
¿Quién condujo de vuelta del aeropuerto?
Who drove back from the airport?
La investigación condujo a varios cambios en el protocolo.
The investigation led to several changes in the protocol.
Condujimos seis horas hasta la costa.
We drove six hours to the coast.
Quick check: conducir in the preterite
More conducir tenses
- All conducir tenses
- Conducir present
- Conducir imperfect
- Conducir future
- Conducir conditional
- Conducir present subjunctive
- Conducir affirmative commands
Other verbs in the preterite
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