Convertir imperfect conjugation
Convertir in the imperfect: convertía, convertías, convertía, convertíamos, convertíais, convertían.
- to convert; to turn (into)
- stem-changing (e→ie)
- Participle: convertido
- Gerund: convirtiendo
Imperfect imperfecto
| yo | convertía |
|---|---|
| tú | convertías |
| él/ella/usted | convertía |
| nosotros | convertíamos |
| vosotros | convertíais |
| ellos/ellas/ustedes | convertían |
How to use convertir in the imperfect
The imperfect is regular, with no stem change: convertía, convertías, convertíamos, convertían. It describes repeated transformations in the past (los domingos mi papá convertía la cochera en taller) or a process in progress: la conversación se convertía en discusión. Use the preterite when the transformation is complete: se convirtió. Every form carries an accent on the í, and the imperfect is one of the few tenses of this verb with no stem change at all, which makes it easy to form.
Examples
Los domingos, mi papá convertía la cochera en taller.
On Sundays my dad turned the garage into a workshop.
Poco a poco, la conversación se convertía en una discusión.
Little by little, the conversation was turning into an argument.
Antes convertíamos los archivos a mano, uno por uno.
We used to convert the files by hand, one by one.
Quick check: convertir in the imperfect
More convertir tenses
- All convertir tenses
- Convertir present
- Convertir preterite
- Convertir future
- Convertir conditional
- Convertir present subjunctive
- Convertir affirmative commands
Other verbs in the imperfect
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