Existir preterite conjugation
Existir in the preterite: existí, exististe, existió, existimos, exististeis, existieron.
- to exist
- regular
- Participle: existido
- Gerund: existiendo
Preterite pretérito
| yo | existí |
|---|---|
| tú | exististe |
| él/ella/usted | existió |
| nosotros | existimos |
| vosotros | exististeis |
| ellos/ellas/ustedes | existieron |
How to use existir in the preterite
The preterite of existir is regular: existí, exististe, existió, existimos, existieron. It is mostly used in the third person to talk about things that existed for a defined period and then stopped: "Ese programa existió hasta 2015." It is common in history and in explanations of company background. For background descriptions, the imperfect existía is more frequent.
Examples
Ese programa de becas existió hasta 2015.
That scholarship program existed until 2015.
Nunca existió un contrato por escrito.
There was never a written contract.
Existieron dos versiones del documento.
There were two versions of the document.
Quick check: existir in the preterite
More existir tenses
- All existir tenses
- Existir present
- Existir imperfect
- Existir future
- Existir conditional
- Existir present subjunctive
- Existir affirmative commands
Other verbs in the preterite
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