Competir conjugation chart
Competir present tense
presente · I speak
| yo | I compete | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you compete | |
| vos | you compete | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she competes | |
| nosotros | we compete | |
| vosotros | you all compete | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they compete |
The highlighted forms change their stem. Notice that nosotros, vosotros and vos stay out: draw a line around the forms that change and you get a boot, which is why these are called “boot verbs.”
Competir preterite
pretérito · I spoke
| yo | I competed | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you competed | |
| vos | you competed | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she competed | |
| nosotros | we competed | |
| vosotros | you all competed | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they competed |
Irregular in él/ella/usted and ellos/ustedes (in red): compitió, compitieron…; the other forms are regular.
Competir imperfect
pretérito imperfecto · I used to speak
| yo | I used to compete | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you used to compete | |
| vos | you used to compete | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she used to compete | |
| nosotros | we used to compete | |
| vosotros | you all used to compete | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they used to compete |
Regular: same endings as vivir.
Competir future
futuro · I will speak
| yo | I will compete | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you will compete | |
| vos | you will compete | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she will compete | |
| nosotros | we will compete | |
| vosotros | you all will compete | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they will compete |
Regular: same endings as vivir.
Competir conditional
condicional · I would speak
| yo | I would compete | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you would compete | |
| vos | you would compete | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she would compete | |
| nosotros | we would compete | |
| vosotros | you all would compete | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they would compete |
Regular: same endings as vivir.
Competir present subjunctive
presente de subjuntivo · that I speak
| yo | that I compete | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | that you compete | |
| vos | that you compete | |
| él, ella, usted | that he/she compete | |
| nosotros | that we compete | |
| vosotros | that you all compete | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | that they compete |
Irregular stem compit- (from the yo form compito) + -a, -as, -amos, -áis, -an.
Competir imperfect subjunctive
imperfecto de subjuntivo · if I spoke
| yo | if I competed | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | if you competed | |
| vos | if you competed | |
| él, ella, usted | if he/she competed | |
| nosotros | if we competed | |
| vosotros | if you all competed | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | if they competed |
Irregular stem compiti- + -era, -eras, -éramos, -erais, -eran.
In the subjunctive, vos takes the same form as tú in careful speech. The imperfect subjunctive also has an -se form (compitiese), more common in writing.
Competir affirmative commands
imperativo · speak!
| tú | compete! | |
|---|---|---|
| vos | compete! | |
| usted | compete! | |
| nosotros | let's compete! | |
| vosotros | compete! | |
| ustedes | compete! |
The tú form is the él form of the present: compite. Usted, nosotros and ustedes come from the present subjunctive (compita, compitamos, compitan).
Competir negative commands
imperativo negativo · don't speak!
| tú | don't compete! | |
|---|---|---|
| vos | don't compete! | |
| usted | don't compete! | |
| nosotros | let's not compete! | |
| vosotros | don't compete! | |
| ustedes | don't compete! |
Built from the present subjunctive: no + compitas, compita…
Always the verb haber + the past participle competido, which never changes.
Competir present perfect
pretérito perfecto · I have spoken
| yo | he competido |
|---|---|
| tú | has competido |
| vos | has competido |
| él, ella, usted | ha competido |
| nosotros | hemos competido |
| vosotros | habéis competido |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | han competido |
Competir pluperfect
pluscuamperfecto · I had spoken
| yo | había competido |
|---|---|
| tú | habías competido |
| vos | habías competido |
| él, ella, usted | había competido |
| nosotros | habíamos competido |
| vosotros | habíais competido |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | habían competido |
Competir future perfect
futuro perfecto · I will have spoken
| yo | habré competido |
|---|---|
| tú | habrás competido |
| vos | habrás competido |
| él, ella, usted | habrá competido |
| nosotros | habremos competido |
| vosotros | habréis competido |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | habrán competido |
Competir conditional perfect
condicional perfecto · I would have spoken
| yo | habría competido |
|---|---|
| tú | habrías competido |
| vos | habrías competido |
| él, ella, usted | habría competido |
| nosotros | habríamos competido |
| vosotros | habríais competido |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | habrían competido |
Competir present perfect subjunctive
pretérito perfecto de subjuntivo · that I have spoken
| yo | haya competido |
|---|---|
| tú | hayas competido |
| vos | hayas competido |
| él, ella, usted | haya competido |
| nosotros | hayamos competido |
| vosotros | hayáis competido |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | hayan competido |
In Latin America, ustedes is the only “you all”; vosotros is used only in Spain. Vos is used in Argentina, Uruguay and much of Central America. Uncheck the boxes above to hide what you don’t need.
Watch out
Competing against is competir con or contra: compitió con los mejores. Competing for a prize is competir por. And the stem changes in the yo form: compito, not “competo.”
Examples with competir
Compito en un torneo de ajedrez este sábado.
I'm competing in a chess tournament this Saturday.
Mi hija compitió contra chicas más grandes.
My daughter competed against older girls.
Las dos empresas compiten por el mismo cliente.
The two companies are competing for the same client.
Practice competir
Type the right form and press Enter. A missing accent still counts, but I'll point it out.
Verbs like competir
Stem change e → i (competir → compites). Same pattern:
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