Imponer conjugation chart
Imponer present tense
presente · I speak
| yo | I impose | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you impose | |
| vos | you impose | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she imposes | |
| nosotros | we impose | |
| vosotros | you all impose | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they impose |
Irregular only in the yo form, impongo; the rest has the same endings as comer.
Imponer preterite
pretérito · I spoke
| yo | I imposed | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you imposed | |
| vos | you imposed | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she imposed | |
| nosotros | we imposed | |
| vosotros | you all imposed | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they imposed |
Irregular stem impus- + -e, -iste, -o, -imos, -isteis, -ieron, with no accent marks.
Imponer imperfect
pretérito imperfecto · I used to speak
| yo | I used to impose | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you used to impose | |
| vos | you used to impose | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she used to impose | |
| nosotros | we used to impose | |
| vosotros | you all used to impose | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they used to impose |
Regular: same endings as comer.
Imponer future
futuro · I will speak
| yo | I will impose | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you will impose | |
| vos | you will impose | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she will impose | |
| nosotros | we will impose | |
| vosotros | you all will impose | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they will impose |
Irregular stem impondr- + -é, -ás, -á, -emos, -éis, -án.
Imponer conditional
condicional · I would speak
| yo | I would impose | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you would impose | |
| vos | you would impose | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she would impose | |
| nosotros | we would impose | |
| vosotros | you all would impose | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they would impose |
Irregular stem impondr- + -ía, -ías, -íamos, -íais, -ían.
Imponer present subjunctive
presente de subjuntivo · that I speak
| yo | that I impose | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | that you impose | |
| vos | that you impose | |
| él, ella, usted | that he/she impose | |
| nosotros | that we impose | |
| vosotros | that you all impose | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | that they impose |
Irregular stem impong- (from the yo form impongo) + -a, -as, -amos, -áis, -an.
Imponer imperfect subjunctive
imperfecto de subjuntivo · if I spoke
| yo | if I imposed | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | if you imposed | |
| vos | if you imposed | |
| él, ella, usted | if he/she imposed | |
| nosotros | if we imposed | |
| vosotros | if you all imposed | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | if they imposed |
Irregular stem impus- + -iera, -ieras, -iéramos, -ierais, -ieran.
In the subjunctive, vos takes the same form as tú in careful speech. The imperfect subjunctive also has an -se form (impusiese), more common in writing.
Imponer affirmative commands
imperativo · speak!
| tú | impose! | |
|---|---|---|
| vos | impose! | |
| usted | impose! | |
| nosotros | let's impose! | |
| vosotros | impose! | |
| ustedes | impose! |
Irregular tú form: impón. Usted, nosotros and ustedes come from the present subjunctive (imponga, impongamos, impongan).
Imponer negative commands
imperativo negativo · don't speak!
| tú | don't impose! | |
|---|---|---|
| vos | don't impose! | |
| usted | don't impose! | |
| nosotros | let's not impose! | |
| vosotros | don't impose! | |
| ustedes | don't impose! |
Built from the present subjunctive: no + impongas, imponga…
Always the verb haber + the past participle impuesto, which never changes.
Imponer present perfect
pretérito perfecto · I have spoken
| yo | he impuesto |
|---|---|
| tú | has impuesto |
| vos | has impuesto |
| él, ella, usted | ha impuesto |
| nosotros | hemos impuesto |
| vosotros | habéis impuesto |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | han impuesto |
Imponer pluperfect
pluscuamperfecto · I had spoken
| yo | había impuesto |
|---|---|
| tú | habías impuesto |
| vos | habías impuesto |
| él, ella, usted | había impuesto |
| nosotros | habíamos impuesto |
| vosotros | habíais impuesto |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | habían impuesto |
Imponer future perfect
futuro perfecto · I will have spoken
| yo | habré impuesto |
|---|---|
| tú | habrás impuesto |
| vos | habrás impuesto |
| él, ella, usted | habrá impuesto |
| nosotros | habremos impuesto |
| vosotros | habréis impuesto |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | habrán impuesto |
Imponer conditional perfect
condicional perfecto · I would have spoken
| yo | habría impuesto |
|---|---|
| tú | habrías impuesto |
| vos | habrías impuesto |
| él, ella, usted | habría impuesto |
| nosotros | habríamos impuesto |
| vosotros | habríais impuesto |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | habrían impuesto |
Imponer present perfect subjunctive
pretérito perfecto de subjuntivo · that I have spoken
| yo | haya impuesto |
|---|---|
| tú | hayas impuesto |
| vos | hayas impuesto |
| él, ella, usted | haya impuesto |
| nosotros | hayamos impuesto |
| vosotros | hayáis impuesto |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | hayan impuesto |
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.
Practice imponer
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Verbs like imponer
Yo-go verbs (imponer → impongo). Same pattern:
tener tengohacer hagodecir digovenir vengoponer pongosalir salgotraer traigocaer caigo
Irregular preterite (imponer → impuse). Same pattern:
estar estuvehaber hubetener tuvehacer hicepoder pudedecir dijesaber supequerer quise