competir

B2

to compete

competir in every tense

All six simple tenses of competir, every person included.

Presente (present)

PersonForm
yocompito
túcompites
él/ella/ustedcompite
nosotroscompetimos
vosotroscompetís
ellos/ustedescompiten

Pretérito indefinido (preterite)

PersonForm
yocompetí
túcompetiste
él/ella/ustedcompitió
nosotroscompetimos
vosotroscompetisteis
ellos/ustedescompitieron

Pretérito imperfecto (imperfect)

PersonForm
yocompetía
túcompetías
él/ella/ustedcompetía
nosotroscompetíamos
vosotroscompetíais
ellos/ustedescompetían

Futuro simple (future)

PersonForm
yocompetiré
túcompetirás
él/ella/ustedcompetirá
nosotroscompetiremos
vosotroscompetiréis
ellos/ustedescompetirán

Condicional simple (conditional)

PersonForm
yocompetiría
túcompetirías
él/ella/ustedcompetiría
nosotroscompetiríamos
vosotroscompetiríais
ellos/ustedescompetirían

Presente de subjuntivo (present subjunctive)

PersonForm
yocompita
túcompitas
él/ella/ustedcompita
nosotroscompitamos
vosotroscompitáis
ellos/ustedescompitan
stem change e>i

competir in example sentences

Forms of competir appear in 18 of 223,093 short Tatoeba Spanish sentences that have an English translation. The conjugated form is highlighted.

Competí con él por el primer lugar.

I competed with him for the first prize.

yo · preterite · Tatoeba #1926210

En esa carrera sólo compitieron cuatro caballos.

Only four horses competed in the race.

ellos/ustedes · preterite · Tatoeba #330684

Example sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR.

Words from the competir family

Nouns and adjectives built on the same stem:

Verbs conjugated like competir

The same pattern (stem change e>i), nearest in the frequency list:

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