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Arriesgarse (to take a risk) - Subjuntivo pretérito imperfecto, subjuntivo (Imperfect Subjunctive, subjunctive) - Spanish

 Arriesgarse (to take a risk) - conjugation and tenses - (Spanish)

Arriesgarse - Conjugation of to take a risk in Spanish: Conjugation table, examples and exercises in the imperfect subjunctive, subjunctive tense (Subjuntivo pretérito imperfecto, subjuntivo).

Subjuntivo pretérito imperfecto, subjuntivo (Imperfect Subjunctive, subjunctive)

All conjugations and tenses: Arriesgarse (to take a risk) - conjugation and tenses - (Spanish)

Syllabus: Spanish lesson - ¿Cómo se ve tu futuro? (How does your future look?)

Conjugation of to take a risk in Subjuntivo pretérito imperfecto

  • yo me arriesgara/me arriesgase I took a risk
  • tú te arriesgaras/te arriesgases you took a risk
  • él/ella se arriesgara/se arriesgase he would take a risk
  • nosotros/nosotras nos arriesgáramos/nos arriesgásemos we took a risk
  • vosotros/vosotras os arriesgarais/os arriesgaseis You would take a risk
  • ellos/ellas se arriesgaran/se arriesgasen they took a risk

Example phrases

  • Esperaba que me arriesgara/me arriesgase en la montaña. I expected that I would take a risk in the mountain.
  • Dudaba que te arriesgaras/te arriesgases en la selva. I doubted that you would take a risk in the jungle.
  • No creía que se arriesgara/se arriesgase a participar. He did not believe that he would take a risk to participate.
  • Deseábamos que nos arriesgáramos/nos arriesgásemos a realizar la excursión. We wished that we took the risk to go on the excursion.
  • No suponía que os arriesgarais/os arriesgaseis a caminar por el desierto. I did not suppose that you would take a risk to walk through the desert.
  • Imaginaba que se arriesgaran/se arriesgasen a viajar por África. They imagined that they took a risk travelling through Africa.

Exercise: Conjugate the verbs - arriesgarse (to take a risk)

Instruction: Choose the correct word, read the sentence out loud and translate.

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Arriesgarse (Subjuntivo pretérito imperfecto, subjuntivo)

1. Dudaba que ... en la selva.

Dudaba que te arriesgaras/te arriesgases en la selva.
(I doubted that you would take a risk in the jungle.)

2. Imaginaba que ... a viajar por África.

Imaginaba que se arriesgaran/se arriesgasen a viajar por África.
(They imagined that they took a risk travelling through Africa.)

3. Esperaba que ... en la montaña.

Esperaba que me arriesgara/me arriesgase en la montaña.
(I expected that I would take a risk in the mountain.)

4. No suponía que ... a caminar por el desierto.

No suponía que os arriesgarais/os arriesgaseis a caminar por el desierto.
(I did not suppose that you would take a risk to walk through the desert.)

5. Deseábamos que ... a realizar la excursión.

Deseábamos que nos arriesgáramos/nos arriesgásemos a realizar la excursión.
(We wished that we took the risk to go on the excursion.)

6. No creía que ... a participar.

No creía que se arriesgara/se arriesgase a participar.
(He did not believe that he would take a risk to participate.)