Decidir (to decide) - Subjuntivo pretérito imperfecto, subjuntivo (Imperfect Subjunctive, subjunctive) - Spanish

Decidir (to decide) - conjugation and tenses - (Spanish)

Decidir - Conjugation of to decide 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: Decidir (to decide) - conjugation and tenses - (Spanish)

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

Conjugation of to decide in Subjuntivo pretérito imperfecto

yo decidiera/decidiese I decided
tú decidieras/decidieses you would decide
él/ella decidiera/decidiese he decided
nosotros/nosotras decidiéramos/decidiésemos we decided
vosotros/vosotras decidierais/decidieseis You would decide
ellos/ellas decidieran/decidiesen they decided

Example phrases

Esperaba que yo decidiera/decidiese ir a la playa. I hoped that I would decide to go to the beach.
Dudaba que tú decidieras/decidieses aceptar la oferta. I doubted that you would decide to accept the offer.
No creía que él decidiera/decidiese estudiar en África. I didn't believe that he would decide to study in Africa.
Esperábamos que nosotros decidiéramos/decidiésemos plantar más árboles. We expected that we would decide to plant more trees.
No imaginaba que vosotros decidierais/decidieseis viajar tanto. I did not imagine that you all decided to travel so much.
Suponía que ellos decidieran/decidiesen terminar el proyecto. I assumed that they would decide to finish the project.

Exercise: Conjugate the verbs - decidir (to decide)

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

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Decidir (Subjuntivo pretérito imperfecto, subjuntivo)

1. Suponía que ellos ... terminar el proyecto.

Suponía que ellos decidieran/decidiesen terminar el proyecto.

(I assumed that they would decide to finish the project.)

2. No creía que él ... estudiar en África.

No creía que él decidiera/decidiese estudiar en África.

(I didn't believe that he would decide to study in Africa.)

3. Esperábamos que nosotros ... plantar más árboles.

Esperábamos que nosotros decidiéramos/decidiésemos plantar más árboles.

(We expected that we would decide to plant more trees.)

4. Dudaba que tú ... aceptar la oferta.

Dudaba que tú decidieras/decidieses aceptar la oferta.

(I doubted that you would decide to accept the offer.)

5. Esperaba que yo ... ir a la playa.

Esperaba que yo decidiera/decidiese ir a la playa.

(I hoped that I would decide to go to the beach.)

6. No imaginaba que vosotros ... viajar tanto.

No imaginaba que vosotros decidierais/decidieseis viajar tanto.

(I did not imagine that you all decided to travel so much.)