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Dirigir (to direct) - Subjuntivo pluscuamperfecto, subjuntivo (Pluperfect subjunctive, subjunctive) - Spanish

 Dirigir (to direct) - conjugation and tenses - (Spanish)

Dirigir - Conjugation of to direct in Spanish: Conjugation table, examples and exercises in the pluperfect subjunctive, subjunctive tense (Subjuntivo pluscuamperfecto, subjuntivo).

Subjuntivo pluscuamperfecto, subjuntivo (Pluperfect subjunctive, subjunctive)

All conjugations and tenses: Dirigir (to direct) - conjugation and tenses - (Spanish)

Syllabus: Spanish lesson - Bromas en la sala de juntas (Boardroom banter)

Conjugation of to direct in Subjuntivo pluscuamperfecto

  • yo hubiera/hubiese dirigido I would have directed
  • tú hubieras/hubieses dirigido you had directed
  • él/ella hubiera/hubiese dirigido he had directed
  • nosotros/nosotras hubiéramos/hubiésemos dirigido we had directed
  • vosotros/vosotras hubierais/hubieseis dirigido You had directed
  • ellos/ellas hubieran/hubiesen dirigido they had directed

Example phrases

  • Si hubiera/hubiese dirigido la carta a mano, habría sido más formal. I had directed the letter by hand, it would have been more formal.
  • Esperaba que hubieras/hubieses dirigido la llamada con más claridad. I expected that you had directed the call more clearly.
  • Es posible que hubiera/hubiese dirigido el telediario antes de la noticia impactante. He might have directed the news bulletin before the shocking news.
  • Quizás hubiéramos/hubiésemos dirigido la información de manera más verídica. Perhaps we had directed the information more truthfully.
  • ¿Y si hubierais/hubieseis dirigido el artículo en el periódico? You had directed the article in the newspaper
  • Dudaba que hubieran/hubiesen dirigido la breve despedida del email con claridad. I doubted that they had directed the brief email farewell with clarity.

Exercise: Conjugate the verbs - dirigir (to direct)

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

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Dirigir (Subjuntivo pluscuamperfecto, subjuntivo)

1. ¿Y si ... el artículo en el periódico?

¿Y si hubierais/hubieseis dirigido el artículo en el periódico?
(What if you had directed the article in the newspaper?)

2. Dudaba que ... la breve despedida del email con claridad.

Dudaba que hubieran/hubiesen dirigido la breve despedida del email con claridad.
(I doubted that they had directed the brief email farewell with clarity.)

3. Quizás ... la información de manera más verídica.

Quizás hubiéramos/hubiésemos dirigido la información de manera más verídica.
(Perhaps we had directed the information more truthfully.)

4. Es posible que ... el telediario antes de la noticia impactante.

Es posible que hubiera/hubiese dirigido el telediario antes de la noticia impactante.
(He might have directed the news bulletin before the shocking news.)

5. Esperaba que ... la llamada con más claridad.

Esperaba que hubieras/hubieses dirigido la llamada con más claridad.
(I expected that you had directed the call more clearly.)

6. Si ... la carta a mano, habría sido más formal.

Si hubiera/hubiese dirigido la carta a mano, habría sido más formal.
(I had directed the letter by hand, it would have been more formal.)