Escribir (to write) - Pretérito anterior, indicativo (Anterior preterite, indicative) - Spanish

Escribir (to write) - conjugation and tenses - (Spanish)

Escribir - Conjugation of to write in Spanish: Conjugation table, examples and exercises in the anterior preterite, indicative tense (Pretérito anterior, indicativo).

Pretérito anterior, indicativo (Anterior preterite, indicative)

All conjugations and tenses: Escribir (to write) - conjugation and tenses - (Spanish)

Syllabus: Spanish lesson - Decir tu nombre (Telling your name)

Conjugation of to write in Pretérito anterior

yo hube escrito I had written
tú hubiste escrito You had written
él/ella hubo escrito he had written
nosotros/nosotras hubimos escrito we had written
vosotros/vosotras hubisteis escrito You (plural) had written
ellos/ellas hubieron escrito they had written

Example phrases

Tan pronto como yo hube escrito la carta, la envié. As soon as I had written the letter, I sent it.
En cuanto tú hubiste escrito el mensaje, lo borraste. As soon as you had written the message, you erased it.
Justo cuando él hubo escrito su nombre, la pluma se quedó sin tinta. Just as he had written his name, the pen ran out of ink.
Apenas nosotros hubimos escrito las invitaciones, comenzamos a repartirlas. As soon as we had written the invitations, we began to distribute them.
En el momento en que vosotros hubisteis escrito vuestras tesis, celebrasteis. At the moment when you had written your theses, you celebrated.
Después de que ellos hubieron escrito el reporte, lo presentaron. After they had written the report, they presented it.

Exercise: Conjugate the verbs - escribir (to write)

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

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Escribir (Pretérito anterior, indicativo)

1. Después de que ellos ... el reporte, lo presentaron.

Después de que ellos hubieron escrito el reporte, lo presentaron.

(After they had written the report, they presented it.)

2. Apenas nosotros ... las invitaciones, comenzamos a repartirlas.

Apenas nosotros hubimos escrito las invitaciones, comenzamos a repartirlas.

(As soon as we had written the invitations, we began to distribute them.)

3. En cuanto tú ... el mensaje, lo borraste.

En cuanto tú hubiste escrito el mensaje, lo borraste.

(As soon as you had written the message, you erased it.)

4. Justo cuando él ... su nombre, la pluma se quedó sin tinta.

Justo cuando él hubo escrito su nombre, la pluma se quedó sin tinta.

(Just as he had written his name, the pen ran out of ink.)

5. En el momento en que vosotros ... vuestras tesis, celebrasteis.

En el momento en que vosotros hubisteis escrito vuestras tesis, celebrasteis.

(At the moment when you had written your theses, you celebrated.)

6. Tan pronto como yo ... la carta, la envié.

Tan pronto como yo hube escrito la carta, la envié.

(As soon as I had written the letter, I sent it.)