Regular -ir Verbs

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Verbos regulares

The smallest category of regular Spanish verbs is those that end in -ir. To conjugate them, remove the infinitive ending and then add one of the following verb endings:

	Singular		Plural
1st person	yo	-o	nosotros	-imos
2nd person	tú	-es	vosotros	-ís
3rd person	él	-e	ellos	-en

Thus to conjugate abrir, you’ll remove the infinitive ending to find the radical abr- and then add the appropriate endings:

ABRIR	Singular		Plural
1st person	yo	abro	nosotros	abrimos
2nd person	tú	abres	vosotros	abrís
3rd person	él	abre	ellos	abren

Common regular -ir verbs

abrir		to open
añadir		to add
asistir		to attend
describir		to describe
discutir		to discuss
escribir		to write
interrumpir		to interrupt
ocurrir		to occur
partir		to leave
recibir		to receive
subir		to go up, climb
sufrir		to suffer
vivir		to live

Note that the conjugations for AR , -ER, and -IR verbs are very similar. Where -AR verbs have an A, -ER verbs have an E. -IR verbs are identical to -ER verbs except in the nosotros and vosotros forms.

 Conjugation Quiz

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• Regular -ir verb conjugations

 Related lessons

• -IR verb conjugations – PwLS super list
• Present tense
• Introduction to Spanish verbs
   

 En français

• Initiation aux verbes
   

 In italiano

• Introduzione ai verbi
   

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