Instruir

to instruct

🎯

Infinitive (infinitivo)

Base form of the verb

instruir

🏃

Gerund (gerundio)

Present participle (-ing form)

instruiendo

📋

Past Participle

Used in compound tenses

instruido

Simple Tenses

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Present Indicative (presente de indicativo)

Present actions and habitual activities

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	instruyo I instruct	I instruct
tú	instruuyes you instruct	you instruct
él/ella/usted	instruuye he/she/you instructs	he/she/you instructs
nosotros	instruimos we instruct	we instruct
vosotros	instruís you all instruct	you all instruct
ellos/ustedes	instruuyen they/you all instruct	they/you all instruct

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Imperfect Indicative (imperfecto de indicativo)

Ongoing past actions and descriptions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	instruía I used to instruct	I used to instruct
tú	instruías you used to instruct	you used to instruct
él/ella/usted	instruía he/she/you used to instruct	he/she/you used to instruct
nosotros	instruíamos we used to instruct	we used to instruct
vosotros	instruíais you all used to instruct	you all used to instruct
ellos/ustedes	instruían they/you all used to instruct	they/you all used to instruct

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Preterit (pretérito)

Completed past actions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	instruí I instructed	I instructed
tú	instruiste you instructed	you instructed
él/ella/usted	instruió he/she/you instructed	he/she/you instructed
nosotros	instruimos we instructed	we instructed
vosotros	instruisteis you all instructed	you all instructed
ellos/ustedes	instruieron they/you all instructed	they/you all instructed

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Future (futuro)

Future actions and intentions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	instruiré I will instruct	I will instruct
tú	instruirás you will instruct	you will instruct
él/ella/usted	instruirá he/she/you will instruct	he/she/you will instruct
nosotros	instruiremos we will instruct	we will instruct
vosotros	instruiréis you all will instruct	you all will instruct
ellos/ustedes	instruirán they/you all will instruct	they/you all will instruct

🎯

Conditional (potencial simple)

Hypothetical and conditional actions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	instruiría I would instruct	I would instruct
tú	instruirías you would instruct	you would instruct
él/ella/usted	instruiría he/she/you would instruct	he/she/you would instruct
nosotros	instruiríamos we would instruct	we would instruct
vosotros	instruiríais you all would instruct	you all would instruct
ellos/ustedes	instruirían they/you all would instruct	they/you all would instruct

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Present Subjunctive (presente de subjuntivo)

Subjective present actions and desires

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	instrua that I instruct	that I instruct
tú	instruas that you instruct	that you instruct
él/ella/usted	instrua that he/she/you instruct	that he/she/you instruct
nosotros	instruamos that we instruct	that we instruct
vosotros	instruáis that you all instruct	that you all instruct
ellos/ustedes	instruan that they/you all instruct	that they/you all instruct

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Imperfect Subjunctive (imperfecto de subjuntivo)

Subjective past actions and hypothetical situations

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	instruiera or instruiese that I instructed	that I instructed
tú	instruieras or instruieses that you instructed	that you instructed
él/ella/usted	instruiera or instruiese that he/she/you instructed	that he/she/you instructed
nosotros	instruiéramos or instruiésemos that we instructed	that we instructed
vosotros	instruierais or instruieseis that you all instructed	that you all instructed
ellos/ustedes	instruieran or instruiesen that they/you all instructed	that they/you all instructed

Compound Tenses

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Present Perfect (perfecto de indicativo)

Actions completed recently or with present relevance

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	he instruido I have instructed	I have instructed
tú	has instruido you have instructed	you have instructed
él/ella/usted	ha instruido he/she/you have instructed	he/she/you have instructed
nosotros	hemos instruido we have instructed	we have instructed
vosotros	habéis instruido you all have instructed	you all have instructed
ellos/ustedes	han instruido they/you all have instructed	they/you all have instructed

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Pluperfect Indicative (pluscuamperfecto de indicativo)

Actions completed before another past action

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	había instruido I had instructed	I had instructed
tú	habías instruido you had instructed	you had instructed
él/ella/usted	había instruido he/she/you had instructed	he/she/you had instructed
nosotros	habíamos instruido we had instructed	we had instructed
vosotros	habíais instruido you all had instructed	you all had instructed
ellos/ustedes	habían instruido they/you all had instructed	they/you all had instructed

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Preterit Perfect (pretérito anterior)

Actions completed immediately before another past action

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	hube instruido I had instructed	I had instructed
tú	hubiste instruido you had instructed	you had instructed
él/ella/usted	hubo instruido he/she/you had instructed	he/she/you had instructed
nosotros	hubimos instruido we had instructed	we had instructed
vosotros	hubisteis instruido you all had instructed	you all had instructed
ellos/ustedes	hubieron instruido they/you all had instructed	they/you all had instructed

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Future Perfect (futuro perfecto)

Actions that will be completed by a future time

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	habré instruido I will have instructed	I will have instructed
tú	habrás instruido you will have instructed	you will have instructed
él/ella/usted	habrá instruido he/she/you will have instructed	he/she/you will have instructed
nosotros	habremos instruido we will have instructed	we will have instructed
vosotros	habréis instruido you all will have instructed	you all will have instructed
ellos/ustedes	habrán instruido they/you all will have instructed	they/you all will have instructed

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Conditional Perfect (potencial compuesto)

Actions that would have been completed under certain conditions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	habría instruido I would have instructed	I would have instructed
tú	habrías instruido you would have instructed	you would have instructed
él/ella/usted	habría instruido he/she/you would have instructed	he/she/you would have instructed
nosotros	habríamos instruido we would have instructed	we would have instructed
vosotros	habríais instruido you all would have instructed	you all would have instructed
ellos/ustedes	habrían instruido they/you all would have instructed	they/you all would have instructed

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Subjunctive Present Perfect (perfecto de subjuntivo)

Subjective actions completed in relation to the present

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	haya instruido that I have instructed	that I have instructed
tú	hayas instruido that you have instructed	that you have instructed
él/ella/usted	haya instruido that he/she/you have instructed	that he/she/you have instructed
nosotros	hayamos instruido that we have instructed	that we have instructed
vosotros	hayáis instruido that you all have instructed	that you all have instructed
ellos/ustedes	hayan instruido that they/you all have instructed	that they/you all have instructed

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Subjunctive Past Perfect (pluscuamperfecto de subjuntivo)

Subjective actions completed before another past action

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	hubiera instruido that I had instructed	that I had instructed
tú	hubieras instruido that you had instructed	that you had instructed
él/ella/usted	hubiera instruido that he/she/you had instructed	that he/she/you had instructed
nosotros	hubiéramos instruido that we had instructed	that we had instructed
vosotros	hubierais instruido that you all had instructed	that you all had instructed
ellos/ustedes	hubieran instruido that they/you all had instructed	that they/you all had instructed

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Commands (imperativo)

Commands and direct orders

Person	Command	English
tú	instrue	instruct! (you)
usted	instrua	instruct! (you formal)
nosotros	instruamos	let's instruct!
vosotros	instruid	instruct! (you all)
ustedes	instruan	instruct! (you all)

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Negative Commands (imperativo negativo)

Negative commands and prohibitions

Person	Command	English
tú	no instruas	don't instruct! (you)
usted	no instrua	don't instruct! (you formal)
nosotros	no instruamos	let's not instruct!
vosotros	no instruáis	don't instruct! (you all)
ustedes	no instruan	don't instruct! (you all)

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