Instituir

to institute

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Infinitive (infinitivo)

Base form of the verb

instituir

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Gerund (gerundio)

Present participle (-ing form)

instituiendo

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Past Participle

Used in compound tenses

instituido

Simple Tenses

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Present Indicative (presente de indicativo)

Present actions and habitual activities

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	instituyo I institute	I institute
tú	instituuyes you institute

Compound Tenses

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Present Perfect (perfecto de indicativo)

Actions completed recently or with present relevance

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	he instituido I have instituted	I have instituted
tú	has instituido

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Commands (imperativo)

Commands and direct orders

Person	Command	English
tú	institue	institute! (you)
usted	institua	institute! (you formal)
nosotros	instituamos	let's institute!
vosotros	instituid

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Negative Commands (imperativo negativo)

Negative commands and prohibitions

Person	Command	English
tú	no instituas	don't institute! (you)
usted	no institua	don't institute! (you formal)
nosotros	no instituamos	let's not institute!
vosotros

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Imperfect Indicative (imperfecto de indicativo)

Ongoing past actions and descriptions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	instituía I used to institute	I used to institute
tú	instituías you used to institute	you used to institute
él/ella/usted	instituía he/she/you used to institute	he/she/you used to institute
nosotros	instituíamos we used to institute	we used to institute
vosotros	instituíais you all used to institute	you all used to institute
ellos/ustedes	instituían they/you all used to institute	they/you all used to institute

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Preterit (pretérito)

Completed past actions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	instituí I instituted	I instituted
tú	instituiste you instituted	you instituted
él/ella/usted	instituió he/she/you instituted	he/she/you instituted
nosotros	instituimos we instituted	we instituted
vosotros	instituisteis you all instituted	you all instituted
ellos/ustedes	instituieron they/you all instituted	they/you all instituted

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Future (futuro)

Future actions and intentions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	instituiré I will institute	I will institute
tú	instituirás you will institute	you will institute
él/ella/usted	instituirá he/she/you will institute	he/she/you will institute
nosotros	instituiremos we will institute	we will institute
vosotros	instituiréis you all will institute	you all will institute
ellos/ustedes	instituirán they/you all will institute	they/you all will institute

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Conditional (potencial simple)

Hypothetical and conditional actions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	instituiría I would institute	I would institute
tú	instituirías you would institute	you would institute
él/ella/usted	instituiría he/she/you would institute	he/she/you would institute
nosotros	instituiríamos we would institute	we would institute
vosotros	instituiríais you all would institute	you all would institute
ellos/ustedes	instituirían they/you all would institute	they/you all would institute

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Present Subjunctive (presente de subjuntivo)

Subjective present actions and desires

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	institua that I institute	that I institute
tú	instituas that you institute	that you institute
él/ella/usted	institua that he/she/you institute	that he/she/you institute
nosotros	instituamos that we institute	that we institute
vosotros	instituáis that you all institute	that you all institute
ellos/ustedes	instituan that they/you all institute	that they/you all institute

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Imperfect Subjunctive (imperfecto de subjuntivo)

Subjective past actions and hypothetical situations

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	instituiera or instituiese that I instituted	that I instituted
tú	instituieras or instituieses that you instituted	that you instituted
él/ella/usted	instituiera or instituiese that he/she/you instituted	that he/she/you instituted
nosotros	instituiéramos or instituiésemos that we instituted	that we instituted
vosotros	instituierais or instituieseis that you all instituted	that you all instituted
ellos/ustedes	instituieran or instituiesen that they/you all instituted	that they/you all instituted

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Pluperfect Indicative (pluscuamperfecto de indicativo)

Actions completed before another past action

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

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Preterit Perfect (pretérito anterior)

Actions completed immediately before another past action

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

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Future Perfect (futuro perfecto)

Actions that will be completed by a future time

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

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Conditional Perfect (potencial compuesto)

Actions that would have been completed under certain conditions

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

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Subjunctive Present Perfect (perfecto de subjuntivo)

Subjective actions completed in relation to the present

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

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Subjunctive Past Perfect (pluscuamperfecto de subjuntivo)

Subjective actions completed before another past action

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