Spanish Verb COMPETIR - to compete. Irregular IR family

Spanish Verb COMPETIR: to compete

The Spanish verb competir means 'to compete' and is an irregular Spanish IR verb.

To remember this, the CONS COMPETE 'ERE at the race!

Around 30 verbs are conjugated like competir, replacing the e with an i in the present, preterite, subjunctive and imperative tenses.
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to compete: competir
Imagine the CONS COMPETE HERE at the race!

VERB CONJUGATION TABLE COMPETIR - to compete
Simple Tenses - Spanish Verb competir
TENSE	yo	tú	él, ella, usted	nosotros	vosotros	ellos, ellas, ustedes
Present Presente compete	compito	compites	compite	competimos	competís	compiten
Imperfect Imperfecto competed	competía	competías	competía	competíamos	competíais	competían
Preterit Pretérito competed	competí	competiste	compitió	competimos	competisteis	compitieron
Future Futuro will compete	competiré	competirás	competirá	competiremos	competiréis	competirán
Conditional Condicional would compete	competiría	competirías	competiría	competiríamos	competiríais	competirían
Subjunctive Subjuntivo may compete	compita	compitas	compita	compitamos	compitáis	compitan
Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subj. might compete	compitiera	compitieras	compitiera	compitiéramos	compitierais	compitieran
	compitiese	compitieses	compitiese	compitiésemos	compitieseis	compitiesen
Imperatives Spanish Verb competir - to compete
Imperative Imperativo compete!		¡compite!	¡compita!	¡compitamos!	¡competid!	¡compitan!
Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo don't compete!		¡no compitas!	¡no compita!	¡no compitamos!	¡no compitáis!	¡no compitan!
Compound Tenses of the Spanish Verb COMPETIR Past Participle: competido - have competed
Present Perfect Perfecto de Indicativo have competed	he competido	has competido	ha competido	hemos competido	habéis competido	han competido
Preterit Perfect Pretérito Anterior had competed	hube competido	hubiste competido	hubo competido	hubimos competido	hubisteis competido	hubieron competido
Past Perfect Pluscuamperfecto had competed	había competido	habías competido	había competido	habíamos competido	habíais competido	habían competido
Present Perfect Subj Presente Perfecto Subj may have competed	haya competido	hayas competido	haya competido	hayamos competido	hayáis competido	hayan competido
Future Perfect Futuro Perfecto will have competed	habré competido	habrás competido	habrá competido	habremos competido	habréis competido	habrán competido
Conditional Perfect Condicional Perfecto would have competed	habría competido	habrías competido	habría competido	habríamos competido	habríais competido	habrían competido
Pluperfect Subjunctive Pluscuamperf. de sbj might have competed	hubiera competido	hubieras competido	hubiera competido	hubiéramos competido	hubierais competido	hubieran competido
	hubiese competido	hubieses competido	hubiese competido	hubiésemos competido	hubieseis competido	hubiesen competido
Progressive Tenses COMPETIR Present Participle: competiendo - competing
Present Progressive Presente Progressivo am competing	estoy competiendo	estás competiendo	está competiendo	estamos competiendo	estáis competiendo	están competiendo
Preterit Progressive Pretérito Prog was competing	estuve competiendo	estuviste competiendo	estuvo competiendo	estuvimos competiendo	estuvisteis competiendo	estuvieron competiendo
Imperfect Progressive Imperfecto Prog had been competing	estaba competiendo	estabas competiendo	estaba competiendo	estábamos competiendo	estabais competiendo	estaban competiendo
Future Progressive Futuro Perfecto Prog will be competing	estaré competiendo	estarás competiendo	estará competiendo	estaremos competiendo	estaréis competiendo	estarán competiendo
Conditional Progressive Condicional perf. prog. would have been ...ing	estaría competiendo	estarías competiendo	estabría competiendo	estaríamos competiendo	estaríais competiendo	estarían competiendo
Subjunctive Progressive Subjuntivo Progressivo may've been ...ing	que ~ competiendo	que ~ competiendo	que ~ competiendo	que ~ competiendo	que ~ competiendo	que ~ competiendo

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USING the SPANISH VERB COMPETIR

competir can also mean: to rival.
competir con: to compete/race against.
competir en: to rival in.

competitivo/a (adj m/f): competivive.
la competitición (f): competition, contest.
el competidor / la competidora (nmf/adj): competitor, contestant (m/f)/competing.

el competidor / la competidora (nmf/adj): competitor, contestant (m/f)/competing.
Las compañias están haciendo lo imposible por competir en un mercado realmente competitivo:
Companies are doing everything possible to compete in a truly competitive market(place).

vos replaces tú - you, informal, singular -
- in Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay and also in some countries of Central America.
Sometimes it also replaces the formal singular 'Usted'.
In irregular IR verbs, the conjugations remain the same as for tú except for the addition of accents in the following tenses:
Presente: vos competís
Imperativo: ¡competí!

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