Impartir Conjugation in Spanish
The Spanish verb impartir means to give, to teach, and it is a verb you will use again and again once you know it. Impartir means to give or to teach, and it is the formal verb for giving classes, courses and justice: impartir una clase, impartir justicia. It is a regular -ir verb, common in education and law. Like every Spanish verb, impartir changes its ending for each person and tense, and this page gives you the complete picture: every tense, every person, the gerund and the past participle, all from the verified conjugation tables. For example, in the present tense you say imparto una clase de historia, and in the preterite you say impartí justicia en el tribunal. Work through the tables below, read the notes for each tense, and then test yourself with the examples, the common mistakes and the quiz at the end of the page.
Quick facts
- Infinitive: impartir
- English: to give, to teach
- Verb type: regular -ir verb
- Ending: -ir
- Gerund: impartiendo
- Past participle: impartido
- Auxiliary verb: haber (all perfect tenses are formed with haber + impartido)
Pronunciation is not listed on this page: the verified tables do not include IPA for impartir, so no pronunciation is given rather than an invented one. Impartir is regular: impartí, impartía, impartiré. Impartir clase is the formal way to say to teach.
Full conjugation tables
Every form below comes from the verified conjugation tables for impartir. The imperfect subjunctive is shown in its -ra forms; the -se forms use the same stem. For reflexive verbs, the pronoun column shows the reflexive pronoun that goes before each form.
Present indicative
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | imparto |
| tú | impartes |
| él/ella/Ud. | imparte |
| nosotros/as | impartimos |
| vosotros/as | impartís |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | imparten |
Preterite
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | impartí |
| tú | impartiste |
| él/ella/Ud. | impartió |
| nosotros/as | impartimos |
| vosotros/as | impartisteis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | impartieron |
Imperfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | impartía |
| tú | impartías |
| él/ella/Ud. | impartía |
| nosotros/as | impartíamos |
| vosotros/as | impartíais |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | impartían |
Future
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | impartiré |
| tú | impartirás |
| él/ella/Ud. | impartirá |
| nosotros/as | impartiremos |
| vosotros/as | impartiréis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | impartirán |
Conditional
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | impartiría |
| tú | impartirías |
| él/ella/Ud. | impartiría |
| nosotros/as | impartiríamos |
| vosotros/as | impartiríais |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | impartirían |
Present perfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | he impartido |
| tú | has impartido |
| él/ella/Ud. | ha impartido |
| nosotros/as | hemos impartido |
| vosotros/as | habéis impartido |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | han impartido |
Pluperfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | había impartido |
| tú | habías impartido |
| él/ella/Ud. | había impartido |
| nosotros/as | habíamos impartido |
| vosotros/as | habíais impartido |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | habían impartido |
Future perfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | habré impartido |
| tú | habrás impartido |
| él/ella/Ud. | habrá impartido |
| nosotros/as | habremos impartido |
| vosotros/as | habréis impartido |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | habrán impartido |
Conditional perfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | habría impartido |
| tú | habrías impartido |
| él/ella/Ud. | habría impartido |
| nosotros/as | habríamos impartido |
| vosotros/as | habríais impartido |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | habrían impartido |
Present subjunctive
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | imparta |
| tú | impartas |
| él/ella/Ud. | imparta |
| nosotros/as | impartamos |
| vosotros/as | impartáis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | impartan |
Imperfect subjunctive (-ra)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | impartiera |
| tú | impartieras |
| él/ella/Ud. | impartiera |
| nosotros/as | impartiéramos |
| vosotros/as | impartierais |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | impartieran |
Imperative (affirmative)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| tú | imparte |
| él/ella/Ud. | imparta |
| nosotros/as | impartamos |
| vosotros/as | impartid |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | impartan |
Imperative (negative)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| tú | impartas |
| él/ella/Ud. | imparta |
| nosotros/as | impartamos |
| vosotros/as | impartáis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | impartan |
Gerund and past participle
| Form | Spanish | Use |
|---|---|---|
| Gerund | impartiendo | with estar for the progressive: estoy impartiendo |
| Past participle | impartido | with haber for the perfect tenses: he impartido |
How to use each tense
Present indicative
Use the present for routines, general facts and what is happening right now. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For impartir, the present looks like this in a real sentence: Imparto una clase de historia. Learn the present forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.
Preterite
Use the preterite for finished actions with a clear end, often with ayer, el año pasado or anoche. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For impartir, the preterite looks like this in a real sentence: Ayer, impartí un curso de español. Learn the preterite forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.
Imperfect
Use the imperfect for background, habits and actions in progress in the past, often with de niño, antes or mientras. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For impartir, the imperfect looks like this in a real sentence: De niño, impartía justicia en el tribunal. Learn the imperfect forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.
Future
Use the future for plans, predictions and promises, often with mañana, el año que viene or pronto. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For impartir, the future looks like this in a real sentence: Mañana, impartiré una lección a los alumnos. Learn the future forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.
Conditional
Use the conditional for polite requests, hypotheticals and what would happen, often with si clauses. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For impartir, the conditional looks like this in a real sentence: Impartiría una clase de historia si pudiera. Learn the conditional forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.
Present perfect
Use the present perfect for recent actions and experiences, often with hoy, esta semana or ya. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For impartir, the present perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Hoy, he impartido un curso de español. Learn the present perfect forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.
Pluperfect
Use the pluperfect when one past action happened before another past action. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For impartir, the pluperfect looks like this in a real sentence: Había impartido justicia en el tribunal antes de salir. Learn the pluperfect forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.
Future perfect
Use the future perfect for something that will already be finished by a future time. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For impartir, the future perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Para mañana, habré impartido una lección a los alumnos. Learn the future perfect forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.
Conditional perfect
Use the conditional perfect for what would have happened under different conditions. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For impartir, the conditional perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Habría impartido una clase de historia con más tiempo. Learn the conditional perfect forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.
Present subjunctive
Use the present subjunctive after expressions of wish, doubt, emotion and hope, such as espero que or quiero que. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For impartir, the present subjunctive looks like this in a real sentence: Espero que él imparta un curso de español. Learn the present subjunctive forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.
Imperfect subjunctive (-ra)
Use the imperfect subjunctive after past wishes and in si clauses about the past, and note the -ra forms shown here; the -se forms use the same stem. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For impartir, the imperfect subjunctive looks like this in a real sentence: Si él impartiera justicia en el tribunal, todo cambiaría. Learn the imperfect subjunctive forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.
Imperative (affirmative)
Use the affirmative imperative for direct commands, instructions and invitations. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For impartir, the affirmative imperative looks like this in a real sentence: ¡Imparte una lección a los alumnos! Learn the affirmative imperative forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.
Imperative (negative)
Use the negative imperative, always with no, to tell someone not to do something. For this verb the tense is regular, so the forms follow the standard endings for its verb class. For impartir, the negative imperative looks like this in a real sentence: No impartas una clase de historia. Learn the negative imperative forms in the table above alongside this example, and notice how the ending, not the stem, usually carries the meaning of the tense.
Example sentences
Ten natural sentences with impartir, covering different tenses and persons. Each one uses a form from the tables above.
- Imparto una clase de historia. — I teach a history class.
- Imparte un curso de español. — He/she teaches a Spanish course.
- Ayer, impartí justicia en el tribunal. — Yesterday, I taught justice in court.
- Antes, nosotros impartíamos una lección a los alumnos. — Before, we used to teach a lesson to the students.
- Mañana, tú impartirás una clase de historia. — Tomorrow, you will teach a history class.
- Yo impartiría un curso de español si tuviera más tiempo. — I would teach a Spanish course if I had more time.
- Él ha impartido justicia en el tribunal. — He has taught justice in court.
- Espero que él imparta una lección a los alumnos. — I hope he teaches a lesson to the students.
- Yo ya había impartido una clase de historia antes de salir. — I had already taught a history class before leaving.
- Ellos impartían un curso de español cuando eran jóvenes. — They used to teach a Spanish course when they were young.
Common mistakes
- Wrong: Yo imparte una clase de historia. — Right: Yo imparto una clase de historia. — The person matters: imparte is the él/ella/Ud. form, while the yo form is imparto. Using the third-person form with yo is one of the most common beginner errors.
- Wrong: Ayer yo imparto un curso de español. — Right: Ayer yo impartí un curso de español. — The present and the preterite are different tenses: imparto is happening now, while impartí is a finished action in the past. Use the preterite with ayer.
- Wrong: Treating impartir and enseñar as identical in every context. — Right: Impartir means to give, to teach, while enseñar means to teach. — They overlap, but each has uses the other does not: impartir fits sentences such as Imparto una clase de historia, while enseñar belongs in a different sentence. Check the meaning you want before choosing.
- Wrong: Yo soy impartido un curso de español. — Right: Yo he impartido un curso de español. — Spanish perfect tenses use haber, not ser: he impartido, has impartido, ha impartido. Ser plus the participle makes a passive, not a perfect tense.
- Wrong: De niño, yo impartí justicia en el tribunal todos los días. — Right: De niño, yo impartía justicia en el tribunal todos los días. — For a repeated habit in the past, use the imperfect (impartía), not the preterite. The preterite (impartí) is for one finished action.
Quiz: test yourself
Ten questions on impartir. Choose the right form, then check the answer key below.
Complete the sentence: Yo ___ una clase de historia. (present tense) A. imparto B. impartes C. imparte D. impartimos
Complete the sentence: Ayer, él ___ un curso de español. (preterite) A. impartí B. impartiste C. impartimos D. impartió
Complete the sentence: Antes, nosotros ___ justicia en el tribunal. (imperfect) A. impartías B. imparto C. impartíamos D. impartía
Complete the sentence: Mañana, tú ___ una lección a los alumnos. (future) A. impartiremos B. impartirás C. impartiré D. impartirá
Complete the sentence: Yo ___ una clase de historia si pudiera. (conditional) A. impartiría B. impartirías C. impartiríamos D. imparto
Complete the sentence: Espero que él ___ un curso de español. (present subjunctive) A. impartas B. impartamos C. imparto D. imparta
Complete the sentence: Si yo ___ justicia en el tribunal, todo cambiaría. (imperfect subjunctive, -ra form) A. impartiéramos B. imparto C. impartiera D. impartieras
Complete the sentence: Nosotros ___ una lección a los alumnos. (present perfect) A. ha impartido B. hemos impartido C. he impartido D. has impartido
Complete the command: ¡___ una clase de historia! (affirmative imperative, tú) A. imparte B. imparta C. impartamos D. impartid
Which is the gerund of impartir, used with estar for the progressive? A. impartido B. imparto C. impartí D. impartiendo
Answer key
- imparto — The yo present tense of impartir is imparto.
- impartió — The él/ella/Ud. preterite of impartir is impartió.
- impartíamos — The nosotros/as imperfect of impartir is impartíamos.
- impartirás — The tú future of impartir is impartirás.
- impartiría — The yo conditional of impartir is impartiría.
- imparta — The él/ella/Ud. present subjunctive of impartir is imparta.
- impartiera — The yo imperfect subjunctive, -ra form of impartir is impartiera.
- hemos impartido — The nosotros/as present perfect of impartir is hemos impartido.
- imparte — The affirmative tú imperative of impartir is imparte.
- impartiendo — The gerund of impartir is impartiendo: estoy impartiendo. The participle impartido is used with haber instead.
Frequently asked questions
What does impartir mean in English?
Impartir means to give, to teach. It is used in everyday situations such as Imparto una clase de historia. The exact English wording depends on the context, but the core meaning stays the same across the tenses.
Is impartir regular or irregular?
Impartir is a fully regular -ir verb, so every tense follows the standard endings for its class. Once you know the regular pattern, you can produce every form on this page, including imparto in the present and impartí in the preterite.
What is the difference between impartir and enseñar?
Impartir means to give, to teach, while enseñar means to teach. They are easy to confuse because they appear in similar situations, but they are not interchangeable: use impartir when you mean to give, to teach, as in Imparto una clase de historia, and use enseñar for to teach. When in doubt, check the object of the sentence — it usually shows which verb fits.
How do I say “I give” in the past?
It depends on the kind of past. For one finished action, use the preterite: yo impartí un curso de español. For a repeated habit or background in the past, use the imperfect: yo impartía justicia en el tribunal. For something that has just happened, use the present perfect: yo he impartido un curso de español.
How do I practise impartir?
Start with the present tense table, then drill the preterite and the imperfect, since those two past tenses cause the most mistakes. Try the impartir examples and quiz page for more sentences, and use the Spanish Verb Quiz to test the forms under pressure.
Related links
- Impartir in the present tense — the full present-tense table for impartir.
- Impartir examples and quiz — more example sentences and practice for impartir.
- Spanish verbs — the Spanish hub, with every verb and tense guide.
- Huir conjugation — another -ir verb to compare with impartir.
- Imprimir conjugation — another -ir verb to compare with impartir.
- Fundir conjugation — another -ir verb to compare with impartir.
- Spanish Verb Conjugator — conjugate any Spanish verb in every tense.
- Spanish Verb Quiz — test yourself on real conjugated forms.