Mimar Conjugation in Spanish
The Spanish verb mimar means to pamper — it also means to spoil, and it is a verb you will use again and again once you know it. Mimar is a regular -ar verb, so the tables below show you exactly how it behaves in every tense. On this page you will find the full conjugation of mimar in all thirteen tenses, notes on when to use each one, example sentences, the mistakes learners make most often, a ten-question quiz and answers to the questions students ask about this verb. For example, in the present tense you say Yo mimo a sus nietos — "I pamper his grandchildren" — and in the preterite you say Yo mimé a su perro — "I pampered his dog". 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: mimar
- English: to pamper, to spoil
- Verb type: regular -ar verb
- Ending: -ar
- Gerund: mimando
- Past participle: mimado
- Auxiliary verb: haber (all perfect tenses are formed with haber + mimado)
Pronunciation is not listed on this page: the verified tables do not include IPA for mimar, so no pronunciation is given rather than an invented one.
Full conjugation tables
Every form below comes from the verified conjugation tables for mimar. 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.
Gerund: mimando · Past participle: mimado
Present indicative
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | mimo |
| tú | mimas |
| él/ella/Ud. | mima |
| nosotros/as | mimamos |
| vosotros/as | mimáis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | miman |
Preterite
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | mimé |
| tú | mimaste |
| él/ella/Ud. | mimó |
| nosotros/as | mimamos |
| vosotros/as | mimasteis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | mimaron |
Imperfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | mimaba |
| tú | mimabas |
| él/ella/Ud. | mimaba |
| nosotros/as | mimábamos |
| vosotros/as | mimabais |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | mimaban |
Future
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | mimaré |
| tú | mimarás |
| él/ella/Ud. | mimará |
| nosotros/as | mimaremos |
| vosotros/as | mimaréis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | mimarán |
Conditional
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | mimaría |
| tú | mimarías |
| él/ella/Ud. | mimaría |
| nosotros/as | mimaríamos |
| vosotros/as | mimaríais |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | mimarían |
Present perfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | he mimado |
| tú | has mimado |
| él/ella/Ud. | ha mimado |
| nosotros/as | hemos mimado |
| vosotros/as | habéis mimado |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | han mimado |
Pluperfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | había mimado |
| tú | habías mimado |
| él/ella/Ud. | había mimado |
| nosotros/as | habíamos mimado |
| vosotros/as | habíais mimado |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | habían mimado |
Future perfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | habré mimado |
| tú | habrás mimado |
| él/ella/Ud. | habrá mimado |
| nosotros/as | habremos mimado |
| vosotros/as | habréis mimado |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | habrán mimado |
Conditional perfect
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | habría mimado |
| tú | habrías mimado |
| él/ella/Ud. | habría mimado |
| nosotros/as | habríamos mimado |
| vosotros/as | habríais mimado |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | habrían mimado |
Present subjunctive
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | mime |
| tú | mimes |
| él/ella/Ud. | mime |
| nosotros/as | mimemos |
| vosotros/as | miméis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | mimen |
Imperfect subjunctive (-ra)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| yo | mimara |
| tú | mimaras |
| él/ella/Ud. | mimara |
| nosotros/as | mimáramos |
| vosotros/as | mimarais |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | mimaran |
Imperative (affirmative)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| tú | mima |
| él/ella/Ud. | mime |
| nosotros/as | mimemos |
| vosotros/as | mimad |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | mimen |
Imperative (negative)
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| tú | mimes |
| él/ella/Ud. | mime |
| nosotros/as | mimemos |
| vosotros/as | miméis |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | mimen |
Gerund and past participle
| Form | Spanish | Use |
|---|---|---|
| Gerund | mimando | with estar for the progressive: estoy mimando |
| Past participle | mimado | with haber for the perfect tenses: he mimado |
How to use each tense
Present indicative
Use the present for routines, general facts and what is happening right now. It is the tense you will use most often in everyday conversation, for habits with words like todos los días and for statements that are true in general. For mimar, the present indicative looks like this in a real sentence: Yo mimo a su perro — "I pamper his dog". Learn the present indicative 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 in the past — things that started and ended, often with time words like ayer, anoche or la semana pasada. The preterite moves a story forward, one completed event at a time. For mimar, the preterite looks like this in a real sentence: Yo mimé demasiado — "I pampered too much". 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 words like antes, de niño or mientras. It describes how things used to be, not one finished event. For mimar, the imperfect looks like this in a real sentence: Yo mimaba a sus nietos — "I used to pamper his grandchildren". 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. It talks about what will happen, not what is happening now. For mimar, the future looks like this in a real sentence: Yo mimaré a su perro — "I will pamper his dog". 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 in si clauses. It softens a request and describes imagined situations. For mimar, the conditional looks like this in a real sentence: Yo mimaría demasiado — "I would pamper too much". 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. It connects the past with the present moment. For mimar, the present perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Yo he mimado a sus nietos — "I have pampered his grandchildren". 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. It is the past of the past, and it usually appears with antes de or ya. For mimar, the pluperfect looks like this in a real sentence: Yo había mimado a su perro — "I had pampered his dog". 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, often with para mañana or para el viernes. For mimar, the future perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Yo habré mimado demasiado — "I will have pampered too much". 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. It looks back at a past that never happened. For mimar, the conditional perfect looks like this in a real sentence: Yo habría mimado a sus nietos — "I would have pampered his grandchildren". 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. The subjunctive does not state a fact; it states an attitude towards the action. For mimar, the present subjunctive looks like this in a real sentence: Espero que él mime a su perro — "I hope he pampers his dog". 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 mimar, the imperfect subjunctive (-ra) looks like this in a real sentence: Si yo mimara demasiado, todo cambiaría — "If I pampered too much, everything would change". Learn the imperfect subjunctive (-ra) 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. It tells someone to do something, and it has no yo form. For mimar, the imperative (affirmative) looks like this in a real sentence: Mime a sus nietos — "Let him pamper his grandchildren". Learn the imperative (affirmative) 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. It uses the subjunctive forms, so it looks different from the affirmative commands. For mimar, the imperative (negative) looks like this in a real sentence: No mimes a su perro — "Don't pamper his dog". Learn the imperative (negative) 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 mimar, covering different tenses and persons. Each one uses a form from the tables above.
- Yo mimo demasiado — "I pamper too much"
- Él mima a sus nietos — "He pampers his grandchildren"
- Yo mimé a su perro — "I pampered his dog"
- Yo mimaba demasiado — "I used to pamper too much"
- Tú mimarás a sus nietos — "You will pamper his grandchildren"
- Yo mimaría a su perro — "I would pamper his dog"
- Él ha mimado demasiado — "He has pampered too much"
- Espero que él mime a sus nietos — "I hope he pampers his grandchildren"
- Yo había mimado a su perro — "I had pampered his dog"
- Ellos mimaban demasiado — "They used to pamper too much"
Common mistakes
- Wrong: Ellos mima a sus nietos — Right: Ellos miman a sus nietos — Ellos needs the ellos form miman. The singular mima belongs with él, ella or a singular noun.
- Wrong: Ayer, yo mimo — Right: Ayer, yo mimé — The present tense cannot describe a finished action yesterday. Ayer forces the preterite, so the form must change to mimé.
- Wrong: De niño, yo mimé todos los días. — Right: Todos los días, yo mimaba — For a repeated habit in the past, use the imperfect (mimaba), not the preterite. The preterite (mimé) is for one finished action.
- Wrong: Yo soy mimado a su perro. — Right: Yo he mimado a su perro. — Spanish perfect tenses use haber, not ser: he mimado, has mimado, ha mimado. Ser plus the participle makes a passive, not a perfect tense.
- Wrong: Espero que él mima a sus nietos. — Right: Espero que él mime a sus nietos. — After espero que, Spanish needs the subjunctive: mime. The indicative mima is wrong here.
Quiz: test yourself
Ten questions on mimar. Choose the right form, then check the answer key below.
Complete the sentence: Yo ___ a sus nietos. (present tense) A. mimaban B. mimo C. mimen D. mimarán
Complete the sentence: Él ___ a sus nietos. (preterite) A. habíamos mimado B. mimó C. mimara D. mimo
Complete the sentence: Nosotros ___ a sus nietos. (imperfect) A. habrán mimado B. mimábamos C. habrá mimado D. habríais mimado
Complete the sentence: Tú ___ a sus nietos. (future) A. habremos mimado B. mimarás C. han mimado D. habrían mimado
Complete the sentence: Yo ___ a sus nietos. (conditional) A. mimes B. mimaríamos C. mimaría D. miméis
Complete the sentence: Espero que él ___ a sus nietos. (present subjunctive) A. mimarías B. mimáramos C. habría mimado D. mime
Complete the sentence: Si yo ___ a sus nietos, todo cambiaría. (imperfect subjunctive, -ra form) A. mimarían B. habíais mimado C. mimara D. mimé
Complete the sentence: Nosotros ___ a sus nietos. (present perfect) A. habrán mimado B. mimarás C. hemos mimado D. habrás mimado
Complete the command: No ___ a sus nietos. (negative imperative, tú) A. mimemos B. miméis C. mimen D. mimes
Which is the gerund of mimar, used with estar for the progressive? A. mimando B. mimaba C. mimé D. mimo
Answer key
- mimo — The yo present tense of mimar is mimo.
- mimó — The él/ella/Ud. preterite of mimar is mimó.
- mimábamos — The nosotros/as imperfect of mimar is mimábamos.
- mimarás — The tú future of mimar is mimarás.
- mimaría — The yo conditional of mimar is mimaría.
- mime — The él/ella/Ud. present subjunctive of mimar is mime.
- mimara — The yo imperfect subjunctive, -ra form of mimar is mimara.
- hemos mimado — The nosotros/as present perfect of mimar is hemos mimado.
- mimes — The negative tú imperative uses the present subjunctive form with no before it: mimes.
- mimando — The gerund of mimar is mimando: estoy mimando. The participle mimado is used with haber instead.
Frequently asked questions
What does mimar mean in English?
Mimar means to pamper, to spoil. It is used in everyday situations such as Yo mimo a sus nietos. The exact English wording depends on the context, but the core meaning stays the same across the tenses.
Is mimar regular?
Yes. Mimar is a regular -ar verb: mimo, mimas, mima. The only thing to learn is the pattern of endings, which is the same for every regular -ar verb.
What is the gerund and the past participle of mimar?
The gerund is mimando, used with estar for the progressive: estoy mimando. The past participle is mimado, used with haber in the perfect tenses: he mimado.
How do I say “I pamper” in the past?
It depends on the kind of past. For one finished action, use the preterite: Yo mimé a su perro. For a repeated habit or background in the past, use the imperfect: Yo mimaba demasiado. For something that has just happened, use the present perfect: Yo he mimado a sus nietos.
How do I practise mimar?
Start with the present tense table, then drill the preterite and the imperfect, since those two past tenses cause the most mistakes. Try the mimar examples and quiz page for more sentences, and use the Spanish Verb Quiz to test the forms under pressure.
Related links
- Mimar in the present tense — the full present-tense table for mimar.
- Mimar examples and quiz — more example sentences and practice for mimar.
- Spanish verbs — the Spanish hub, with every verb and tense guide.
- Sonrojarse conjugation — another -ar verb to compare with mimar.
- Ruborizarse conjugation — another -ar verb to compare with mimar.
- Suspirar conjugation — another -ar verb to compare with mimar.
- Spanish Verb Quiz — test yourself on real conjugated forms.
- Verb Conjugator — conjugate any Spanish verb in every tense.