Medir Conjugation: all tenses with charts
medir — to measure
Present tense
mido, mides, mide, medimos, medís, miden
Participle medido · gerund midiendo
medir — present
presente · What is true now, what happens regularly, and settled plans.
| yo | mido |
| tú | mides |
| él / ella / usted | mide |
| nosotros | medimos |
| vosotros | medís |
| ellos / ustedes | miden |
medir — preterite
pretérito indefinido · A finished event that moves the story forward.
| yo | medí |
| tú | mediste |
| él / ella / usted | midió |
| nosotros | medimos |
| vosotros | medisteis |
| ellos / ustedes | midieron |
medir — imperfect
pretérito imperfecto · Habits, background and description in the past.
| yo | medía |
| tú | medías |
| él / ella / usted | medía |
| nosotros | medíamos |
| vosotros | medíais |
| ellos / ustedes | medían |
medir — future
futuro simple · What will happen — and guesses about what is happening now.
| yo | mediré |
| tú | medirás |
| él / ella / usted | medirá |
| nosotros | mediremos |
| vosotros | mediréis |
| ellos / ustedes | medirán |
medir — conditional
condicional simple · Would: polite requests and unreal situations.
| yo | mediría |
| tú | medirías |
| él / ella / usted | mediría |
| nosotros | mediríamos |
| vosotros | mediríais |
| ellos / ustedes | medirían |
medir — present subjunctive
presente de subjuntivo · After wish, doubt, emotion and necessity.
| yo | mida |
| tú | midas |
| él / ella / usted | mida |
| nosotros | midamos |
| vosotros | midáis |
| ellos / ustedes | midan |
medir — imperfect subjunctive
imperfecto de subjuntivo · Past-tense triggers and si clauses about the unreal.
| yo | midiera |
| tú | midieras |
| él / ella / usted | midiera |
| nosotros | midiéramos |
| vosotros | midierais |
| ellos / ustedes | midieran |
The -se forms mean exactly the same: midiese, midieses, midiese…
medir — commands
imperativo · the negative forms come from the subjunctive, which is why they never match the affirmative ones.
| Person | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| tú | mide | no midas |
| él / ella / usted | mida | no mida |
| nosotros | midamos | no midamos |
| vosotros | medid | no midáis |
| ellos / ustedes | midan | no midan |
medir — compound tenses
All of them are haber plus the participle medido — learn haber once and every compound tense comes free.
| Present perfect | he medido |
| Past perfect | había medido |
| Future perfect | habré medido |
| Conditional perfect | habría medido |
| Present perfect subjunctive | haya medido |
| Pluperfect subjunctive | hubiera medido |
Conjugate it yourself
Type the form — these are the cells people get wrong most often.
medir — yo · present
A chart you read once is a chart you forget
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