Verb Lookup
competir
to compete
🏆 Infinitive · Infinitivo
competir
kohm-peh-TEER
to compete
Gerund · Gerundio: compitiendo
Participle · Participio: competido
ExtendedIrregularSportsCombat & FitnessRunningSwimmingGymnastics
Yo · I
compito
compete
Yo compito.
I compete.
Tú · You
compites
compete
Tú compites.
You compete.
Él / Ella · He / She
compite
competes
Él / Ella compite.
He / She competes.
Nosotros · We
competimos
compete
Nosotros competimos.
We compete.
Ellos · They
compiten
compete
Ellos compiten.
They compete.
Why does this change?
- Irregular
- Doesn't follow a predictable pattern in at least one tense — these forms are worth memorizing individually rather than deriving from a rule.
- Stem-changing
- The vowel in the stem changes in most forms (e.g. e→ie, o→ue) — but the endings themselves stay completely regular.
- e→i in the present tense (except nosotros)
- gerund: compitiendo
e→i in the present (see stemChanges), carried through to the preterite third persons and gerund.
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