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How to conjugate Freír in Spanish

freír to fry Irregular Verb

At a glance: Freír (to fry) is a irregular verb in Spanish. In the present tense: frío, fríes, fríe, freímos, freís, fríen. It is conjugated like reír. Yo, tú, ella/él and ellas/ellos change e to í (frío, fríes, fríe, fríen); nosotros changes i to í (freímos); vosotros is regular. It is also irregular in the preterite (freíste), subjunctive, gerund (friendo) and past participle (frito).

Past participle
frito fried
Gerund
friendo frying
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Indicative tenses of Freír

Freír in the Indicative Present

The Indicative Present of freír is used to talk about situations, events or thoughts that are happening now or in the near future. It is also used to talk about facts and truths. For example, “frío”, meaning “I fry”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Present is known as "El Presente".

PronounSpanishEnglish
YofríoI fry
Túfríesyou fry
Ella / Él / Ustedfríes/he fries
Nosotras / Nosotrosfreímoswe fry
Vosotras / Vosotrosfreísyou (plural) fry
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesfríenthey fry

How it’s built: Yo, tú, ella/él and ellas/ellos change e to í (frío, fríes, fríe, fríen); nosotros changes i to í (freímos); vosotros is regular.

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Freír in the Indicative Preterite

The Indicative Preterite of freír is used to talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time. For example, “freí”, meaning “I fried”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Preterite is known as "El Pretérito Indefinido".

PronounSpanishEnglish
YofreíI fried
Túfreísteyou fried
Ella / Él / Ustedfrios/he fried
Nosotras / Nosotrosfreímoswe fried
Vosotras / Vosotrosfreísteisyou (plural) fried
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesfrieronthey fried

How it’s built: Tú, nosotros and vosotros change i to í (freíste, freímos, freísteis); ella/él is irregular (frio); ellas/ellos drops the e (frieron); yo is regular.

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Freír in the Indicative Imperfect

The Indicative Imperfect of freír is used to describe regular and repeated actions that happened in the past and descriptions of things you used to do. For example, “freía”, meaning “I used to fry”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Imperfect is known as "El Pretérito Imperfecto".

PronounSpanishEnglish
YofreíaI used to fry
Túfreíasyou used to fry
Ella / Él / Ustedfreías/he used to fry
Nosotras / Nosotrosfreíamoswe used to fry
Vosotras / Vosotrosfreíaisyou (plural) used to fry
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesfreíanthey used to fry

How it’s built: Regular: stem fre- plus the -ir endings.

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Freír in the Indicative Present Continuous

The Indicative Present Continuous of freír is used to talk about something that is happening continuously or right now. For example, “estoy friendo”, meaning “I am frying”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Present Continuous is known as "El Presente Progresivo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yoestoy friendoI am frying
Túestás friendoyou are frying
Ella / Él / Ustedestá friendos/he is frying
Nosotras / Nosotrosestamos friendowe are frying
Vosotras / Vosotrosestáis friendoyou (plural) are frying
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesestán friendothey are frying

How it’s built: Estar in the present (estoy, estás, está, estamos, estáis, están) plus the irregular gerund friendo.

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Freír in the Indicative Informal Future

The Indicative Informal Future of freír is used to talk about something that will happen in the future, especially in the near future. For example, “voy a freír”, meaning “I am going to fry”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Informal Future is known as "El Futuro Próximo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yovoy a freírI am going to fry
Túvas a freíryou are going to fry
Ella / Él / Ustedva a freírs/he is going to fry
Nosotras / Nosotrosvamos a freírwe are going to fry
Vosotras / Vosotrosvais a freíryou (plural) are going to fry
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesvan a freírthey are going to fry

How it’s built: Ir in the present (voy, vas, va, vamos, vais, van), then a, then the infinitive freír.

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Freír in the Indicative Future

The Indicative Future of freír is used to talk about something that will happen in the future. For example, “freiré”, meaning “I will fry”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Future is known as "El Futuro Simple".

PronounSpanishEnglish
YofreiréI will fry
Túfreirásyou will fry
Ella / Él / Ustedfreirás/he will fry
Nosotras / Nosotrosfreiremoswe will fry
Vosotras / Vosotrosfreiréisyou (plural) will fry
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesfreiránthey will fry

How it’s built: Regular: the infinitive freír plus the future endings.

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Freír in the Indicative Conditional

The Indicative Conditional of freír is used to talk about something that may happen in the future, hypothesis and probabilities. For example, “freiría”, meaning “I would fry”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Conditional is known as "El Condicional Simple".

PronounSpanishEnglish
YofreiríaI would fry
Túfreiríasyou would fry
Ella / Él / Ustedfreirías/he would fry
Nosotras / Nosotrosfreiríamoswe would fry
Vosotras / Vosotrosfreiríaisyou (plural) would fry
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesfreiríanthey would fry

How it’s built: Regular: the infinitive freír plus the conditional endings.

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Freír in the Indicative Present Perfect

The Indicative Present Perfect of freír is used to describe actions that started recently (in the past) and are still happening now or things that have been done recently. For example, “he frito”, meaning “I have fried”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Present Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Perfecto".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohe fritoI have fried
Túhas fritoyou have fried
Ella / Él / Ustedha fritos/he has fried
Nosotras / Nosotroshemos fritowe have fried
Vosotras / Vosotroshabéis fritoyou (plural) have fried
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshan fritothey have fried

How it’s built: Haber in the present (he, has, ha, hemos, habéis, han) plus the irregular past participle frito.

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Freír in the Indicative Past Perfect

The Indicative Past Perfect of freír is used to talk about actions that happened before another action in the past. For example, “había frito”, meaning “I had fried”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Past Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohabía fritoI had fried
Túhabías fritoyou had fried
Ella / Él / Ustedhabía fritos/he had fried
Nosotras / Nosotroshabíamos fritowe had fried
Vosotras / Vosotroshabíais fritoyou (plural) had fried
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshabían fritothey had fried

How it’s built: Haber in the imperfect (había, habías, había, habíamos, habíais, habían) plus the irregular past participle frito.

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Freír in the Indicative Future Perfect

The Indicative Future Perfect of freír is used to talk about something that will have happened in the future after something else has already happened. For example, “habré frito”, meaning “I will have fried”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Future Perfect is known as "El Futuro Perfecto".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohabré fritoI will have fried
Túhabrás fritoyou will have fried
Ella / Él / Ustedhabrá fritos/he will have fried
Nosotras / Nosotroshabremos fritowe will have fried
Vosotras / Vosotroshabréis fritoyou (plural) will have fried
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshabrán fritothey will have fried

How it’s built: Haber in the future (habré, habrás, habrá, habremos, habréis, habrán) plus the irregular past participle frito.

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Freír in the Indicative Conditional Perfect

The Indicative Conditional Perfect of freír is used to talk about something that would have happened in the past but didn’t due to another action. For example, “habría frito”, meaning “I would have fried”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Conditional Perfect is known as "El Condicional Perfecto".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohabría fritoI would have fried
Túhabrías fritoyou would have fried
Ella / Él / Ustedhabría fritos/he would have fried
Nosotras / Nosotroshabríamos fritowe would have fried
Vosotras / Vosotroshabríais fritoyou (plural) would have fried
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshabrían fritothey would have fried

How it’s built: Haber in the conditional (habría, habrías, habría, habríamos, habríais, habrían) plus the irregular past participle frito.

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Subjunctive tenses of Freír

Freír in the Subjunctive Present

The Subjunctive Present is used to talk about situations of uncertainty, or emotions such as wishes, desires and hopes. It differs from the indicative mood due to the uncertainty of the events which are being spoken about. For example, “fría”, meaning “I fry”.

In Spanish, the Subjunctive Present is known as "El Presente de Subjuntivo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
YofríaI fry
Túfríasyou fry
Ella / Él / Ustedfrías/he fries
Nosotras / Nosotrosfriamoswe fry
Vosotras / Vosotrosfriaisyou (plural) fry
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesfríanthey fry

How it’s built: Yo, tú, ella/él and ellas/ellos follow the yo present, frío (fría, frías, fría, frían); nosotros changes e to i (friamos); vosotros is irregular (friais).

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Freír in the Subjunctive Imperfect

The Subjunctive Imperfect is used to speak about unlikely or uncertain events in the past or to cast an opinion (emotional) about something that happened in the past. For example, “friera”, meaning “I fried”.

In Spanish, the Subjunctive Imperfect is known as "El Imperfecto Subjuntivo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
YofrieraI fried
Túfrierasyou fried
Ella / Él / Ustedfrieras/he fried
Nosotras / Nosotrosfriéramoswe fried
Vosotras / Vosotrosfrieraisyou (plural) fried
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesfrieranthey fried

How it’s built: Built on the irregular ellas/ellos preterite, frieron: drop -ron and add the -ra endings; nosotros adds an accent (friéramos).

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Freír in the Subjunctive Future

The Subjunctive Future is used to speak about hypothetical situations, and actions/events that may happen in the future. For example, “friere”, meaning “I will fry”.

In Spanish, the Subjunctive Future is known as "El Futuro de Subjuntivo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
YofriereI will fry
Túfrieresyou will fry
Ella / Él / Ustedfrieres/he will fry
Nosotras / Nosotrosfriéremoswe will fry
Vosotras / Vosotrosfriereisyou (plural) will fry
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesfrierenthey will fry

How it’s built: Built on the irregular ellas/ellos preterite, frieron: drop -ron and add the -re endings; nosotros adds an accent (friéremos).

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Freír in the Subjunctive Present Perfect

The Subjunctive Present Perfect is used to describe past actions or events that are still connected to the present day and to speak about an action that will have happened by a certain time in the future. For example, “haya frito”, meaning “I have fried”.

In Spanish, the Subjunctive Present Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Perfecto de Subjuntivo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohaya fritoI have fried
Túhayas fritoyou have fried
Ella / Él / Ustedhaya fritos/he has fried
Nosotras / Nosotroshayamos fritowe have fried
Vosotras / Vosotroshayáis fritoyou (plural) have fried
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshayan fritothey have fried

How it’s built: Haber in the subjunctive present (haya, hayas, haya, hayamos, hayáis, hayan) plus the irregular past participle frito.

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Freír in the Subjunctive Past Perfect

The Subjunctive Past Perfect is used to speak about hypothetical situations, and actions/events that occurred before other actions/events in the past. For example, “hubiera frito”, meaning “I had fried”.

In Spanish, the Subjunctive Past Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto de Subjuntivo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohubiera fritoI had fried
Túhubieras fritoyou had fried
Ella / Él / Ustedhubiera fritos/he had fried
Nosotras / Nosotroshubiéramos fritowe had fried
Vosotras / Vosotroshubierais fritoyou (plural) had fried
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshubieran fritothey had fried

How it’s built: Haber in the subjunctive imperfect (hubiera, hubieras, hubiera, hubiéramos, hubierais, hubieran) plus the irregular past participle frito.

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Freír in the Subjunctive Future Perfect

The Subjunctive Future Perfect is used to speak about something that will have happened if a hypothetical situations occurs in the future. For example, “hubiere frito”, meaning “I will have fried”.

In Spanish, the Subjunctive Future Perfect is known as "El Futuro Perfecto de Subjuntivo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yohubiere fritoI will have fried
Túhubieres fritoyou will have fried
Ella / Él / Ustedhubiere fritos/he will have fried
Nosotras / Nosotroshubiéremos fritowe will have fried
Vosotras / Vosotroshubiereis fritoyou (plural) will have fried
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedeshubieren fritothey will have fried

How it’s built: Haber in the subjunctive future (hubiere, hubieres, hubiere, hubiéremos, hubiereis, hubieren) plus the irregular past participle frito.

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Imperative tenses of Freír

Freír in the Imperative Affirmative

The Imperative Affirmative is used to give orders and commands, to tell someone to do something. For example, “fría”, meaning “(to you formal) fry!”.

In Spanish, the Imperative Affirmative is known as "El Imperativo Afirmativo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yo--
Túfríe(to you) fry!
Ella / Él / Ustedfría(to you formal) fry!
Nosotras / Nosotrosfriamoslet's fry!
Vosotras / Vosotrosfreíd(to you plural) fry!
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesfrían(to you plural formal) fry!

How it’s built: Tú takes the ella/él present (fríe); usted, nosotros and ustedes take the subjunctive present (fría, friamos, frían); vosotros swaps the final r of the infinitive for a d (freíd).

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Freír in the Imperative Negative

The Imperative Negative is used to give orders and commands, telling someone not to do something. For example, “no fría”, meaning “(to you formal) don't fry!”.

In Spanish, the Imperative Negative is known as "El Imperativo Negativo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yo--
Túno frías(to you) don't fry!
Ella / Él / Ustedno fría(to you formal) don't fry!
Nosotras / Nosotrosno friamoslet's not fry!
Vosotras / Vosotrosno friais(to you plural) don't fry!
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesno frían(to you plural formal) don't fry!

How it’s built: No plus the subjunctive present: no frías, no fría, no friamos, no friais, no frían.

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Frequently asked questions about Freír

Is freír a regular or irregular verb?

Freír is an irregular Spanish verb. It is conjugated like reír. In the present tense: yo, tú, ella/él and ellas/ellos change e to í (frío, fríes, fríe, fríen); nosotros changes i to í (freímos); vosotros is regular. It is also irregular in the preterite (freíste), subjunctive, gerund (friendo) and past participle (frito).

How do you conjugate freír in the present tense (presente)?

In the present tense (presente), freír is conjugated as: yo frío, tú fríes, él/ella/usted fríe, nosotros freímos, vosotros freís, ellos/ellas/ustedes fríen. The present tense is used To talk about situations, events or thoughts that are happening now or in the near future. It is also used to talk about facts and truths.

How do you conjugate freír in the preterite (pretérito indefinido)?

In the preterite (pretérito indefinido), freír is conjugated as: yo freí, tú freíste, él/ella/usted frio, nosotros freímos, vosotros freísteis, ellos/ellas/ustedes frieron. The preterite is used To talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time.

How do you conjugate freír in the imperfect (pretérito imperfecto)?

In the imperfect (pretérito imperfecto), freír is conjugated as: yo freía, tú freías, él/ella/usted freía, nosotros freíamos, vosotros freíais, ellos/ellas/ustedes freían. The imperfect is used To describe regular and repeated actions that happened in the past and descriptions of things you used to do.

How do you conjugate freír in the future tense (futuro simple)?

In the future tense (futuro simple), freír is conjugated as: yo freiré, tú freirás, él/ella/usted freirá, nosotros freiremos, vosotros freiréis, ellos/ellas/ustedes freirán. The future tense is used To talk about something that will happen in the future.

How do you conjugate freír in the present subjunctive (subjuntivo presente)?

In the present subjunctive (subjuntivo presente), freír is conjugated as: yo fría, tú frías, él/ella/usted fría, nosotros friamos, vosotros friais, ellos/ellas/ustedes frían. The present subjunctive is used To talk about situations of uncertainty, or emotions such as wishes, desires and hopes. It differs from the indicative mood due to the uncertainty of the events which are being spoken about.


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