Spanish Verb Exigir Conjugation

The Spanish verb exigir means to demand or to require. It is a regular -ir verb, so it is conjugated like the verbs vivir and subir. In this article you can find exigir conjugations in the present, past and future indicative, the present and past subjunctive, the imperative, and other verb forms.

When conjugating exigir, you must be careful with a spelling change that occurs whenever the g would be followed by an o or an a. The g in exigir makes a soft sound (like the English h sound), but in front of the vowels o, a or u it makes a hard g sound (like the English g in gate). Therefore, to maintain the soft g sound, the letter g changes to a j. For example, conjugations like exijo and exija use the letter j instead of g.

Exigir Present Indicative

In the present indicative tense, the spelling change g to j occurs only in the first person singular conjugation (yo).

Exigir Preterite Indicative

In the preterite tense there is no spelling change. The preterit is one of two past tenses in Spanish, and it is used to talk about completed actions in the past.

Exigir Imperfect Indicative

The imperfect tense is used to talk about habitual or ongoing actions in the past. It is conjugated using the stem exig- plus the imperfect ending for -er verbs (ía, ías, ía, íamos, íais, ían). The imperfect can be translated as "was demanding" or "used to demand."

Exigir Future Indicative

The future tense is conjugated by using the infinitive form exigir, and adding the future tense endings (é, ás, á, emos, éis, án).

Exigir Periphrastic Future Indicative 

To form the periphrastic future you need the present indicative conjugation of the verb ir (to go), the preposition a, and the infinitive exigir.

Exigir Present Progressive/Gerund Form

The gerund or present participle in Spanish is formed with the ending -ando (for -ar verbs) or -iendo (for -er and -ir verbs).

Exigir Past Participle

The past participle for regular ir verbs is formed with the ending -ido. It can be used as an adjective or to form compound tenses such as the present perfect.

Exigir Conditional Indicative

The conditional tense is used to talk about possibilities. In English it is usually expressed as "would + verb."

Exigir Present Subjunctive

In the present subjunctive, the spelling change g to j occurs in all of the conjugations, since the endings of this verb tense contain the vowel a.

Exigir Imperfect Subjunctive

To conjugate the imperfect subjunctive you need to start with the third person plural conjugation (ellos, ellas, ustedes), in the preterite tense (exigieron) remove the on, and then add the appropriate ending (a, as, a, amos, ais, an). There are two options for conjugating the imperfect subjunctive.

Option 1

Option 2

Exigir Imperative

The imperative mood is used to give direct orders or commands. In the tables below you can see both the positive and negative commands. Several of these conjugations have the spelling change g to j.

Positive Commands

Negative Commands