Spanish Verb Huir Conjugation

The Spanish verb h​uir means to flee, to escape, or to run away. This article includes tables with the conjugations for huir in the indicative mood (present, past, future), the subjunctive mood (present and past), the imperative mood (commands), as well as other verb forms such as the present and past participles.

Watch for Spelling Changes When Conjugating Huir

The verb huir is an -ir verb like vivir and abrir. However, there is a spelling change in the conjugations of huir that you must be careful with. In Spanish, there is a rule that you cannot have the vowel i between two other vowels. For example, you'll never see the combination of vowels aia, uio, uia, etc. In those cases, the i becomes a y, so instead you will find the combinations aya, uyo, uya, etc. That is what happens with many of the conjugations of the verb huir; the i often becomes a y when it is found between two vowels.

Huir Present Indicative

In the present indicative, you will see the spelling change i to y for all the conjugations except nosotros and vosotros.

Huir Preterite Indicative

In the preterite indicative tense, you will see the spelling change i to y only for the third person singular and plural conjugations (usted/él/ella and ustedes/ellos/ellas).

Huir Imperfect Indicative

In the imperfect indicative tense, the spelling change i to y does not occur at all. Remember that the imperfect indicative can be translated as "used to flee" or "was fleeing."

Huir Future Indicative

Since the future indicative tense is conjugated by simply adding the future ending (é, ás, á, emos, éis, án) to the infinitive form, these conjugations do not have the spelling change either.

Huir Periphrastic Future Indicative

Huir Conditional Indicative

The conditional indicative tense is similar to the future indicative tense, since you start with the infinitive of the verb (huir), and then add the conditional endings (ía, ías, ía, íamos, íais, ían).

Huir Present Progressive/Gerund Form

There are three types of infinitive verb endings in Spanish; they are -ar, -er, and -ir. The verb huir is a regular -ir verb. To form the present participle or gerund form, you need the ending -ando (for -ar verbs) or -iendo (for -er and -ir verbs). However, the past participle of huir has the spelling change i to y, since you cannot have the i between two other vowels, so you end up with the form ​huyendo. One of the ways that the present participle is used is to form the present progressive. The present progressive is used to describe ongoing actions taking place in the present.

Present Progressive of Huir: está huyendo 

she is fleeing -> Ella está huyendo de sus problemas.

Huir Past Participle

The past participle of regular verbs is formed with the endings -ado (for -ar verbs) and -ido (for -er and -ir verbs). One of the functions of the past participle is to form compound tenses, such as the present perfect and the pluperfect. 

Present Perfect of Huir: ha huido 

she has fled -> Ella ha huido de sus problemas.

Huir Present Subjunctive

To conjugate the present subjunctive, we start with the first person singular (yo) conjugation of the present tense (huyo), drop the o, and add the subjunctive ending. For -er and -ir verbs the endings are -a, -as, -a, -amos, -áis, -an. 

Huir Imperfect Subjunctive

There are two different ways of conjugating the imperfect subjunctive. Which form is used depends on regional or stylistic differences, but both are correct.

Option 1

Option 2

Huir Imperative 

To be able to give a direct command, you need the imperative form of the verb. The tables below show positive and negative commands, which are different for the tú and vosotros forms. Notice that there is no imperative form for the first person singular (yo), or for the third person singular and plural (él/ella, ellos/ellas).

Positive commands

Negative commands