Indicative

Statements of fact, certainty and objective reality

Not every form is used. Used only in the third person. No te incumbe is the usual way to say that something is none of your business. Forms that are not used are shown as "-".

Present

incumbir: Present
yo-
tú-
él/ella/ustedincumbe
nosotros-
vosotros-
ellos/ellas/ustedesincumben
Regular
-ir verb: take the stem incumb- and add the -ir endings.

Preterite

incumbir: Preterite
yo-
tú-
él/ella/ustedincumbió
nosotros-
vosotros-
ellos/ellas/ustedesincumbieron

Imperfect

incumbir: Imperfect
yo-
tú-
él/ella/ustedincumbía
nosotros-
vosotros-
ellos/ellas/ustedesincumbían

Future

incumbir: Future
yo-
tú-
él/ella/ustedincumbirá
nosotros-
vosotros-
ellos/ellas/ustedesincumbirán

Conditional

incumbir: Conditional
yo-
tú-
él/ella/ustedincumbiría
nosotros-
vosotros-
ellos/ellas/ustedesincumbirían

Gerund and past participle

incumbiendo
used in the present progressive
incumbido
used in the perfect tenses

Present perfect, subjunctive and imperative

Present perfect

incumbir: Present perfect
yo-
tú-
él/ella/ustedha incumbido
nosotros-
vosotros-
ellos/ellas/ustedeshan incumbido
incumbir: Present subjunctive
yo-
tú-
él/ella/ustedincumba
nosotros-
vosotros-
ellos/ellas/ustedesincumban
incumbir: Imperative
yo-
tú-
él/ella/usted-
nosotros-
vosotros-
ellos/ellas/ustedes-

More tenses

The other perfect tenses (haber + past participle) and the past subjunctive

The imperfect subjunctive has two forms: -ra (more common in speech) and -se (more formal; still heard in speech in Spain, mainly written in Latin America). Both are equally correct and interchangeable.

Past perfect

incumbir: Past perfect
yo-
tú-
él/ella/ustedhabía incumbido
nosotros-
vosotros-
ellos/ellas/ustedeshabían incumbido

Future perfect

incumbir: Future perfect
yo-
tú-
él/ella/ustedhabrá incumbido
nosotros-
vosotros-
ellos/ellas/ustedeshabrán incumbido
incumbir: Conditional perfect
yo-
tú-
él/ella/ustedhabría incumbido
nosotros-
vosotros-
ellos/ellas/ustedeshabrían incumbido
incumbir: Imperfect subjunctive (-ra)
yo-
tú-
él/ella/ustedincumbiera
nosotros-
vosotros-
ellos/ellas/ustedesincumbieran

Imperfect subjunctive (-se)

Literary / Spain
incumbir: Imperfect subjunctive (-se)
yo-
tú-
él/ella/ustedincumbiese
nosotros-
vosotros-
ellos/ellas/ustedesincumbiesen
incumbir: Present perfect subjunctive
yo-
tú-
él/ella/ustedhaya incumbido
nosotros-
vosotros-
ellos/ellas/ustedeshayan incumbido
incumbir: Pluperfect subjunctive
yo-
tú-
él/ella/ustedhubiera incumbido
nosotros-
vosotros-
ellos/ellas/ustedeshubieran incumbido

Practise incumbir

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More examples with incumbir

  • Esto no te incumbeThis is none of your business
  • No incumbir a nadie másTo be nobody else's concern
  • Incumbir a las autoridadesTo be the responsibility of the authorities

Practice: incumbir to concern/be the duty of

Indicative
Subjunctive
Perfect tenses