permitir

/peɾmiˈtiɾ/, [peɾ.miˈt̪iɾ]

allow, let

Gerund: permitiendo

Past Participles

	Masculine	Feminine
Singular	permitido	permitida
Plural	permitidos	permitidas

Indicative

	Present	Imperfect	Preterite	Future	Conditional
yo	permito	permitía	permití	permitiré	permitiría
tú	permites	permitías	permitiste	permitirás	permitirías
él/ella/Ud.	permite	permitía	permitió	permitirá	permitiría
nosotros	permitimos	permitíamos	permitimos	permitiremos	permitiríamos
vosotros	permitís	permitíais	permitisteis	permitiréis	permitiríais
ellos/ellas/Uds.	permiten	permitían	permitieron	permitirán	permitirían
vos	permitís	permitías	permitiste	permitirás	permitirías

Subjunctive

	Present	Imperfect (ra)	Imperfect (se)	Future
yo	permita	permitiera	permitiese	permitiere
tú	permitas	permitieras	permitieses	permitieres
él/ella/Ud.	permita	permitiera	permitiese	permitiere
nosotros	permitamos	permitiéramos	permitiésemos	permitiéremos
vosotros	permitáis	permitierais	permitieseis	permitiereis
ellos/ellas/Uds.	permitan	permitieran	permitiesen	permitieren
vos	permitás	permitieras	permitieses	permitieres

Imperative

Examples

No deberías permitir a tu hijo salirse siempre con la suya.

You shouldn't allow your son to always have his own way.

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Los profesores deberían permitir a sus estudiantes desahogarse ocasionalmente.

Teachers should occasionally let their students blow off some steam.

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No puedes permitir que eso pase.

You can't let that happen.

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Solía comer fuera todos los días pero ahora no se lo puede permitir.

He used to eat out every day, but he can't afford it.

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No me puedo permitir comprarme un coche de segunda mano.

I can not afford to buy a used car.

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No me puedo permitir ir a comer a restaurantes tan caros.

I can't afford to eat in such an expensive restaurant.

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No puedo permitir esto.

I can't allow this.

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No puedo permitir que pase eso.

I can't allow that to happen.

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¿Nos podemos permitir un coche nuevo?

Can we afford a new car?

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Tom no se puede permitir ni siquiera comprar un coche de segunda mano.

Tom can't afford to buy even a used car.

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