Poner and its derivatives, like componer, disponer or proponer are irregular verbs in El Pretérito Indefinido in Spanish. They all follow the same pattern.
How to conjugate "poner" in El Pretérito Indefinido in Spanish
| yo | puse |
| tú | pusiste |
| él / ella / Ud. | puso |
| nosotros / nosotras | pusimos |
| vosotros / vosotras | pusisteis |
| ellos / ellas / Uds. | pusieron |
¿Dispusiste todo para recibir a tus invitados?Did you arrange everything to receive your guests? [you=tú]
Este cuadro se compuso a base de diferentes figuras geometricas.This painting was composed of different geometric figures.
Verbs that follow this pattern are:
- poner (to put)
- componer (to form / to compose)
- disponer (to get/ to arrange)
- proponer (to suggest/ to propose)
- exponer (to exhibit, to express)
Poner and its derivatives belong to a group of verbs that all have an irregular stem but share the same set of endings. See Irregulares en Indefinido/mismas terminaciones.
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Este cuadro se compuso a base de diferentes figuras geometricas.This painting was composed of different geometric figures.
Ellos no dispusieron de mucho tiempo para hacer el examen.They did not have much time to take the exam.
