impedí
Impedí is the first-person singular form of the Spanish verb impedir in the pretérito indefinido (also called pretérito simple). Impedir means to hinder, prevent, or obstruct something from happening. The verb is irregular in this tense: impedí, impediste, impidió, impedimos, impedisteis, impidieron. In the third person forms the stem changes from imped- to impid- (impidió, impidieron), while the first and second person forms retain imped- (impedí, impediste, impedimos, impedisteis).
Usage and nuance: impedí is used to describe a completed action in the past in which the
- Ayer impedí que se cancelara la reunión.
- No pude impedirlo, pero luego trabajé para mitigarlo.
- Impedí que se cumpliera ese plan.
Related terms: impedir is often used where evitar or impedir que expresses a prevention of an event;