How to conjugate principiar in Indicative Past Perfect in Spanish

principiar
to begin
regular verb

Principiar means to start or commence something. It is used in formal or literary contexts to indicate the beginning of an action or event.

How to conjugate principiar in Indicative Past Perfect

El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto - used to talk about actions that happened before another action in the past

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Indicative Past Perfect Conjugations

PronounConjugation
Yo
principiara
principiaras
Él / Ella / Usted
principiara
Nosotros / Nosotras
principiáramos
Vosotros / Vosotras
principiarais
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes
principiaran

Examples of principiar in Indicative Past Perfect

Yo
Yo ya principiará la tarea cuando llegaste.
I had already started the task when you arrived.
Tú ya principiaras a estudiar antes de la clase.
You had already begun studying before the class.
Él / Ella / Usted
Ella ya principiara a cocinar cuando llegamos.
She had already started cooking when we arrived.
Nosotros / Nosotras
Nosotros ya principiáramos el proyecto antes del plazo.
We had already started the project before the deadline.
Vosotros / Vosotras
Vosotros ya principiárais a planear la fiesta.
You all had already begun planning the party.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes
Ellos ya principiaran la reunión cuando llegamos.
They had already started the meeting when we arrived.

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Yo ya principiará la tarea cuando llegaste.

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