The preterite of corregir is used to express when you corrected something at a specific moment in the past. For example, when you want to say “I corrected the mistakes in the essay” – “Corregí los errores en el ensayo.”

This is an e to i stem-changing verb in the preterite tense. The stem change only occurs in the third person singular and plural forms.

Conjugations

Conjugations of Corregir (to correct) in the Preterite (Past) Tense tense (Castilian Spanish):

The Preterite of corregir expresses completed acts of correction.

To correct: Used for specific instances of correcting errors, for example Corregí los exámenes (I corrected the exams), or El profesor corrigió mi pronunciación (The teacher corrected my pronunciation).

To fix/rectify: Describes fixing mistakes or problems, for example Corrigieron el error en el informe (They fixed the error in the report).

Examples

Examples of Corregir in the Preterite (Past) Tense

La profesora corrigió los exámenes ayer. (The teacher corrected the exams yesterday.)

Corregí todos los errores en el documento. (I corrected all the errors in the document.)

¿Corregiste la tarea antes de entregarla? (Did you correct the homework before turning it in?)

Corrigieron el malentendido inmediatamente. (They corrected the misunderstanding immediately.)

Corregimos el informe antes de la presentación. (We corrected the report before the presentation.)

El editor corrigió el manuscrito. (The editor corrected the manuscript.)

Me corrigió la pronunciación varias veces. (He/she corrected my pronunciation several times.)

Corregiste mi error a tiempo. (You corrected my mistake in time.)

Los estudiantes corrigieron sus propios ejercicios. (The students corrected their own exercises.)

Corregimos el curso de la nave. (We corrected the ship’s course.)

El supervisor corrigió el informe final. (The supervisor corrected the final report.)

Corregí mi postura durante el ejercicio. (I corrected my posture during the exercise.)

Corrigieron el error en el sistema. (They corrected the error in the system.)

¿Quién corrigió las pruebas? (Who corrected the tests?)

Corregimos la fecha en el documento. (We corrected the date on the document.)

Conjugations with English Translations

Conjugations of Corregir (to correct) in the Preterite (Past) Tense tense (Castilian Spanish) with English Translations:

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Synonyms

The Preterite tense is also known as the Simple Past, Past Simple, Definite Past, Absolute Past, or Past Tense Indicative in English, and as Pretérito Perfecto Simple, Pretérito Indefinido, Pretérito Simple, Pasado Simple, or Pretérito de Indicativo in Spanish.