admirar Imperfect Conjugation
admirar — to admire
The imperfect of admirar is regular: admiraba, admirabas, admiraba, admirábamos, admirabais, admiraban.
admirar Imperfect Forms
When to Use the Imperfect
Use the imperfect to describe an ongoing state of admiration in the past or a habitual feeling without a specific start or end. It's perfect for background descriptions of how you felt about someone during your childhood.
Notes on admirar in the Imperfect
Admirar is completely regular in the imperfect. Remember that the 'yo' and 'él/ella/usted' forms are identical (admiraba).
Example Sentences
De niño, yo admiraba mucho a mi abuelo.
As a child, I admired my grandfather a lot.
yo
Nosotros admirábamos el paisaje desde la ventana.
We used to admire the landscape from the window.
nosotros
Ellas siempre admiraban su valentía.
They always admired his bravery.
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Forgetting the accent on the nosotros form: admirabamos.
Correct: admirábamos
Why: All -ar verbs in the imperfect require an accent on the 'á' in the nosotros form to maintain the correct stress.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: admiro
The present of admirar is regular: admiro, admiras, admira, admiramos, admiráis, admiran.
Preterite
yo: admiré
The preterite of admirar is regular: admiré, admiraste, admiró, admiramos, admirasteis, admiraron.
Future
yo: admiraré
The future of admirar is regular: admiraré, admirarás, admirará, admiraremos, admiraréis, admirarán.
Conditional
yo: admiraría
The conditional of admirar is regular: admiraría, admirarías, admiraría, admiraríamos, admiraríais, admirarían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: admire
The present subjunctive of admirar is regular: admire, admires, admire, admiremos, admiréis, admiren.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: admirara
The imperfect subjunctive of admirar is regular: admirara, admiraras, admirara, admiráramos, admirarais, admiraran.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: admira
The affirmative imperative of admirar is: admira (tú), admire (usted), admiremos (nosotros), admirad (vosotros), admiren (ustedes).
Negative Imperative
yo: no admires
The negative imperative of admirar uses the present subjunctive: no admires, no admire, no admiremos, no admiréis, no admiren.