admirar Imperfect Subjunctive Conjugation
admirar — to admire
The imperfect subjunctive of admirar is regular: admirara, admiraras, admirara, admiráramos, admirarais, admiraran.
admirar Imperfect Subjunctive Forms
When to Use the Imperfect Subjunctive
Use this in 'if' clauses (e.g., 'If I admired him...') or after past-tense expressions of emotion or doubt.
Notes on admirar in the Imperfect Subjunctive
It follows the standard pattern: take the 'ellos' preterite (admiraron), drop the -ron, and add -ra, -ras, etc.
Example Sentences
Si yo admirara su estilo, lo compraría.
If I admired his style, I would buy it.
yo
Me gustaría que nos admiráramos más.
I would like us to admire each other more.
nosotros
No creía que ellos admiraran tanto el cuadro.
I didn't think they admired the painting so much.
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Forgetting the accent on the nosotros form: admiraramos.
Correct: admiráramos
Why: The nosotros form in the imperfect subjunctive always carries an accent on the vowel before the -ramos ending.
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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.
Imperfect
yo: admiraba
The imperfect of admirar is regular: admiraba, admirabas, admiraba, admirábamos, admirabais, admiraban.
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.
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.