agregar Imperfect Conjugation
agregar — to add
The imperfect of agregar is fully regular: agregaba, agregabas, agregaba, agregábamos, agregabais, agregaban.
agregar Imperfect Forms
When to Use the Imperfect
Use this to describe a habitual action of adding something in the past (e.g., 'I used to add...') or to set the scene.
Notes on agregar in the Imperfect
Agregar is regular in the imperfect. All -ar verbs use the -aba endings.
Example Sentences
Mi abuela siempre agregaba un ingrediente secreto.
My grandmother always used to add a secret ingredient.
él/ella/usted
Antes, nosotros agregábamos a todos en las redes sociales.
Before, we used to add everyone on social media.
nosotros
Mientras tú agregabas el agua, yo preparaba el café.
While you were adding the water, I was preparing the coffee.
tú
Common Mistakes
Mistake: agregaba-mos
Correct: agregábamos
Why: The nosotros form of the imperfect for -ar verbs always requires an accent on the first 'a' of the ending.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: agrego
The present tense of agregar is fully regular: agrego, agregas, agrega, agregamos, agregáis, agregan.
Preterite
yo: agregué
The preterite of agregar is regular except for the 'yo' form (agregué) to preserve the hard 'g' sound.
Future
yo: agregaré
The future tense of agregar is regular: agregaré, agregarás, agregará, agregaremos, agregaréis, agregarán.
Conditional
yo: agregaría
The conditional of agregar is regular: agregaría, agregarías, agregaría, agregaríamos, agregaríais, agregarían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: agregue
The present subjunctive of agregar requires a spelling change to keep the hard 'g' sound: agregue, agregues, agregue, agreguemos, agreguéis, agreguen.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: agregara
The imperfect subjunctive of agregar is regular, based on the third-person plural preterite: agregara, agregaras, agregara, agregáramos, agregarais, agregaran.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: agrega
The imperative of agregar gives commands: agrega (tú), agregue (usted), agreguemos (nosotros), agregad (vosotros), agreguen (ustedes).
Negative Imperative
yo: no agregues
Negative commands for agregar use the present subjunctive: no agregues, no agregue, no agreguemos, no agreguéis, no agreguen.