albergar Imperfect Conjugation
albergar — to house
The imperfect of albergar is regular: albergaba, albergabas, albergaba, albergábamos, albergabais, albergaban.
albergar Imperfect Forms
When to Use the Imperfect
Use this for ongoing past states (a building used to house...) or feelings that were held over a period of time.
Notes on albergar in the Imperfect
Albergar is fully regular in the imperfect tense.
Example Sentences
El edificio albergaba una fábrica de textiles.
The building used to house a textile factory.
él/ella/usted
Nosotros albergábamos la ilusión de viajar.
We used to harbor the dream of traveling.
nosotros
Ellas siempre albergaban a los perros de la calle.
They were always housing the street dogs.
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Using 'albergía' instead of 'albergaba'.
Correct: albergaba
Why: -ar verbs like albergar use -aba endings in the imperfect, not -ía.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: albergo
The present tense of albergar is regular: albergo, albergas, alberga, albergamos, albergáis, albergan.
Preterite
yo: albergué
The preterite of albergar has a spelling change only in the 'yo' form: albergué, albergaste, albergó, albergamos, albergasteis, albergaron.
Future
yo: albergaré
The future of albergar is regular: albergaré, albergarás, albergará, albergaremos, albergaréis, albergarán.
Conditional
yo: albergaría
The conditional of albergar is regular: albergaría, albergarías, albergaría, albergaríamos, albergaríais, albergarían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: albergue
The present subjunctive of albergar requires a spelling change (g to gu): albergue, albergues, albergue, alberguemos, alberguéis, alberguen.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: albergara
The imperfect subjunctive of albergar is regular based on the third-person plural preterite: albergara, albergaras, albergara, albergáramos, albergarais, albergaran.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: alberga
The imperative of albergar uses the present indicative for 'tú' and subjunctive forms for others: alberga, albergue, alberguemos, albergad, alberguen.
Negative Imperative
yo: no albergues
The negative imperative of albergar uses 'no' + present subjunctive: no albergues, no albergue, no alberguemos, no alberguéis, no alberguen.