
analizar Imperfect Conjugation
analizar — to analyze
The imperfect of analizar is regular: analizaba, analizabas, analizaba, analizábamos, analizabais, analizaban.
analizar Imperfect Forms
When to Use the Imperfect
Use the imperfect to describe ongoing past analyses, habits in the past, or background information ('I was analyzing when...').
Notes on analizar in the Imperfect
Analizar is fully regular in the imperfect. Like all -ar verbs, it uses the -aba endings.
Example Sentences
Cuando era estudiante, analizaba muchos poemas.
When I was a student, I used to analyze many poems.
yo
Nosotros analizábamos el mapa cuando nos perdimos.
We were analyzing the map when we got lost.
nosotros
Él analizaba los datos mientras yo escribía.
He was analyzing the data while I was writing.
él/ella/usted
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Forgetting the accent on the nosotros form 'analizábamos'.
Correct: analizábamos
Why: The nosotros form of the imperfect for -ar verbs always has an accent on the first 'a' of the ending.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: analizo
The present tense of analizar is completely regular: analizo, analizas, analiza, analizamos, analizáis, analizan.
Preterite
yo: analicé
The preterite of analizar is regular except for the 'yo' form, which changes 'z' to 'c': analicé.
Future
yo: analizaré
The future tense of analizar is regular: take the infinitive and add endings (-é, -ás, -á, -emos, -éis, -án).
Conditional
yo: analizaría
The conditional of analizar is regular: add -ía, -ías, -ía, -íamos, -íais, -ían to the infinitive.
Present Subjunctive
yo: analice
The present subjunctive of analizar has a spelling change from 'z' to 'c' in all forms: analice, analices, analice, analicemos, analicéis, analicen.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: analizara
The imperfect subjunctive of analizar is formed using the 'analizara' stem and is regular based on the third-person plural preterite.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: analiza
The affirmative imperative of analizar uses 'analiza' (tú) and 'analice' (usted/ustedes) with the z-to-c spelling change where necessary.
Negative Imperative
yo: no analices
The negative imperative of analizar always uses the present subjunctive forms: no analices, no analice, no analicemos, no analicéis, no analicen.