analizar Preterite Conjugation
analizar — to analyze
The preterite of analizar is regular except for the 'yo' form, which changes 'z' to 'c': analicé.
analizar Preterite Forms
When to Use the Preterite
Use the preterite to describe a specific instance when someone analyzed something in the past that is now finished.
Notes on analizar in the Preterite
Only the 'yo' form is irregular (analicé) due to the spelling rule where 'z' becomes 'c' before 'e'. All other forms are regular.
Example Sentences
Ayer analicé todas las opciones posibles.
Yesterday I analyzed all the possible options.
yo
¿Analizaste el informe que te envié?
Did you analyze the report I sent you?
tú
El científico analizó la muestra en el laboratorio.
The scientist analyzed the sample in the lab.
él/ella/usted
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Writing 'analizé' with a 'z'.
Correct: analicé
Why: Spelling rules dictate 'z' changes to 'c' before 'e' to maintain the sound.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: analizo
The present tense of analizar is completely regular: analizo, analizas, analiza, analizamos, analizáis, analizan.
Imperfect
yo: analizaba
The imperfect of analizar is regular: analizaba, analizabas, analizaba, analizábamos, analizabais, analizaban.
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.