atracar Imperfect Conjugation
atracar — to rob
Atracar is regular in the imperfect: atracaba, atracabas, atracaba, atracábamos, atracabais, atracaban.
atracar Imperfect Forms
When to Use the Imperfect
Use this for habitual robberies in the past or to describe a robbery that was in progress when something else happened.
Notes on atracar in the Imperfect
This verb is fully regular in the imperfect tense.
Example Sentences
Antes, los piratas atracaban muchos barcos.
Before, pirates used to rob many ships.
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Yo atracaba el bote cuando empezó a llover.
I was docking the boat when it started to rain.
yo
Common Mistakes
Mistake: atracabamos
Correct: atracábamos
Why: The 'nosotros' form of the imperfect always needs an accent on the first 'a' of the ending.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: atraco
Atracar is completely regular in the present indicative: atraco, atracas, atraca, atracamos, atracáis, atracan.
Preterite
yo: atraqué
Atracar has a spelling change ONLY in the 'yo' form: atraqué, atracaste, atracó, atracamos, atracasteis, atracaron.
Future
yo: atracaré
Atracar is regular in the future: just add endings to the infinitive (atracaré, atracarás, etc.).
Conditional
yo: atracaría
Atracar is regular in the conditional: atracaría, atracarías, atracaría, atracaríamos, atracaríais, atracarían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: atraque
Atacar has a spelling change from 'c' to 'qu' in all forms: atraque, atraques, atraque, atraquemos, atraquéis, atraquen.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: atracara
The imperfect subjunctive of atracar is regular based on the third-person preterite: atracara, atracaras, atracara, atracáramos, atracarais, atracaran.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: atraca
Commands use 'atraca' (tú) and 'atraque' (usted/ustedes) with spelling changes in the formal forms.
Negative Imperative
yo: no atraques
Negative commands always use the spelling change: no atraques, no atraque, no atraquemos, no atraquéis, no atraquen.