averiguar Imperfect Conjugation
averiguar — to find out
The imperfect of averiguar is regular: averiguaba, averiguabas, averiguaba...
averiguar Imperfect Forms
When to Use the Imperfect
Use this to describe an ongoing process of investigation in the past or a habit of finding things out without a specific end time.
Notes on averiguar in the Imperfect
Averiguar is fully regular in the imperfect indicative.
Example Sentences
Yo averiguaba los detalles mientras ella hablaba.
I was finding out the details while she was talking.
yo
Antes, nosotros averiguábamos todo por teléfono.
Before, we used to find out everything by phone.
nosotros
Los detectives averiguaban el origen del dinero.
The detectives were investigating the origin of the money.
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Common Mistakes
Mistake: averiguabamos
Correct: averiguábamos
Why: The 'nosotros' form of -ar verbs in the imperfect always needs an accent on the first 'a' of the ending.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: averiguo
Averiguar is a completely regular -ar verb in the present tense.
Preterite
yo: averigüé
The preterite of averiguar is mostly regular but requires an 'ü' in the 'yo' form: averigüé.
Future
yo: averiguaré
The future of averiguar is regular: just add the endings to the infinitive.
Conditional
yo: averiguaría
The conditional of averiguar is regular: averiguaría, averiguarías...
Present Subjunctive
yo: averigüe
The present subjunctive of averiguar requires a diaeresis (ü) in all forms: averigüe.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: averiguara
The imperfect subjunctive is regular based on the third-person preterite: averiguara.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: averigua
Commands for averiguar use the 'ü' in formal and plural forms: averigua, averigüe.
Negative Imperative
yo: no averigües
All negative commands for averiguar use the present subjunctive and the diaeresis: no averigües.