brillar Imperfect Subjunctive Conjugation
brillar — to shine
The imperfect subjunctive of brillar uses -ara endings: brillara, brillaras, brillara, brilláramos, brillarais, brillaran.
brillar Imperfect Subjunctive Forms
When to Use the Imperfect Subjunctive
Use this for hypothetical situations or after past-tense verbs of emotion. For example, 'If the moon shone more, we could see better'.
Notes on brillar in the Imperfect Subjunctive
Brillar is regular, using the 'ellos' preterite stem (brillar-) plus the -ara endings.
Example Sentences
Si el sol brillara, iríamos a la playa.
If the sun shone, we would go to the beach.
él/ella/usted
Me gustaría que brillaras más en clase.
I would like you to shine more in class.
tú
Buscábamos un lugar donde las luces brillaran.
We were looking for a place where the lights shone.
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Forgetting the accent on the nosotros form 'brilláramos'.
Correct: brilláramos
Why: The nosotros form of the imperfect subjunctive always requires an accent on the third-to-last syllable.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: brillo
Brillar is regular in the present: brillo, brillas, brilla, brillamos, brilláis, brillan.
Preterite
yo: brillé
The preterite of brillar is regular: brillé, brillaste, brilló, brillamos, brillasteis, brillaron.
Imperfect
yo: brillaba
The imperfect of brillar uses -aba endings: brillaba, brillabas, brillaba, brillábamos, brillabais, brillaban.
Future
yo: brillaré
The future of brillar adds endings to the infinitive: brillaré, brillarás, brillará, brillaremos, brillaréis, brillarán.
Conditional
yo: brillaría
The conditional of brillar is regular: brillaría, brillarías, brillaría, brillaríamos, brillaríais, brillarían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: brille
The present subjunctive of brillar uses -e endings: brille, brilles, brille, brillemos, brilléis, brillen.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: brilla
The imperative of brillar gives commands: brilla (tú), brillad (vosotros), brille (usted).
Negative Imperative
yo: no brilles
The negative imperative of brillar uses the subjunctive: no brilles, no brille, no brillemos, no brilléis, no brillen.