chocar Imperfect Conjugation
chocar — to crash
The imperfect of chocar is regular: chocaba, chocabas, chocaba, chocábamos, chocabais, chocaban.
chocar Imperfect Forms
When to Use the Imperfect
Use the imperfect to describe an ongoing state (e.g., 'we were crashing') or a repeated past action (e.g., 'we used to clash').
Notes on chocar in the Imperfect
Chocar is regular in the imperfect. All -ar verbs follow the -aba pattern.
Example Sentences
De niños, siempre chocábamos los carritos.
As kids, we always used to crash the toy cars together.
nosotros
Él chocaba con todos en el pasillo.
He used to bump into everyone in the hallway.
él/ella/usted
Las olas chocaban contra las rocas.
The waves were crashing against the rocks.
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Forgetting the accent on 'chocábamos'.
Correct: chocábamos
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: choco
The present tense of chocar is entirely regular: choco, chocas, choca, chocamos, chocáis, chocan.
Preterite
yo: choqué
The preterite of chocar is regular except for the 'yo' form (choqué), which requires a spelling change to keep the hard 'k' sound.
Future
yo: chocaré
The future tense of chocar is regular: chocaré, chocarás, chocará, chocaremos, chocaréis, chocarán.
Conditional
yo: chocaría
The conditional of chocar is regular: chocaría, chocarías, chocaría, chocaríamos, chocaríais, chocarían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: choque
The present subjunctive of chocar features a spelling change from 'c' to 'qu' in all forms: choque, choques, choque, choquemos, choquéis, choquen.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: chocara
The imperfect subjunctive of chocar is regular based on the third-person preterite: chocara, chocaras, chocara, chocáramos, chocarais, chocaran.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: choca
The affirmative imperative uses 'choca' (tú) and 'choque' (usted), with the 'qu' spelling change in formal forms.
Negative Imperative
yo: no choques
The negative imperative of chocar uses the present subjunctive forms: no choques, no choque, no choquemos, no choquéis, no choquen.