cocer Imperfect Conjugation
cocer — to boil
The imperfect of cocer is regular: cocía, cocías, cocía, cocíamos, cocíais, cocían.
cocer Imperfect Forms
When to Use the Imperfect
Use the imperfect to describe the process of boiling when it was an ongoing background action or a habit in the past.
Notes on cocer in the Imperfect
Cocer is regular in the imperfect. All -er verbs use the -ía endings.
Example Sentences
Mi abuela siempre cocía el pan en casa.
My grandmother always used to bake/boil bread at home.
él/ella/usted
Mientras la carne se cocía, yo cortaba la cebolla.
While the meat was boiling, I was cutting the onion.
él/ella/usted
Common Mistakes
Mistake: cociba
Correct: cocía
Why: Only -ar verbs use 'aba' in the imperfect; -er and -ir verbs use 'ía'.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: cuezo
Cocer is a stem-changing verb (o to ue) with a spelling change in the 'yo' form (z instead of c).
Preterite
yo: cocí
Cocer is regular in the preterite: cocí, cociste, coció, cocimos, cocisteis, cocieron.
Future
yo: coceré
The future of cocer is regular: coceré, cocerás, cocerá, coceremos, coceréis, cocerán.
Conditional
yo: cocería
The conditional of cocer is regular: cocería, cocerías, cocería, coceríamos, coceríais, cocerían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: cueza
The present subjunctive follows the 'yo' form change: cueza, cuezas, cueza, cozamos, cozáis, cuezan.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: cociera
The imperfect subjunctive uses the preterite stem: cociera, cocieras, cociera, cociéramos, cocierais, cocieran.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: cuece
The imperative uses 'cuece' for tú and 'cueza/n' for formal commands.
Negative Imperative
yo: no cuezas
The negative imperative uses the present subjunctive: no cuezas, no cueza, no cozamos, no cozáis, no cuezan.