codificar Imperfect Conjugation
codificar — to code
The imperfect of codificar is regular: codificaba, codificabas, codificaba, codificábamos, codificabais, codificaban.
codificar Imperfect Forms
When to Use the Imperfect
Use this for habitual past actions (I used to code every day) or to describe an ongoing background action (I was coding when...).
Notes on codificar in the Imperfect
Codificar follows the standard -aba pattern for -ar verbs.
Example Sentences
Cuando era niño, codificaba juegos simples.
When I was a child, I used to code simple games.
yo
Ella codificaba mientras yo diseñaba.
She was coding while I was designing.
él/ella/usted
Codificábamos programas en el laboratorio de la escuela.
We used to code programs in the school lab.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: codificabamos
Correct: codificábamos
Why: The nosotros form of the imperfect always requires an accent on the first 'a' of the ending.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: codifico
The present tense of codificar is completely regular: codifico, codificas, codifica, codificamos, codificáis, codifican.
Preterite
yo: codifiqué
The preterite of codificar has a spelling change only in the 'yo' form: codifiqué.
Future
yo: codificaré
The future of codificar is regular: codificaré, codificarás, codificará, codificaremos, codificaréis, codificarán.
Conditional
yo: codificaría
The conditional of codificar is regular: codificaría, codificarías, codificaría, codificaríamos, codificaríais, codificarían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: codifique
The present subjunctive of codificar requires a spelling change to 'qu' in all forms: codifique, codifiques, codifique, codifiquemos, codifiquéis, codifiquen.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: codificara
The imperfect subjunctive of codificar is regular based on the third-person plural preterite: codificara, codificaras, codificara, codificáramos, codificarais, codificaran.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: codifica
The imperative of codificar uses standard -ar endings with a spelling change in most forms: codifica, codifique, codifiquemos, codificad, codifiquen.
Negative Imperative
yo: no codifiques
The negative imperative of codificar uses the present subjunctive forms: no codifiques, no codifique, no codifiquemos, no codifiquéis, no codifiquen.