colgar Imperfect Conjugation
colgar — to hang
The imperfect of colgar is regular: colgaba, colgabas, colgaba, colgábamos, colgabais, colgaban.
colgar Imperfect Forms
When to Use the Imperfect
Use the imperfect to describe where things used to hang or a situation where you were in the middle of hanging something when something else happened.
Notes on colgar in the Imperfect
Colgar is a regular -ar verb in the imperfect. There are no stem changes or spelling shifts here.
Example Sentences
De niño, yo colgaba mis dibujos en la nevera.
As a child, I used to hang my drawings on the fridge.
yo
Antes, la gente colgaba la ropa afuera.
Before, people used to hang clothes outside.
él/ella/usted
Colgábamos el cartel cuando empezó a llover.
We were hanging the poster when it started to rain.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: colgabamos
Correct: colgábamos
Why: The nosotros form of all -ar verbs in the imperfect must have an accent on the first 'a'.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: cuelgo
Colgar is an o>ue stem-changer (cuelgo, cuelgas) in all forms except nosotros and vosotros.
Preterite
yo: colgué
Colgar has a spelling change in the 'yo' form (colgué) to keep the hard 'g' sound, but is otherwise regular.
Future
yo: colgaré
The future tense of colgar is completely regular: colgaré, colgarás, colgará, etc.
Conditional
yo: colgaría
The conditional is regular: colgaría, colgarías, colgaría, colgaríamos, colgaríais, colgarían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: cuelgue
The present subjunctive features both the o>ue stem change and the g>gu spelling change (cuelgue).
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: colgara
The imperfect subjunctive is regular based on the preterite stem: colgara, colgaras, colgara...
Affirmative Imperative
yo: cuelga
Use 'cuelga' for friends and 'cuelgue' for formal situations.
Negative Imperative
yo: no cuelgues
Negative commands always use the present subjunctive: no cuelgues, no cuelgue, no colguemos.