concordar Imperfect Conjugation
concordar — to match
Concordar is regular in the imperfect: concordaba, concordabas, concordaba, concordábamos, concordabais, concordaban.
concordar Imperfect Forms
When to Use the Imperfect
Use the imperfect to describe an ongoing state of matching in the past or to set the scene when something else happened.
Notes on concordar in the Imperfect
This tense is completely regular. No stem changes occur in the imperfect for -ar verbs.
Example Sentences
Antes, las cifras siempre concordaban.
Before, the figures always used to match.
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Yo sentía que nuestras visiones concordaban.
I felt that our visions were aligning.
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Todo concordaba hasta que llegó el nuevo informe.
Everything was matching until the new report arrived.
él/ella/usted
Common Mistakes
Mistake: concordábamos (without the accent)
Correct: concordábamos
Why: The nosotros form of all -ar verbs in the imperfect must have an accent on the first 'a' of the ending.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: concuerdo
Concordar is an o > ue stem-changing verb in the present tense: concuerdo, concuerdas, concuerda, concordamos, concordáis, concuerdan.
Preterite
yo: concordé
Concordar is regular in the preterite: concordé, concordaste, concordó, concordamos, concordasteis, concordaron.
Future
yo: concordaré
Concordar is regular in the future: concordaré, concordarás, concordará, concordaremos, concordaréis, concordarán.
Conditional
yo: concordaría
Concordar is regular in the conditional: concordaría, concordarías, concordaría, concordaríamos, concordaríais, concordarían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: concuerde
The present subjunctive of concordar features the o > ue change: concuerde, concuerdes, concuerde, concordemos, concordéis, concuerden.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: concordara
The imperfect subjunctive is regular based on the preterite: concordara, concordaras, concordara, concordáramos, concordarais, concordaran.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: concuerda
Use the imperative to command or request alignment: concuerda (tú), concordad (vosotros), concuerde (usted).
Negative Imperative
yo: no concuerdes
The negative imperative uses the present subjunctive: no concuerdes (tú), no concordemos (nosotros), no concuerden (ustedes).