confiscar Imperfect Conjugation
confiscar — to confiscate
The imperfect of confiscar is regular: confiscaba, confiscabas, confiscaba, confiscábamos, confiscabais, confiscaban.
confiscar Imperfect Forms
When to Use the Imperfect
Use this for habitual past actions (e.g., 'The teacher used to confiscate...') or for background descriptions.
Notes on confiscar in the Imperfect
Confiscar is fully regular in the imperfect. Remember the accent on 'nosotros'.
Example Sentences
Mi abuelo me confiscaba los dulces.
My grandfather used to confiscate my sweets.
él/ella/usted
En esa época, confiscaban libros prohibidos.
In those times, they used to confiscate prohibited books.
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Nosotros confiscábamos las cartas de amor.
We used to confiscate the love letters.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Using 'confisqué' when you mean 'used to confiscate'.
Correct: confiscaba
Why: Preterite is for one-time events; imperfect is for repeated or habitual actions in the past.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: confisco
The present tense of confiscar is entirely regular: confisco, confiscas, confisca, confiscamos, confiscáis, confiscan.
Preterite
yo: confisqué
The preterite of confiscar has a spelling change only in the 'yo' form: confisqué.
Future
yo: confiscaré
The future tense of confiscar is regular: confiscaré, confiscarás, confiscará, confiscaremos, confiscaréis, confiscarán.
Conditional
yo: confiscaría
The conditional tense of confiscar is regular: confiscaría, confiscarías, confiscaría, confiscaríamos, confiscaríais, confiscarían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: confisque
The present subjunctive of confiscar features a c-to-qu spelling change: confisque, confisques, confisque, confisquemos, confisquéis, confisquen.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: confiscara
The imperfect subjunctive of confiscar is regular, based on the 'ellos' preterite: confiscara, confiscaras, confiscara, confiscáramos, confiscarais, confiscaran.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: confisca
The affirmative imperative of confiscar uses the 'qu' spelling change for formal commands: confisca, confisque, confisquemos, confiscad, confisquen.
Negative Imperative
yo: no confisques
The negative imperative always uses the present subjunctive forms: no confisques, no confisque, no confisquemos, no confisquéis, no confisquen.