confiscar Imperfect Subjunctive Conjugation
confiscar — to confiscate
The imperfect subjunctive of confiscar is regular, based on the 'ellos' preterite: confiscara, confiscaras, confiscara, confiscáramos, confiscarais, confiscaran.
confiscar Imperfect Subjunctive Forms
When to Use the Imperfect Subjunctive
Use this for hypothetical situations in the past or after verbs of influence/emotion in a past context, like 'The police wanted them to confiscate the car'.
Notes on confiscar in the Imperfect Subjunctive
This tense is regular for -ar verbs. Remember the accent on the 'nosotros' form: confiscáramos.
Example Sentences
Si la policía confiscara el coche, estaríamos en problemas.
If the police were to confiscate the car, we would be in trouble.
él/ella/usted
Me sorprendió que nos confiscaran las cámaras.
It surprised me that they confiscated our cameras.
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Si yo confiscara ese dinero, sería ilegal.
If I were to confiscate that money, it would be illegal.
yo
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Forgetting the accent in 'confiscáramos'.
Correct: confiscáramos
Why: The nosotros form in the imperfect subjunctive always requires a written accent on the vowel before the -ramos ending.
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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.
Imperfect
yo: confiscaba
The imperfect of confiscar is regular: confiscaba, confiscabas, confiscaba, confiscábamos, confiscabais, confiscaban.
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.
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.