consolar Imperfect Conjugation
consolar — to comfort
Consolar is regular in the imperfect, using the standard -aba endings: consolaba, consolabas, consolaba, consolábamos, consolabais, consolaban.
consolar Imperfect Forms
When to Use the Imperfect
Use the imperfect to describe a past habit of comforting someone or to set the scene (e.g., 'I was comforting him when...').
Notes on consolar in the Imperfect
Consolar is regular in the imperfect. No stem changes occur in this tense.
Example Sentences
De niña, mi madre me consolaba siempre.
As a child, my mother used to comfort me all the time.
él/ella/usted
Nosotros los consolábamos mientras lloraban.
We were comforting them while they were crying.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Forgetting the accent on 'consolábamos'.
Correct: consolábamos
Why: The 'nosotros' form of all -ar verbs in the imperfect requires an accent on the first 'a' of the ending.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: consuelo
Consolar follows the O-to-UE stem change in all forms except nosotros and vosotros: consuelo, consuelas, consuela, consolamos, consoláis, consuelan.
Preterite
yo: consolé
Consolar is completely regular in the preterite: consolé, consolaste, consoló, consolamos, consolasteis, consolaron.
Future
yo: consolaré
The future of consolar is regular: add the endings -é, -ás, -á, -emos, -éis, -án to the full infinitive.
Conditional
yo: consolaría
The conditional of consolar is regular: consolaría, consolarías, consolaría, consolaríamos, consolaríais, consolarían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: consuele
The present subjunctive follows the O-to-UE stem change, except for nosotros and vosotros: consuele, consueles, consuele, consolemos, consoléis, consuelen.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: consolara
The imperfect subjunctive is regular based on the preterite stem: consolara, consolaras, consolara, consoláramos, consolarais, consolaran.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: consuela
The affirmative imperative uses the stem-changed form for 'tú' and 'usted': consuela, consuele, consolemos, consolad, consuelen.
Negative Imperative
yo: no consueles
The negative imperative uses the present subjunctive forms: no consueles, no consuele, no consolemos, no consoléis, no consuelen.