criticar Imperfect Conjugation
criticar — to criticize
The imperfect of criticar is regular: criticaba, criticabas, criticaba, criticábamos, criticabais, criticaban.
criticar Imperfect Forms
When to Use the Imperfect
Use the imperfect to describe a past habit of being critical or to set the scene when someone was in the middle of criticizing something.
Notes on criticar in the Imperfect
Criticar is fully regular in the imperfect. Remember the accent on the 'nosotros' form.
Example Sentences
De niño, mi abuelo criticaba todo lo que veía en la tele.
As a child, my grandfather used to criticize everything he saw on TV.
él/ella/usted
Antes criticábamos mucho a ese político.
Before, we used to criticize 그 politician a lot.
nosotros
Tú criticabas su actitud todos los días.
You used to criticize his attitude every day.
tú
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Forgetting the accent in 'criticábamos'.
Correct: Always include the accent: criticábamos.
Why: All -ar verbs in the imperfect have an accent on the first 'a' of the nosotros ending (-ábamos).
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: critico
The present tense of criticar is regular: critico, criticas, critica, criticamos, criticáis, critican.
Preterite
yo: critiqué
The preterite of criticar has a spelling change in the 'yo' form (critiqué) to keep the hard 'c' sound.
Future
yo: criticaré
The future of criticar is regular: criticaré, criticarás, criticará, criticaremos, criticaréis, criticarán.
Conditional
yo: criticaría
The conditional of criticar is regular: criticaría, criticarías, criticaría, criticaríamos, criticaríais, criticarían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: critique
The present subjunctive of criticar uses the 'qu' spelling change: critique, critiques, critique, critiquemos, critiquéis, critiquen.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: criticara
The imperfect subjunctive of criticar is: criticara, criticaras, criticara, criticáramos, criticarais, criticaran.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: critica
The affirmative imperative of criticar is: critica (tú), critique (usted), critiquemos (nosotros), criticad (vosotros), critiquen (ustedes).
Negative Imperative
yo: no critiques
The negative imperative of criticar uses subjunctive forms: no critiques, no critique, no critiquemos, no critiquéis, no critiquen.