dañar Imperfect Conjugation
dañar — to damage
Dañar in the imperfect follows the regular -aba pattern: dañaba, dañabas, dañaba, dañábamos, dañabais, dañaban.
dañar Imperfect Forms
When to Use the Imperfect
Use the imperfect to describe a process of deterioration or a habit that used to cause damage over time in the past.
Notes on dañar in the Imperfect
This verb is completely regular in the imperfect. Note the accent on the 'á' in the 'nosotros' form.
Example Sentences
El agua dañaba las paredes de la casa vieja.
The water was damaging the walls of the old house.
él/ella/usted
Antes, nosotros dañábamos los juguetes siempre.
Before, we used to damage our toys all the time.
nosotros
¿Tú dañabas la ropa cuando eras niño?
Did you used to ruin your clothes when you were a child?
tú
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Forgetting the accent on 'dañábamos'.
Correct: dañábamos
Why: All -ar verbs in the imperfect require an accent on the first 'a' of the nosotros ending.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: daño
Dañar is a regular -ar verb in the present: daño, dañas, daña, dañamos, dañáis, dañan.
Preterite
yo: dañé
The preterite of dañar is regular: dañé, dañaste, dañó, dañamos, dañasteis, dañaron.
Future
yo: dañaré
The future of dañar uses the infinitive as the stem: dañaré, dañarás, dañará, dañaremos, dañaréis, dañarán.
Conditional
yo: dañaría
The conditional of dañar adds -ía endings to the infinitive: dañaría, dañarías, dañaría, dañaríamos, dañaríais, dañarían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: dañe
The present subjunctive of dañar uses -e endings: dañe, dañes, dañe, dañemos, dañéis, dañen.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: dañara
The imperfect subjunctive of dañar is built from the 'ellos' preterite: dañara, dañaras, dañara, dañáramos, dañarais, dañaran.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: daña
The affirmative imperative of dañar uses: daña (tú), dañe (usted), dañad (vosotros), dañen (ustedes).
Negative Imperative
yo: no dañes
The negative imperative of dañar uses 'no' plus the present subjunctive: no dañes, no dañe, no dañemos, no dañéis, no dañen.