desplegar Imperfect Conjugation
desplegar — to unfold
Desplegar is completely regular in the imperfect: desplegaba, desplegabas, desplegaba, desplegábamos, desplegabais, desplegaban.
desplegar Imperfect Forms
When to Use the Imperfect
Use the imperfect to describe the ongoing process of unfolding something in the past, or to describe a habitual action (e.g., how a bird used to spread its wings).
Notes on desplegar in the Imperfect
This verb is regular in the imperfect. There are no stem changes or spelling shifts here.
Example Sentences
Mientras yo hablaba, ella desplegaba el plano.
While I was talking, she was unfolding the blueprint.
él/ella/usted
Antes, los barcos desplegaban sus velas al amanecer.
Before, the ships used to unfurl their sails at dawn.
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Nosotros desplegábamos las mantas cada noche.
We used to spread out the blankets every night.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Adding a stem change: 'despliegaba'.
Correct: desplegaba
Why: Stem changes like E-to-IE do not happen in the imperfect tense for -ar verbs.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: despliego
Desplegar is a stem-changing verb in the present tense, where the 'e' changes to 'ie' in all forms except nosotros and vosotros.
Preterite
yo: desplegué
The preterite of desplegar is regular except for the 'yo' form, which changes to 'desplegué' to keep the hard 'g' sound.
Future
yo: desplegaré
The future tense of desplegar is regular: add the endings -é, -ás, -á, -emos, -éis, -án to the full infinitive.
Conditional
yo: desplegaría
The conditional of desplegar is regular: add -ía, -ías, -ía, -íamos, -íais, -ían to the infinitive.
Present Subjunctive
yo: despliegue
The present subjunctive of desplegar features the E-to-IE stem change and a spelling change (g to gu) in all forms.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: desplegara
The imperfect subjunctive is regular based on the third-person plural preterite: desplegara, desplegaras, desplegara...
Affirmative Imperative
yo: despliega
The imperative uses 'despliega' (tú) and 'despliegue' (usted) to give direct orders to unfold or deploy.
Negative Imperative
yo: no despliegues
The negative imperative uses the present subjunctive forms: no despliegues, no despliegue, no despleguemos...