disparar Imperfect Subjunctive Conjugation
disparar — to shoot
The imperfect subjunctive of disparar is regular: disparara, dispararas, disparara, disparáramos, dispararais, dispararan.
disparar Imperfect Subjunctive Forms
When to Use the Imperfect Subjunctive
Use this for 'if' clauses (hypotheticals) or when a past wish influenced a shooting action (e.g., 'I wanted him to shoot').
Notes on disparar in the Imperfect Subjunctive
Disparar is regular in this tense, derived from the third-person plural preterite 'dispararon'.
Example Sentences
Si yo disparara mejor, ganaría el concurso.
If I shot better, I would win the contest.
yo
El entrenador quería que dispararas tú.
The coach wanted you to shoot.
tú
Si ellos dispararan ahora, nos asustaríamos.
If they shot now, we would be scared.
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Forgetting the accent in 'disparáramos'.
Correct: disparáramos
Why: The nosotros form of the imperfect subjunctive always carries an accent on the vowel before the -ramos ending.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: disparo
The present of disparar is regular: disparo, disparas, dispara, disparamos, disparáis, disparan.
Preterite
yo: disparé
The preterite of disparar is regular: disparé, disparaste, disparó, disparamos, disparasteis, dispararon.
Imperfect
yo: disparaba
The imperfect of disparar is regular: disparaba, disparabas, disparaba, disparábamos, disparabais, disparaban.
Future
yo: dispararé
The future of disparar is regular: dispararé, dispararás, disparará, dispararemos, dispararéis, dispararán.
Conditional
yo: dispararía
The conditional of disparar is regular: dispararía, dispararías, dispararía, dispararíamos, dispararíais, dispararían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: dispare
The present subjunctive of disparar is regular: dispare, dispares, dispare, disparemos, disparéis, disparen.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: dispara
The affirmative imperative of disparar uses: dispara, dispare, disparemos, disparad, disparen.
Negative Imperative
yo: no dispares
The negative imperative of disparar uses no + present subjunctive: no dispares, no dispare, no disparemos, no disparéis, no disparen.