disponer Imperfect Conjugation
disponer — to have available
The imperfect of disponer is regular: disponía, disponías, disponía, disponíamos, disponíais, disponían.
disponer Imperfect Forms
When to Use the Imperfect
Use the imperfect to describe resources you used to have available or to provide background info about how things were arranged in the past.
Notes on disponer in the Imperfect
Disponer is completely regular in the imperfect. It follows the standard -er endings for this tense.
Example Sentences
Antes disponíamos de más presupuesto.
Before, we used to have more budget available.
nosotros
La oficina disponía de café gratis para todos.
The office had free coffee available for everyone.
él/ella/usted
Ellos disponían las sillas en círculo cada lunes.
They used to arrange the chairs in a circle every Monday.
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Forgetting the accent mark on the 'i'.
Correct: disponía
Why: All -er/-ir verbs in the imperfect require an accent on the 'í' for every person.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: dispongo
The present tense of disponer is irregular in the 'yo' form (dispongo) but follows regular -er patterns for the rest.
Preterite
yo: dispuse
The preterite of disponer is highly irregular, using the 'dispus-' stem with special endings.
Future
yo: dispondré
The future tense of disponer is irregular, using the stem 'dispondr-'.
Conditional
yo: dispondría
The conditional of disponer uses the irregular stem 'dispondr-'.
Present Subjunctive
yo: disponga
The present subjunctive uses the 'dispong-' stem for all forms.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: dispusiera
The imperfect subjunctive is based on the irregular preterite stem 'dispus-'.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: dispón
The imperative uses 'dispón' for the informal 'tú' command and 'disponga' for formal 'usted'.
Negative Imperative
yo: no dispongas
The negative imperative uses 'no' plus the present subjunctive forms: no dispongas, no disponga.