drogar Imperfect Conjugation
drogar — to drug
The imperfect of drogar is regular: drogaba, drogabas, drogaba, drogábamos, drogabais, drogaban.
drogar Imperfect Forms
When to Use the Imperfect
Use this to describe habitual drug use in the past or to set the scene (e.g., 'He was drugging people when...').
Notes on drogar in the Imperfect
Drogar is fully regular in the imperfect. It follows the standard -aba pattern for -ar verbs.
Example Sentences
Antes, él se drogaba todos los fines de semana.
Before, he used to drug himself every weekend.
él/ella/usted
Nosotros no drogábamos a los pacientes sin permiso.
We didn't use to drug the patients without permission.
nosotros
Ellos drogaban a la gente para robarles.
They were drugging people in order to rob them.
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Using 'drogía' instead of 'drogaba'.
Correct: drogaba
Why: -ar verbs use -aba in the imperfect, while -er/-ir verbs use -ía.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: drogo
The present tense of drogar is completely regular: drogo, drogas, droga, drogamos, drogáis, drogan.
Preterite
yo: drogué
The preterite of drogar is regular except for the 'yo' form, which changes to 'drogué' to keep the hard 'g' sound.
Future
yo: drogaré
The future tense of drogar is regular: drogaré, drogarás, drogará, drogaremos, drogaréis, drogarán.
Conditional
yo: drogaría
The conditional of drogar is regular: drogaría, drogarías, drogaría, drogaríamos, drogaríais, drogarían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: drogue
The present subjunctive of drogar requires a spelling change from 'g' to 'gu' in all forms: drogue, drogues, drogue, droguemos, droguéis, droguen.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: drogara
The imperfect subjunctive of drogar is formed from the third-person plural preterite: drogara, drogaras, drogara, drogáramos, drogarais, drogaran.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: droga
The imperative of drogar uses the 'gu' spelling change for formal commands: droga, drogue, droguemos, drogad, droguen.
Negative Imperative
yo: no drogues
The negative imperative of drogar always uses the 'gu' spelling change: no drogues, no drogue, no droguemos, no droguéis, no droguen.