drogar Imperfect Subjunctive Conjugation
drogar — to drug
The imperfect subjunctive of drogar is formed from the third-person plural preterite: drogara, drogaras, drogara, drogáramos, drogarais, drogaran.
drogar Imperfect Subjunctive Forms
When to Use the Imperfect Subjunctive
Use this for hypothetical situations or past requests involving the act of drugging, such as 'Si me drogaran...' (If they were to drug me...).
Notes on drogar in the Imperfect Subjunctive
This tense is regular based on the preterite stem. It does not require the 'gu' spelling change because the endings start with 'a'.
Example Sentences
Si me drogara, no podría conducir.
If I were to drug myself, I wouldn't be able to drive.
yo
El juez pidió que no drogaran al testigo.
The judge asked that they not drug the witness.
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Sentí miedo de que nos drogáramos por accidente.
I felt afraid that we might drug ourselves by accident.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Forgetting the accent on the nosotros form: 'drogaramos'.
Correct: drogáramos
Why: The 'nosotros' form of the imperfect subjunctive always requires an accent on the vowel before the 'ramos' ending.
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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.
Imperfect
yo: drogaba
The imperfect of drogar is regular: drogaba, drogabas, drogaba, drogábamos, drogabais, drogaban.
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.
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.