edificar Preterite Conjugation
edificar — to build
Edificar has a spelling change in the 'yo' form (edifiqué) to keep the 'k' sound, but is otherwise regular.
edificar Preterite Forms
When to Use the Preterite
Use the preterite for construction projects that were completed at a specific point in time or for the moment a foundation was laid.
Notes on edificar in the Preterite
This is a -car verb. In the 'yo' form, the 'c' changes to 'qu' before the 'é' (edifiqué) to preserve the hard 'k' sound.
Example Sentences
Edifiqué mi propia casa el año pasado.
I built my own house last year.
yo
Los romanos edificaron este puente hace siglos.
The Romans built this bridge centuries ago.
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Nosotros edificamos la sede central en solo seis meses.
We built the headquarters in only six months.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Writing 'edificé' for the first person.
Correct: The correct form is 'edifiqué'.
Why: In Spanish, 'ce' sounds like 'se' or 'the'. To keep the 'k' sound of the infinitive, you must use 'qu'.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: edifico
The present tense of edificar is regular: edifico, edificas, edifica, edificamos, edificáis, edifican.
Imperfect
yo: edificaba
The imperfect of edificar is regular: edificaba, edificabas, edificaba, edificábamos, edificabais, edificaban.
Future
yo: edificaré
The future of edificar is regular: edificaré, edificarás, edificará, edificaremos, edificaréis, edificarán.
Conditional
yo: edificaría
The conditional of edificar is regular: edificaría, edificarías, edificaría, edificaríamos, edificaríais, edificarían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: edifique
The present subjunctive of edificar requires a spelling change (c to qu) in all forms: edifique, edifiques, etc.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: edificara
The imperfect subjunctive of edificar is regular: edificara, edificaras, edificara, edificáramos, edificarais, edificaran.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: edifica
The imperative of edificar uses the regular 'edifica' (tú) and the spelling-changed 'edifique' (usted).
Negative Imperative
yo: no edifiques
The negative imperative of edificar uses the present subjunctive forms with 'no' and the 'qu' spelling change.