enfocar Imperfect Conjugation
enfocar — to focus
The imperfect of enfocar is regular: enfocaba, enfocabas, enfocaba, enfocábamos, enfocabais, enfocaban.
enfocar Imperfect Forms
When to Use the Imperfect
Use the imperfect to describe a habitual focus in the past or a continuous state of focusing (e.g., 'I was focusing when...').
Notes on enfocar in the Imperfect
Enfocar is a regular -ar verb in the imperfect. All forms use the -aba endings.
Example Sentences
De niño, me enfocaba mucho en mis dibujos.
As a child, I used to focus a lot on my drawings.
yo
Mientras tú hablabas, él enfocaba la cámara.
While you were talking, he was focusing the camera.
él/ella/usted
Antes, nos enfocábamos más en la calidad que en la cantidad.
Before, we used to focus more on quality than quantity.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Forgetting the accent on 'enfocábamos'.
Correct: enfocábamos
Why: The nosotros form of all -ar verbs in the imperfect requires an accent on the first 'a' of the ending.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: enfoco
The present indicative of enfocar is completely regular: enfoco, enfocas, enfoca, enfocamos, enfocáis, enfocan.
Preterite
yo: enfoqué
Enfocar is regular in the preterite except for the 'yo' form, which changes to 'enfoqué' to keep the hard 'k' sound.
Future
yo: enfocaré
The future tense of enfocar is regular: add the endings -é, -ás, -á, -emos, -éis, -án to the full infinitive.
Conditional
yo: enfocaría
The conditional of enfocar is regular: add -ía, -ías, -ía, -íamos, -íais, -ían to the infinitive.
Present Subjunctive
yo: enfoque
The present subjunctive of enfocar features a spelling change from 'c' to 'qu' in all forms: enfoque, enfoques, enfoque, enfoquemos, enfoquéis, enfoquen.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: enfocara
The imperfect subjunctive of enfocar is regular, formed from the third-person plural preterite: enfocara, enfocaras, enfocáramos.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: enfoca
The affirmative imperative of enfocar uses 'enfoca' for tú and 'enfoque' for usted.
Negative Imperative
yo: no enfoques
The negative imperative of enfocar always uses the 'qu' spelling change: no enfoques, no enfoque, no enfoquen.