enmarcar Imperfect Subjunctive Conjugation
enmarcar — to frame
Enmarcar is regular in the imperfect subjunctive: enmarcara, enmarcaras, enmarcara, enmarcáramos, enmarcarais, enmarcaran.
enmarcar Imperfect Subjunctive Forms
When to Use the Imperfect Subjunctive
Use this for hypothetical situations or past requests regarding framing, like 'If I framed this...' or 'They wanted me to frame it.'
Notes on enmarcar in the Imperfect Subjunctive
The verb is completely regular in this tense. No spelling changes occur because the endings start with 'a'.
Example Sentences
Si enmarcara este mapa, se vería mejor.
If I framed this map, it would look better.
yo
Me pidieron que enmarcaras el título.
They asked me for you to frame the degree.
tú
Ojalá enmarcáramos todas las fotos del viaje.
I wish we would frame all the photos from the trip.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: enmarquara
Correct: enmarcara
Why: Learners often carry over the 'qu' from the preterite, but it's not needed here because 'c' sounds like 'k' before the letter 'a'.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: enmarco
Enmarcar is a regular -ar verb in the present tense: enmarco, enmarcas, enmarca, enmarcamos, enmarcáis, enmarcan.
Preterite
yo: enmarqué
Enmarcar has a spelling change only in the 'yo' form (enmarqué); the rest are regular: enmarcaste, enmarcó, enmarcamos, enmarcasteis, enmarcaron.
Imperfect
yo: enmarcaba
Enmarcar is regular in the imperfect: enmarcaba, enmarcabas, enmarcaba, enmarcábamos, enmarcabais, enmarcaban.
Future
yo: enmarcaré
Enmarcar is regular in the future: enmarcaré, enmarcarás, enmarcará, enmarcaremos, enmarcaréis, enmarcarán.
Conditional
yo: enmarcaría
Enmarcar is regular in the conditional: enmarcaría, enmarcarías, enmarcaría, enmarcaríamos, enmarcaríais, enmarcarían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: enmarque
Enmarcar has a spelling change from 'c' to 'qu' in all forms: enmarque, enmarques, enmarque, enmarquemos, enmarquéis, enmarquen.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: enmarca
The imperative of enmarcar uses regular forms (enmarca) and spelling-change forms (enmarque, enmarquen).
Negative Imperative
yo: no enmarques
The negative imperative uses the present subjunctive forms: no enmarques, no enmarque, no enmarquemos, no enmarquéis, no enmarquen.