entregar Imperfect Conjugation
entregar — deliver
The imperfect of entregar is regular: entregaba, entregabas, entregaba, entregábamos, entregabais, entregaban.
entregar Imperfect Forms
When to Use the Imperfect
Use this for deliveries that used to happen habitually or for a delivery that was in progress when something else happened.
Notes on entregar in the Imperfect
Entregar follows the standard -ar pattern for the imperfect tense.
Example Sentences
Antes, el cartero entregaba las cartas a las diez.
Before, the mailman used to deliver the letters at ten.
él/ella/usted
Nosotros entregábamos folletos en la calle todos los días.
We used to hand out flyers in the street every day.
nosotros
Yo entregaba el examen cuando sonó el teléfono.
I was handing in the exam when the phone rang.
yo
Common Mistakes
Mistake: entregabamos
Correct: entregábamos
Why: The 'nosotros' form of the imperfect -ar verbs always requires an accent on the first 'a' of the ending.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: entrego
Entregar is fully regular in the present tense: entrego, entregas, entrega, entregamos, entregáis, entregan.
Preterite
yo: entregué
The preterite of entregar features a spelling change in the 'yo' form (entregué) to keep the 'g' sound.
Future
yo: entregaré
The future tense is regular: just add -é, -ás, -á, -emos, -éis, -án to the full infinitive 'entregar'.
Conditional
yo: entregaría
The conditional is regular: add -ía, -ías, -ía, -íamos, -íais, -ían to the infinitive 'entregar'.
Present Subjunctive
yo: entregue
The present subjunctive changes 'g' to 'gu' in all forms: entregue, entregues, entregue, entreguemos, entreguéis, entreguen.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: entregara
The imperfect subjunctive is formed from the preterite 'entregaron' stem: entregara, entregaras, entregara, entregáramos, entregarais, entregaran.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: entrega
Use 'entrega' (tú) for casual commands and 'entregue' (usted) for formal ones.
Negative Imperative
yo: no entregues
All negative commands use the present subjunctive forms: no entregues, no entregue, no entreguemos, no entreguéis, no entreguen.