erradicar Imperfect Conjugation
erradicar — to eradicate
The imperfect of erradicar is regular: erradicaba, erradicabas, erradicaba, erradicábamos, erradicabais, erradicaban.
erradicar Imperfect Forms
When to Use the Imperfect
Use this to describe ongoing efforts to eliminate something in the past or habitual actions that used to happen.
Notes on erradicar in the Imperfect
Standard -ar verb endings apply. No spelling changes occur in this tense.
Example Sentences
Antes, el gobierno erradicaba la disidencia con fuerza.
Before, the government used to eradicate dissent with force.
él/ella/usted
Nosotros erradicábamos los errores a medida que aparecían.
We were eradicating errors as they appeared.
nosotros
Las campañas erradicaban la malaria poco a poco.
The campaigns were eradicating malaria little by little.
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Common Mistakes
Mistake: erradicaba-mos
Correct: erradicábamos
Why: The 'nosotros' form of the imperfect always requires an accent on the first 'a' of the ending.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: erradico
Erradicar is completely regular in the present tense: erradico, erradicas, erradica, erradicamos, erradicáis, erradican.
Preterite
yo: erradiqué
Erradicar has a spelling change only in the 'yo' form: erradiqué, erradicaste, erradicó, erradicamos, erradicasteis, erradicaron.
Future
yo: erradicaré
The future of erradicar is regular: erradicaré, erradicarás, erradicará, erradicaremos, erradicaréis, erradicarán.
Conditional
yo: erradicaría
The conditional of erradicar is regular: erradicaría, erradicarías, erradicaría, erradicaríamos, erradicaríais, erradicarían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: erradique
Erradicar has a spelling change from 'c' to 'qu' in all persons: erradique, erradiques, erradique, erradiquemos, erradiquéis, erradiquen.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: erradicara
The imperfect subjunctive of erradicar is formed from the third-person plural preterite: erradicara, erradicaras, erradicara, erradicáramos, erradicarais, erradicaran.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: erradica
The imperative uses regular -ar endings for 'tú' (erradica) and 'vosotros' (erradicad), but the spelling change 'qu' for others.
Negative Imperative
yo: no erradiques
All negative commands for erradicar use the 'qu' spelling change: no erradiques, no erradique, no erradiquemos, no erradiquéis, no erradiquen.