evacuar Imperfect Conjugation
evacuar — to evacuate
The imperfect tense of evacuar: evacuaba, evacuabas, evacuaba, evacuábamos, evacuabais, evacuaban.
evacuar Imperfect Forms
When to Use the Imperfect
Use the imperfect tense to describe habitual or ongoing actions in the past, or to set the scene. For 'evacuar', it could mean 'they used to evacuate regularly' or 'while they were evacuating, the alarm rang'.
Notes on evacuar in the Imperfect
Evacuar is regular in the imperfect tense. All forms are created by adding the standard imperfect endings to the infinitive stem.
Example Sentences
Cuando era niño, evacuábamos la casa cada año por el simulacro.
When I was a child, we used to evacuate the house every year for the drill.
nosotros
El personal evacuaba a los visitantes mientras el edificio temblaba.
The staff was evacuating the visitors while the building was shaking.
él/ella/usted
¿Tú evacuabas siempre que había alerta?
Did you always evacuate whenever there was an alert?
tú
Ellos evacuaban la zona costera antes de cada huracán.
They used to evacuate the coastal zone before every hurricane.
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Using the imperfect for a single, completed evacuation.
Correct: Use the preterite 'evacuó' for a specific past event.
Why: The imperfect describes ongoing or repeated actions, not single completed ones.
Mistake: Confusing imperfect with present tense meanings.
Correct: Remember 'evacuaba' means 'was evacuating' or 'used to evacuate', not 'evacuates'.
Why: The imperfect tense is specifically for past contexts.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: evacuo
The present tense of evacuar: evacúo, evacúas, evacúa, evacuamos, evacuáis, evacúan.
Preterite
yo: evacué
The preterite of evacuar is regular: evacué, evacuaste, evacuó, evacuamos, evacuasteis, evacuaron.
Future
yo: evacuaré
The future tense of evacuar: evacuaré, evacuarás, evacuará, evacuaremos, evacuaréis, evacuarán.
Conditional
yo: evacuaría
The conditional of evacuar: evacuaría, evacuarías, evacuaría, evacuaríamos, evacuaríais, evacuarían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: evacue
The present subjunctive of evacuar (evacúe, evacúes, evacúe, evacúemos, evacúen, evacúen) is used for wishes, doubts, and emotions.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: evacuara
The imperfect subjunctive of evacuar (evacuara/evacuase) is used for past hypothetical situations or wishes.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: evacua
Imperative commands for evacuar: evacua (tú), evacue (usted), evacúen (ustedes), evacúen (nosotros), evacuad (vosotros).
Negative Imperative
yo: no evacues
Negative commands for evacuar use the present subjunctive: no evacúes (tú), no evacúe (usted), no evacúen (ustedes), no evacúen (nosotros), no evacuéis (vosotros).