evaluar Imperfect Conjugation
evaluar — to evaluate
The imperfect of evaluar is regular: evaluaba, evaluabas, evaluaba, evaluábamos, evaluabais, evaluaban.
evaluar Imperfect Forms
When to Use the Imperfect
Use this for ongoing assessments in the past, or to describe the process of evaluation when no specific end time is mentioned.
Notes on evaluar in the Imperfect
Evaluar is regular in the imperfect. Like all -ar verbs, it uses the -aba endings.
Example Sentences
Antes, la empresa evaluaba a los empleados cada año.
Before, the company used to evaluate employees every year.
él/ella/usted
Nosotros evaluábamos las opciones mientras esperábamos.
We were evaluating the options while we waited.
nosotros
Tú siempre evaluabas todo con pesimismo.
You always evaluated everything with pessimism.
tú
Common Mistakes
Mistake: evaluabamos
Correct: evaluábamos
Why: The 'nosotros' form of the imperfect always requires an accent on the vowel before the -bamos.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: evalúo
Evaluar follows a common pattern where the 'u' takes an accent mark (ú) in all forms except nosotros and vosotros.
Preterite
yo: evalué
The preterite of evaluar is regular: evalué, evaluaste, evaluó, evaluamos, evaluasteis, evaluaron.
Future
yo: evaluaré
The future of evaluar is regular: añadiré -é, -ás, -á, -emos, -éis, -án to the infinitive.
Conditional
yo: evaluaría
The conditional of evaluar is regular: evaluaría, evaluarías, evaluaría, evaluaríamos, evaluaríais, evaluarían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: evalúe
The present subjunctive of evaluar mirrors the present indicative's accent changes: evalúe, evalúes, evalúe, evaluemos, evaluéis, evalúen.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: evaluara
The imperfect subjunctive of evaluar is formed from the third-person plural preterite: evaluara, evaluaras, evaluara, evaluáramos, evaluarais, evaluaran.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: evalúa
Use evalúa (tú), evalúe (usted), and evalúen (ustedes) to give direct orders or instructions to assess something.
Negative Imperative
yo: no evalúes
The negative imperative uses the present subjunctive forms: no evalúes, no evalúe, no evaluemos, no evaluéis, no evalúen.