evocar Imperfect Conjugation
evocar — to evoke
The imperfect of evocar is regular: evocaba, evocabas, evocaba, evocábamos, evocabais, evocaban.
evocar Imperfect Forms
When to Use the Imperfect
Use the imperfect for descriptions in the past or habitual ways things used to evoke certain feelings.
Notes on evocar in the Imperfect
Evocar follows the standard -aba pattern for -ar verbs in the imperfect.
Example Sentences
La música de la radio evocaba los años sesenta.
The music on the radio used to evoke the sixties.
él/ella/usted
Siempre evocabas el mismo cuento antes de dormir.
You always evoked (recalled) the same story before sleeping.
tú
Evocábamos los veranos en el campo con alegría.
We used to evoke (reminisce about) the summers in the countryside with joy.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Using -ía endings (evocaría) instead of -aba.
Correct: evocaba
Why: -ar verbs always use -aba endings in the imperfect; -ía is for -er and -ir verbs.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: evoco
The present tense of evocar is completely regular: evoco, evocas, evoca, evocamos, evocáis, evocan.
Preterite
yo: evoqué
The preterite of evocar has a spelling change in the first person (yo evoqué), but is otherwise regular.
Future
yo: evocaré
The future tense of evocar is regular: evocaré, evocarás, evocará, evocaremos, evocaréis, evocarán.
Conditional
yo: evocaría
The conditional of evocar is regular: evocaría, evocarías, evocaría, evocaríamos, evocaríais, evocarían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: evoque
The present subjunctive of evocar requires a spelling change from 'c' to 'qu' in all forms (evoque, evoques, etc.).
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: evocara
The imperfect subjunctive of evocar is regular: evocara, evocaras, evocara, evocáramos, evocarais, evocaran.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: evoca
The imperative of evocar uses the 'c' to 'qu' change for formal and plural commands (evoque, evoquen).
Negative Imperative
yo: no evoques
The negative imperative of evocar always uses the spelling change 'qu' (no evoques, no evoque, etc.).