extraer Imperfect Conjugation
extraer — to extract
Extraer is regular in the imperfect: extraía, extraías, extraía...
extraer Imperfect Forms
When to Use the Imperfect
Use this for ongoing past extractions or habitual actions, such as how a factory used to extract minerals daily.
Notes on extraer in the Imperfect
Extraer is regular in this tense. Note that the 'í' always carries an accent to separate the vowels (hiatus).
Example Sentences
Antes, extraían el agua del pozo manualmente.
Before, they used to extract water from the well manually.
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Yo extraía los datos mientras tú hablabas.
I was extracting the data while you were talking.
yo
La máquina extraía el jugo automáticamente.
The machine was extracting the juice automatically.
él/ella/usted
Common Mistakes
Mistake: extraia
Correct: extraía
Why: The accent on the 'í' is mandatory in all imperfect forms of -er verbs.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: extraigo
Extraer is irregular in the first person (extraigo), but follows regular -er patterns for the rest.
Preterite
yo: extraje
Extraer is highly irregular in the preterite, using a 'j' stem: extraje, extrajiste, extrajo.
Future
yo: extraeré
Extraer is regular in the future: extraeré, extraerás, extraerá.
Conditional
yo: extraería
Extraer is regular in the conditional: extraería, extraerías, extraería.
Present Subjunctive
yo: extraiga
The present subjunctive uses the irregular 'extraig-' stem for all persons.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: extrajera
This tense uses the 'j' stem from the preterite: extrajera, extrajeras, extrajera.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: extrae
Use extrae (tú) or extraiga (usted) to give direct orders to extract something.
Negative Imperative
yo: no extraigas
All negative commands for extraer use the 'extraig-' stem.