graduar Imperfect Conjugation
graduar — to graduate
The imperfect of graduar is regular: graduaba, graduabas, graduaba, graduábamos, graduabais, graduaban.
graduar Imperfect Forms
When to Use the Imperfect
Use this to describe ongoing past states, like when you were in the process of graduating or used to calibrate things regularly.
Notes on graduar in the Imperfect
This verb is completely regular in the imperfect. Note the accent on the nosotros form: graduábamos.
Example Sentences
Mientras yo me graduaba, mis padres lloraban.
While I was graduating, my parents were crying.
yo
Antes, el doctor graduaba la vista manualmente.
Before, the doctor used to calibrate vision manually.
él/ella/usted
Nos graduábamos todos al mismo tiempo.
We were all graduating at the same time.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Using 'graduía' instead of 'graduaba'.
Correct: graduaba
Why: Graduar is an -ar verb, so it uses the -aba endings, not the -ía endings used for -er/-ir verbs.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: gradúo
The present of graduar features an accent shift on the 'u': gradúo, gradúas, gradúa, graduamos, graduáis, gradúan.
Preterite
yo: gradué
The preterite of graduar is regular: gradué, graduaste, graduó, graduamos, graduasteis, graduaron.
Future
yo: graduaré
The future of graduar is regular: graduaré, graduarás, graduará, graduaremos, graduaréis, graduarán.
Conditional
yo: graduaría
The conditional of graduar is regular: graduaría, graduarías, graduaría, graduaríamos, graduaríais, graduarían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: gradúe
The present subjunctive of graduar adds an accent to the 'u' in most forms: gradúe, gradúes, gradúe, graduemos, graduéis, gradúen.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: graduara
The imperfect subjunctive is regular based on the preterite stem: graduara, graduaras, graduara, graduáramos, graduarais, graduaran.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: gradúa
The imperative of graduar uses the accent shift in singular and plural 'usted' forms: gradúa, gradúe, graduemos, graduad, gradúen.
Negative Imperative
yo: no gradúes
The negative imperative uses the present subjunctive forms: no gradúes, no gradúe, no graduemos, no graduéis, no gradúen.