identificar Imperfect Conjugation
identificar — to identify
The imperfect of identificar is regular: identificaba, identificabas, identificaba...
identificar Imperfect Forms
When to Use the Imperfect
Use the imperfect for ongoing past identification (e.g., 'I was identifying') or habitual past actions (e.g., 'We used to identify').
Notes on identificar in the Imperfect
This verb is regular in the imperfect tense.
Example Sentences
Antes, la policía identificaba a las personas manualmente.
Before, the police used to identify people manually.
él/ella/usted
Yo identificaba las aves por su canto cuando era niño.
I used to identify birds by their song when I was a child.
yo
Nosotros identificábamos las fallas mientras trabajábamos.
We were identifying the flaws while we were working.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: identificabamos (no accent)
Correct: identificábamos
Why: The 'nosotros' form of -ar verbs in the imperfect always needs an accent on the first 'a' of the ending.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: identifico
Identificar is a regular -ar verb in the present tense: identifico, identificas, identifica...
Preterite
yo: identifiqué
The preterite of identificar has a spelling change in the 'yo' form: identifiqué.
Future
yo: identificaré
The future of identificar is regular: just add -é, -ás, -á, -emos, -éis, -án to the infinitive.
Conditional
yo: identificaría
The conditional of identificar is regular: identificaría, identificarías, identificaría...
Present Subjunctive
yo: identifique
The present subjunctive of identificar uses 'qu' in all forms: identifique, identifiques, etc.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: identificara
The imperfect subjunctive of identificar is regular: identificara, identificaras, identificara...
Affirmative Imperative
yo: identifica
The imperative of identificar gives commands: identifica (tú), identifique (usted).
Negative Imperative
yo: no identifiques
The negative imperative of identificar always uses the 'qu' spelling: no identifiques, no identifique.