imaginar Preterite Conjugation
imaginar — to imagine
Imaginar is regular in the preterite: imaginé, imaginaste, imaginó, imaginamos, imaginasteis, imaginaron.
imaginar Preterite Forms
When to Use the Preterite
Use the preterite for a specific moment when an idea or image suddenly came to mind, or to describe a completed period of thinking.
Notes on imaginar in the Preterite
Imaginar is fully regular in the preterite. The nosotros form 'imaginamos' is the same as the present tense.
Example Sentences
Ayer imaginé una solución para el problema.
Yesterday I imagined a solution for the problem.
yo
Él imaginó que la fiesta sería una sorpresa.
He imagined that the party would be a surprise.
él/ella/usted
Ustedes imaginaron el final de la película.
You all imagined the end of the movie.
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Common Mistakes
Mistake: imaginó (without accent)
Correct: imaginó
Why: Without the accent, it could be confused with the third-person present 'imagina' or simply be misspelled.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: imagino
Imaginar is regular in the present: imagino, imaginas, imagina, imaginamos, imagináis, imaginan.
Imperfect
yo: imaginaba
The imperfect of imaginar uses the standard -aba endings: imaginaba, imaginabas, imaginaba, imaginábamos, imaginabais, imaginaban.
Future
yo: imaginaré
The future of imaginar is regular: imaginaré, imaginarás, imaginará, imaginaremos, imaginaréis, imaginarán.
Conditional
yo: imaginaría
The conditional of imaginar is regular: imaginaría, imaginarías, imaginaría, imaginaríamos, imaginaríais, imaginarían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: imagine
The present subjunctive of imaginar swaps -a for -e: imagine, imagines, imagine, imaginemos, imaginéis, imaginen.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: imaginara
The imperfect subjunctive of imaginar uses the -ara stem: imaginara, imaginaras, imaginara, imagináramos, imaginararais, imaginaran.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: imagina
The imperative of imaginar uses imagina (tú) and imagine (usted) to give creative commands.
Negative Imperative
yo: no imagines
The negative imperative of imaginar uses the present subjunctive forms: no imagines, no imagine, no imaginemos, no imaginéis, no imaginen.