Confusing Past Forms

The ending '-é' is the key signal in Spanish that the person doing the action was 'yo' (I) and the action happened at a specific point in the past.

Identifying the Speaker

'Imaginé' is used for a single, completed action, like 'I imagined that once.' If you want to describe how you used to imagine things repeatedly or over a long time, you would use 'imaginaba' (the imperfect tense).

Preterite Tense Use

Since 'imaginar' is a regular verb, its past tense follows the same pattern as common verbs like 'hablar' (hablé) and 'cantar' (canté). If you know one, you know them all!

Regular AR Verb Pattern

This is a very common past tense form used when talking about thoughts, dreams, or plans that occurred at a specific moment in the past.

Learn the meaning and correct usage of 'imaginé', the first-person singular preterite conjugation of the regular Spanish verb 'imaginar' (to imagine). Includes examples and past tense tips for A1 learners.

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indicative

present

future

imperfect

conditional

preterite

imperative

negative

affirmative

subjunctive

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