imprimir Imperfect Conjugation
imprimir — to print
The imperfect of imprimir is regular: imprimía, imprimías, imprimía, imprimíamos, imprimíais, imprimían.
imprimir Imperfect Forms
When to Use the Imperfect
Use this to describe a printing action that was ongoing in the past or a habit, like 'I used to print my own newspapers.'
Notes on imprimir in the Imperfect
Imprimir is regular in the imperfect. All -ir verbs use the -ía endings.
Example Sentences
Antes, nosotros imprimíamos todo en papel.
Before, we used to print everything on paper.
nosotros
La impresora no funcionaba mientras imprimía el archivo.
The printer wasn't working while it was printing the file.
él/ella/usted
Tú siempre imprimías tus apuntes antes de clase.
You always used to print your notes before class.
tú
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Confusing 'imprimía' with 'imprimiría'.
Correct: imprimía (imperfect) vs imprimiría (conditional).
Why: The conditional includes the 'r' from the infinitive, while the imperfect does not.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: imprimo
The present tense of imprimir is regular: imprimo, imprimes, imprime, imprimimos, imprimís, imprimen.
Preterite
yo: imprimí
The preterite of imprimir is regular: imprimí, imprimiste, imprimió, imprimimos, imprimisteis, imprimieron.
Future
yo: imprimiré
The future of imprimir is regular: añadiré the endings to the infinitive: imprimiré, imprimirás, imprimirá...
Conditional
yo: imprimiría
The conditional of imprimir is regular: añadiría the endings to the infinitive: imprimiría, imprimirías, imprimiría...
Present Subjunctive
yo: imprima
The present subjunctive of imprimir is regular: imprima, imprimas, imprima, imprimamos, imprimáis, impriman.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: imprimiera
The imperfect subjunctive of imprimir uses the -ra endings: imprimiera, imprimieras, imprimiera, imprimiéramos, imprimierais, imprimieran.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: imprime
The affirmative imperative of imprimir: imprime (tú), imprima (usted), imprimamos (nosotros), imprimid (vosotros), impriman (ustedes).
Negative Imperative
yo: no imprimas
The negative imperative of imprimir uses 'no' + present subjunctive: no imprimas, no imprima, no imprimamos, no imprimáis, no impriman.