imprimir Imperfect Subjunctive Conjugation
imprimir — to print
The imperfect subjunctive of imprimir uses the -ra endings: imprimiera, imprimieras, imprimiera, imprimiéramos, imprimierais, imprimieran.
imprimir Imperfect Subjunctive Forms
When to Use the Imperfect Subjunctive
Use this for past requests or hypothetical situations. For example, if you were asking someone to print something yesterday or saying 'If I printed this, it would look better.'
Notes on imprimir in the Imperfect Subjunctive
This tense is regular. It is formed by taking the 3rd person plural of the preterite (imprimieron), dropping the -on, and adding the subjunctive endings.
Example Sentences
Si imprimiera el libro, sería muy largo.
If I printed the book, it would be very long.
yo
Me pidió que imprimiera los documentos.
He asked me to print the documents.
él/ella/usted
Si imprimiéramos más copias, gastaríamos todo el papel.
If we printed more copies, we would use up all the paper.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Forgetting the accent on the 'nosotros' form.
Correct: imprimiéramos
Why: The nosotros form of the imperfect subjunctive always requires a written accent on the vowel before the -ramos ending.
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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.
Imperfect
yo: imprimía
The imperfect of imprimir is regular: imprimía, imprimías, imprimía, imprimíamos, imprimíais, imprimían.
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.
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.