indicar Imperfect Conjugation
indicar — to indicate
The imperfect of indicar is regular: indicaba, indicabas, indicaba, indicábamos, indicabais, indicaban.
indicar Imperfect Forms
When to Use the Imperfect
Use the imperfect to describe ongoing situations or repeated actions in the past, like what a GPS was showing during a trip or instructions a teacher used to give.
Notes on indicar in the Imperfect
Indicar is fully regular in the imperfect. Remember the accent mark on the nosotros form.
Example Sentences
El GPS indicaba una ruta diferente.
The GPS was indicating a different route.
él/ella/usted
Siempre nos indicaban los mismos errores.
They always pointed out the same mistakes to us.
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Yo indicaba los nombres en la lista.
I was pointing out the names on the list.
yo
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Forgetting the accent on 'indicábamos'.
Correct: indicábamos
Why: All -ar verbs in the imperfect require an accent on the 'a' in the nosotros form.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: indico
The present tense of indicar is fully regular: indico, indicas, indica, indicamos, indicáis, indican.
Preterite
yo: indiqué
The preterite of indicar has a spelling change in the first person: indiqué, indicaste, indicó, indicamos, indicasteis, indicaron.
Future
yo: indicaré
The future tense of indicar is regular: indicaré, indicarás, indicará, indicaremos, indicaréis, indicarán.
Conditional
yo: indicaría
The conditional of indicar is regular: indicaría, indicarías, indicaría, indicaríamos, indicaríais, indicarían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: indique
The present subjunctive of indicar uses a 'qu' spelling in all forms: indique, indiques, indique, indiquemos, indiquéis, indiquen.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: indicara
The imperfect subjunctive of indicar is regular: indicara, indicaras, indicara, indicáramos, indicarais, indicaran.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: indica
The imperative of indicar includes spelling changes for formal commands: indica, indique, indiquemos, indicad, indiquen.
Negative Imperative
yo: no indiques
The negative imperative of indicar uses 'qu' in all forms: no indiques, no indique, no indiquemos, no indiquéis, no indiquen.