informar Imperfect Conjugation
informar — to inform
Informar is regular in the imperfect: informaba, informabas, informaba, informábamos, informabais, informaban.
informar Imperfect Forms
When to Use the Imperfect
Use the imperfect when you were in the process of informing someone or if you used to provide updates regularly in the past. It sets the background for other actions.
Notes on informar in the Imperfect
Informar is a completely regular -ar verb in the imperfect tense.
Example Sentences
El secretario nos informaba de los cambios cada semana.
The secretary used to inform us of the changes every week.
él/ella/usted
Mientras yo informaba a los clientes, mi jefe preparaba los contratos.
While I was informing the clients, my boss was preparing the contracts.
yo
Nos informabais siempre con mucha antelación.
You all used to inform us with plenty of notice.
vosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Forgetting the accent on 'informábamos'.
Correct: informábamos
Why: In the imperfect, the 'nosotros' form of -ar verbs always carries an accent on the antepenultimate syllable.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: informo
Informar is a standard -ar verb in the present: informo, informas, informa, informamos, informáis, informan.
Preterite
yo: informé
Informar is regular in the preterite: informé, informaste, informó, informamos, informasteis, informaron.
Future
yo: informaré
The future of informar uses the infinitive as the stem: informaré, informarás, informará, informaremos, informaréis, informarán.
Conditional
yo: informaría
The conditional uses the infinitive plus -ía endings: informaría, informarías, informaría, informaríamos, informaríais, informarían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: informe
The present subjunctive of informar changes the 'a' to 'e': informe, informes, informe, informemos, informéis, informen.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: informara
The imperfect subjunctive of informar is built from the 'ellos' preterite: informara, informaras, informara, informáramos, informarais, informaran.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: informa
The affirmative imperative forms are: informa (tú), informe (usted), informemos (nosotros), informad (vosotros), informen (ustedes).
Negative Imperative
yo: no informes
The negative imperative uses 'no' + present subjunctive: no informes, no informe, no informemos, no informéis, no informen.