intensificar Imperfect Conjugation
intensificar — to intensify
The imperfect of intensificar is regular: intensificaba, intensificabas, intensificaba, intensificábamos, intensificabais, intensificaban.
intensificar Imperfect Forms
When to Use the Imperfect
Use this to describe an ongoing or habitual increase in intensity in the past, or to set the scene (e.g., 'The wind was intensifying when we arrived').
Notes on intensificar in the Imperfect
This verb is fully regular in the imperfect. Like all -ar verbs, it uses the -aba endings.
Example Sentences
El ruido se intensificaba a medida que nos acercábamos.
The noise was intensifying as we got closer.
él/ella/usted
Antes, intensificábamos la producción en invierno.
Before, we used to intensify production in winter.
nosotros
Los problemas se intensificaban cada año.
The problems were intensifying every year.
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Common Mistakes
Mistake: intensificabamos (no accent)
Correct: intensificábamos
Why: The 'nosotros' form of the imperfect always requires an accent on the first 'a' of the ending.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: intensifico
The present tense of intensificar is completely regular: intensifico, intensificas, intensifica, intensificamos, intensificáis, intensifican.
Preterite
yo: intensifiqué
The preterite of intensificar has a spelling change only in the 'yo' form: intensifiqué.
Future
yo: intensificaré
The future tense of intensificar is regular: add endings to the infinitive (intensificar + é, ás, á, emos, éis, án).
Conditional
yo: intensificaría
The conditional of intensificar is regular: add -ía, -ías, -ía, -íamos, -íais, -ían to the infinitive.
Present Subjunctive
yo: intensifique
The present subjunctive of intensificar requires a c-to-qu spelling change: intensifique, intensifiques, intensifique, intensifiquemos, intensifiquéis, intensifiquen.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: intensificara
The imperfect subjunctive is formed from the third-person plural preterite: intensificara, intensificaras, intensificara, intensificáramos, intensificarais, intensificaran.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: intensifica
The imperative uses regular -ar endings for 'tú' (intensifica) and spelling-change forms for others (intensifique, intensifiquen).
Negative Imperative
yo: no intensifiques
The negative imperative of intensificar always uses the 'qu' spelling change: no intensifiques, no intensifique, etc.