justificar Imperfect Conjugation
justificar — to justify
The imperfect of justificar is fully regular: justificaba, justificabas, justificaba, justificábamos, justificabais, justificaban.
justificar Imperfect Forms
When to Use the Imperfect
Use this for ongoing justifications in the past, or to describe how someone used to explain things habitually.
Notes on justificar in the Imperfect
Justificar is regular in the imperfect. Note the accent on the 'nosotros' form (justificábamos).
Example Sentences
Antes, él justificaba todo con mentiras.
Before, he used to justify everything with lies.
él/ella/usted
Nosotros justificábamos los errores por la falta de tiempo.
We were justifying the errors because of the lack of time.
nosotros
Ellos justificaban su actitud constantemente.
They justified their attitude constantly.
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Forgetting the accent on 'justificábamos'.
Correct: justificábamos
Why: All -ar verbs in the imperfect require an accent on the 'nosotros' form.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: justifico
The present tense of justificar is regular: justifico, justificas, justifica, justificamos, justificáis, justifican.
Preterite
yo: justifiqué
The preterite features a spelling change in the 'yo' form: justifiqué, but otherwise follows regular -ar patterns.
Future
yo: justificaré
The future of justificar is regular: justificaré, justificarás, justificará, justificaremos, justificaréis, justificarán.
Conditional
yo: justificaría
The conditional of justificar is regular: justificaría, justificarías, justificaría, justificaríamos, justificaríais, justificarían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: justifique
The present subjunctive changes 'c' to 'qu' in all forms: justifiqué, justifiques, justifique...
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: justificara
The imperfect subjunctive is regular: justificara, justificaras, justificara, justificáramos, justificarais, justificaran.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: justifica
Use 'justifica' (tú) or 'justifique' (usted) to command someone to provide a reason.
Negative Imperative
yo: no justifiques
The negative imperative uses 'no' plus the present subjunctive: no justifiques, no justifique...