justificar Imperfect Subjunctive Conjugation
justificar — to justify
The imperfect subjunctive is regular: justificara, justificaras, justificara, justificáramos, justificarais, justificaran.
justificar Imperfect Subjunctive Forms
When to Use the Imperfect Subjunctive
Use this for hypothetical situations ('if I justified...') or past requests/doubts about a justification.
Notes on justificar in the Imperfect Subjunctive
This tense is regular. It is built from the third-person plural preterite (justificaron).
Example Sentences
Si yo justificara mi error, ¿me perdonarías?
If I justified my error, would you forgive me?
yo
Me pidieron que justificara mi respuesta.
They asked me to justify my answer.
él/ella/usted
Sería mejor que ellos justificaran sus acciones.
It would be better if they justified their actions.
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Forgetting the accent in 'justificáramos'.
Correct: justificáramos
Why: The 'nosotros' form of the imperfect subjunctive always requires an accent on the third-to-last syllable.
Master Spanish verbs in context
Memorizing tables only gets you so far. Read 200+ illustrated and narrated Spanish stories to see verbs like 'justificar' used naturally — in the tenses you're learning.
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.
Imperfect
yo: justificaba
The imperfect of justificar is fully regular: justificaba, justificabas, justificaba, justificábamos, justificabais, justificaban.
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...
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...