lanzar Imperfect Conjugation
lanzar — throw
The imperfect of lanzar is regular: lanzaba, lanzabas, lanzaba, lanzábamos, lanzabais, lanzaban.
lanzar Imperfect Forms
When to Use the Imperfect
Use this for past habits (like a sport you used to play) or to describe an action in progress when something else happened.
Notes on lanzar in the Imperfect
Lanzar is regular in the imperfect. Like all -ar verbs, it uses the -aba endings.
Example Sentences
De niño, yo lanzaba piedras al río.
As a child, I used to throw stones into the river.
yo
Mientras lanzaban el cohete, todos miraban al cielo.
While they were launching the rocket, everyone was looking at the sky.
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Nosotros lanzábamos la pelota en el parque cada tarde.
We used to throw the ball in the park every afternoon.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: lanzabamos
Correct: lanzábamos
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: lanzo
The present tense of lanzar is regular: lanzo, lanzas, lanza, lanzamos, lanzáis, lanzan.
Preterite
yo: lancé
The preterite of lanzar has a spelling change in the 'yo' form (lancé) to keep the 's' sound.
Future
yo: lanzaré
The future of lanzar is regular: lanzaré, lanzarás, lanzará, lanzaremos, lanzaréis, lanzarán.
Conditional
yo: lanzaría
The conditional of lanzar is regular: lanzaría, lanzarías, lanzaría, lanzaríamos, lanzaríais, lanzarían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: lance
The present subjunctive of lanzar features a spelling change (z > c) in all forms: lance, lances, lance, lancemos, lancéis, lancen.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: lanzara
The imperfect subjunctive of lanzar is regular: lanzara, lanzaras, lanzara, lanzáramos, lanzarais, lanzaran.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: lanza
The imperative of lanzar gives commands: lanza (tú), lanzad (vosotros), lance (usted).
Negative Imperative
yo: no lances
The negative imperative of lanzar uses the present subjunctive: no lances, no lance, no lancemos, no lancéis, no lancen.