llorar Imperfect Conjugation
llorar — cry
The imperfect of llorar is regular: lloraba, llorabas, lloraba, llorábamos, llorabais, lloraban.
llorar Imperfect Forms
When to Use the Imperfect
Use the imperfect to describe habitual crying in the past or to set the scene. It's for when someone 'used to cry' or 'was crying' without a specific end time.
Notes on llorar in the Imperfect
Llorar is completely regular in the imperfect. All -ar verbs follow this 'aba' pattern.
Example Sentences
De niño, yo lloraba por todo.
As a child, I used to cry about everything.
yo
El bebé lloraba mientras su madre preparaba la cena.
The baby was crying while his mother was preparing dinner.
él/ella/usted
Siempre llorábamos con esa película.
We always used to cry with that movie.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: llorabamos
Correct: llorábamos
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: lloro
The present of llorar is regular: lloro, lloras, llora, lloramos, lloráis, lloran.
Preterite
yo: lloré
The preterite of llorar is regular: lloré, lloraste, lloró, lloramos, llorasteis, lloraron.
Future
yo: lloraré
The future of llorar is regular: lloraré, llorarás, llorará, lloraremos, lloraréis, llorarán.
Conditional
yo: lloraría
The conditional of llorar is regular: lloraría, llorarías, lloraría, lloraríamos, lloraríais, llorarían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: llore
The present subjunctive of llorar is regular: llore, llores, llore, lloremos, lloréis, lloren.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: llorara
The imperfect subjunctive of llorar follows the -ra pattern: llorara, lloraras, llorara, lloráramos, llorarais, lloraran.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: llora
The affirmative imperative of llorar is: llora (tú), llore (usted), lloremos (nosotros), llorad (vosotros), lloren (ustedes).
Negative Imperative
yo: no llores
The negative imperative uses present subjunctive forms: no llores, no llore, no lloremos, no lloréis, no lloren.