lograr Imperfect Conjugation
lograr — to achieve
Lograr is regular in the imperfect: lograba, lograbas, lograba, lográbamos, lograbais, lograban.
lograr Imperfect Forms
When to Use the Imperfect
Use the imperfect to describe achievements that were habitual in the past or to describe a process of 'managing' to do something before it was completed.
Notes on lograr in the Imperfect
Lograr is regular in the imperfect. Only the 'nosotros' form carries an accent: lográbamos.
Example Sentences
De niño, yo lograba todo lo que quería.
As a child, I used to achieve everything I wanted.
yo
Antes nosotros lográbamos mejores resultados.
Before, we used to achieve better results.
nosotros
Tú siempre lograbas hacerme reír.
You always managed to make me laugh.
tú
Common Mistakes
Mistake: lograba (for nosotros)
Correct: lográbamos
Why: Learners often forget the mandatory accent on the -ábamos ending for nosotros.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: logro
Lograr is regular in the present tense: logro, logras, logra, logramos, lográis, logran.
Preterite
yo: logré
Lograr is regular in the preterite: logré, lograste, logró, logramos, lograsteis, lograron.
Future
yo: lograré
Lograr is regular in the future: lograré, lograrás, logrará, lograremos, lograréis, lograrán.
Conditional
yo: lograría
Lograr is regular in the conditional: lograría, lograrías, lograría, lograríamos, lograríais, lograrían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: logre
Lograr follows regular -ar subjunctive rules: logre, logres, logre, logremos, logréis, logren.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: lograra
Lograr is regular in the imperfect subjunctive: lograra, lograras, lograra, lográramos, lograrais, lograran.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: logra
The imperative of lograr uses logra (tú) and lograd (vosotros), while others use subjunctive forms.
Negative Imperative
yo: no logres
The negative imperative of lograr uses the present subjunctive forms: no logres, no logre, no logremos, no logréis, no logren.