machacar Imperfect Subjunctive Conjugation
machacar — to crush
The imperfect subjunctive of machacar is regular, based on the third-person plural preterite: machacara, machacaras, machacara...
machacar Imperfect Subjunctive Forms
When to Use the Imperfect Subjunctive
Use this for hypothetical situations or past requests involving crushing, like if you 'were to crush' the competition or an ingredient.
Notes on machacar in the Imperfect Subjunctive
This tense is regular for machacar. It follows the standard -ar verb pattern using the 'machacar-' stem.
Example Sentences
Si machacaras más el ajo, tendría más sabor.
If you crushed the garlic more, it would have more flavor.
tú
Me pidió que machacara las nueces.
He asked me to crush the walnuts.
yo
Si machacáramos a los rivales, ganaríamos el torneo.
If we were to crush our rivals, we would win the tournament.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Forgetting the accent on the nosotros form 'machacáramos'.
Correct: machacáramos
Why: All 'nosotros' forms in the imperfect subjunctive require a written accent on the third-to-last syllable.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: machaco
The present tense of machacar is completely regular: machaco, machacas, machaca, machacamos, machacáis, machacan.
Preterite
yo: machaque
The preterite of machacar is regular except for the 'yo' form, which changes to 'machaqué'.
Imperfect
yo: machacaba
The imperfect of machacar is regular: machacaba, machacabas, machacaba, machacábamos, machacabais, machacaban.
Future
yo: machacaré
The future tense of machacar is regular: add endings to the infinitive (machacaré, machacarás, etc.).
Conditional
yo: machacaría
The conditional of machacar is regular: attach -ía endings to the full infinitive (machacaría, machacarías, etc.).
Present Subjunctive
yo: machaque
The present subjunctive of machacar features a spelling change (c to qu) in all forms: machaque, machaques, machaque, machaquemos, machaquéis, machaquen.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: machaca
The imperative of machacar uses the spelling change 'qu' for formal commands (machaque) and 'c' for informal (machaca).
Negative Imperative
yo: no machaques
The negative imperative of machacar always uses the 'qu' spelling change: no machaques, no machaque, no machaquemos, etc.