marcar Imperfect Subjunctive Conjugation
marcar — dial
The imperfect subjunctive is regular: marcara, marcaras, marcara, marcáramos, marcarais, marcaran.
marcar Imperfect Subjunctive Forms
When to Use the Imperfect Subjunctive
Use this for hypothetical situations in the past or after 'if' clauses (e.g., 'If I dialed the number...').
Notes on marcar in the Imperfect Subjunctive
It follows the standard rule of using the 3rd person plural preterite (marcaron) as the base. No special spelling changes are needed here because the endings start with 'a'.
Example Sentences
Si yo marcara ese gol, seríamos campeones.
If I scored that goal, we would be champions.
yo
Le pedí que marcara mi número.
I asked him to dial my number.
él/ella/usted
Common Mistakes
Mistake: marcaramos
Correct: marcáramos
Why: The 'nosotros' form always requires an accent on the vowel before the 'ramos' ending.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: marco
The present tense of marcar is completely regular: marco, marcas, marca, marcamos, marcáis, marcan.
Preterite
yo: marqué
The preterite of marcar has a spelling change in the first person: marqué, marcaste, marcó, marcamos, marcasteis, marcaron.
Imperfect
yo: marcaba
The imperfect of marcar is regular: marcaba, marcabas, marcaba, marcábamos, marcabais, marcaban.
Future
yo: marcaré
The future tense is formed by adding endings to the full infinitive: marcaré, marcarás, marcará, marcaremos, marcaréis, marcarán.
Conditional
yo: marcaría
The conditional uses the infinitive plus -ía endings: marcaría, marcarías, marcaría, marcaríamos, marcaríais, marcarían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: marque
The present subjunctive uses a 'qu' spelling change: marque, marques, marque, marquemos, marquéis, marquen.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: marca
Give commands with marcar: marca (tú), marque (usted), marcad (vosotros), marquen (ustedes).
Negative Imperative
yo: no marques
Negative commands use the subjunctive with 'no': no marques, no marque, no marquemos, no marquéis, no marquen.