matizar Imperfect Conjugation
matizar — to qualify
The imperfect of matizar is regular: matizaba, matizabas, matizaba, matizábamos, matizabais, matizaban.
matizar Imperfect Forms
When to Use the Imperfect
Use this tense to describe a background process of clarification or how someone used to constantly add nuances to their speech in the past.
Notes on matizar in the Imperfect
Matizar is regular in the imperfect. All -ar verbs use the -aba endings.
Example Sentences
Él matizaba cada detalle de la historia.
He used to clarify every detail of the story.
él/ella/usted
Mientras yo hablaba, tú matizabas mis errores.
While I was talking, you were qualifying my mistakes.
tú
Matizábamos los colores de la pintura poco a poco.
We were adjusting the nuances of the paint colors little by little.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Forgetting the accent on 'matizábamos'.
Correct: The nosotros form is matizábamos.
Why: All 'nosotros' forms in the imperfect indicative for -ar verbs require an accent on the antepenultimate syllable.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: matizo
The present tense of matizar is regular: matizo, matizas, matiza, matizamos, matizáis, matizan.
Preterite
yo: maticé
The preterite features a spelling change in the 'yo' form: maticé, matizaste, matizó, matizamos, matizasteis, matizaron.
Future
yo: matizaré
The future of matizar is regular: matizaré, matizarás, matizará, matizaremos, matizaréis, matizarán.
Conditional
yo: matizaría
The conditional of matizar is regular: matizaría, matizarías, matizaría, matizaríamos, matizaríais, matizarían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: matice
The present subjunctive of matizar requires a spelling change in all forms: matice, matices, matice, maticemos, maticéis, maticen.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: matizara
The imperfect subjunctive of matizar is regular: matizara, matizaras, matizara, matizáramos, matizarais, matizaran.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: matiza
The imperative uses 'z' for the tú form, but 'c' for formal and plural commands: matiza, matice, maticemos, maticéis, maticen.
Negative Imperative
yo: no matices
The negative imperative always uses the 'c' spelling change: no matices, no matice, no maticemos, no maticéis, no maticen.