mear Imperfect Conjugation
mear — to pee
The imperfect of mear is regular: meaba, meabas, meaba, meábamos, meabais, meaban.
mear Imperfect Forms
When to Use the Imperfect
Use the imperfect to describe a recurring habit or an ongoing state in the past, like a dog that used to pee on the rug every day.
Notes on mear in the Imperfect
Mear is completely regular in the imperfect. It follows the standard -ar ending pattern without any stem changes.
Example Sentences
De niño, meaba en la cama a veces.
As a child, I used to pee in bed sometimes.
yo
El perro siempre meaba en ese árbol.
The dog always used to pee on that tree.
él/ella/usted
Nos meábamos de la risa con sus chistes.
We were peeing ourselves laughing at his jokes.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Forgetting the accent on meábamos.
Correct: meábamos
Why: The 'nosotros' form of the imperfect always requires an accent on the antepenultimate syllable.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: meo
The present of mear is regular: meo, meas, mea, meamos, meáis, mean.
Preterite
yo: meé
The preterite of mear is regular: meé, measte, meó, meamos, measteis, mearon.
Future
yo: mearé
The future of mear is regular: mearé, mearás, meará, mearemos, mearéis, mearán.
Conditional
yo: mearía
The conditional of mear is regular: mearía, mearías, mearía, mearíamos, mearíais, mearían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: mee
The present subjunctive of mear is regular: mee, mees, mee, meemos, meéis, meen.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: meara
The imperfect subjunctive of mear is regular: meara, mearas, meara, meáramos, mearais, mearan.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: mea
The affirmative imperative of mear: mea (tú), mead (vosotros), mee (usted).
Negative Imperative
yo: no mees
The negative imperative of mear uses the subjunctive: no mees, no meéis, no mee.