medicar Imperfect Conjugation
medicar — to prescribe medicine
The imperfect of medicar is regular: medicaba, medicabas, medicaba, medicábamos, medicabais, medicaban.
medicar Imperfect Forms
When to Use the Imperfect
Use this to describe how medication used to be handled in the past, or ongoing actions without a specific end.
Notes on medicar in the Imperfect
Medicar is regular in the imperfect. All -ar verbs use the -aba endings.
Example Sentences
Antes, el doctor me medicaba cada mes.
Before, the doctor used to medicate me every month.
él/ella/usted
Nosotros medicábamos a los animales por la mañana.
We used to medicate the animals in the morning.
nosotros
Ellos medicaban a los pacientes sin permiso.
They were medicating the patients without permission.
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Using 'medicía' instead of 'medicaba'.
Correct: medicaba
Why: Only -er and -ir verbs use -ía; -ar verbs like medicar always use -aba.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: medico
Medicar is completely regular in the present indicative: medico, medicas, medica, medicamos, medicáis, medican.
Preterite
yo: mediqué
Medicar is regular except for the 'yo' form, which changes to 'mediqué' to preserve the sound.
Future
yo: medicaré
The future of medicar is regular: medicaré, medicarás, medicará, medicaremos, medicaréis, medicarán.
Conditional
yo: medicaría
The conditional of medicar is regular: medicaría, medicarías, medicaría, medicaríamos, medicaríais, medicarían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: medique
Medicar undergoes a c to qu spelling change in all persons: medique, mediques, medique, mediquemos, mediquéis, mediquen.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: medicara
The imperfect subjunctive of medicar is regular based on the preterite: medicara, medicaras, medicara, medicáramos, medicarais, medicaran.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: medica
The imperative uses regular -ar endings, but the 'usted' and 'ustedes' forms use the 'qu' spelling change.
Negative Imperative
yo: no mediques
The negative imperative always uses the 'qu' spelling change: no mediques, no medique, no mediquemos, no mediquéis, no mediquen.