monitorear Imperfect Conjugation
monitorear — to monitor
The imperfect of monitorear is regular: monitoreaba, monitoreabas, monitoreaba, monitoreábamos, monitoreabais, monitoreaban.
monitorear Imperfect Forms
When to Use the Imperfect
Use the imperfect of monitorear to describe ongoing or habitual actions in the past, or to set the scene. For instance, 'He used to monitor the patients' charts' or 'While I was monitoring the system, the alarm went off'.
Notes on monitorear in the Imperfect
Monitorear is regular in the imperfect tense. The endings are standard for -ar verbs in the imperfect.
Example Sentences
Yo monitoreaba el progreso de mi tesis cada día.
I used to monitor the progress of my thesis every day.
yo
¿Tú monitoreabas las cámaras de seguridad?
Were you monitoring the security cameras?
tú
El doctor monitoreaba al paciente durante la cirugía.
The doctor was monitoring the patient during the surgery.
él/ella/usted
Nosotros monitoreábamos las estrellas con un telescopio.
We used to monitor the stars with a telescope.
nosotros
Ellos monitoreaban el tráfico aéreo.
They were monitoring the air traffic.
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Using the preterite ('monitoreó') instead of the imperfect ('monitoreaba') for an ongoing past action.
Correct: Use 'monitoreaba' for ongoing or habitual past actions.
Why: The imperfect describes actions in progress or repeated in the past, without a specific end point, unlike the preterite.
Mistake: Confusing the imperfect with the present tense.
Correct: Remember imperfect endings have 'aba' or 'ía'.
Why: The imperfect describes past situations, not current ones.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: monitoreo
The present indicative of monitorear is regular: monitoreo, monitoreas, monitorea, monitoreamos, monitoreáis, monitorean.
Preterite
yo: monitoreé
The preterite of monitorear is regular: monitoreé, monitoreaste, monitoreó, monitoreamos, monitoreasteis, monitorearon.
Future
yo: monitorearé
The future tense of monitorear is regular: monitorearé, monitorearás, monitoreará, monitorearemos, monitorearéis, monitorearán.
Conditional
yo: monitorearía
The conditional of monitorear is regular: monitorearía, monitorearías, monitorearía, monitorearíamos, monitorearíais, monitorearían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: monitoree
The present subjunctive of monitorear is monitoree, monitorees, monitoree, monitoreemos, monitoreéis, monitoreen.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: monitoreara
The imperfect subjunctive of monitorear (monitoreara/monitorease) is used for past hypotheticals, wishes, or doubts.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: monitorea
The imperative of monitorear is mostly regular: monitorea (tú), monitoree (usted), monitoreemos (nosotros), monitoreen (ustedes), monitoread (vosotros).
Negative Imperative
yo: no monitorees
Negative commands for monitorear use the present subjunctive: no monitorees (tú), no monitoree (usted), no monitoreemos (nosotros), no monitoreen (ustedes), no monitoreéis (vosotros).