movilizar Imperfect Conjugation
movilizar — to mobilize
The imperfect of movilizar is regular: movilizaba, movilizabas, movilizaba, movilizábamos, movilizabais, movilizaban.
movilizar Imperfect Forms
When to Use the Imperfect
Use this for ongoing or habitual past actions, like 'In those days, we used to mobilize for every cause'.
Notes on movilizar in the Imperfect
Movilizar is fully regular in the imperfect indicative, following the -aba pattern for -ar verbs.
Example Sentences
Antes, el partido movilizaba a miles de personas.
Before, the party used to mobilize thousands of people.
él/ella/usted
Nosotros movilizábamos los camiones cada noche.
We were mobilizing the trucks every night.
nosotros
Tú movilizabas a tus amigos para jugar fútbol.
You used to mobilize your friends to play soccer.
tú
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Confusing 'movilizaba' with 'movilizara'.
Correct: movilizaba
Why: -aba is for past descriptions (indicative); -ara is for hypotheticals (subjunctive).
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: movilizo
The present tense of movilizar is regular: movilizo, movilizas, moviliza, movilizamos, movilizáis, movilizan.
Preterite
yo: movilicé
The preterite of movilizar has a spelling change in the 'yo' form only: movilicé.
Future
yo: movilizaré
The future tense of movilizar is regular: movilizaré, movilizarás, movilizará, movilizaremos, movilizaréis, movilizarán.
Conditional
yo: movilizaría
The conditional of movilizar is regular: movilizaría, movilizarías, movilizaría, movilizaríamos, movilizaríais, movilizarían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: movilice
The present subjunctive of movilizar features a spelling change from 'z' to 'c' in all forms: movilice, movilices, movilice, movilicemos, movilicéis, movilicen.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: movilizara
The imperfect subjunctive is regular for movilizar: movilizara, movilizaras, movilizara, movilizáramos, movilizarais, movilizaran.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: moviliza
The imperative of movilizar uses 'z' for tú/vosotros and 'c' for usted/ustedes/nosotros.
Negative Imperative
yo: no movilices
The negative imperative always uses the 'c' spelling change: no movilices, no movilice, no movilicemos, no movilicéis, no movilicen.