movilizar Imperfect Subjunctive Conjugation
movilizar — to mobilize
The imperfect subjunctive is regular for movilizar: movilizara, movilizaras, movilizara, movilizáramos, movilizarais, movilizaran.
movilizar Imperfect Subjunctive Forms
When to Use the Imperfect Subjunctive
Use this for past-tense doubts or hypothetical situations, like 'If they mobilized more people, they would win'.
Notes on movilizar in the Imperfect Subjunctive
Movilizar is regular in the imperfect subjunctive. No spelling change (z > c) occurs here because the endings start with 'a'.
Example Sentences
Si el gobierno movilizara al ejército, habría caos.
If the government mobilized the army, there would be chaos.
él/ella/usted
Me gustaría que tú movilizaras a tus contactos.
I would like you to mobilize your contacts.
tú
Dudaba que movilizaran a tanta gente.
I doubted that they would mobilize so many people.
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Forgetting the accent on the nosotros form: 'movilizaramos'.
Correct: movilizáramos
Why: The nosotros form of the imperfect subjunctive always requires a written accent on the third-to-last syllable.
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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.
Imperfect
yo: movilizaba
The imperfect of movilizar is regular: movilizaba, movilizabas, movilizaba, movilizábamos, movilizabais, movilizaban.
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.
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.