organizar Imperfect Conjugation
organizar — to organize
The imperfect of organizar is regular, using the standard -aba endings.
organizar Imperfect Forms
When to Use the Imperfect
Use this to describe how you used to organize things in the past as a habit, or to set the scene while something else happened.
Notes on organizar in the Imperfect
This tense is completely regular for organizar. No spelling changes occur here because the endings start with 'a'.
Example Sentences
De niño, yo siempre organizaba mis juguetes por color.
As a child, I always used to organize my toys by color.
yo
Ellos organizaban reuniones todos los lunes.
They used to organize meetings every Monday.
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Mientras tú organizabas la cocina, yo limpiaba el salón.
While you were organizing the kitchen, I was cleaning the living room.
tú
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Adding an accent to the 'yo' or 'él' form (organizába).
Correct: organizaba
Why: Only the 'nosotros' form (organizábamos) carries an accent in the -ar imperfect tense.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: organizo
Organizar is a completely regular -ar verb in the present indicative.
Preterite
yo: organicé
The preterite of organizar has a spelling change in the 'yo' form (organicé) but is otherwise regular.
Future
yo: organizaré
The future tense of organizar is regular: add the endings -é, -ás, -á, -emos, -éis, -án to the infinitive.
Conditional
yo: organizaría
The conditional of organizar is regular: add -ía endings to the full infinitive.
Present Subjunctive
yo: organice
The present subjunctive of organizar changes the 'z' to 'c' in all forms (organice, organices, etc.).
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: organizara
The imperfect subjunctive of organizar is regular, based on the third-person plural preterite (organizaron).
Affirmative Imperative
yo: organiza
The imperative of organizar uses 'organiza' for tú and 'organice' for formal/plural commands.
Negative Imperative
yo: no organices
The negative imperative of organizar always uses the present subjunctive forms with 'no'.