organizar Preterite Conjugation
organizar — to organize
The preterite of organizar has a spelling change in the 'yo' form (organicé) but is otherwise regular.
organizar Preterite Forms
When to Use the Preterite
Use the preterite to talk about a specific event where you finished organizing something, like a party or a desk, at a concrete point in time.
Notes on organizar in the Preterite
It follows the 'Z to C' spelling rule: before an 'e', the 'z' changes to 'c'. This only affects the 'yo' form (organicé). All other forms are regular -ar endings.
Example Sentences
Organicé mi habitación ayer por la tarde.
I organized my room yesterday afternoon.
yo
¿Organizaste tú la fiesta de cumpleaños?
Did you organize the birthday party?
tú
Ellos organizaron un viaje increíble a México.
They organized an incredible trip to Mexico.
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Writing 'organizé' with a Z.
Correct: organicé
Why: In Spanish, the letter 'z' rarely appears before 'e' or 'i'; it usually changes to 'c' to maintain the soft 's' sound.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: organizo
Organizar is a completely regular -ar verb in the present indicative.
Imperfect
yo: organizaba
The imperfect of organizar is regular, using the standard -aba endings.
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'.