patear Imperfect Conjugation
patear — to kick
The imperfect of patear is regular: pateaba, pateabas, pateaba, pateábamos, pateabais, pateaban.
patear Imperfect Forms
When to Use the Imperfect
Use the imperfect to describe recurring kicks in the past, like a habit during childhood soccer games, or to describe an ongoing action of kicking while something else happened.
Notes on patear in the Imperfect
Patear is regular in the imperfect. Note that the 'nosotros' form always carries an accent: pateábamos.
Example Sentences
De niño, yo pateaba la pelota todo el día.
As a child, I used to kick the ball all day.
yo
Ellos siempre pateaban las piedras del camino.
They were always kicking the stones on the path.
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Nosotros pateábamos el balón mientras esperábamos.
We were kicking the ball while we waited.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: pateabamos
Correct: pateábamos
Why: The 'nosotros' form of -ar verbs in the imperfect always requires an accent on the first 'a' of the ending.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: pateo
The present of patear is regular: pateo, pateas, patea, pateamos, pateáis, patean.
Preterite
yo: pateé
The preterite of patear is regular: pateé, pateaste, pateó, pateamos, pateasteis, patearon.
Future
yo: patearé
The future of patear is regular: patearé, patearás, pateará, patearemos, patearéis, patearán.
Conditional
yo: patearía
The conditional of patear is regular: patearía, patearías, patearía, patearíamos, patearíais, patearían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: patee
The present subjunctive of patear is regular: patee, patees, patee, pateemos, pateéis, pateen.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: pateara
The imperfect subjunctive of patear is regular: pateara, patearas, pateara, pateáramos, patearais, patearan.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: patea
The affirmative imperative of patear uses: patea (tú), patee (usted), patead (vosotros), pateen (ustedes).
Negative Imperative
yo: no patees
The negative imperative of patear is: no patees, no patee, no pateemos, no pateéis, no pateen.