pecar Imperfect Subjunctive Conjugation
pecar — to sin
The imperfect subjunctive of pecar is regular, built from the third-person plural preterite: pecara, pecaras, pecara, pecáramos, pecarais, pecaran.
pecar Imperfect Subjunctive Forms
When to Use the Imperfect Subjunctive
Use this for hypothetical situations or past emotions regarding an act of sinning or erring, especially in 'if' clauses (Si pecara...).
Notes on pecar in the Imperfect Subjunctive
Pecar is regular in this tense. Remember that the 'nosotros' form always requires an accent on the vowel before the suffix.
Example Sentences
Si yo pecara, pediría perdón.
If I were to sin, I would ask for forgiveness.
yo
No quería que pecáramos de ingenuos.
I didn't want us to err on the side of being naive.
nosotros
Me sorprendió que él pecara tanto.
It surprised me that he sinned so much.
él/ella/usted
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Forgetting the accent on pecáramos.
Correct: pecáramos
Why: The 'nosotros' form of the imperfect subjunctive always carries an accent on the stressed syllable.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: peco
The present tense of pecar is fully regular: peco, pecas, peca, pecamos, pecáis, pecan.
Preterite
yo: pequé
The preterite of pecar is regular except for the 'yo' form (pequé), which uses 'qu' to keep the hard 'k' sound.
Imperfect
yo: pecaba
The imperfect of pecar is regular: pecaba, pecabas, pecaba, pecábamos, pecabais, pecaban.
Future
yo: pecaré
The future tense of pecar is regular: pecaré, pecarás, pecará, pecaremos, pecaréis, pecarán.
Conditional
yo: pecaría
The conditional of pecar is regular: pecaría, pecarías, pecaría, pecaríamos, pecaríais, pecarían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: peque
The present subjunctive of pecar features a c-to-qu spelling change: peque, peques, peque, pequemos, pequéis, pequen.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: peca
The imperative of pecar uses 'peca' (tú) and 'peque' (usted), with the spelling change in formal forms.
Negative Imperative
yo: no peques
The negative imperative of pecar uses the present subjunctive forms: no peques, no peque, no pequemos, no pequéis, no pequen.