perjudicar Imperfect Subjunctive Conjugation
perjudicar — to harm
Formed from the preterite: perjudicara, perjudicaras, perjudicara, perjudicáramos, perjudicarais, perjudicaran.
perjudicar Imperfect Subjunctive Forms
When to Use the Imperfect Subjunctive
Use this for hypothetical situations involving harm or when the main verb is in the past, such as 'Si esto me perjudicara, no lo haría'.
Notes on perjudicar in the Imperfect Subjunctive
The verb is regular in this tense, following the standard -ar pattern based on the third-person plural preterite (perjudicaron).
Example Sentences
Si esa decisión me perjudicara, te lo diría.
If that decision harmed me, I would tell you.
yo
Me dio miedo que sus mentiras nos perjudicaran.
I was afraid that his lies would harm us.
ellos/ellas/ustedes
No quería que nadie se perjudicara por mi culpa.
I didn't want anyone to be harmed because of me.
él/ella/usted
Common Mistakes
Mistake: perjudicarais without an accent in nosotros.
Correct: perjudicáramos
Why: The nosotros form of the imperfect subjunctive always requires a written accent on the vowel before the -ramos ending.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: perjudico
Completely regular: perjudico, perjudicas, perjudica, perjudicamos, perjudicáis, perjudican.
Preterite
yo: perjudiqué
Mostly regular, but the 'yo' form changes to perjudiqué to keep the hard 'k' sound.
Imperfect
yo: perjudicaba
Regular -ar imperfect: perjudicaba, perjudicabas, perjudicaba, perjudicábamos, perjudicabais, perjudicaban.
Future
yo: perjudicaré
Regular: perjudicaré, perjudicarás, perjudicará, perjudicaremos, perjudicaréis, perjudicarán.
Conditional
yo: perjudicaría
Regular: perjudicaría, perjudicarías, perjudicaría, perjudicaríamos, perjudicaríais, perjudicarían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: perjudique
Perjudicar has a spelling change (c to qu) in all forms: perjudique, perjudiques, perjudique, perjudiquemos, perjudiquéis, perjudiquen.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: perjudica
Direct commands: perjudica (tú), perjudique (usted), perjudicad (vosotros), perjudiquen (ustedes).
Negative Imperative
yo: no perjudiques
Always uses the 'qu' spelling change: no perjudiques, no perjudique, no perjudiquemos, no perjudiquéis, no perjudiquen.