producir Imperfect Conjugation
producir — to produce
Producir is regular in the imperfect: producía, producías, producía, producíamos, producíais, producían.
producir Imperfect Forms
When to Use the Imperfect
Use the imperfect to describe ongoing production in the past or how things used to be produced habitually.
Notes on producir in the Imperfect
Producir is regular in the imperfect. All -ir verbs use the -ía endings with an accent on the 'i'.
Example Sentences
Antes, la empresa producía todo a mano.
Before, the company used to produce everything by hand.
él/ella/usted
Las máquinas producían un ruido constante.
The machines were producing a constant noise.
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Common Mistakes
Mistake: producia
Correct: producía
Why: The accent on the 'í' is mandatory in the imperfect to distinguish the sound and the tense.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: produzco
Producir is a 'yo-go' style irregular with a 'zc' in the first person: produzco.
Preterite
yo: produje
Producir uses a 'j' stem (produj-) and special endings in the preterite: produje, produjiste, produjo, produjimos, produjisteis, produjeron.
Future
yo: produciré
Producir is regular in the future: produciré, producirás, producirá, produciremos, produciréis, producirán.
Conditional
yo: produciría
Producir is regular in the conditional: produciría, producirías, produciría, produciríamos, produciríais, producirían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: produzca
The present subjunctive uses the 'zc' stem: produzca, produzcas, produzca, produzcamos, produzcáis, produzcan.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: produjera
This tense uses the 'j' stem from the preterite: produjera, produjeras, produjera, produjéramos, produjerais, produjeran.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: produce
Commands for producir: produce (tú), produzca (usted), produzcamos (nosotros), producid (vosotros), produzcan (ustedes).
Negative Imperative
yo: no produzcas
Negative commands use the present subjunctive: no produzcas, no produzca, no produzcamos, no produzcáis, no produzcan.