promover Imperfect Conjugation
promover — to promote
The imperfect of promover is regular: promovía, promovías, promovía, promovíamos, promovíais, promovían.
promover Imperfect Forms
When to Use the Imperfect
Use this to describe ongoing efforts in the past or to set the scene for what was being promoted before something else happened.
Notes on promover in the Imperfect
Promover is regular in the imperfect. All forms use the -ía endings common to -er verbs.
Example Sentences
Antes, ellos promovían el turismo rural.
Before, they used to promote rural tourism.
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Mi abuelo siempre promovía el respeto mutuo.
My grandfather always promoted mutual respect.
él/ella/usted
Promovíamos el proyecto cuando se cortó la luz.
We were promoting the project when the power went out.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: promovaba
Correct: promovía
Why: Don't confuse -er verbs with -ar verbs; -er verbs use -ía in the imperfect.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: promuevo
Promover is a stem-changing verb where the 'o' becomes 'ue' in all forms except nosotros and vosotros.
Preterite
yo: promoví
In the preterite, promover is completely regular and follows standard -er endings.
Future
yo: promoveré
The future tense is regular: add endings (-é, -ás, -á, -emos, -éis, -án) to the full infinitive promover.
Conditional
yo: promovería
The conditional uses the infinitive plus -ía endings: promovería, promoverías, promovería...
Present Subjunctive
yo: promueva
The present subjunctive follows the o > ue stem change, using -a endings: promueva, promuevas, promueva...
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: promoviera
Formed from the preterite 'ellos' form: promoviera, promovieras, promoviera...
Affirmative Imperative
yo: promueve
The imperative uses 'promueve' (tú) and 'promueva' (usted), following the stem change.
Negative Imperative
yo: no promuevas
Uses 'no' + present subjunctive: no promuevas, no promueva, no promovamos...