purificar Imperfect Conjugation
purificar — to purify
The imperfect of purificar is regular: purificaba, purificabas, purificaba, purificábamos, purificabais, purificaban.
purificar Imperfect Forms
When to Use the Imperfect
Use this for ongoing past processes or habits, like how a city used to treat its water in the past.
Notes on purificar in the Imperfect
Purificar follows the standard -aba pattern for all -ar verbs in the imperfect.
Example Sentences
Antes, la gente purificaba el agua hirviéndola.
Before, people used to purify water by boiling it.
él/ella/usted
Purificábamos el aire cada mañana.
We used to purify the air every morning.
nosotros
Tú purificabas los cristales con sal.
You were purifying the crystals with salt.
tú
Common Mistakes
Mistake: purificabamos (no accent)
Correct: purificábamos
Why: The 'nosotros' form of the imperfect for -ar verbs always has an accent on the first 'a' of the ending.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: purifico
The present tense of purificar is completely regular: purifico, purificas, purifica, purificamos, purificáis, purifican.
Preterite
yo: purifiqué
The preterite of purificar is regular except for the 'yo' form: purifiqué.
Future
yo: purificaré
The future tense of purificar is regular: purificaré, purificarás, purificará, purificaremos, purificaréis, purificarán.
Conditional
yo: purificaría
The conditional of purificar is regular: purificaría, purificarías, purificaría, purificaríamos, purificaríais, purificarían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: purifique
The present subjunctive of purificar features a 'c' to 'qu' spelling change: purifique, purifiques, purifique, purifiquemos, purifiquéis, purifiquen.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: purificara
The imperfect subjunctive of purificar is regular, based on the 'purificaron' stem: purificara, purificaras, purificara.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: purifica
The imperative of purificar uses the spelling change 'qu' for formal and plural commands: purifica, purifique, purifiquemos.
Negative Imperative
yo: no purifiques
Negative commands for purificar always use the 'qu' spelling change: no purifiques, no purifique, no purifiquemos.