radicar Imperfect Conjugation
radicar — to lie in
The imperfect of radicar is regular: radicaba, radicabas, radicaba, radicábamos, radicabais, radicaban.
radicar Imperfect Forms
When to Use the Imperfect
Use the imperfect to describe where a situation used to lie or where someone was living/based over an indefinite period in the past.
Notes on radicar in the Imperfect
Radicar is fully regular in the imperfect. All -ar verbs use the -aba endings.
Example Sentences
Antes, el problema radicaba en el software.
Before, the problem lay in the software.
él/ella/usted
Nosotros radicábamos en un pequeño pueblo costero.
We used to live in a small coastal town.
nosotros
Ellas radicaban sus oficinas en el centro.
They used to have their offices based downtown.
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Forgetting the accent on the nosotros form.
Correct: radicábamos
Why: All 'nosotros' forms in the imperfect -ar conjugation require an accent on the first 'a' of the ending.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: radico
The present tense of radicar is completely regular: radico, radicas, radica, radicamos, radicáis, radican.
Preterite
yo: radiqué
Radicar is mostly regular in the preterite, except for the 'yo' form which changes to 'radiqué'.
Future
yo: radicaré
The future tense of radicar is regular: radicaré, radicarás, radicará, radicaremos, radicaréis, radicarán.
Conditional
yo: radicaría
The conditional tense of radicar is regular: radicaría, radicarías, radicaría, radicaríamos, radicaríais, radicarían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: radique
The present subjunctive of radicar requires a spelling change from 'c' to 'qu' in all forms: radique, radiques, radique, radiquemos, radiquéis, radiquen.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: radicara
The imperfect subjunctive of radicar is regular, based on the third-person plural preterite: radicara, radicaras, radicara, radicáramos, radicarais, radicaran.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: radica
The imperative of radicar uses the regular 'tú' form (radica) but spelling-changed 'usted/ustedes' forms (radique, radiquen).
Negative Imperative
yo: no radiques
The negative imperative of radicar always uses the 'qu' spelling change: no radiques, no radique, no radiquemos, no radiquéis, no radiquen.