rascar Imperfect Conjugation
rascar — to scratch
The imperfect of rascar is regular: rascaba, rascabas, rascaba, rascábamos, rascabais, rascaban.
rascar Imperfect Forms
When to Use the Imperfect
Use this for ongoing or habitual past actions, like 'The dog used to scratch the door every morning.'
Notes on rascar in the Imperfect
Rascar is a regular -ar verb in the imperfect indicative.
Example Sentences
De niño, siempre me rascaba las rodillas.
As a child, I was always scratching my knees.
yo
Los gatos rascaban el árbol del jardín.
The cats used to scratch the tree in the garden.
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Nosotros rascábamos la pintura mientras hablábamos.
We were scraping the paint while we talked.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Using 'rascía' instead of 'rascaba'.
Correct: rascaba
Why: Only -er and -ir verbs end in -ía; -ar verbs like rascar always use -aba.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: rasco
The present tense of rascar is completely regular: rasco, rascas, rasca, rascamos, rascáis, rascan.
Preterite
yo: rasqué
The preterite of rascar is regular except for the 'yo' form: rasqué, rascaste, rascó, rascamos, rascasteis, rascaron.
Future
yo: rascaré
The future tense of rascar is regular: rascaré, rascarás, rascará, rascaremos, rascaréis, rascarán.
Conditional
yo: rascaría
The conditional of rascar is regular: rascaría, rascarías, rascaría, rascaríamos, rascaríais, rascarían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: rasque
The present subjunctive of rascar features a 'c' to 'qu' spelling change: rasque, rasques, rasque, rasquemos, rasquéis, rasquen.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: rascara
The imperfect subjunctive is regular based on the third-person plural preterite: rascara, rascaras, rascara, rascáramos, rascarais, rascaran.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: rasca
The affirmative imperative uses 'rasca' (tú) and 'rasque' (usted) with a spelling change in formal forms.
Negative Imperative
yo: no rasques
The negative imperative always uses the present subjunctive: no rasques, no rasque, no rasquemos, no rasquéis, no rasquen.