ratificar Imperfect Conjugation
ratificar — to ratify
The imperfect of ratificar is regular: ratificaba, ratificabas, ratificaba, ratificábamos, ratificabais, ratificaban.
ratificar Imperfect Forms
When to Use the Imperfect
Use this for ongoing or repeated past actions where the act of ratifying didn't have a specific end time.
Notes on ratificar in the Imperfect
Ratificar is fully regular in the imperfect. Don't forget the accent on the nosotros form.
Example Sentences
Antiguamente, el rey ratificaba todas las leyes.
In the past, the king used to ratify all the laws.
él/ella/usted
Nosotros ratificábamos los datos cada semana.
We were ratifying the data every week.
nosotros
Mientras tú ratificabas el documento, yo hablaba por teléfono.
While you were ratifying the document, I was talking on the phone.
tú
Common Mistakes
Mistake: ratificaba-mos
Correct: ratificábamos
Why: The accent on the 'á' in the nosotros form is mandatory for all -ar verbs in the imperfect.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: ratifico
Ratificar is a regular -ar verb in the present tense: ratifico, ratificas, ratifica, ratificamos, ratificáis, ratifican.
Preterite
yo: ratifiqué
Ratificar is regular except for the 'yo' form spelling change: ratifiqué, ratificaste, ratificó, ratificamos, ratificasteis, ratificaron.
Future
yo: ratificaré
The future of ratificar is regular: ratificaré, ratificarás, ratificará, ratificaremos, ratificaréis, ratificarán.
Conditional
yo: ratificaría
The conditional of ratificar is regular: ratificaría, ratificarías, ratificaría, ratificaríamos, ratificaríais, ratificarían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: ratifique
Ratificar undergoes a spelling change from 'c' to 'qu' in all forms: ratifique, ratifiques, ratifique, ratifiquemos, ratifiquéis, ratifiquen.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: ratificara
The imperfect subjunctive of ratificar is formed from the third-person plural preterite: ratificara, ratificaras, ratificara, ratificáramos, ratificarais, ratificaran.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: ratifica
The imperative for ratificar uses the base 'ratifica' for tú and the 'qu' spelling change for formal commands.
Negative Imperative
yo: no ratifiques
The negative imperative uses the present subjunctive forms with 'no': no ratifiques, no ratifique, no ratifiquemos, no ratifiquéis, no ratifiquen.