recostar Imperfect Subjunctive Conjugation
recostar — to lean
Recostar is regular in the imperfect subjunctive, based on the third-person plural preterite 'recostaron'.
recostar Imperfect Subjunctive Forms
When to Use the Imperfect Subjunctive
Use this for hypothetical situations or past requests involving leaning or lying down, often after 'si' (if) or 'quería que'.
Notes on recostar in the Imperfect Subjunctive
Recostar is completely regular in this tense. There is no stem change here.
Example Sentences
Si me recostara cinco minutos, me sentiría mejor.
If I lay down for five minutes, I would feel better.
yo
Le pedí que se recostara en la camilla.
I asked him to lie down on the stretcher.
él/ella/usted
Si nos recostáramos en el césped, nos mojaríamos.
If we lay down on the grass, we would get wet.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Applying a stem change like 'recuestara'.
Correct: recostara
Why: The o > ue stem change only happens in the present tenses; the imperfect subjunctive follows the preterite stem.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: recuesto
Recostar has an o > ue stem change in all forms except nosotros and vosotros.
Preterite
yo: recosté
Recostar is regular in the preterite: recosté, recostaste, recostó, recostamos, recostasteis, recostaron.
Imperfect
yo: recostaba
The imperfect of recostar is regular: recostaba, recostabas, recostaba, etc.
Future
yo: recostaré
The future of recostar is regular: recostaré, recostarás, recostará, etc.
Conditional
yo: recostaría
The conditional of recostar is regular: recostaría, recostarías, recostaría, etc.
Present Subjunctive
yo: recueste
Recostar follows an o > ue stem change in all forms except nosotros and vosotros.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: recuesta
The imperative uses 'recuesta' (tú) and 'recueste' (usted), keeping the stem change.
Negative Imperative
yo: no recuestes
The negative imperative uses the present subjunctive: no recuestes, no recueste, etc.