rectificar Imperfect Conjugation
rectificar — to correct
The imperfect of rectificar is regular: rectificaba, rectificabas, rectificaba, rectificábamos, rectificabais, rectificaban.
rectificar Imperfect Forms
When to Use the Imperfect
Use this for ongoing past actions or habits (e.g., 'I used to correct the books every month') or background descriptions.
Notes on rectificar in the Imperfect
Rectificar is fully regular in the imperfect. All -ar verbs follow this 'aba' pattern.
Example Sentences
Antes, yo rectificaba los textos a mano.
Before, I used to correct the texts by hand.
yo
Él rectificaba sus notas mientras estudiaba.
He was correcting his notes while he was studying.
él/ella/usted
Nosotros rectificábamos los planos con frecuencia.
We used to rectify the blueprints frequently.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: rectificabamos (no accent)
Correct: rectificábamos
Why: The 'nosotros' form of the imperfect always requires an accent on the first 'a' of the '-ábamos' ending.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: rectifico
Rectificar is a completely regular -ar verb in the present tense: rectifico, rectificas, rectifica, rectificamos, rectificáis, rectifican.
Preterite
yo: rectifiqué
Rectificar is regular in the preterite except for the 'yo' form, which changes to 'rectifiqué'.
Future
yo: rectificaré
The future tense of rectificar is regular: add the endings -é, -ás, -á, -emos, -éis, -án to the full infinitive.
Conditional
yo: rectificaría
The conditional of rectificar is regular: add -ía, -ías, -ía, -íamos, -íais, -ían to the infinitive.
Present Subjunctive
yo: rectifique
Rectificar follows the -ar subjunctive pattern but changes 'c' to 'qu' in all forms: rectifique, rectifiques, rectifique, rectifiquemos, rectifiquéis, rectifiquen.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: rectificara
The imperfect subjunctive of rectificar is regular, based on the third-person plural preterite: rectificara, rectificaras, rectificara, rectificáramos, rectificarais, rectificaran.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: rectifica
The imperative uses 'rectifica' (tú) and 'rectifique' (usted). Use it for direct commands to fix something.
Negative Imperative
yo: no rectifiques
The negative imperative uses the present subjunctive forms: no rectifiques, no rectifique, no rectifiquemos, no rectifiquéis, no rectifiquen.