rehacer Imperfect Conjugation
rehacer — to redo
Rehacer is completely regular in the imperfect: rehacía, rehacías, rehacía, rehacíamos, rehacíais, rehacían.
rehacer Imperfect Forms
When to Use the Imperfect
Use this to describe ongoing or repeated actions in the past, like 'I used to redo my bed every morning.'
Notes on rehacer in the Imperfect
Despite being irregular in almost every other tense, 'rehacer' is regular in the imperfect. Just add -ía endings to the 'rehac-' stem.
Example Sentences
De niño, rehacía mis torres de Lego mil veces.
As a child, I used to redo my Lego towers a thousand times.
yo
Ellos rehacían la masa si no quedaba bien.
They would redo the dough if it didn't turn out right.
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Rehacíamos los ejercicios en cada sesión.
We used to redo the exercises in every session.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Adding an extra 'g' like 'rehagía'.
Correct: rehacía
Why: The 'g' stem is only for the present indicative 'yo' and the present subjunctive. The imperfect uses the standard stem.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: rehago
Rehacer is irregular only in the 'yo' form (rehago); all other forms follow the regular -er pattern.
Preterite
yo: rehice
Rehacer is highly irregular in the preterite, changing to a 'hic' stem: rehice, rehiciste, rehizo, rehicimos, rehicisteis, rehicieron.
Future
yo: reharé
The future of rehacer uses the irregular stem 'rehar-': reharé, reharás, rehará, reharemos, reharéis, reharán.
Conditional
yo: reharía
The conditional of rehacer uses the irregular stem 'rehar-': reharía, reharías, reharía, reharíamos, reharíais, reharían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: rehaga
Rehacer uses a 'g' stem in the present subjunctive: rehaga, rehagas, rehaga, rehagamos, rehagáis, rehagan.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: rehiciera
The imperfect subjunctive of rehacer uses the 'hic-' stem: rehiciera, rehicieras, rehiciera, rehiciéramos, rehicierais, rehicieran.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: rehaz
The affirmative commands for rehacer are: rehaz (tú), rehaga (usted), rehagamos (nosotros), rehaced (vosotros), rehagan (ustedes).
Negative Imperative
yo: no rehagas
Negative commands use the present subjunctive forms: no rehagas, no rehaga, no rehagamos, no rehagáis, no rehagan.