renovar Imperfect Conjugation
renovar — to renew
Renovar is regular in the imperfect: renovaba, renovabas, renovaba, renovábamos, renovabais, renovaban.
renovar Imperfect Forms
When to Use the Imperfect
Use the imperfect to describe ongoing past processes (like a slow renovation) or habitual renewals that happened repeatedly.
Notes on renovar in the Imperfect
Renovar is regular in the imperfect. There is no stem change in this tense.
Example Sentences
Antes, renovaba mi membresía cada mes.
Before, I used to renew my membership every month.
yo
Mi abuelo renovaba casas antiguas.
My grandfather used to renovate old houses.
él/ella/usted
Nosotros renovábamos el jardín cada primavera.
We used to renovate the garden every spring.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Missing the accent on 'renovábamos'.
Correct: The nosotros form always has an accent: renovábamos.
Why: All -ar verbs in the imperfect have an accent on the 'a' in the nosotros form.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: renuevo
Renovar is a stem-changing verb (o to ue) in the present tense, except for nosotros and vosotros.
Preterite
yo: renové
Renovar is completely regular in the preterite; it does NOT have a stem change here.
Future
yo: renovaré
Renovar is regular in the future: add -é, -ás, -á, -emos, -éis, -án to the full infinitive.
Conditional
yo: renovaría
Renovar is regular in the conditional: add -ía, -ías, -ía, -íamos, -íais, -ían to the infinitive.
Present Subjunctive
yo: renueve
The present subjunctive of renovar follows the stem change (o to ue) except for nosotros/vosotros.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: renovara
Formed using the preterite base: renovara, renovaras, renovara, renováramos, renovarais, renovaran.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: renueva
The imperative for renovar uses 'renueva' (tú) and 'renueve' (usted), following the stem change.
Negative Imperative
yo: no renueves
Negative commands for renovar use the present subjunctive: no renueves, no renueve, no renovemos, no renovéis, no renueven.