reventar Imperfect Conjugation
reventar — to burst
The imperfect of reventar is regular: reventaba, reventabas, reventaba, reventábamos, reventabais, reventaban.
reventar Imperfect Forms
When to Use the Imperfect
Use this for ongoing actions in the past, like waves that were constantly bursting or a balloon that was about to pop.
Notes on reventar in the Imperfect
This tense is entirely regular. It uses the standard -aba endings for -ar verbs.
Example Sentences
El motor reventaba cada vez que lo encendía.
The engine used to fail (burst) every time I turned it on.
él/ella/usted
De niños, reventábamos las bolsas de aire.
As kids, we used to pop the air bubbles.
nosotros
Las luces reventaban por los picos de tensión.
The lights used to blow out because of power surges.
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Forgetting the accent on the nosotros form: 'reventabamos'.
Correct: It must be reventábamos.
Why: All -ar verbs in the imperfect require an accent on the 'á' in the nosotros form.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: reviento
The present tense of reventar follows a stem change (e to ie) in all forms except nosotros and vosotros.
Preterite
yo: reventé
The preterite of reventar is completely regular, following standard -ar endings.
Future
yo: reventaré
The future tense is regular: attach the endings -é, -ás, -á, -emos, -éis, -án to the infinitive reventar.
Conditional
yo: reventaría
The conditional is regular: add -ía, -ías, -ía, -íamos, -íais, -ían to the infinitive reventar.
Present Subjunctive
yo: reviente
The present subjunctive follows the e to ie stem change: reviente, revientes, reviente, reventemos, reventéis, revienten.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: reventara
The imperfect subjunctive is regular: reventara, reventaras, reventara, reventáramos, reventarais, reventaran.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: revienta
The imperative uses the stem change in most forms: revienta (tú), reviente (usted), revienten (ustedes).
Negative Imperative
yo: no revientes
Negative commands use the present subjunctive forms: no revientes, no reviente, no reventemos, no reventéis, no revienten.