revisar Imperfect Conjugation
revisar — check
Revisar is fully regular in the imperfect: revisaba, revisabas, revisaba, revisábamos, revisabais, revisaban.
revisar Imperfect Forms
When to Use the Imperfect
Use the imperfect when you want to describe a habit of checking something or an ongoing process in the past, like 'checking the mail every day' or 'checking the engine when it started to smoke.'
Notes on revisar in the Imperfect
Revisar follows the standard -ar pattern for the imperfect. Remember that the 'nosotros' form always requires an accent on the first 'a' (revisábamos).
Example Sentences
Yo siempre revisaba mi correo antes de desayunar.
I always used to check my mail before having breakfast.
yo
Mientras el mecánico revisaba el coche, nosotros esperábamos.
While the mechanic was checking the car, we were waiting.
él/ella/usted
Mis padres revisaban mis notas cada trimestre.
My parents used to check my grades every term.
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Common Mistakes
Mistake: revisabamos
Correct: revisábamos
Why: All -ar verbs in the imperfect must have a written accent on the 'a' in the nosotros form.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: reviso
Revisar is a standard -ar verb in the present: reviso, revisas, revisa, revisamos, revisáis, revisan.
Preterite
yo: revisé
Revisar is regular in the preterite: revisé, revisaste, revisó, revisamos, revisasteis, revisaron.
Future
yo: revisaré
To form the future of revisar, add endings to the infinitive: revisaré, revisarás, revisará, revisaremos, revisaréis, revisarán.
Conditional
yo: revisaría
The conditional of revisar uses the infinitive plus -ía endings: revisaría, revisarías, revisaría, revisaríamos, revisaríais, revisarían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: revise
For revisar, swap the 'a' for 'e': revise, revises, revise, revisemos, reviséis, revisen.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: revisara
The imperfect subjunctive of revisar is formed from the 'ellos' preterite: revisara, revisaras, revisara, revisáramos, revisarais, revisaran.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: revisa
The affirmative commands for revisar are: revisa (tú), revise (usted), revisemos (nosotros), revisad (vosotros), revisen (ustedes).
Negative Imperative
yo: no revises
The negative imperative uses the present subjunctive: no revises, no revise, no revisemos, no reviséis, no revisen.