revocar Imperfect Conjugation
revocar — to revoke
The imperfect of revocar is regular: revocaba, revocabas, revocaba, revocábamos, revocabais, revocaban.
revocar Imperfect Forms
When to Use the Imperfect
Use this to describe a process of revocation that was ongoing in the past, or to describe a habitual action of canceling things.
Notes on revocar in the Imperfect
This tense is fully regular. Remember the accent on the 'nosotros' form.
Example Sentences
En esa época, el rey revocaba decretos constantemente.
In those times, the king revoked decrees constantly.
él/ella/usted
Mientras nosotros revocábamos el contrato, ellos buscaban otro socio.
While we were revoking the contract, they were looking for another partner.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Using 'revocía' instead of 'revocaba'.
Correct: revocaba
Why: -ar verbs always use the -aba ending in the imperfect, never -ía.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: revoco
Revocar is completely regular in the present indicative: revoco, revocas, revoca, revocamos, revocáis, revocan.
Preterite
yo: revoqué
Revocar is regular except for the 'yo' form, which changes to 'revoqué' to preserve the pronunciation.
Future
yo: revocaré
Revocar is regular in the future: revocaré, revocarás, revocará, revocaremos, revocaréis, revocarán.
Conditional
yo: revocaría
The conditional of revocar is regular: revocaría, revocarías, revocaría, revocaríamos, revocaríais, revocarían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: revoque
Revocar undergoes a spelling change from 'c' to 'qu' in all forms: revoque, revoques, revoque, revoquemos, revoquéis, revoquen.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: revocara
The imperfect subjunctive of revocar is regular, based on the third-person plural preterite: revocara, revocaras, revocara...
Affirmative Imperative
yo: revoca
The imperative uses 'revoca' (tú) and 'revoque' (usted). Note the spelling change in formal commands.
Negative Imperative
yo: no revoques
The negative imperative always uses the 'qu' spelling change: no revoques, no revoque, no revoquemos, no revoquéis, no revoquen.