rezar Imperfect Conjugation
rezar — to pray
The imperfect of rezar is regular, using the standard -aba endings.
rezar Imperfect Forms
When to Use the Imperfect
Use this for prayer habits in the past (e.g., 'I used to pray') or to describe an ongoing prayer that was interrupted.
Notes on rezar in the Imperfect
Rezar is fully regular in the imperfect indicative.
Example Sentences
De niño, yo rezaba con mi abuela.
As a child, I used to pray with my grandmother.
yo
La gente rezaba mientras esperaba.
The people were praying while they waited.
él/ella/usted
Ustedes rezaban cada domingo.
You all used to pray every Sunday.
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Common Mistakes
Mistake: rezía
Correct: rezaba
Why: Rezar is an -ar verb, so it takes -aba endings, not the -ía endings used for -er/-ir verbs.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: rezo
The present tense of rezar is regular, following standard -ar endings.
Preterite
yo: recé
The preterite of rezar features a spelling change in the first person (recé) to maintain the soft 'c' sound.
Future
yo: rezaré
The future tense of rezar is regular: just add the endings to the infinitive.
Conditional
yo: rezaría
The conditional of rezar is regular: infinitive + ía, ías, ía...
Present Subjunctive
yo: rece
The present subjunctive of rezar uses a 'c' instead of a 'z' in all forms (rece, reces...).
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: rezara
The imperfect subjunctive of rezar is regular, based on the 'rezaron' stem.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: reza
The imperative of rezar uses 'reza' for tú and 'rece' for formal commands.
Negative Imperative
yo: no reces
The negative imperative of rezar always uses the present subjunctive forms with 'no'.