rociar Imperfect Conjugation
rociar — to spray
The imperfect of rociar is regular: rociaba, rociabas, rociaba, rociábamos, rociabais, rociaban.
rociar Imperfect Forms
When to Use the Imperfect
Use this for past habits (e.g., how you used to spray the lawn every Sunday) or for descriptions of ongoing actions in the past.
Notes on rociar in the Imperfect
Rociar is fully regular in the imperfect. It follows the standard -ar verb endings.
Example Sentences
Mi abuela siempre rociaba las sábanas con lavanda.
My grandmother always used to spray the sheets with lavender.
él/ella/usted
Mientras yo cocinaba, tú rociabas el pavo.
While I was cooking, you were spraying (basting) the turkey.
tú
Rociábamos los muebles para quitar el polvo.
We used to spray the furniture to remove the dust.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Forgetting the accent on the nosotros form.
Correct: rociábamos
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: rocío
The present tense of rociar follows the -iar pattern where the 'i' takes an accent (rocío, rocías, rocía, rocían) except in nosotros and vosotros.
Preterite
yo: rocié
The preterite of rociar is regular: rocié, rociaste, roció, rociamos, rociasteis, rociaron.
Future
yo: rociaré
The future of rociar is regular: rociaré, rociarás, rociará, rociaremos, rociaréis, rociarán.
Conditional
yo: rociaría
The conditional of rociar is regular: rociaría, rociarías, rociaría, rociaríamos, rociaríais, rociarían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: rocíe
The present subjunctive of rociar carries accents on the 'i' in most forms: rocíe, rocíes, rocíe, rociemos, rociéis, rocíen.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: rociara
The imperfect subjunctive of rociar is regular: rociara, rociaras, rociara, rociáramos, rociarais, rociaran.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: rocía
The imperative of rociar uses rocía (tú), rocíe (usted), and rociad (vosotros) for direct commands.
Negative Imperative
yo: no rocíes
The negative imperative of rociar uses the present subjunctive: no rocíes, no rocíe, no rociemos, no rociéis, no rocíen.