satisfacer Imperfect Conjugation
satisfacer — to satisfy
The imperfect of satisfacer is completely regular: satisfacía, satisfacías, satisfacía...
satisfacer Imperfect Forms
When to Use the Imperfect
Use this for ongoing satisfaction in the past or to describe conditions that used to meet certain standards habitually.
Notes on satisfacer in the Imperfect
Satisfacer is regular in the imperfect. Just add the standard -er endings to the stem 'satisfac-'.
Example Sentences
Antes, el sueldo me satisfacía.
Before, the salary used to satisfy me.
él/ella/usted
Satisfacíamos a los clientes con buen servicio.
We used to satisfy customers with good service.
nosotros
Sentía que no satisfacías mis expectativas.
I felt that you weren't satisfying my expectations.
tú
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Trying to use the 'satisfic-' stem here.
Correct: satisfacía
Why: The 'satisfic-' stem belongs to the preterite, not the imperfect.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: satisfago
Satisfacer follows the pattern of 'hacer' in the present tense, featuring a 'go' ending in the yo form: satisfago.
Preterite
yo: satisfice
Satisfacer is highly irregular in the preterite, using the stem 'satisfic-' (e.g., satisfice, satisfizo).
Future
yo: satisfaré
The future tense uses the irregular stem 'satisfar-' (e.g., satisfaré, satisfarás).
Conditional
yo: satisfaría
The conditional uses the irregular stem 'satisfar-' followed by the -ía endings.
Present Subjunctive
yo: satisfaga
The present subjunctive is based on the 'yo' form 'satisfago', resulting in 'satisfaga'.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: satisficiera
This tense is built from the preterite 'ellos' form: satisficiera, satisficieras...
Affirmative Imperative
yo: satisfaz
The command forms include the unique 'tú' form 'satisfaz'.
Negative Imperative
yo: no satisfagas
The negative imperative uses 'no' plus the present subjunctive forms: no satisfagas.