sintetizar Imperfect Conjugation
sintetizar — to summarize
Sintetizar is regular in the imperfect: sintetizaba, sintetizabas, sintetizaba, sintetizábamos, sintetizabais, sintetizaban.
sintetizar Imperfect Forms
When to Use the Imperfect
Use the imperfect to describe a habitual past action (like how you used to summarize news) or an ongoing process of summarizing without a fixed end.
Notes on sintetizar in the Imperfect
This verb is fully regular in the imperfect. Remember the accent on the 'nosotros' form.
Example Sentences
Yo sintetizaba las noticias cada mañana.
I used to summarize the news every morning.
yo
Ellos sintetizaban los datos mientras yo escribía.
They were summarizing the data while I was writing.
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Sintetizábamos el contenido para los estudiantes.
We were summarizing the content for the students.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Forgetting the accent on 'sintetizábamos'.
Correct: sintetizábamos
Why: All -ar verbs in the imperfect require an accent on the 'nosotros' form's first 'a'.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: sintetizo
Sintetizar is regular in the present tense: sintetizo, sintetizas, sintetiza, sintetizamos, sintetizáis, sintetizan.
Preterite
yo: sinteticé
Sintetizar has a spelling change in the first person (yo) to 'sinteticé', but is otherwise regular.
Future
yo: sintetizaré
Sintetizar is regular in the future: sintetizaré, sintetizarás, sintetizará, sintetizaremos, sintetizaréis, sintetizarán.
Conditional
yo: sintetizaría
Sintetizar is regular in the conditional: sintetizaría, sintetizarías, sintetizaría, sintetizaríamos, sintetizaríais, sintetizarían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: sintetice
Sintetizar changes 'z' to 'c' in all forms: sintetice, sintetices, sintetice, sinteticemos, sinteticéis, sinteticen.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: sintetizara
Sintetizar is regular in the imperfect subjunctive: sintetizara, sintetizaras, sintetizara, sintetizáramos, sintetizarais, sintetizaran.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: sintetiza
The imperative uses 'sintetiza' (tú) and 'sintetice' (usted/ustedes) for commands.
Negative Imperative
yo: no sintetices
The negative imperative always uses the present subjunctive forms: no sintetices, no sintetice, no sinteticemos, no sinteticéis, no sinteticen.