solar Preterite Conjugation
solar — to sole
The preterite of solar is regular: solé, solaste, soló, solamos, solasteis, solaron.
solar Preterite Forms
When to Use the Preterite
Use the preterite of solar to describe a completed action of soling a shoe in the past. For example, 'Ayer solé las suelas de mis zapatos' means 'Yesterday I soléd the soles of my shoes.'
Notes on solar in the Preterite
Solar is fully regular in the preterite tense. It follows the standard -ar verb conjugation pattern.
Example Sentences
Ayer solé las suelas de mis zapatos.
Yesterday I soléd the soles of my shoes.
yo
¿Solaste tú las suelas de esas botas?
Did you sole the soles of those boots?
tú
El zapatero soló la suela del zapato derecho.
The shoemaker soléd the sole of the right shoe.
él/ella/usted
Nosotros solamos las suelas la semana pasada.
We soléd the soles last week.
nosotros
Ellos solaron las suelas que se habían despegado.
They soléd the soles that had come unglued.
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Using the imperfect instead of the preterite for a single, completed action.
Correct: For a specific, finished action like soling a shoe yesterday, use the preterite ('solé', 'soló'), not the imperfect ('solaba', 'solaba').
Why: The preterite marks the beginning or end of an action, or a single completed event.
Mistake: Forgetting the accent on 'soló' (él/ella/usted).
Correct: The third-person singular preterite form 'soló' requires an accent on the 'o'.
Why: The accent distinguishes it from the word 'solo' (alone/only) and marks the stress.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: solo
The present indicative of solar is regular: solo, solas, sola, solamos, soláis, solan.
Imperfect
yo: solaba
The imperfect of solar is regular: solaba, solabas, solaba, solábamos, solabais, solaban.
Future
yo: solaré
The future of solar is regular: solaré, solarás, solará, solaremos, solaréis, solarán.
Conditional
yo: solaría
The conditional of solar is regular: solaría, solarías, solaría, solaríamos, solaríais, solarían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: sole
The present subjunctive of solar is: sole (yo/usted), soles (tú), solemos (nosotros), soléis (vosotros), solen (ellos/ustedes).
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: solara
The imperfect subjunctive of solar has -ra and -se forms, e.g., solara, solaras, solara, soláramos, solarais, solaran.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: sola
The imperative of solar is mostly regular: sola (tú), sole (usted), solad (vosotros), solen (ustedes).
Negative Imperative
yo: no soles
Negative commands for solar use the present subjunctive: no soles (tú), no sole (usted), no soléis (vosotros), no solen (ustedes).