soñar Imperfect Subjunctive Conjugation
soñar — to dream
The imperfect subjunctive of soñar is regular: soñara, soñaras, soñara, soñáramos, soñarais, soñaran.
soñar Imperfect Subjunctive Forms
When to Use the Imperfect Subjunctive
Use this for hypothetical situations or after past-tense verbs of emotion/influence (e.g., 'I wanted you to dream').
Notes on soñar in the Imperfect Subjunctive
This tense is formed from the preterite 'ellos' form (soñaron), so it does not have a stem change.
Example Sentences
Si yo soñara con eso, me asustaría.
If I were to dream about that, I would be scared.
yo
Querían que soñáramos con el éxito.
They wanted us to dream of success.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: sueñara
Correct: soñara
Why: Because this tense is derived from the preterite, it never uses the 'ue' stem change.
Master Spanish verbs in context
Memorizing tables only gets you so far. Read 200+ illustrated and narrated Spanish stories to see verbs like 'soñar' used naturally — in the tenses you're learning.
Related Tenses
Present
yo: sueño
Soñar is a stem-changing verb where the 'o' becomes 'ue' in all forms except nosotros and vosotros.
Preterite
yo: soñé
The preterite of soñar is regular: soñé, soñaste, soñó, soñamos, soñasteis, soñaron.
Imperfect
yo: soñaba
The imperfect of soñar is regular: soñaba, soñabas, soñaba, soñábamos, soñabais, soñaban.
Future
yo: soñaré
The future of soñar is regular: soñaré, soñarás, soñará, soñaremos, soñaréis, soñarán.
Conditional
yo: soñaría
The conditional of soñar is regular: soñaría, soñarías, soñaría, soñaríamos, soñaríais, soñarían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: sueñe
In the present subjunctive, soñar keeps its 'o to ue' stem change in the same pattern as the present indicative.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: sueña
The imperative uses 'sueña' for tú and 'soñad' for vosotros.
Negative Imperative
yo: no sueñes
The negative imperative uses the present subjunctive forms: no sueñes, no sueñe, no soñemos, no soñéis, no sueñen.