vaciar Imperfect Subjunctive Conjugation
vaciar — to empty
The imperfect subjunctive of vaciar is regular: vaciara, vaciaras, vaciara, vaciáramos, vaciarais, vaciaran.
vaciar Imperfect Subjunctive Forms
When to Use the Imperfect Subjunctive
Use this for hypothetical situations or past requests, such as 'If I emptied the safe...' or 'He asked me to empty it.'
Notes on vaciar in the Imperfect Subjunctive
This tense is formed from the third-person plural preterite (vaciaron), making it regular.
Example Sentences
Si yo vaciara mi cuenta, podría comprar el coche.
If I emptied my account, I could buy the car.
yo
Me pidió que vaciara los cajones.
He asked me to empty the drawers.
él/ella/usted
Common Mistakes
Mistake: vaciarais (forgetting the 'i' of the stem)
Correct: vaciarais
Why: Ensure the 'i' from 'vaciar' is present before the '-arais' ending.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: vacío
Vaciar is irregular in the present tense, adding an accent to the 'í' in all forms except nosotros and vosotros.
Preterite
yo: vacié
Vaciar is regular in the preterite: vacié, vaciaste, vació, vaciamos, vaciasteis, vaciaron.
Imperfect
yo: vaciaba
Vaciar is regular in the imperfect: vaciaba, vaciabas, vaciaba, vaciábamos, vaciabais, vaciaban.
Future
yo: vaciaré
Vaciar is regular in the future: vaciaré, vaciarás, vaciará, vaciaremos, vaciaréis, vaciarán.
Conditional
yo: vaciaría
Vaciar is regular in the conditional: vaciaría, vaciarías, vaciaría, vaciaríamos, vaciaríais, vaciarían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: vacíe
The present subjunctive of vaciar follows the same irregular accent pattern as the present indicative: vacíe, vacíes, vacíe, vaciemos, vaciéis, vacíen.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: vacía
The imperative for vaciar uses accented 'í' for most commands: vacía, vacíe, vaciemos, vaciad, vacíen.
Negative Imperative
yo: no vacíes
The negative imperative uses the present subjunctive forms: no vacíes, no vacíe, no vaciemos, no vaciéis, no vacíen.