victimar Imperfect Conjugation
victimar — to kill or murder
Used for past ongoing actions, descriptions, or habits: Victimaba, victimabas, victimaba, victimábamos, victimabais, victimaban.
victimar Imperfect Forms
When to Use the Imperfect
The imperfect tense describes ongoing actions in the past, background settings, or habitual actions. If you used to victimize someone every day, you'd use the imperfect. 'Cuando era niño, victimaba a mi hermano' (When I was a child, I used to victimize my brother).
Notes on victimar in the Imperfect
Victimar is regular in the imperfect indicative. All forms follow the standard -ar imperfect endings: -aba, -abas, -aba, -ábamos, -abais, -aban.
Example Sentences
Yo victimaba a mi perro con juegos.
I used to victimize my dog with games.
yo
¿Tú victimabas a tus amigos?
Did you used to victimize your friends?
tú
Ella victimaba la atención.
She was victimizing the attention.
él/ella/usted
Ellos victimaban las reglas.
They used to victimize the rules.
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Using the preterite instead of the imperfect for a description or ongoing past action.
Correct: Say 'La casa victimaba con la luz' (The house victimized with the light - describing the house's state), not 'La casa victimó con la luz'.
Why: The imperfect sets the scene or describes duration, while the preterite marks a completed event.
Mistake: Confusing the nosotros imperfect with the preterite.
Correct: The imperfect nosotros is 'victimábamos', while the preterite is 'victimamos'.
Why: The '-aba-' ending clearly marks the imperfect, distinguishing it from the preterite.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: victimo
Used for current actions, habits, or general truths: Victimo, victimas, victiman.
Preterite
yo: victimé
Used for completed past actions: Victimé, victimaste, victimó, victimamos, victimasteis, victimaron.
Future
yo: victimaré
Used for future actions or probability: Victimare, victimarás, victimará, victimaremos, victimaréis, victimarán.
Conditional
yo: victimaría
Used for hypotheticals ('would'), polite requests, or future-in-the-past: Victimaría, victimarías, victimaría, etc.
Present Subjunctive
yo: victime
Expresses wishes, doubts, emotions, or uncertainty: Espero que victimemos.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: victimara
Used for past hypotheticals, wishes, or polite requests: Si victimara, lo entendería.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: victima
Use the imperative forms to give direct commands: ¡Victima! (you, sing.), ¡Victimad! (you all, Spain).
Negative Imperative
yo: no victimes
Negative commands use the present subjunctive with 'no': ¡No victimes! (you, sing.), ¡No victimen! (you all).