visualizar Imperfect Conjugation
visualizar — to visualize
The imperfect of visualizar is regular: visualizaba, visualizabas, visualizaba, visualizábamos...
visualizar Imperfect Forms
When to Use the Imperfect
Use this to describe mental imagery that was ongoing in the past, or a habit of visualizing something regularly.
Notes on visualizar in the Imperfect
This verb is completely regular in the imperfect. Remember the 'aba' endings for -ar verbs.
Example Sentences
De niño, visualizaba monstruos en el armario.
As a child, I used to visualize monsters in the closet.
yo
Nosotros visualizábamos el triunfo cada día.
We were visualizing the triumph every day.
nosotros
Ellos visualizaban un mundo mejor.
They visualized (used to visualize) a better world.
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Common Mistakes
Mistake: visualizabamos (no accent)
Correct: visualizábamos
Why: The 'nosotros' form of the imperfect always requires an accent on the first 'a' of the ending.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: visualizo
Visualizar is a completely regular -ar verb in the present tense: visualizo, visualizas, visualiza...
Preterite
yo: visualicé
Visualizar is regular in the preterite, except for the 'yo' form (visualicé) which changes 'z' to 'c'.
Future
yo: visualizaré
The future of visualizar is regular: just add the endings to the infinitive (visualizar + é, ás, á...).
Conditional
yo: visualizaría
The conditional of visualizar is regular: add ía, ías, ía... to the full infinitive.
Present Subjunctive
yo: visualice
Visualizar changes 'z' to 'c' in all forms of the present subjunctive: visualice, visualices, visualice, visualicemos, visualicéis, visualicen.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: visualizara
The imperfect subjunctive of visualizar is regular, built from the third-person plural preterite: visualizara, visualizaras, visualizara...
Affirmative Imperative
yo: visualiza
The imperative uses 'visualiza' for tú and 'visualice(n)' for formal commands (usted/ustedes).
Negative Imperative
yo: no visualices
The negative imperative always uses the present subjunctive forms: no visualices, no visualice...