volar Imperfect Conjugation
volar — to fly
The imperfect of volar is regular: volaba, volabas, volaba, volábamos, volabais, volaban.
volar Imperfect Forms
When to Use the Imperfect
Use this to describe how things used to fly, repeated trips in the past, or to set the scene (e.g., 'The birds were flying...').
Notes on volar in the Imperfect
Volar is a regular -ar verb in the imperfect. No stem changes occur.
Example Sentences
De niño, yo volaba cometas en el parque.
As a child, I used to fly kites in the park.
yo
Las moscas volaban por toda la cocina.
The flies were flying all over the kitchen.
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Siempre volábamos con la misma aerolínea.
We always used to fly with the same airline.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Forgetting the accent on 'volábamos'.
Correct: volábamos
Why: The nosotros form of all -ar verbs in the imperfect requires an accent on the first 'a' of the ending.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: vuelo
Volar has an 'o' to 'ue' stem change in all forms except nosotros and vosotros.
Preterite
yo: volé
The preterite of volar is regular: volé, volaste, voló, volamos, volasteis, volaron.
Future
yo: volaré
The future of volar is regular: volaré, volarás, volará, volaremos, volaréis, volarán.
Conditional
yo: volaría
The conditional of volar is regular: volaría, volarías, volaría, volaríamos, volaríais, volarían.
Present Subjunctive
yo: vuele
The present subjunctive of volar features the 'o' to 'ue' stem change, except in nosotros/vosotros.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: volara
The imperfect subjunctive of volar is regular: volara, volaras, volara, voláramos, volarais, volaran.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: vuela
The imperative uses 'vuela' for tú and 'vuele/n' for formal commands, with the 'ue' change.
Negative Imperative
yo: no vueles
The negative imperative uses the present subjunctive: no vueles, no vuele, no volemos, no voléis, no vuelen.