volcar Imperfect Conjugation
volcar — to tip over
Volcar is completely regular in the imperfect: volcaba, volcabas, volcaba...
volcar Imperfect Forms
When to Use the Imperfect
Use this to describe a scene where something was tipping over, or to talk about a habit of spilling things in the past.
Notes on volcar in the Imperfect
There are no stem changes or spelling changes in the imperfect for volcar.
Example Sentences
De niño, yo siempre volcaba mi leche.
As a child, I was always spilling my milk.
yo
El barco se volcaba lentamente.
The boat was slowly capsizing.
él/ella/usted
Mientras caminábamos, volcábamos las piedras.
While we walked, we were overturning the stones.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Adding a stem change like 'vuelcaba'.
Correct: volcaba
Why: The imperfect tense never uses the o > ue stem change.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: vuelco
Volcar is a stem-changing verb where the 'o' becomes 'ue' in all forms except nosotros and vosotros.
Preterite
yo: volqué
Volcar has a spelling change in the 'yo' form (volqué) to keep the hard 'k' sound.
Future
yo: volcaré
Volcar is regular in the future; just add endings to the infinitive: volcaré, volcarás...
Conditional
yo: volcaría
Volcar is regular in the conditional: volcaría, volcarías, volcaría...
Present Subjunctive
yo: vuelque
Volcar combines the 'o > ue' stem change with the 'c > qu' spelling change in all forms.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: volcara
Volcar is regular in the imperfect subjunctive, based on the third-person preterite 'volcaron'.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: vuelca
Use 'vuelca' (tú) or 'vuelquen' (ustedes) to tell someone to tip or dump something.
Negative Imperative
yo: no vuelques
Negative commands use the present subjunctive forms: no vuelques, no vuelque.