Realizar imperfect conjugation
Realizar in the imperfect: realizaba, realizabas, realizaba, realizábamos, realizabais, realizaban.
- to carry out; to do; to make (a payment); to fulfill
- spelling change (z→c)
- Participle: realizado
- Gerund: realizando
Imperfect imperfecto
| yo | realizaba |
|---|---|
| tú | realizabas |
| él/ella/usted | realizaba |
| nosotros | realizábamos |
| vosotros | realizabais |
| ellos/ellas/ustedes | realizaban |
How to use realizar in the imperfect
The imperfect is regular: realizaba, realizabas, realizábamos, realizaban. It describes tasks that were carried out regularly in the past (antes realizábamos los inventarios a mano) and work in progress as background: mientras realizaba la inspección, se fue la luz. There is no spelling change in this tense. The nosotros form realizábamos carries a written accent. Like the present, the imperfect is formal; in everyday speech, hacía or hacíamos would often replace it.
Examples
Antes realizábamos los inventarios a mano.
We used to do the inventories by hand.
Mientras el técnico realizaba la inspección, se fue la luz.
While the technician was doing the inspection, the power went out.
La fundación realizaba campañas de vacunación en zonas rurales.
The foundation ran vaccination campaigns in rural areas.
Quick check: realizar in the imperfect
More realizar tenses
- All realizar tenses
- Realizar present
- Realizar preterite
- Realizar future
- Realizar conditional
- Realizar present subjunctive
- Realizar affirmative commands
Other verbs in the imperfect
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