What does imaginar mean?
imaginar means to imagine in English. It is a regular -ar verb.
It can also be used with these related meanings: to imagine, to suppose.
Spanish verb guide
Imaginar Conjugation in Spanish
Learn imaginar, meaning to imagine, through verified forms and contextual examples.
regular-argerund: imaginandoparticiple: imaginado
Principal forms of imaginar
- Infinitive
- imaginar
- Gerund
- imaginando
- Past participle
- imaginado
Imaginar conjugation table
Compare the present, preterite, imperfect, and future forms. Reflexive pronouns are included where the verb requires them.
| Pronoun | Present | Preterite | Imperfect | Future |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| yo | imagino | imaginé | imaginaba | imaginaré |
| tú | imaginas | imaginaste | imaginabas | imaginarás |
| él / ella / usted | imagina | imaginó | imaginaba | imaginará |
| nosotros/as | imaginamos | imaginamos | imaginábamos | imaginaremos |
| ellos/as / ustedes | imaginan | imaginaron | imaginaban | imaginarán |
Pattern notes
- Imaginar follows the regular -ar pattern in the four tenses shown here.
Examples with imaginar
Jamás me imaginé una cosa así.I never imagined anything like this.Tatoeba example · CC BY 2.0 FR
Mary se imagina a menudo su boda.Mary often imagines her wedding.Tatoeba example · CC BY 2.0 FR
Me imagino que los compra en el extranjero.Presumably, he buys them abroad.Tatoeba example · CC BY 2.0 FR
Practice prompts
- Conjugate imaginar for yo in the present.
- Use the preterite form for ella.
- Say the nosotros/as imperfect form.
- Write a short sentence in the future.
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