colacionar means: to collate, to compare
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In this Spanish conjugation lesson we will learn how to conjugate the verb colacionar in the Imperfecto tense of the Indicativo mood. It means we will see step by step how to create and translate forms of each grammatical person.

This lesson is specifically about the colacionar conjugation. For a general overview of all the Simple Tenses conjugation see the Simple Tenses Conjugation Chart.

You may also see the Video Presentation on how to conjugate verbs in Imperfecto. It’s embedded below, but using the above link you can get additional information on conjugation in this tense and explanation of special cases and exceptions.

How to translate Imperfecto to English

Note that the English phrases provided below next to each conjugation are not direct translations from Spanish to English. They are usually the closest general equivalents. The example differences are:

• In Spanish conjugation, there is the form usted in the third person singular. But this person does not translate to the English third person singular. It translates to the so called formal you and uses the inflected form which is most often represented as he/she/it in English conjugation charts.
• Similar situation happens in the third person plural, where ustedes translates to the English plural formal you but uses the form which corresponds to the they form in English.
• Tenses are used differently in Spanish and English, so the actual translation should always take into account the context and focus on translating the meaning, not just words.
• In both languages each verb may have multiple meanings and not every meaning translates directly to the other language. Here also, the context and focusing on the particular meaning helps to create the most accurate translation.

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Step by step instructions

Imperfecto belongs to the simple tenses group, which means that all of the inflected forms are one word long. There are also compound (compuesto) tenses in the Spanish language, where each conjugated form consists of two words.The verb colacionar has an entirely regular conjugation in the Imperfecto tense of the Indicativo mood. It means this verb simply follows the general rules for its conjugation group (-ar) without exceptions. This tense is really easy, as there are only three irregular verbs! The basis for this conjugation is the stem of the verb, so we have to begin by splitting the infinitive into a stem and an ending. It’s very easy to do. Just remove two letters from the end of the infinitive to get the ending — one of -ar, -er or -ir. What’s left is the stem. So in case of our verb:

• the stem is: colacion-
• and the ending is: -ar

Use the stem colacion- in each person as the basis for the conjugations, the common prefix that each of the forms begins with. Next, add to this regular stem the endings specific to each person. Analyze the image showing all six endings. Note both the shapes and colors of the letters. It should help you find patterns and make it easier to remember these endings.Each grammatical person has a specific ending in each of the three conjugation groups -ar, -er, -ir. Add the regular ending -aba for the first person singular to create colacionaba:

• yo colacionaba – I collated

And add the regular ending -abas for the second person singular to create colacionabas:

• tú colacionabas – you collated

And as before add the regular ending -aba for the third person singular to create colacionaba:

• él colacionaba – he collated
• ella colacionaba – she collated
• usted colacionaba – (formal) you collated

And similarly add the regular ending -ábamos for the first person plural to create colacionábamos. Note difference in spelling

Only the first person plural has an accent here.

This difference exists only in case of the verbs from the -ar group. Other groups always have an accented i in the ending in this tense.So add the accent to get colacionábamos:

• nosotros colacionábamos – we collated
• nosotras colacionábamos – (feminine) we collated

Similarly add the regular ending -abais for the second person plural to create colacionabais:

• vosotros colacionabais – (plural) you collated
• vosotras colacionabais – (feminine, plural) you collated

And one more time add the regular ending -aban for the third person plural to create colacionaban:

• ellos colacionaban – they collated
• ellas colacionaban – (feminine) they collated
• ustedes colacionaban – (formal, plural) you collated

This is it! The conjugation is now finished. Put together, the conjugation chart looks like this:

yo	colacionaba	I collated
tú	colacionabas	you collated
él/ella/usted	colacionaba	he/she/it collated
nosotros/nosotras	colacionábamos	we collated
vosotros/vosotras	colacionabais	you collated
ellos/ellas/ustedes	colacionaban	they collated

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Next Steps to Perfection To practice this conjugation and test your knowledge check this Conjugation Exercise or the Memory Game To see other conjugation lessons for this verb choose another tense: PresentePretéritoCondicionalFuturoPretérito Perfecto CompuestoPretérito PluscuamperfectoFuturo PerfectoCondicional PerfectoPretérito Perfecto Compuesto (subjuntivo)Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto A (subjuntivo)Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto B (subjuntivo)Futuro Perfecto (subjuntivo)  For exercises and examples related to colacionar visit our Exercise section To see conjugation charts in all tenses for colacionar visit the Conjugator To explore other learning materials visit the Study section

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