delegar means: to delegate, to depute, to devolve
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In this conjugation lesson we are going to learn how to conjugate the verb delegar 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 delegar conjugation. For an overview of Simple Tenses conjugation have a look at 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 may get additional information on conjugation in this tense and explanation of exceptions and special cases.

How to translate Imperfecto to English

Notice that the phrases in English 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 its inflected forms are one word long. There are also compound (compuesto) tenses in Spanish language, where each conjugated form consists of two words.The verb delegar has a completely regular conjugation in the Imperfecto tense of the Indicativo mood. It means that this verb follows the general rules for its group (-ar) without exceptions. This tense is really easy, as there are only three irregular verbs! The basis for the conjugation in this tense is the stem of the verb, so we 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 and you have the ending — one of -ar, -er or -ir. What’s left is the stem. So for delegar:

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

Use the stem deleg- in each subject as the basis for the conjugation, 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. Notice 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 delegaba:

• yo delegaba – I delegated

Similarly add the regular ending -abas for the second person singular to create delegabas:

• tú delegabas – you delegated

And one more time add the regular ending -aba for the third person singular to create delegaba:

• él delegaba – he delegated
• ella delegaba – she delegated
• usted delegaba – (formal) you delegated

And once more add the regular ending -ábamos for the first person plural to create delegábamos. 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 delegábamos:

• nosotros delegábamos – we delegated
• nosotras delegábamos – (feminine) we delegated

Also as in the previous case add the regular ending -abais for the second person plural to create delegabais:

• vosotros delegabais – (plural) you delegated
• vosotras delegabais – (feminine, plural) you delegated

And add the regular ending -aban for the third person plural to create delegaban:

• ellos delegaban – they delegated
• ellas delegaban – (feminine) they delegated
• ustedes delegaban – (formal, plural) you delegated

Hurray! The conjugation is now finished. That’s the final result:

yo	delegaba	I delegated
tú	delegabas	you delegated
él/ella/usted	delegaba	he/she/it delegated
nosotros/nosotras	delegábamos	we delegated
vosotros/vosotras	delegabais	you delegated
ellos/ellas/ustedes	delegaban	they delegated

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Next Steps to Perfection To practice this conjugation and test yourself 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 delegar visit our Exercise section To see conjugation charts in all tenses for delegar visit the Conjugator To explore other learning materials visit the Study section

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