enviar means: to bundle off, to despatch, to dispatch, to send
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In this conjugation lesson we will see how to conjugate the verb enviar 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 enviar conjugation. For a general overview of 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 will find more detailed information on conjugation in this tense and explanation of exceptions and special cases.

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

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

Use the stem envi- in each person as the basis for the conjugation, the common prefix or root that each of the forms begins with. Next, add to this regular stem the endings specific to each person. See the image on the side showing all the six endings. Note both the shapes and colors of the letters. They are arranged to 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 enviaba:

• yo enviaba – I bundled off

And exactly as previously add the regular ending -abas for the second person singular to create enviabas:

• tú enviabas – you bundled off

And add the regular ending -aba for the third person singular to create enviaba:

• él enviaba – he bundled off
• ella enviaba – she bundled off
• usted enviaba – (formal) you bundled off

Similarly add the regular ending -ábamos for the first person plural to create enviábamos. 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 enviábamos:

• nosotros enviábamos – we bundled off
• nosotras enviábamos – (feminine) we bundled off

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

• vosotros enviabais – (plural) you bundled off
• vosotras enviabais – (feminine, plural) you bundled off

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

• ellos enviaban – they bundled off
• ellas enviaban – (feminine) they bundled off
• ustedes enviaban – (formal, plural) you bundled off

That’s it! The conjugation is now complete. The final result looks as follows:

yo	enviaba	I bundled off
tú	enviabas	you bundled off
él/ella/usted	enviaba	he/she/it bundled off
nosotros/nosotras	enviábamos	we bundled off
vosotros/vosotras	enviabais	you bundled off
ellos/ellas/ustedes	enviaban	they bundled off

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

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