How to conjugate empeñar in Subjunctive Imperfect in Spanish

empeñar
to pawn, to pledge, to try hard
regular verb

Empeñar means to pawn or pledge an item as security for a loan, or to try hard to do something. It is used both in financial contexts and in expressions of effort.

How to conjugate empeñar in Subjunctive Imperfect

El Imperfecto Subjuntivo - used to speak about unlikely or uncertain events in the past

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Subjunctive Imperfect Conjugations

PronounConjugation
Yo
empeñara
Tú
empeñaras
Él / Ella / Usted
empeñara
Nosotros / Nosotras
empeñáramos
Vosotros / Vosotras
empeñarais
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes
empeñaran

Examples of empeñar in Subjunctive Imperfect

Yo
Si yo empeñara mi reloj, podría pagar la deuda.
If I pawned my watch, I could pay the debt.
Tú
Es posible que tú empeñaras el libro por dinero.
It's possible that you pawned the book for money.
Él / Ella / Usted
Quizá él empeñara su anillo antiguo.
Maybe he pawned his old ring.
Nosotros / Nosotras
Si nosotros empeñáramos algo, sería para una emergencia.
If we pawned something, it would be for an emergency.
Vosotros / Vosotras
No creía que vosotros empeñarais vuestras joyas.
I didn't think you all pawned your jewelry.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes
Era probable que ellos empeñaran sus pertenencias.
It was likely that they pawned their belongings.

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Si yo empeñara mi reloj, podría pagar la deuda.

Other conjugations of empeñar

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Indicative Present
Indicative Preterite
Indicative Imperfect
Indicative Present Continuous
Indicative Informal Future
Indicative Future
Indicative Conditional
Indicative Present Perfect
Indicative Past Perfect
Indicative Future Perfect
Indicative Conditional Perfect
Subjunctive Present
Subjunctive Future
Subjunctive Present Perfect
Subjunctive Past Perfect
Subjunctive Future Perfect
Imperative Affirmative
Imperative Negative

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