-ar verb Advanced

orientar — Imperfect (Imperfecto)

to orient, to guide

The imperfect conjugation of orientar (regular -ar verb, ranked #2301). Describes habitual past actions, background context, and ongoing states. Key signals: siempre, normalmente, cuando era niño.

Drill the imperfect tense with spaced repetition Practice orientar and 965 other verbs in the Conjugado app — free to try.
Practice for free ↗
Pronoun Imperfect conjugation
yo orientaba
orientabas
él/ella/Ud. orientaba
nosotros orientábamos
vosotros orientabais
ellos/ellas/Uds. orientaban

Example sentence

Antes yo orientaba con frecuencia.

Before, I used to orient, to guide often.

Other tenses of orientar

See full conjugation table for orientar →

Related verbs

See all 1,316 verbs in the imperfect tense

Browse Imperfect tense →