empleara

Empleara is a conjugated form of the Spanish verb emplear, meaning to use or to employ. It corresponds to the imperfect subjunctive (subjuntivo imperfecto) in the first-person singular and third-person singular: yo empleara and él/ella/usted empleara. The same form is used for both subjects. Empleara is one of two common spellings of the imperfect subjunctive in the -ra family; the alternative is emplease (the -se variant).

Usage in this mood: The imperfect subjunctive is used in dependent clauses that express doubt, wishes, hypothetical or contrary-to-fact conditions, or indirect speech in the past. Empleara appears in sentences such as “Si yo empleara más tiempo, obtendría mejores resultados” or “Quería que él empleara el método correcto.” The choice between empleara and emplease (the -ra vs -se variant) is often a matter of regional preference or register, with both forms grammatically acceptable in standard Spanish.

Notes on scope: Emplear is the verb most commonly used to mean “to use” or “to employ” in everyday Spanish, while the imperfect subjunctive forms do not alter meaning, only mood and tense. The form empleara is typical of formal or literary writing and is widely covered in grammar references and language dictionaries.