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En Español 2 - Imperfecto I

The imperfect is often translated with "used to ...' to show repetition

There are also other translations, such as "was ...ing"

Verbs that express a feeling in the past are usually imperfect

AB
He used to be carefulél tenía cuidado
He used to be jealousél tenía envidia
I used to be embarrassedyo tenía vergüenza
I used to be successfulyo tenía éxito
They used to fall downSe caían
We used to eatcomíamos
you (s.inf) used to writeescribías
you (s.form) used to smilese sonría
they used to buildconstruían
she used to goella iba
you (s.form) used to danceUd. bailaba
they used to say good-byese despedían
you (s.inf) jumped ropesaltabas cuerda
there was/werehabía
He used to be (TC.L)él estaba
they used to drawdibujaban
they used to fightse peleaban
you (s.inf) used to goibas
she used to listenella escuchaba
He used to get scaredse asustaba
you (s.form) used to beUd. era
she used to danceella bailaba
they used to studyestudiaban
she used to drawella dibujaba
she used to climb treesella trepaba a los arboles
they used to get madse enojaban
you (s.inf) used to swimnadabas
they used to be (TONIC)ellos eran
she used to be (TONIC)ella era
you (s.form) used to goUd. iba
I used to watchyo miraba
I used to swimyo nadaba
I used to beyo era
I used to smileMe sonreía
I used to feel badMe sentía mal
I used to laughMe reía
I used to fall downMe caía
I used to buildconstruía
I used to tell jokescontaba chistes
I used to drawdibujaba
I used to hideMe escondía
I used to fight withMe peleaba con
I used to jump ropesaltaba la cuerda
I used to climb treestrepaba los árboles
I didn't use to get boredno me aburría
I used to get scaredMe asustaba
I used to get tiredMe cansaba
I used to apologizeMe disculpaba
I used to have a good timeMe divertía
I used to get madMe enojaba
I used to behave wellMe portaba bien
I used to behave badlyMe portaba mal
I used to worryMe preocupaba
I used to be (L.TC)yo estaba
I used to playyo jugaba
I used to runyo corría