calentar — Imperfect (Imperfecto)
to heat / to warm up
The imperfect conjugation of calentar (irregular stem-changing e>ie, ranked #432). Describes habitual past actions, background context, and ongoing states. Key signals: siempre, normalmente, cuando era niño.
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Practice for free ↗ | Pronoun | Imperfect conjugation |
|---|---|
| yo | calentaba |
| tú | calentabas |
| él/ella/Ud. | calentaba |
| nosotros | calentábamos |
| vosotros | calentabais |
| ellos/ellas/Uds. | calentaban |
* Red forms deviate from the regular -ar imperfect pattern.
Example sentence
Antes yo calentaba con frecuencia.
Before, I used to heat / to warm up often.
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