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imperfect tense

/ɪmˈpɜːfɪkt tɛns/

Traducción: Tiempo gramatical que se utiliza para describir acciones pasadas que eran continuas, repetidas o no terminadas, indicando a menudo que la acción ocurría durante un periodo sin un fin definitivo.

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/ɪmˈpɜːfɪkt tɛns/C1formal
  • esTiempo gramatical que se utiliza para describir acciones pasadas que eran continuas, repetidas o no terminadas, indicando a menudo que la acción ocurría durante un periodo sin un fin definitivo.

A grammatical tense used to describe ongoing, habitual, or incomplete actions in the past, often indicating that an action was happening over a period of time without a specific endpoint.

  1. Past continuous actionB2formal

    A grammatical tense used to describe ongoing, habitual, or incomplete actions in the past.

    espretérito imperfecto

    • In Spanish, 'hablaba' means 'I was speaking' in the imperfect tense.
    • The imperfect tense is often used to set the scene in stories.
    • She was reading a book when he arrived (imperfect tense in some languages).