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imperfect tense

/ɪmˈpɜːfɪkt tɛns/

Tradução: Tempo gramatical usado para descrever ações prolongadas, repetidas ou inacabadas no passado, frequentemente indicando que a ação durou algum tempo sem conclusão definida.

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/ɪmˈpɜːfɪkt tɛns/C1formal
  • ptTempo gramatical usado para descrever ações prolongadas, repetidas ou inacabadas no passado, frequentemente indicando que a ação durou algum tempo sem conclusão definida.

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.

    ptPretérito imperfeito

    • 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).