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concebir — Imperfect (Imperfecto)

to conceive, to imagine

The imperfect conjugation of concebir (irregular stem-change-e-i, ranked #2028). Describes habitual past actions, background context, and ongoing states. Key signals: siempre, normalmente, cuando era niño.

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Pronoun Imperfect conjugation
yo concebía
concebías
él/ella/Ud. concebía
nosotros concebíamos
vosotros concebíais
ellos/ellas/Uds. concebían

* Red forms deviate from the regular -ir imperfect pattern.

Example sentence

Antes yo concebía con frecuencia.

Before, I used to conceive, to imagine often.

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