-er verb irregular · stem-changing-e-ie Advanced

descender — Imperfect (Imperfecto)

to descend, to go down

The imperfect conjugation of descender (irregular stem-changing-e-ie, ranked #1286). Describes habitual past actions, background context, and ongoing states. Key signals: siempre, normalmente, cuando era niño.

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Pronoun Imperfect conjugation
yo descendía
descendías
él/ella/Ud. descendía
nosotros descendíamos
vosotros descendíais
ellos/ellas/Uds. descendían

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

Example sentence

Antes yo descendía con frecuencia.

Before, I used to descend, to go down often.

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