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echar — Imperfect (Imperfecto)

to throw / to pour / to fire

The imperfect conjugation of echar (regular -ar verb, ranked #460). Describes habitual past actions, background context, and ongoing states. Key signals: siempre, normalmente, cuando era niño.

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Pronoun Imperfect conjugation
yo echaba
echabas
él/ella/Ud. echaba
nosotros echábamos
vosotros echabais
ellos/ellas/Uds. echaban

Example sentence

Antes yo echaba con frecuencia.

Before, I used to throw / to pour / to fire often.

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