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empeñar — Imperfect (Imperfecto)

to pawn, to pledge

The imperfect conjugation of empeñar (regular -ar verb, ranked #766). Describes habitual past actions, background context, and ongoing states. Key signals: siempre, normalmente, cuando era niño.

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Pronoun Imperfect conjugation
yo empeñaba
empeñabas
él/ella/Ud. empeñaba
nosotros empeñábamos
vosotros empeñabais
ellos/ellas/Uds. empeñaban

Example sentence

Antes yo empeñaba con frecuencia.

Before, I used to pawn, to pledge often.

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