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engañar — Imperfect (Imperfecto)

to deceive / to cheat

The imperfect conjugation of engañar (regular -ar verb, ranked #302). Describes habitual past actions, background context, and ongoing states. Key signals: siempre, normalmente, cuando era niño.

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Pronoun Imperfect conjugation
yo engañaba
engañabas
él/ella/Ud. engañaba
nosotros engañábamos
vosotros engañabais
ellos/ellas/Uds. engañaban

Example sentence

Antes yo engañaba con frecuencia.

Before, I used to deceive / to cheat often.

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