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fermentar — Imperfect (Imperfecto)

to ferment

The imperfect conjugation of fermentar (regular -ar verb, ranked #1871). Describes habitual past actions, background context, and ongoing states. Key signals: siempre, normalmente, cuando era niño.

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Pronoun Imperfect conjugation
yo fermentaba
fermentabas
él/ella/Ud. fermentaba
nosotros fermentábamos
vosotros fermentabais
ellos/ellas/Uds. fermentaban

Example sentence

Los antiguos egipcios ya fermentaban la cerveza hace miles de años.

The ancient Egyptians were already fermenting beer thousands of years ago.

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