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inventar — Imperfect (Imperfecto)

to invent

The imperfect conjugation of inventar (regular -ar verb, ranked #361). Describes habitual past actions, background context, and ongoing states. Key signals: siempre, normalmente, cuando era niño.

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Pronoun Imperfect conjugation
yo inventaba
inventabas
él/ella/Ud. inventaba
nosotros inventábamos
vosotros inventabais
ellos/ellas/Uds. inventaban

Example sentence

Antes yo inventaba con frecuencia.

Before, I used to invent often.

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