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machacar — Imperfect (Imperfecto)

to crush / to hammer

The imperfect conjugation of machacar (irregular spelling-change, ranked #2257). Describes habitual past actions, background context, and ongoing states. Key signals: siempre, normalmente, cuando era niño.

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Pronoun Imperfect conjugation
yo machacaba
machacabas
él/ella/Ud. machacaba
nosotros machacábamos
vosotros machacabais
ellos/ellas/Uds. machacaban

* Red forms deviate from the regular -ar imperfect pattern.

Example sentence

Antes yo machacaba con frecuencia.

Before, I used to crush / to hammer often.

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