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poner — Imperfect (Imperfecto)

to put / to place

The imperfect conjugation of poner (irregular go-verb, ranked #15). Describes habitual past actions, background context, and ongoing states. Key signals: siempre, normalmente, cuando era niño.

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Pronoun Imperfect conjugation
yo ponía
ponías
él/ella/Ud. ponía
nosotros poníamos
vosotros poníais
ellos/ellas/Uds. ponían

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

Example sentence

Antes yo ponía con frecuencia.

Before, I used to put / to place often.

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