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sombrear — Imperfect (Imperfecto)

to shade, to shadow, to darken

The imperfect conjugation of sombrear (regular -ar verb, ranked #2496). Describes habitual past actions, background context, and ongoing states. Key signals: siempre, normalmente, cuando era niño.

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Pronoun Imperfect conjugation
yo sombreaba
sombreabas
él/ella/Ud. sombreaba
nosotros sombreábamos
vosotros sombreabais
ellos/ellas/Uds. sombreaban

Example sentence

Antes yo sombreaba con frecuencia.

Before, I used to shade, to shadow, to darken often.

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