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sortear — Imperfect (Imperfecto)

to raffle, to draw lots, to dodge

The imperfect conjugation of sortear (regular -ar verb, ranked #2404). Describes habitual past actions, background context, and ongoing states. Key signals: siempre, normalmente, cuando era niño.

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Pronoun Imperfect conjugation
yo sorteaba
sorteabas
él/ella/Ud. sorteaba
nosotros sorteábamos
vosotros sorteabais
ellos/ellas/Uds. sorteaban

Example sentence

Antes yo sorteaba con frecuencia.

Before, I used to raffle, to draw lots, to dodge often.

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