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trocar — Imperfect (Imperfecto)

to exchange, to barter, to swap

The imperfect conjugation of trocar (irregular stem-change-o-ue-plus-spelling, ranked #2448). Describes habitual past actions, background context, and ongoing states. Key signals: siempre, normalmente, cuando era niño.

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Pronoun Imperfect conjugation
yo trocaba
trocabas
él/ella/Ud. trocaba
nosotros trocábamos
vosotros trocabais
ellos/ellas/Uds. trocaban

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

Example sentence

Antes yo trocaba con frecuencia.

Before, I used to exchange, to barter, to swap often.

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