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vacilar — Imperfect (Imperfecto)

to hesitate

The imperfect conjugation of vacilar (regular -ar verb, ranked #1309). Describes habitual past actions, background context, and ongoing states. Key signals: siempre, normalmente, cuando era niño.

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Pronoun Imperfect conjugation
yo vacilaba
vacilabas
él/ella/Ud. vacilaba
nosotros vacilábamos
vosotros vacilabais
ellos/ellas/Uds. vacilaban

Example sentence

Antes yo vacilaba con frecuencia.

Before, I used to hesitate often.

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