eu acordava

was waking, used to wake

→ acordar
acord wake up + ava I/he/she imperfect
verb · 1st-person singular / 3rd-person singular, imperfect tense Rare #33,928
was waking, used to wake
PO: O barulho me acordava cedo.
EN: The noise used to wake me up early.
Conjugation of acordar
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
First acordava —
Third acordava —

Quando menino, eu sempre acordava cedo.

As a boy, I always woke up early.

Tom acordava cedo.

Tom used to wake up early.

Eu não disse que ele acordava?

Didn't I say he was waking up?

— Eles Não Usam Black-Tie (1981)

Você não acordava de jeito nenhum, então comecei a achar que era tudo um sonho.

You just wouldn’t wake up, so I started to think it was all a dream.

— Suzume (2022)

Todas as manhãs, o galo do vizinho nos acordava.

Every morning, the neighbor's rooster would wake us up.

Ela me acordava à noite e me perguntava se eu queria água.

She would wake me up at night and ask me if I wanted water.

Ele se acordava tarde com tanta frequência, que acabou sendo despedido.

He woke up late so often that he ended up getting fired.