eu pescava

fished, used to fish, was fishing

→ pescar
pesc to fish + ava I/he/she imperfect past
verb · 1st-person singular / 3rd-person singular, imperfect tense Rare #41,364
fished, used to fish, was fishing The imperfect often describes a habitual or ongoing action in the past.
PO: Quando era criança, pescava no lago.
EN: When I was a child, I used to fish in the lake.
Conjugation of pescar
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
First pescava —
Third pescava —

Ele sempre pescava no rio quando era jovem.

He always used to fish in the river when he was young.

Eu também mantinha Harold Dracosson satisfeito e não pescava no porto.

I also kept Harold Dracosson happy and didn’t fish in the harbor.

Estávamos pescando bem mais do que eu pescava sozinha, e sem tanto esforço.

We were catching a lot more fish than I did on my own, and without nearly as much effort.

Talvez o menininho que pescava no píer devesse estar na escola.

Maybe the little boy fishing on the pier should have been in school.