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yo alegraba

cheered up, made happy

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alegr to make (someone) happy; to cheer (someone) up + aba imperfect indicative/subjunctive: 1st-person singular or 3rd-person singular
verb · first singular · imperfect indicative Rare #46,506
cheered up, made happy Imperfect tense; the subject can be he, she, or you (formal).
SP: La música me alegraba cada mañana.
EN: The music cheered me up every morning.
Conjugation of alegrar
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
First alegraba —
Third alegraba —
Subjunctive imperfect
SingularPlural
First alegraba —
Third alegraba —

Mary me dijo que se alegraba de verme.

Mary told me she was happy to see me.

Nada le alegraba más que un invitado dijera que su bebé olía bien.

Nothing made her happier than when a guest said her baby smelled good.

— La doncella (2016)

Se alegraba de que yo lo supiera, pues odiaba andar a escondidas.

She was glad I knew, because she hated being in secret.

— Cadena perpetua (1994)