yo apestaba

stank, smelled bad

→ apestar
apest stink; smell bad + aba yo/él/ella imperfect
verb · first singular · imperfect indicative Rare #46,786
stank, smelled bad Imperfect tense: describes an ongoing or habitual situation in the past.
SP: La cocina apestaba a pescado.
EN: The kitchen stank of fish.
Conjugation of apestar
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
First apestaba —
Third apestaba —
Subjunctive imperfect
SingularPlural
First apestaba —
Third apestaba —

Todo el valle apestaba a animales empapados y a heno mojado y podrido.

The whole valley stank of soaked animals and wet, rotten hay.

— El cielo sobre Berlín (1987)

La rana apestaba a petróleo.

The frog smelled like oil.

La habitación apestaba a tabaco.

The room reeked of tobacco.

Nadie quería jugar con Tango, excepto el pequeño niño, porque Tango apestaba.

Nobody wanted to play with Tango, except the little boy, because Tango stank.