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yo cantaba

was singing, used to sing

k a n ˈt a b a → cantar
cant sing + aba Imperfect past (-ar verbs, 1st/3rd singular)
verb · first singular · imperfect indicative Uncommon #13,082
was singing, used to sing Imperfect past (yo/él/ella/usted): describes an ongoing past action or a habitual action in the past.
SP: Cuando era niño, cantaba en el coro de la escuela.
EN: When I was a child, I used to sing in the school choir.
Conjugation of cantar
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
First cantaba —
Third cantaba cantaban
Subjunctive imperfect
SingularPlural
First cantaba —
Third cantaba cantaban

Cantaba con melancolía.

She sang with melancholy.

— Vivir (1952)

Le gustaba cómo cantaba y todo.

He liked how she sang and everything.

— Song Sung Blue - Canción para dos (2025)

Cuando ella era pequeña cantaba bien.

She sang well when she was little.

Cada noche, un ruiseñor nos cantaba canciones.

Every night, a nightingale sang songs to us.

Ella cantaba bien de niña.

She sang well as a child.

Claire Sardina cantaba canciones de Patsy Cline.

Claire Sardina sang Patsy Cline songs.

— Song Sung Blue - Canción para dos (2025)

La cantaba una chica que estuvo aquí hace mucho tiempo.

It was sung by a girl who was here a long time ago.

— La strada (1954)

Un amigo mío la cantaba en la ciudad.

A friend of mine used to sing it in the city.

— Quieto, muere, resucita (1990)

Ella me sonrió mientras cantaba una canción.

She smiled at me while singing a song.

Yo le cantaba a mi bebé.

I sang to my baby.

Lo cantaba en bares para seducir mujeres.

He sang it in bars to seduce women.

Él tocaba el piano y ella cantaba.

He played the piano and she sang.

Delante de la fuente una chica tocaba la guitarra y cantaba.

In front of the fountain, a girl was playing the guitar and singing.

Ella cantaba.

She sang.

Ella tocaba guitarra y él cantaba.

She played guitar and he sang.

El mirlo cantaba con nostalgia su canción de atardecer.

The blackbird sang its sunset song with longing.

Tom cantaba mientras trabajaba.

Tom sang while he worked.

Ella cantaba alegremente.

She sang happily.

Él cantaba.

He was singing.

Cantaba mientras trabajaba.

She sang while she worked.

Porque yo conocía lo que cantaba.

Because I knew what he was singing.

Ella cantaba mejor que él.

She sang better than him.

No era yo quien cantaba.

I wasn't the one singing.

Todo el mundo cantaba, excepto yo.

Everyone was singing, except me.

Casi yo no cantaba esa canción esta noche.

I almost didn't sing that song tonight.

Matoub cantaba en el idioma bereber.

Matoub sang in the Berber language.

Sounds similar to

cantara k a n ˈt a ɾ a