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yo estudiaba

was studying, studied

→ estudiar
estudi study + aba Imperfect past (-ar verbs, 1st/3rd singular)
verb · first singular · imperfect indicative Uncommon #15,689
was studying, studied Imperfect past (yo/él/ella/usted): used for ongoing, habitual, or background actions in the past.
SP: Cuando era niño, estudiaba todas las tardes.
EN: When I was a child, I studied every afternoon.
Conjugation of estudiar
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
First estudiaba —
Third estudiaba estudiaban
Subjunctive imperfect
SingularPlural
First estudiaba —
Third estudiaba estudiaban

Estudiaba de día y trabajaba de noche.

He studied during the day and worked at night.

— Oh Boy (2012)

Tom conoció a su esposa cuando estudiaba en Francia.

Tom met his wife while he was studying in France.

Estudiaba francés cuando estaba en la prepa.

I studied French when I was in high school.

Eran populares cuando estudiaba.

They were popular when I was a student.

— El jardín de los pecadores: Paradigma paradoja (Paradoja espiral) (2008)

Él estudiaba en promedio diez horas al día.

He studied an average of ten hours a day.

Yo que tú estudiaba.

If I were you, I’d study.

Me llamaron a filas cuando estudiaba.

I was called up for military service while I was a student.

— Atlantis: El imperio perdido (2001)

Estudiaba cómo volaron las aves.

He was studying how birds flew.

Eso fue cuando estudiaba, en la escuela.

That was when I was a student, at school.

— Moscú no cree en las lágrimas (1980)

Tom conoció a su esposa cuando estudiaba en Alemania.

Tom met his wife while he was studying in Germany.

Estudiaba para el examen de leyes.

I was studying for the law exam.

— La gran enfermedad del amor (2017)

Tom estudiaba.

Tom was studying.

Estudiaba en la facultad.

I was studying at university.

— Tesis (1996)

Tranquila, sólo hacía que estudiaba.

Don't worry, I was just pretending to study.

— Tesis (1996)

Bob era tímido cuando estudiaba en el instituto.

Bob was shy when he was in high school.

Estudiaba cómo volaban la aves.

He was studying how birds flew.

Era un erudito que estudiaba idiomas como yo.

He was a scholar who studied languages like me.

— Genocidal Organ (2017)

No estudiaba conmigo, sino con Dominique y Pierre.

He didn't study with me, but with Dominique and Pierre.

— Las invasiones bárbaras (2003)

Estudiaba latín moderno.

He was studying modern Latin.

— Adiós, muchachos (1987)

Comí mientras estudiaba.

I ate while I studied.

Él estudiaba la manera en que vuelan las aves.

He was studying the way birds fly.

Él ya estudiaba música clásica.

He was already studying classical music.

— Relatos salvajes (2014)