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yo fumaba

used to smoke, was smoking

→ fumar
fum smoke + aba imperfect indicative/subjunctive, 1st or 3rd person singular
verb · first singular · imperfect indicative Rare #29,281
used to smoke, was smoking Imperfect tense (past), describing a habitual action or an ongoing past action.
SP: Cuando era joven, fumaba todos los días.
EN: When I was young, I used to smoke every day.
Conjugation of fumar
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
First fumaba —
Third fumaba —
Subjunctive imperfect
SingularPlural
First fumaba —
Third fumaba —
fumara

Yo estaba sentado mientras fumaba en pipa.

I was sitting down while smoking a pipe.

Nemesio fumaba en pipa sentado en un champiñón.

Nemesio was smoking a pipe while sitting on a mushroom.

Yo fumaba.

I used to smoke.

Tom miraba el cielo perdido en sus pensamientos mientras se fumaba un cigarro.

Tom gazed at the sky, lost in thought, while smoking a cigarette.

Yo fumaba cuando era joven.

I used to smoke when I was young.

Usted no fumaba, no bebía mucho.

You didn't smoke; you didn't drink much.

— La escafandra y la mariposa (2007)

Tom se bebió un café mientras Mary se fumaba un cigarro.

Tom drank a coffee while Mary smoked a cigarette.

Fumaba en mi juventud.

I used to smoke in my youth.

Tom evitaba los lugares donde la gente fumaba.

Tom avoided places where people smoked.

Yo sólo fumaba con Angelica.

I only smoked with Angelica.

— Ciudad de Dios (2002)