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yo imaginaba

imagined

→ imaginar
imagin imagine; imagination + aba imperfect indicative/subjunctive, 1st or 3rd person singular
verb · first singular · imperfect indicative Uncommon #13,412
imagined Imperfect past tense (used for ongoing, habitual, or background actions in the past).
SP: Cuando era niño, imaginaba que podía volar.
EN: When I was a child, I imagined that I could fly.
Conjugation of imaginar
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
First imaginaba —
Third imaginaba —
Subjunctive imperfect
SingularPlural
First imaginaba —
Third imaginaba —

He visto morir a gente de formas que ni imaginaba posibles.

I've seen people die in ways I never imagined possible.

— Los pecadores (2025)

Vaya, no me imaginaba que esto fuera tan complicado de resolver sin la herramienta adecuada.

Wow, I didn't imagine this would be so complicated to solve without the right tool.

No me la imaginaba así.

I didn't imagine her like this.

— Perfectos desconocidos (2016)

Claro, ya me imaginaba que iba a pasar algo así tarde o temprano.

Of course, I already imagined that something like this was going to happen sooner or later.

Imaginaba la casa de su infancia.

He imagined his childhood home.

— Valor sentimental (2025)

Justo lo que imaginaba.

Just what I imagined.

— ¡Vivir! (1994)

Si no decía nada la gente siempre imaginaba lo peor.

If I didn't say anything, people always imagined the worst.

— El club de la lucha (1999)

Este castillo no es como yo lo imaginaba.

This castle is not what I imagined.

— El castillo ambulante (2004)

Debo decir que no es como la imaginaba.

I must say it's not what I imagined.

Había menos personas en la cola de lo que me imaginaba.

There were fewer people in the queue than I expected.

No te imaginaba tan obstinada.

I didn't imagine you were so stubborn.

— Suspiria (1977)

Eso me imaginaba.

That's what I thought.

Lo imaginaba.

I imagined it.

Reaccionó peor de lo que me imaginaba cuando le conté la noticia.

He reacted worse than I imagined when I told him the news.

Te imaginaba más alto.

I imagined you taller.

— El cielo sobre Berlín (1987)

Seguro que no imaginaba que te lo ibas a tomar así.

I'm sure he didn't imagine you would take it that way.

— Comer, beber, amar (1994)

Imaginaba cómo se habría caído Hae-mi al pozo.

I imagined how Hae-mi must have fallen into the well.

— Burning (2018)

No me la imaginaba tan joven.

I didn't imagine her so young.

— Hable con ella (2002)

El hebreo fue, para él, un poco más difícil de lo que se imaginaba.

Hebrew was, for him, a little more difficult than he had imagined.

Yo, en cambio, tu casa me la imaginaba totalmente distinta.

I, on the other hand, had imagined your house completely differently.

— El secreto de sus ojos (2009)

Se imaginaba claramente el paraíso, y ahora a lo sumo lo sospecha.

He used to clearly imagine paradise, and now at most he only suspects it.

— El cielo sobre Berlín (1987)

Eso es lo que me imaginaba.

That's what I imagined.

Sabía que iba a ser difícil pero no imaginaba cuánto realmente.

I knew it was going to be difficult, but I didn't imagine just how difficult.

Esto podría ser más difícil de lo que me imaginaba.

This might be more difficult than I imagined.

Para nada lo que imaginaba.

Not at all what I imagined.

— Valor sentimental (2025)

Casiel es una mujer, como imaginaba.

Casiel is a woman, just as I imagined.

— Zeta (2026)