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yo lloraba

was crying, cried

→ llorar
llor to cry + aba imperfect indicative/subjunctive, 1st or 3rd person singular
verb · first singular · imperfect indicative Uncommon #11,805
was crying, cried Imperfect past tense (ongoing or habitual action in the past).
SP: Cuando era niño, lloraba mucho por las noches.
EN: When I was a child, I used to cry a lot at night.
Conjugation of llorar
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
First lloraba —
Third lloraba —
Subjunctive imperfect
SingularPlural
First lloraba —
Third lloraba —

Ella le preguntó por qué lloraba, pero él no respondió.

She asked him why he was crying, but he didn’t answer.

Lloraba cuando estaba solo en el baño.

He would cry when he was alone in the bathroom.

— Despedidas (2008)

Ella lloraba sola.

She was crying alone.

Tom lloraba mientras leía la carta que había recibido de parte de Mary.

Tom cried as he read the letter he had received from Mary.

Pero no decía nada; lloraba.

But he said nothing; he was crying.

— La strada (1954)

Da-song lloraba porque no quería volver.

Da-song was crying because he didn’t want to go back.

— Parásitos (2019)

No lloraba, solo le fue humo a los ojos.

He wasn’t crying; smoke just got in his eyes.

Lyusya lloraba mientras escuchaba a Mahler.

Lyusya cried while listening to Mahler.

Ella lloraba al oír la historia.

She cried when she heard the story.

Lloraba más que yo cuando me dijo que volvería, pero jamás volvió.

They cried more than I did when they told me they would come back, but they never did.

— El gran diluvio (2025)

Le pregunté porqué lloraba.

I asked her why she was crying.

Incluso el rey lloraba.

Even the king was crying.

— Adiós a mi concubina (1993)

Tom no sabe por qué lloraba Mary.

Tom doesn't know why Mary was crying.

Cuando Geum-ja llegó, lloraba sin parar, como un bebé.

When Geum-ja arrived, he cried nonstop, like a baby.

— Sympathy for Lady Vengeance (2005)

Jackson lloraba mucho.

Jackson cried a lot.

— Die My Love (2025)

Ella lloraba mientras leía la carta.

She cried as she read the letter.

Te digo que lloraba.

I'm telling you, I was crying.

— Tesis (1996)

Lloraba de dolor.

She was crying in pain.

Ella lloraba y lloraba, pero nadie venía a consolarla.

She cried and cried, but no one came to comfort her.

Tom lloraba mucho cuando era niño.

Tom cried a lot when he was a child.

Era por ti por quién lloraba en la boda.

It was for you that I cried at the wedding.

— Hable con ella (2002)

Él se reía mientras ella lloraba.

He laughed while she cried.

Siempre lloraba en mi hombro.

She always cried on my shoulder.

— El paciente inglés (1996)

Ella lloraba de dolor.

She was crying in pain.

Lloraba.

She was crying.

Él me sostuvo mientras yo lloraba.

He held me while I cried.

Nunca lloraba.

She never cried.

— El profesional (Léon) (1994)

Él lloraba de hambre.

He was crying from hunger.

Ziri lloraba.

Ziri was crying.

Estaba mamá, mamá que lloraba, pobrecita.

Mom was there, Mom was crying, poor thing.

— Divorcio a la italiana (1961)