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yo pegaba

was hitting, used to hit

→ pegar
peg to stick, to glue + aba imperfect indicative/subjunctive, 1st or 3rd person singular
verb · first singular · imperfect indicative Rare #29,789
was hitting, used to hit Imperfect tense (past), describing an ongoing or habitual action.
SP: Cuando era niño, pegaba a mis hermanos.
EN: When I was a kid, I used to hit my siblings.
Conjugation of pegar
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
First pegaba —
Third pegaba —
Subjunctive imperfect
SingularPlural
First pegaba —
Third pegaba —

Le pegaba a ella.

He used to hit her.

— Estación central de Brasil (1998)

El sol de verano pegaba en nuestra frente.

The summer sun beat down on our foreheads.

Antes María pegaba a sus hijos.

Maria used to hit her children.

No veas los gritos que pegaba.

You should have seen the screams she was making.

— [REC] (2007)

Me pegaba tanto que me aguanto mi espalda todo el tiempo.

He hit me so hard that I had to hold my back all the time.

— Un simple accidente (2025)

Creo que pegaba a su hija.

I think he hit his daughter.

— Divorcio a la italiana (1961)

Claro, cuando papá le pegaba nada más llegar del bar.

Of course, when Dad would hit him as soon as he got home from the bar.

— Oh Boy (2012)

La diferencia está en que el hermano no le daba agua, sino que le pegaba.

The difference is that the brother didn't give him water, but instead beat him.

— El espejo (1975)

Se les pegaba a los hombres cuando bailaba.

They would get close to the men when they danced.

— मुन्ना भाई एम बी बी एस (2003)

Tom no pegaba ni con cola.

Tom didn't fit in at all.