yo pintaba

was painting, painted

p i n ˈt a b a → pintar

pint to paint + aba imperfect indicative: I/he/she

verb · first singular · imperfect indicative Rare #39,713

was painting, painted Imperfect tense (yo/él/ella/usted). Often describes an ongoing or habitual past action.

SP: Ayer pintaba la pared cuando llegó mi hermano.

EN: Yesterday I was painting the wall when my brother arrived.

Conjugation of pintar

Indicative imperfect

	Singular	Plural
First	pintaba	—
Third	pintaba	—

Subjunctive imperfect

	Singular	Plural
First	pintaba	—
Third	pintaba	—

The artist always painted alone.

Tom spilled paint on his shirt while painting the fence.

The boy was painting flowers.

The colored glass painted colorful images on the church floor.

The artist always painted alone.

He painted trees, well, one.

— Rebeca (1940)

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