yo regañaba

scolded, used to scold

→ regañar
verb · first singular · imperfect indicative Rare #42,021
scolded, used to scold Imperfect past tense (ongoing/repeated action in the past).
SP: Mi mamá me regañaba cuando llegaba tarde.
EN: My mom used to scold me when I got home late.
Conjugation of regañar
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
First regañaba —
Third regañaba —
Subjunctive imperfect
SingularPlural
First regañaba —
Third regañaba —

Yo no te regañaba.

I wasn't scolding you.

Vi como le regañaba su madre.

I saw his mother scolding him.

Cuando ella estaba en la escuela primaria, el maestro la regañaba a menudo.

When she was in elementary school, the teacher often scolded her.

Vi cómo le regañaba su padre.

I saw how his father scolded him.

Hacía tiempo que papá no me regañaba.

It had been a long time since Dad had scolded me.

— Dangal (2016)