Yap.Town

yo significaba

meant

→ significar
signific mean; signify + aba imperfect indicative/subjunctive: I/he/she
verb · first singular · imperfect indicative Uncommon #13,866
meant Imperfect past tense (used for habitual actions or ongoing states in the past).
SP: No entendí lo que significaba esa palabra.
EN: I didn’t understand what that word meant.
Conjugation of significar
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
First significaba —
Third significaba —
Subjunctive imperfect
SingularPlural
First significaba —
Third significaba —

Quería saber lo que significaba.

I wanted to know what it meant.

— Rang De Basanti (2006)

Sé lo mucho que significaba ella para ti.

I know how much she meant to you.

Significaba que era impotente.

It meant that he was impotent.

— The Chaser (2008)

No significaba nada.

It didn't mean anything.

— Uno de los nuestros (1990)

Lo que pasaba fuera significaba poco.

What happened outside meant little.

Lo tiré al suelo porque sabía lo mucho que significaba para ella.

I threw it on the floor because I knew how much it meant to her.

— Sin piedad (2026)

Siempre he querido saber qué significaba eso.

I've always wanted to know what that meant.

Tom le preguntó a Mary qué significaba esa palabra, pero ella tampoco lo sabía.

Tom asked Mary what that word meant, but she didn’t know either.

Significaba con una sola persona.

It meant with just one person.

— Anatomía de una caída (2023)

Esto significaba para su gente.

This is what it meant to his people.

— Malcolm X (1992)

Sé lo que significaba para ti.

I know what it meant to you.

Había olvidado lo que significaba amar a alguien, lo había olvidado.

I had forgotten what it meant to love someone, I had forgotten.

— La gran belleza (2013)

No sabía qué significaba.

I didn’t know what it meant.

Significaba pertenecer a una familia, a una banda.

It meant belonging to a family, to a gang.

— Uno de los nuestros (1990)

Para ellos, la muerte de Matías no significaba nada.

For them, Matías's death meant nothing.

— Tropa de élite 2 (2010)

La misión significaba todo para él.

The mission meant everything to him.

Dijo que no significaba nada.

He said it didn't mean anything.

— Guardianes de la Noche: Tren infinito (2020)

Sé lo mucho que significaba para ti.

I know how much it meant to you.

Jamás pensé en lo que significaba.

I never thought about what it meant.

Mi mujer se hundió cuando entendió lo que aquello significaba.

My wife was devastated when she understood what that meant.

— Contratiempo (2017)

La estrella amarilla significaba muerte.

The yellow star meant death.

— El cielo sobre Berlín (1987)

Tom no entendía lo que significaba el signo.

Tom didn’t understand what the sign meant.

Yo sabía que el bebé significaba que éramos más que esclavos.

I knew that the baby meant we were more than slaves.

— Blade Runner 2049 (2017)

Pensé que significaba algo para ti.

I thought it meant something to you.

Significaba mucho para él.

It meant a lot to him.