yo sospechaba

suspected

→ sospechar
sospech to suspect + aba imperfect indicative/subjunctive, 1st or 3rd person singular
verb · first singular · imperfect indicative Uncommon #22,756
suspected Imperfect tense (used for ongoing/repeated past actions or background descriptions).
SP: Sospechaba que él no decía toda la verdad.
EN: He suspected that he wasn’t telling the whole truth.
Conjugation of sospechar
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
First sospechaba —
Third sospechaba —
Subjunctive imperfect
SingularPlural
First sospechaba —
Third sospechaba —

La policía sospechaba de sus movimientos.

The police were suspicious of his movements.

Era como sospechaba.

It was as I suspected.

— Ha vuelto (2015)

Nadie sospechaba de mí.

Nobody suspected me.

Tom no sospechaba nada.

Tom didn't suspect a thing.

Y yo sospechaba algo.

And I suspected something.

— Sin piedad (2026)

Sami sospechaba mucho de todos.

Sami was very suspicious of everyone.

Lo sospechaba.

I suspected it.

— Five Nights at Freddy's 2 (2025)

Quizá no lo sabía, pero lo sospechaba.

Maybe he didn't know it, but he suspected it.

Como sospechaba.

As I suspected.

Nadie sospechaba nada.

Nobody suspected anything.

Ella no sospechaba nada.

She had no idea anything was wrong.

Se sospechaba de él porque no tenía una coartada.

He was suspected because he didn't have an alibi.

No sospechaba nada.

I didn’t suspect a thing.

Es justo lo que sospechaba.

That's exactly what I suspected.

— Divorcio a la italiana (1961)