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yo temía

was afraid (of), feared

t e ˈm i a → temer
tem fear + ía imperfect (yo/él/ella/usted)
verb · first singular · imperfect indicative Uncommon #14,123
was afraid (of), feared Imperfect tense (yo/él/ella/usted): “I/he/she/you (formal) was/were afraid; used for ongoing or habitual past situations.”
SP: Cuando era niño, temía a la oscuridad.
EN: When I was a child, I was afraid of the dark.
Conjugation of temer
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
First temía temíamos
Third temía temían
Subjunctive imperfect
SingularPlural
First temía temíamos
Third temía temían

Eso me temía.

That's what I feared.

— Oppenheimer (2023)

Pero las cosas me parecen aún peores de lo que temía.

But things seem even worse to me than I feared.

— El Capitán (2018)

Me temía lo peor.

I feared the worst.

Como me lo temía.

Just as I feared.

— El señor de los anillos: La comunidad del anillo (2001)

Ya me lo temía.

I was already afraid of it.

No temía la muerte.

I wasn't afraid of death.

Cuando estaba en el nido del buitre, temía no volver a verla nunca más.

When I was in the vulture's nest, I feared I would never see her again.

— Predator: Badlands (2025)

Eso temía.

That's what I was afraid of.

— Mulholland Drive (2001)

Es lo que me temía.

That’s what I was afraid of.

— Pixote, la ley del más débil (1980)

Temía a la muerte.

I was afraid of death.

— La princesa Mononoke (1997)

Ella temía despertar al bebé.

She was afraid of waking the baby.

Sami temía por su vida.

Sami feared for his life.

El muchacho temía la oscuridad.

The boy was afraid of the dark.

Tom silenciosamente entró en la casa porque temía despertar a María.

Tom quietly entered the house because he was afraid of waking Maria.

Temía no volver a verlo.

I was afraid I would never see him again.

— Rebeca (1940)

Tom no le temía a la muerte.

Tom wasn't afraid of death.

Pero temía dártelas.

But I was afraid to give them to you.

— हम दिल दे चुके सनम (1999)

Él no temía la muerte.

He wasn't afraid of death.

Cuando era un niñito no le temía a nada.

When I was a little boy, I wasn't afraid of anything.

Hacía años que no temía por mi vida.

I hadn't feared for my life in years.

— 28 años después: El templo de los huesos (2026)

Su madre tuvo otro paro cardíaco, tal como me lo temía.

His mother had another cardiac arrest, just as I feared.

— Good bye, Lenin! (2003)

Witzigmann no entendía el poder del silencio, le temía.

Witzigmann did not understand the power of silence; he feared it.

— Ha vuelto (2015)

Temía llegar tarde.

I was afraid of being late.

Como me temía, señor, no funcionan.

As I feared, sir, they don't work.

— Star Trek II: La ira de Khan (1982)

Tom temía a Mary.

Tom was afraid of Mary.

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tenía t e ˈn i a