yo apestaba

stank, smelled bad

→ apestar
apest stink; smell bad + aba yo/él/ella imperfect
verb · first singular · imperfect indicative Rare #46,569
stank, smelled bad Imperfect tense: describes an ongoing or habitual situation in the past.
SP: La cocina apestaba a pescado.
EN: The kitchen stank of fish.
Conjugation of apestar
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
First apestaba
Third apestaba
Subjunctive imperfect
SingularPlural
First apestaba
Third apestaba

La rana apestaba a petróleo.

The frog smelled like oil.

Todo el valle apestaba a animales empapados y a heno mojado y podrido.

The whole valley stank of soaked animals and wet, rotten hay.

— El cielo sobre Berlín (1987)

Nadie quería jugar con Tango, excepto el pequeño niño, porque Tango apestaba.

Nobody wanted to play with Tango, except the little boy, because Tango stank.

La habitación apestaba a tabaco.

The room reeked of tobacco.