yo arrastraba

was dragging, was pulling

→ arrastrar
arrastr to drag, to pull along + aba imperfect tense: I/he/she
verb · 1st-person singular / 3rd-person singular, imperfect tense Rare #54,879
was dragging, was pulling
SP: El río arrastraba una rama.
EN: The river was dragging a branch along.
Conjugation of arrastrar
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
First arrastraba —
Third arrastraba —
Subjunctive imperfect
SingularPlural
First arrastraba —
Third arrastraba —

Arrastraba su pena en silencio.

She silently carried her grief.

Se arrastraba por la orilla, cerca del agua.

It was crawling along the shore, close to the water.

— La infancia de Iván (1962)

El abismo del océano me arrastraba más y más a lo profundo.

The ocean’s abyss was pulling me deeper and deeper.

Me arrastraba por él.

I was dragging myself along for him.

— Такси-блюз (1990)