yo avanzaba

was advancing, was moving forward, used to advance

→ avanzar
avanz advance + aba imperfect tense: I/he/she
verb · first singular · imperfect indicative Rare #41,882
was advancing, was moving forward, used to advance
SP: El ejército avanzaba lentamente hacia la ciudad.
EN: The army was advancing slowly toward the city.
Conjugation of avanzar
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
First avanzaba
Third avanzaba
Subjunctive imperfect
SingularPlural
First avanzaba
Third avanzaba

El tiempo pasaba rápido y el trabajo no avanzaba en absoluto.

Time was passing quickly, and the work wasn’t progressing at all.

El coche avanzaba muy despacio.

The car was moving very slowly.

Me aburría cada vez más a medida que el discurso avanzaba.

I got more and more bored as the speech went on.

El tiempo pasaba rápido y el trabajo no avanzaba nada.

Time was passing quickly, and the work wasn't progressing at all.