yo comenzaba

was beginning, began

→ comenzar
comenz to begin, to start + aba Imperfect past (yo/él/ella)
verb · 1st-person singular / 3rd-person singular, imperfect tense Rare #33,253
was beginning, began
SP: La película comenzaba a las nueve.
EN: The movie was starting at nine.
Conjugation of comenzar
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
First comenzaba —
Third comenzaba —
Subjunctive imperfect
SingularPlural
First comenzaba —
Third comenzaba —

Nos preguntaron si sabíamos cuándo comenzaba la película.

They asked us if we knew when the movie started.

Que comenzaba a hacer cosas malas conmigo.

That he was starting to do bad things to me.

— Pedro Páramo (2024)

El sospechoso comenzaba a confesarse al fin.

The suspect was finally beginning to confess.

Comenzaba a perder el control.

I was beginning to lose control.

— Esplendor americano (2003)

Honestamente, comenzaba a pensar que era mudo.

Honestly, I was starting to think he was mute.

— El Maquinista (2004)

Cuando comenzaba la melodía, salía el gas.

When the melody began, the gas came out.

— Oldboy: Cinco días para vengarse (2003)

Comenzaba con"M".

It started with “M.”

— ¡Adiós Lenin! (2003)

Ziri comenzaba a arrepentirse de lo que había ayudado a crear.

Ziri was beginning to regret what she had helped to create.

El mundo comenzaba y terminaba en ese trozo de tierra.

The world began and ended on that piece of land.

— La leyenda de 1900 (1998)