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nosotros comíamos

ate, used to eat, were eating

k o ˈm i a m o s → comer
com to eat + íamos 1st-person plural imperfect
verb · 1st-person plural, imperfect tense Rare #47,597
ate, used to eat, were eating Used for past habits or ongoing actions in the past.
SP: Cuando éramos niños, comíamos juntos todos los días.
EN: When we were children, we ate together every day.
Conjugation of comer
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
First comía comíamos
Third comía comían
Subjunctive imperfect
SingularPlural
First comía comíamos
Second comieras —
Third comía comían
comiera

Mientras comíamos el postre crecía el deseo por viajar a este país.

While we were eating dessert, the desire to travel to this country grew.

Comíamos pasta, y de segundo carne o pescado.

We ate pasta, and for the second course, meat or fish.

— Buenos Muchachos (1990)

Y nunca comíamos helado.

And we never ate ice cream.

— Ángeles caídos (1995)

¿Y de qué comíamos?

And what did we eat?

— Ladrón de bicicletas (1948)

Mientras tomábamos cacao y comíamos scones, conversamos sobre varios asuntos.

While we drank cocoa and ate scones, we talked about various things.