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yo cortaba

cut, slice

→ cortar
cort to cut + aba Imperfect past (yo/él/ella/usted)
verb · 1st-person singular / 3rd-person singular, imperfect tense Rare #45,980
cut, slice Can describe an action that was ongoing or repeated in the past.
SP: Cortaba el pan con un cuchillo.
EN: I was cutting the bread with a knife.
Conjugation of cortar
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
First cortaba —
Third cortaba —
Subjunctive imperfect
SingularPlural
First cortaba —
Third cortaba cortaran

Lo cortaba en casa de Sandy.

He cut it at Sandy's house.

— Buenos Muchachos (1990)

Y les cortaba la cabeza.

And he cut off their heads.

— Estallido mortal (1981)

El viento frío le cortaba la cara mientras caminaba hacia la estación.

The cold wind cut into his face as he walked towards the station.

Y en efecto, lo cortaba.

And indeed, it was cutting it.

— El hoyo (2019)

Lo sé, pero mi madre me dijo que como estudiara música, me cortaba el cuello.

I know, but my mother told me that if I studied music, she’d slit my throat.

— Zárójelentés (2020)

Tenía acento; cortaba cada sonido.

He had an accent; he pronounced every sound distinctly.