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yo escapaba

was escaping, used to escape

→ escapar
escap to escape, to get away + aba Imperfect past (I/he/she/you form)
verb · 1st-person singular / 3rd-person singular, imperfect tense Rare #28,045
was escaping, used to escape
SP: El gato se escapaba por la ventana.
EN: The cat used to escape through the window.
Conjugation of escapar
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
First escapaba —
Third escapaba —
Subjunctive imperfect
SingularPlural
First escapaba —
Third escapaba —
escapara

No me escapaba por timidez.

I didn't run away out of shyness.

— Sed de Sangre (2009)

Se me escapaba algo.

I was missing something.

El tiempo se escapaba de las manos.

Time was slipping through their fingers.

Estaba segura de que se me escapaba algo, pero quizá no importaba qué.

I was sure I was missing something, but maybe it didn’t matter what.

Me escapaba.

I was escaping.

La vida se le escapaba por sus heridas.

Life was slipping away from him through his wounds.

Casi se nos escapaba.

We almost missed it.

— Un buen ladrón (2025)

Mary presionó en mi vejiga para ver si se me escapaba.

Mary pressed on my bladder to see if I would pee myself.

Pensé que se escapaba.

I thought it was getting away.

— PK (2014)

Siempre se escapaba.

He/She always used to run away.

— ¡Ayuda! (2026)

Había algo que se me escapaba.

There was something I was missing.

Ni un error escapaba a su atenta mirada.

Not a single mistake escaped his watchful eye.

Su hermana era muy tímida y se escapaba cuando yo iba.

His sister was very shy and would run away when I visited.

— Sed de Sangre (2009)