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yo pescaba

was fishing, used to fish

→ pescar
pesc to fish + aba Imperfect past (yo/él/ella)
verb · 1st-person singular / 3rd-person singular, imperfect tense Rare #55,099
was fishing, used to fish Used for an ongoing or habitual action in the past.
SP: De niño, pescaba con mi abuelo los domingos.
EN: As a child, I used to fish with my grandfather on Sundays.
Conjugation of pescar
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
First pescaba —
Third pescaba —
Subjunctive imperfect
SingularPlural
First pescaba —
Third pescaba —

Hace dos siglos, la gente pescaba habitualmente desde Star Dock.

Two centuries ago, people regularly fished from Star Dock.

Terminamos hablando de lugares donde se pescaba mejor o peor.

We ended up talking about places where the fishing was better or worse.

En esta época, si pescaba una hembra, hasta podía sacar caviar.

Back then, if I caught a female, I could even get some caviar.

¿Puede creer que antes yo pescaba aquí?

Can you believe I used to fish here?

— Un día de furia (1993)