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pintara

painted, were to paint

p i n ˈt a ɾ a → pintar
pint to paint + ara Imperfect subjunctive
verb · singular · imperfect subjunctive Rare #46,591
painted, were to paint Used in the imperfect subjunctive; the subject can be “I” or “he/she/you formal.”
SP: Si ella pintara la pared de azul, la habitación parecería más grande.
EN: If she painted the wall blue, the room would look bigger.
Conjugation of pintar
Subjunctive imperfect
SingularPlural
First pintaba —
Third pintaba —
pintara

Me invitaron a que pintara la iglesia de Pafnutiev.

I was invited to paint the church in Pafnutiev.

— Andrei Rublev (1966)

La bicicleta de Tom era azul antes de que la pintara de rojo.

Tom's bicycle was blue before he painted it red.

No hacía falta que pintara la valla.

I didn’t need to paint the fence.

Hice que él pintara la casa.

I made him paint the house.

Sounds similar to

pintura p i n ˈt u ɾ a pintada p i n ˈt a d a pintaba p i n ˈt a b a pintora p i n ˈt o ɾ a