preocupara

worried

→ preocupar

pre before or in advance + ocupar occupy, take up + a Imperfect subjunctive (1st/3rd person singular)

verb · imperfect tense Rare #55,041

worried In these examples, used with a reflexive pronoun to mean “to worry.”

SP: Quería que ella no se preocupara.

EN: I wanted her not to worry.

Conjugation of preocupar

Subjunctive imperfect

	Singular	Plural
First	preocupaba	—
Third	preocupaba	—

preocupara

Dr. Vega told me not to worry.

— Hable con ella (2002)

I just wanted her not to worry.

— Sueño de fuga (1994)

Andris told me not to worry, but I knew it.

— TÁR (2022)

Tom told Mary not to worry.