yo rodeaba

surrounded, was surrounding

→ rodear
rode surround + aba Imperfect past (I/he/she/you form)
verb · 1st-person singular / 3rd-person singular, imperfect tense Rare #44,042
surrounded, was surrounding
SP: Una cerca rodeaba la casa.
EN: A fence surrounded the house.
Conjugation of rodear
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
First rodeaba —
Third rodeaba —
Subjunctive imperfect
SingularPlural
First rodeaba —
Third rodeaba —

¿Por qué se rodeaba Tyler Durden de un ejército?

Why did Tyler Durden surround himself with an army?

— El Club de la Pelea (1999)

Una valla rodeaba el bosque.

A fence surrounded the forest.

Cuando murió lo rodeaba toda su familia.

When he died, his entire family surrounded him.

Una muralla rodeaba la vieja ciudad.

A wall surrounded the old city.

Harborview House tenía un muro de piedra que la rodeaba casi por completo.

Harborview House had a stone wall that surrounded almost the entire property.

Era un miedo que nada tenía que ver con la oscuridad o con lo que la rodeaba.

It was a fear that had nothing to do with the darkness or with what surrounded her.

— Y tu mamá también (2001)