yo sonreía

smiled, was smiling

→ sonreír
sonre smile + ía imperfect past: I/he/she
verb · 1st-person singular / 3rd-person singular, imperfect tense Rare #28,103
smiled, was smiling Can refer to he, she, or you (formal).
SP: El niño sonreía mientras jugaba.
EN: The child smiled while playing.
Conjugation of sonreír
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
First sonreía —
Third sonreía —
Subjunctive imperfect
SingularPlural
First sonreía —
Third sonreía —

Y dicen que sonreía en sueños, como si estuviera pensando en algo agradable.

And they say I smiled in my sleep, as if I were thinking about something pleasant.

Nadie sonreía.

Nobody was smiling.

Él sonreía como si no le hubiera pasado nada.

He was smiling as if nothing had happened to him.

Sonreía de manera extraña.

He was smiling strangely.

— Мой друг Иван Лапшин (1985)

Tom no era el único que sonreía.

Tom wasn't the only one smiling.

Me sonreía.

He smiled at me.

— Song Sung Blue: Sueño inquebrantable (2025)

El sol sonreía a través de la ventana todas las mañanas.

The sun smiled through the window every morning.

Sami solo sonreía.

Sami just smiled.

Ha pasado mucho tiempo desde que sonreía así.

It's been a long time since I smiled like that.

— Ne Zha (2019)

La luna nos sonreía entre los árboles.

The moon smiled down on us from between the trees.

Tom le preguntó a Mary por qué sonreía.

Tom asked Mary why she was smiling.

Siempre que estaba con su padre sonreía.

Whenever they were with their father, they would smile.

— Kal Ho Naa Ho (2003)

No sonreía nadie.

Nobody was smiling.