yo temía

was afraid, feared

t e ˈm i a → temer
tem fear + ía 1st/3rd person singular imperfect
verb · 1st-person singular / 3rd-person singular, imperfect tense Uncommon #14,476
was afraid, feared The same form can mean “I was afraid” or “he/she/you (formal) was afraid.”
SP: Temía llegar tarde.
EN: I was afraid of being late.
Conjugation of temer
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
First temía temíamos
Third temía temían
Subjunctive imperfect
SingularPlural
First temía temíamos
Third temía temían

Me temía que te habías ido.

I was afraid you had left.

— Oh Boy (2012)

Tom no le temía a la muerte.

Tom wasn't afraid of death.

No temía la muerte.

I wasn't afraid of death.

Como me lo temía.

Just as I feared.

— El señor de los anillos: La comunidad del anillo (2001)

Tom silenciosamente entró en la casa porque temía despertar a María.

Tom quietly entered the house because he was afraid of waking Maria.

Temía que no viniese.

I was afraid he wouldn't come.

— La doble vida de Verónica (1991)

Eso me temía.

That's what I feared.

— Oppenheimer (2023)

Temía no volver a verlo.

I was afraid I would never see him again.

— Rebeca (1940)

Es lo que me temía.

That’s what I was afraid of.

— Pixote: A Lei do Mais Fraco (1980)

Pero temía dártelas.

But I was afraid to give them to you.

— हम दिल दे चुके सनम (1999)

Cuando estaba en el nido del buitre, temía no volver a verla nunca más.

When I was in the vulture's nest, I feared I would never see her again.

— Depredador: Tierras salvajes (2025)

Como me temía, señor, no funcionan.

As I feared, sir, they don't work.

— Viaje a las estrellas II: La ira de Khan (1982)

Ya me lo temía.

I was already afraid of it.

Yo temía que usted no estuviese.

I was afraid you weren't there.

— La doble vida de Verónica (1991)

Temía que fueras un ángel o algo así.

I was afraid you were an angel or something.

— El castillo en el cielo (1986)

Su madre tuvo otro paro cardíaco, tal como me lo temía.

His mother had another cardiac arrest, just as I feared.

— ¡Adiós Lenin! (2003)

Witzigmann no entendía el poder del silencio, le temía.

Witzigmann did not understand the power of silence; he feared it.

— Ha vuelto (2015)

Temía a la muerte.

I was afraid of death.

— La princesa Mononoke (1997)

Mary temía que nadie le pidiera bailar.

Mary was afraid that no one would ask her to dance.

Me temía lo peor.

I feared the worst.

Pero las cosas me parecen aún peores de lo que temía.

But things seem even worse to me than I feared.

— El Capitán (2018)

Ella temía despertar al bebé.

She was afraid of waking the baby.

Eso temía.

That's what I was afraid of.

— Mulholland Drive: Sueños, misterios y secretos (2001)

Temía que hubiera hecho algo mal.

I was afraid I had done something wrong.

— La princesa Mononoke (1997)

Hacía años que no temía por mi vida.

I hadn't feared for my life in years.

— Exterminio: El templo de huesos (2026)

Tom temía a Mary.

Tom was afraid of Mary.

Cuando era un niñito no le temía a nada.

When I was a little boy, I wasn't afraid of anything.

Temía llegar tarde.

I was afraid of being late.

Mary temía que nadie le pidiera un baile.

Mary was afraid that no one would ask her for a dance.

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