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yo terminaba

was ending, was finishing

→ terminar
termin to finish, to end + aba Imperfect past (yo/él/ella)
verb · 1st-person singular / 3rd-person singular, imperfect tense Rare #41,478
was ending, was finishing The form can also mean “ended” in an ongoing or habitual past context.
SP: Yo terminaba el trabajo cuando sonó el teléfono.
EN: I was finishing the work when the phone rang.
Conjugation of terminar
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
First terminaba —
Third terminaba —
Subjunctive imperfect
SingularPlural
First terminaba —
Third terminaba —

Giró el timón justo cuando yo terminaba de enderezar el mío.

He turned the steering wheel just as I was finishing straightening mine.

Tom se sentó allí en silencio, viendo cómo Mary se terminaba la comida.

Tom sat there silently, watching Mary finish her meal.

La guerra todavía no terminaba.

The war was not over yet.

Ella me daba el dinero para que yo le compre y yo terminaba consumiendo.

She would give me the money so I could buy it for her, but I’d end up using it myself.

— Crímenes de familia (2020)

Keith apareció mientras yo terminaba la fruta.

Keith showed up while I was finishing the fruit.

La tormenta no terminaba nunca.

The storm never seemed to end.

El mundo comenzaba y terminaba en ese trozo de tierra.

The world began and ended on that piece of land.

— La leyenda de 1900 (1998)