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yo volvía

became, was becoming, was returning, was coming back, was taking out

→ volver
volv to return, to come back + ía I/he/she imperfect
verb · 1st-person singular / 3rd-person singular, imperfect tense Uncommon #15,300
became, was becoming Often used with a following adjective to describe a change of state.
SP: Con el tiempo, se volvía más tranquilo.
EN: Over time, he was becoming calmer.
was returning, was coming back
SP: Volvía a casa cuando empezó a llover.
EN: I was coming back home when it started to rain.
was taking out, was bringing back In the pattern volver a + infinitive, it means doing something again.
SP: Volvía a leer el mensaje para entenderlo mejor.
EN: I was reading the message again to understand it better.
Conjugation of volver
SingularPlural
First volverme —
volvervolversevolverte
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
First volvía —
Third volvía volvían
Subjunctive imperfect
SingularPlural
First volvía volviéramos
Second volvieras —
Third volvía volvían
volviera

Volvía a casa.

I was heading home.

— Chicago (2002)

Cuando tenía tu edad, yo iba y volvía al colegio en bicicleta todos los días.

When I was your age, I used to cycle to and from school every day.

Conforme crecía, se volvía más guapa.

As she grew older, she became more beautiful.

Le vi cuando volvía a casa, aunque él fingió no haber me visto.

I saw him when I was coming home, although he pretended not to have seen me.

Y cada noche volvía a nacer.

And every night he was reborn.

— El Club de la Pelea (1999)

Lo intenté un rato mientras volvía caminando.

I tried it for a while while walking back.

A veces salía, y volvía tarde con sus amigos para tomar la última copa.

Sometimes he would go out, and come back late with his friends for a last drink.

— Cuentos de Tokio (1953)

La volvía loca a Rita en la escuela.

I used to drive Rita crazy at school.

— Elena sabe (2023)

Mientras Emel volvía a casa, Omer comía maíz.

While Emel was going home, Omer was eating corn.

Eso me volvía loco.

That was driving me crazy.

— Voraz (2017)

En vez de volver a casa, volvía al periódico.

Instead of going home, he went back to the newspaper.

— Ciudad de Dios (2002)

Hacía desaparecer un pañuelo de seda rojo y luego lo volvía a sacar de su boca.

He would make a red silk handkerchief disappear and then pull it back out of his mouth.

— Los ilusionistas 3: Ahora me ves, ahora no (2025)

Cuanto más bebía el público, más ruidoso se volvía.

The more the crowd drank, the noisier they became.

Por fin le volvía a crecer el pelo.

Finally, his hair was growing back.

— It's Such a Beautiful Day (2012)

Tom no volvía.

Tom wasn't coming back.

Y ahí, los volvía a sorprender.

And there, he would surprise them again.

— El hijo de la novia (2001)

Me lo encontré cuando volvía del colegio a casa.

I ran into him when I was walking home from school.

No, tengo que irme sólo quería asegurarme de que volvía a casa de verdad.

No, I have to go. I just wanted to make sure he really made it home.

— Escondido (2005)

Volvía a casa del trabajo, cuando anunciaron una protesta pacífica.

I was coming home from work when they announced a peaceful protest.

— No (2012)

Cuanto más viejo se hacía, más modesto se volvía.

The older he got, the more modest he became.

¡Se volvía loca!

She was going crazy!

— Volver (2006)

Si alguien se quejaba, recibía tal paliza que no volvía a hacerlo.

If anyone complained, they received such a beating that they never did it again.

— Buenos Muchachos (1990)

Cuando se metía, se volvía loca.

Whenever she got involved, she went crazy.

— El guardián invisible (2017)

Lo descubrí, y le advertí que si él volvía, los mataría a los dos.

I found out, and I warned him that if he came back, I would kill them both.

— Rebeca (1940)

Siempre volvía muy golpeado.

He always came back badly beaten.

— El jardín de los pecadores 5: Paradoja espiral (2008)

Y volvía siempre en la madrugada.

And he always came back in the early hours of the morning.

— Pedro Páramo (2024)

Eso me volvía loca.

That drove me crazy.

— ¿Está funcionando esto? (2025)