You would use the imperfect tense. This simply means a continuing action in the past. Example: Hablar=to speak; hablaba=I was speaking/I used to speak.

The Spanish preterite is used to talk about beginnings and endings of events, often using the verbs comenzar (to begin), empezar (to start), terminar (to finish) ...

1. Simple Past Spanish (Spanish Preterite or Pasado Simple) The simple past tense is used to talk about past actions that were already completed, with clear ...

While the imperfect tense has the meaning of “I used to” implicitly, it can also be made more explicit with the verb soler in the imperfect, which means that ...

4 нояб. 2021 г. · You use the past imperfect tense, or the verb soler plus an infinitive. For example,. I used to be in Mexico → Yo estava en México or Yo solía ...

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The imperfect tense is used to talk about what someone or something used to do or be like in the past. Learn about the imperfect tense with BBC Bitesize Spanish

Simple past (pretérito indefinido): Used to talk about completed actions in the past. Imperfect past (pretérito imperfecto): Used to describe ongoing or ...

30 авг. 2024 г. · The preterite is basically used to describe one completed action or a series of completed actions in the past, whereas the imperfect is used to indicate ...