How to conjugate callar in Indicative Imperfect in Spanish

callar
to be silent
regular verb

Callar means to stop speaking or to remain silent. It can also imply silencing or quieting someone or something.

How to conjugate callar in Indicative Imperfect

El Pretérito Imperfecto - used to describe regular and repeated actions that happened in the past

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Indicative Imperfect Conjugations

PronounConjugation
Yo
callaba
Tú
callabas
Él / Ella / Usted
callaba
Nosotros / Nosotras
callábamos
Vosotros / Vosotras
callabais
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes
callaban

Examples of callar in Indicative Imperfect

Yo
Yo callaba cuando llegaste.
I was silent when you arrived.
Tú
Tú callabas en clase siempre.
You were silent in class always.
Él / Ella / Usted
Ella callaba durante la reunión.
She was silent during the meeting.
Nosotros / Nosotras
Nosotros callábamos en la biblioteca.
We were silent in the library.
Vosotros / Vosotras
Vosotros callabais mucho en clase.
You all were very silent in class.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes
Ellos callaban cuando el profesor hablaba.
They were silent when the teacher was speaking.

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Yo callaba cuando llegaste.

Other conjugations of callar

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Complete conjugation table
Indicative Present
Indicative Preterite
Indicative Present Continuous
Indicative Informal Future
Indicative Future
Indicative Conditional
Indicative Present Perfect
Indicative Past Perfect
Indicative Future Perfect
Indicative Conditional Perfect
Subjunctive Present
Subjunctive Imperfect
Subjunctive Future
Subjunctive Present Perfect
Subjunctive Past Perfect
Subjunctive Future Perfect
Imperative Affirmative
Imperative Negative

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