How to conjugate empeñar in Indicative Imperfect in Spanish

empeñar
to pawn, to pledge, to try hard
regular verb

Empeñar means to pawn or pledge an item as security for a loan, or to try hard to do something. It is used both in financial contexts and in expressions of effort.

How to conjugate empeñar 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
empeñaba
Tú
empeñabas
Él / Ella / Usted
empeñaba
Nosotros / Nosotras
empeñábamos
Vosotros / Vosotras
empeñabais
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes
empeñaban

Examples of empeñar in Indicative Imperfect

Yo
Yo siempre empeñaba mis objetos en la tienda.
I always pawned my belongings at the store.
Tú
Tú empeñabas tu reloj para pagar la deuda.
You pawned your watch to pay the debt.
Él / Ella / Usted
Ella empeñaba sus joyas cada vez que necesitaba dinero.
She pawned her jewelry whenever she needed money.
Nosotros / Nosotras
Nosotros empeñábamos libros en la tienda de empeños.
We pawned books at the pawnshop.
Vosotros / Vosotras
Vosotros empeñabais objetos antiguos en el mercado.
You all pawned old items at the market.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes
Ellos empeñaban sus cámaras para pagar gastos.
They pawned their cameras to cover expenses.

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Yo siempre empeñaba mis objetos en la tienda.

Other conjugations of empeñar

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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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