How to conjugate encarcelar in Indicative Imperfect in Spanish

encarcelar
to imprison
regular verb

Encacelar means to put someone in prison or jail. It is used when referring to the act of confining or detaining someone legally.

How to conjugate encarcelar 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
encarcelaba
Tú
encarcelabas
Él / Ella / Usted
encarcelaba
Nosotros / Nosotras
encarcelábamos
Vosotros / Vosotras
encarcelabais
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes
encarcelaban

Examples of encarcelar in Indicative Imperfect

Yo
Yo encarcelaba a los criminales peligrosos.
I was imprisoning dangerous criminals.
Tú
Tú encarcelabas a los sospechosos sin pruebas.
You were imprisoning the suspects without evidence.
Él / Ella / Usted
Ella encarcelaba a los delincuentes habituales.
She was imprisoning habitual offenders.
Nosotros / Nosotras
Nosotros encarcelábamos a los acusados injustamente.
We were imprisoning the accused unjustly.
Vosotros / Vosotras
Vosotros encarcelabais a los sospechosos sin motivo.
You all were imprisoning suspects without reason.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes
Ellos encarcelaban a los presos políticos.
They were imprisoning political prisoners.

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Yo encarcelaba a los criminales peligrosos.

Other conjugations of encarcelar

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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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