How to conjugate matar in Indicative Imperfect in Spanish

matar
to kill
regular verb

Matar means to cause the death of a person, animal, or thing. It is used in contexts involving killing or ending life.

How to conjugate matar 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
mataba
Tú
matabas
Él / Ella / Usted
mataba
Nosotros / Nosotras
matábamos
Vosotros / Vosotras
matabais
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes
mataban

Examples of matar in Indicative Imperfect

Yo
Cuando era niño, mataba insectos.
When I was a child, I used to kill insects.
Tú
Tú matabas las plantas viejas.
You used to kill the old plants.
Él / Ella / Usted
Él mataba a los animales en el zoológico.
He used to kill animals at the zoo.
Nosotros / Nosotras
Nosotros matábamos las malas hierbas.
We used to kill the weeds.
Vosotros / Vosotras
Vosotros matabais los insectos en verano.
You all used to kill insects in summer.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes
Ellos mataban a los animales en el campo.
They used to kill animals in the countryside.

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Cuando era niño, mataba insectos.

Other conjugations of matar

All conjugations
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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