How to conjugate matar in Indicative Past Perfect 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 Past Perfect

El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto - used to talk about actions that happened before another action in the past

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Indicative Past Perfect Conjugations

PronounConjugation
Yo
había matado
Tú
habías matado
Él / Ella / Usted
había matado
Nosotros / Nosotras
habíamos matado
Vosotros / Vosotras
habíais matado
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes
habían matado

Examples of matar in Indicative Past Perfect

Yo
Yo había matado al insecto antes de salir.
I had killed the insect before leaving.
Tú
Tú habías matado la planta por descuido.
You had killed the plant by carelessness.
Él / Ella / Usted
Ella había matado al ratón ayer.
She had killed the mouse yesterday.
Nosotros / Nosotras
Nosotros habíamos matado el fuego antes de dormir.
We had put out the fire before sleeping.
Vosotros / Vosotras
Vosotros habíais matado la idea sin pensarlo.
You all had killed the idea without thinking.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes
Ellos habían matado el tiempo en la playa.
They had killed time at the beach.

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Yo había matado al insecto antes de salir.

Other conjugations of matar

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Complete conjugation table
Indicative Present
Indicative Preterite
Indicative Imperfect
Indicative Present Continuous
Indicative Informal Future
Indicative Future
Indicative Conditional
Indicative Present 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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