How to conjugate sonreía in Indicative Past Perfect in Spanish

sonreía
was smiling
regular verb

Sonreír means to smile. 'Sonreía' is the imperfect tense, used to describe ongoing or habitual actions in the past.

How to conjugate sonreía 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
sonreía
Tú
sonreías
Él / Ella / Usted
sonreía
Nosotros / Nosotras
sonreíamos
Vosotros / Vosotras
sonreíais
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes
sonreían

Examples of sonreía in Indicative Past Perfect

Yo
Yo ya sonreía cuando llegaste.
I was already smiling when you arrived.
Tú
Tú sonreías antes de la reunión.
You had been smiling before the meeting.
Él / Ella / Usted
Ella sonreía cuando la llamaron.
She had been smiling when they called her.
Nosotros / Nosotras
Nosotros sonreíamos durante la fiesta.
We had been smiling during the party.
Vosotros / Vosotras
Vosotros sonreíais antes de salir.
You all had been smiling before leaving.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes
Ellos sonreían cuando entraron.
They had been smiling when they entered.

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Yo ya sonreía cuando llegaste.

Other conjugations of sonreía

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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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