The Imperfect Tense of mudarse is used to describe an ongoing or repeated action in the past, for example, Mis padres se mudaban a una nueva casa cada dos años. (My parents moved to a new house every two years.)

Mudarse is a regular -ar verb, so its conjugations in the Imperfect Tense follow the standard pattern for that verb type.

Conjugations

Conjugations of Mudarse (to move (residence)) in the Imperfect Tense tense (Latin American Spanish):

The imperfect tense of mudarse is used to describe an ongoing or repeated action in the past, or to set the scene for another past action.

Moving from one place to another: For example, Cuando era niño, mi familia se mudaba cada dos años. (When I was a child, my family moved every two years.)

Changing residence: For example, Mis abuelos se mudaban a una casa más pequeña después de jubilarse. (My grandparents moved to a smaller house after retiring.)

Changing jobs or positions (colloquial): For example, El año pasado me mudaba de trabajo porque el jefe era un idiota. (Last year I changed jobs because the boss was an idiot.)

Changing one’s mind or opinion (idiomatic): For example, Cada vez que discutíamos, ella se mudaba de opinión. (Every time we argued, she changed her mind.)

Examples

Examples of Mudarse in the Imperfect Tense

Yo me mudaba cada año cuando era niño. (I used to move every year when I was a child.)

Ellos se mudaban a una casa más grande cuando llegó el nuevo bebé. (They were moving to a bigger house when the new baby arrived.)

Nosotros nos mudábamos de apartamento cada vez que el contrato terminaba. (We used to move apartments every time the lease ended.)

Tú te mudabas muy seguido de ciudad, ¿no? (You used to move cities quite often, didn’t you?)

Antes, mi familia se mudaba cada dos años por el trabajo de mi papá. (Before, my family would move every two years because of my dad’s job.)

Cuando era estudiante, me mudaba de apartamento cada semestre. (When I was a student, I would move apartments every semester.)

Mis amigos se mudaban a un lugar más barato cuando les faltaba dinero. (My friends used to move to a cheaper place when they were short on money.)

¿Te acuerdas cuando nos mudábamos a cada rato? ¡Qué tiempos! (Do you remember when we used to move all the time? What times!)

Ella se mudaba de casa cada vez que peleaba con su novio. (She would move out every time she fought with her boyfriend.)

Mis vecinos se mudaban muy seguido, nunca duraban mucho en un lugar. (My neighbors used to move very often, they never lasted long in one place.)

Cuando era joven, me mudaba a donde hubiera trabajo nuevo. (When I was young, I would move wherever there was a new job.)

Ellas se mudaban cada verano para estar cerca de la playa. (They would move every summer to be close to the beach.)

En esa época, nos mudábamos a un lugar más barato en invierno. (In those days, we used to move to a cheaper place in the winter.)

Tú te mudabas muy seguido cuando tenías roomies, ¿verdad? (You used to move quite often when you had roommates, right?)

Antes de tener hijos, la pareja se mudaba cada año. (Before having kids, the couple would move every year.)

Conjugations with English Translations

Conjugations of Mudarse (to move (residence)) in the Imperfect Tense tense (Latin American Spanish) with English Translations:

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Synonyms

The Imperfect tense is also known as the Past Imperfect, Descriptive Past, Past Progressive, or Imperfect Indicative in English, and as Pretérito Imperfecto, Copretérito, Imperfecto de Indicativo, or Pasado Descriptivo in Spanish.