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Conjugation Chart of “Caminar” (to walk) in the Imperfect Tense

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Understanding the Imperfect Tense of “Caminar”

The Imperfect Tense of caminar is used to describe ongoing or repeated actions in the past, for example, Cuando era niño, caminaba a la escuela todos los días. (When I was a child, I walked to school every day.)

Caminar is a regular -ar verb, so its Imperfect Tense conjugations follow the typical pattern for that verb type.

How to Use Caminar in the Imperfect Tense

The imperfect tense of caminar is used to describe ongoing or repeated actions in the past, as well as descriptions and states of being.

Ongoing action in the past: For example, Caminaba por el parque todas las mañanas. (I used to walk through the park every morning.)

Habitual or repeated action in the past: For example, De niño, caminaba a la escuela todos los días. (As a child, I walked to school every day.)

Description in the past: For example, La ciudad caminaba lentamente hacia la modernidad. (The city was slowly walking towards modernity.)

State of being in the past: For example, Caminaba con mucha dificultad debido a su lesión. (He walked with great difficulty due to his injury.)

Colloquial/Slang usage: ¡Camina más rápido, flojo! (Walk faster, lazy bum!)

Real Life Examples of Caminar in the Imperfect Tense

Yo caminaba por el parque todos los días. (I used to walk through the park every day.)

Cuando éramos niños, caminábamos a la escuela. (When we were kids, we used to walk to school.)

Ellos caminaban muy lento por la calle. (They used to walk very slowly down the street.)

Tú caminabas demasiado rápido, por eso te cansabas. (You used to walk too fast, that’s why you got tired.)

Nosotros caminábamos al trabajo para ahorrar dinero. (We used to walk to work to save money.)

¿Por qué caminabas tan encorvado? (Why did you used to walk so hunched over?)

Ella caminaba con mucha gracia. (She used to walk with a lot of grace.)

En la universidad, caminábamos de un edificio a otro. (In college, we used to walk from one building to another.)

Mis abuelos caminaban todas las mañanas por ejercicio. (My grandparents used to walk every morning for exercise.)

¿Recuerdas cuando caminábamos por la playa al atardecer? (Do you remember when we used to walk on the beach at sunset?)

Antes, caminaba a todas partes porque no tenía carro. (Before, I used to walk everywhere because I didn’t have a car.)

Cuando caminábamos por el bosque, veíamos muchos animales. (When we used to walk through the woods, we saw many animals.)

Los turistas caminaban lentamente, admirando los edificios históricos. (The tourists used to walk slowly, admiring the historic buildings.)

Cada vez que caminaba por el vecindario, saludaba a los vecinos. (Every time I used to walk through the neighborhood, I greeted the neighbors.)

En la oficina, caminábamos mucho de un lado a otro. (At the office, we used to walk a lot from one side to the other.)

Conjugation Chart with English Translations

Conjugations of Caminar (to walk) in the Imperfect 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.