The Imperfect Tense of cansar is used to describe ongoing or repeated actions in the past, for example, Me cansaba mucho después de trabajar todo el día. (I would get very tired after working all day.)

Cansar is a regular -ar verb, so its conjugations in the Imperfect Tense follow the typical pattern for this verb type.

Conjugations

Conjugations of Cansar (to tire) in the Imperfect Tense tense (Castilian Spanish):

The imperfect tense of cansar is used to describe ongoing, repeated or habitual actions in the past.

Feeling tired or fatigued: For example, Me cansaba mucho después de trabajar todo el día. (I would get very tired after working all day.)

Causing fatigue or exhaustion: For example, La caminata me cansaba demasiado. (The hike would tire me out too much.)

Becoming bored or annoyed (colloquial): For example, Me cansaba escuchar sus quejas todo el tiempo. (I would get annoyed listening to their complaints all the time.)

Tiring someone out (colloquial): For example, ¡Qué pesado! Me cansaba con tanta charla. (What a bore! Their constant chattering would tire me out.)

Examples

Examples of Cansar in the Imperfect Tense

Yo cansaba a mis amigos con mis chistes malos. (I used to tire my friends with my bad jokes.)

Ella se cansaba de esperar en la fila interminable. (She would get tired of waiting in the endless line.)

Nosotros nos cansábamos de estudiar tanto para los exámenes. (We would get tired of studying so much for the exams.)

Tú te cansabas de caminar tanto en las vacaciones. (You would get tired of walking so much on vacation.)

Ellos se cansaban de trabajar horas extras. (They would get tired of working overtime.)

Vosotros os cansabais de escuchar las mismas excusas una y otra vez. (You all would get tired of hearing the same excuses over and over again.)

Ustedes se cansaban de esperar al mesero en el restaurante lento. (You all would get tired of waiting for the waiter in the slow restaurant.)

El equipo se cansaba de perder tantos partidos. (The team would get tired of losing so many games.)

Mi abuela se cansaba de tejer tanto. (My grandmother would get tired of knitting so much.)

Los niños se cansaban de jugar al aire libre después de un rato. (The kids would get tired of playing outside after a while.)

Yo me cansaba de ver la misma película una y otra vez. (I would get tired of watching the same movie over and over again.)

Tú te cansabas de las bromas pesadas de tu hermano. (You would get tired of your brother’s practical jokes.)

Ella se cansaba de cocinar todos los días. (She would get tired of cooking every day.)

Nosotros nos cansábamos de las largas reuniones en el trabajo. (We would get tired of the long meetings at work.)

Ellos se cansaban de las constantes interrupciones durante la clase. (They would get tired of the constant interruptions during class.)

Conjugations with English Translations

Conjugations of Cansar (to tire) in the Imperfect Tense tense (Castilian 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.