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Conjugation Chart of “Comer” (to eat) in the Imperfect Tense

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Understanding the Imperfect Tense of “Comer”

The Imperfect Tense of comer is used to describe ongoing or repeated actions in the past, for example, Cuando era niño, comía manzanas todos los días. (When I was a child, I used to eat apples every day.)

Comer is a regular -er verb, so its conjugations in the Imperfect Tense follow the regular pattern for this verb type.

How to Use Comer in the Imperfect Tense

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

Ongoing action in the past: For example, Cuando era niño, comía mucha fruta. (When I was a child, I used to eat a lot of fruit.)

Repeated or habitual action in the past: For example, De pequeño, comía cereales todas las mañanas. (When I was little, I ate cereal every morning.)

Description in the past: For example, La comida olía deliciosa. (The food smelled delicious.)

Idiomatic usage: For example, ¡No me comía ni un rosco! (I didn’t believe a word they said, literally “I didn’t even eat a donut!”)

Real Life Examples of Comer in the Imperfect Tense

Yo comía mucha fruta cuando era niño. (I used to eat a lot of fruit when I was a child.)

Ellos comían en un restaurante elegante todos los viernes. (They would eat at an elegant restaurant every Friday.)

¿Comías mucho cuando vivías solo? (Did you eat a lot when you lived alone?)

Nosotros comíamos juntos en familia los domingos. (We would eat together as a family on Sundays.)

Tú comías demasiada comida chatarra, ¿no? (You used to eat too much junk food, didn’t you?)

Vosotros comíais en la cafetería de la escuela. (You all used to eat in the school cafeteria.)

Ella comía muy despacio, saboreando cada bocado. (She would eat very slowly, savoring every bite.)

¿Comían ustedes en restaurantes caros? (Would you all eat at expensive restaurants?)

Mis abuelos comían comida casera tradicional. (My grandparents would eat traditional homemade food.)

Vosotros comíais mucha pizza cuando erais estudiantes, ¿verdad? (You all used to eat a lot of pizza when you were students, right?)

Él comía en exceso y por eso subió de peso. (He would overeat and that’s why he gained weight.)

¿Comíamos demasiada comida rápida cuando viajábamos? (Did we eat too much fast food when we traveled?)

Ustedes comían sano la mayoría de las veces. (You all used to eat healthy most of the time.)

Yo comía mucho dulce de pequeño, por eso me faltaban dientes. (I used to eat a lot of sweets when I was little, that’s why I was missing teeth.)

¿Comíais en restaurantes caros cuando vivíais en la ciudad? (Did you all eat at expensive restaurants when you lived in the city?)

Conjugation Chart with English Translations

Conjugations of Comer (to eat) in the Imperfect 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.