El imperfecto de descender se usa para describir acciones en curso o habituales en el pasado, por ejemplo: Todos los días descendía la montaña para ir al trabajo. (Every day I descended the mountain to go to work.)
Descender es un verbo regular que sigue el patrón de conjugación estándar de los verbos terminados en -er en el imperfecto.
Conjugations
Conjugations of Descender (to descend) in the Imperfect Tense tense (Latin American Spanish):
| Pronoun | Conjugation |
|---|---|
| Yo | descendía |
| Tú | descendías |
| Él / Ella / Usted | descendía |
| Nosotros / Nosotras | descendíamos |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | descendían |
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Usage of Descender in the Imperfect Tense
The imperfect tense of descender is used to describe ongoing or repeated actions in the past.
Descending or going down: For example, Cada mañana descendía las escaleras con cuidado. (Every morning he/she/it went down the stairs carefully.)
Decreasing or diminishing: For example, Las ventas descendían mes tras mes. (Sales were decreasing month after month.)
Declining or deteriorating: For example, Su salud descendía rápidamente. (His/her health was declining rapidly.)
Descending from ancestors: For example, Ella descendía de una familia noble. (She descended from a noble family.)
Slang: Bajar de peso: For example, Estaba descendiendo de peso con esa dieta. (He/she was losing weight with that diet.)
Examples
Examples of Descender in the Imperfect Tense
Yo descendía lentamente por la colina empinada. (I was descending slowly down the steep hill.)
Mientras caminábamos, descendíamos por un sendero estrecho. (As we walked, we were descending along a narrow path.)
El avión descendía suavemente hacia la pista de aterrizaje. (The plane was descending smoothly towards the landing strip.)
Los escaladores descendían con cuidado por la pared rocosa. (The climbers were descending carefully down the rocky wall.)
El sol descendía lentamente en el horizonte. (The sun was descending slowly on the horizon.)
La temperatura descendía gradualmente durante la noche. (The temperature was gradually descending during the night.)
Los precios de la gasolina descendían ligeramente el mes pasado. (Gas prices were descending slightly last month.)
El ascensor descendía rápidamente hacia el sótano. (The elevator was descending quickly towards the basement.)
Las acciones de la empresa descendían en la bolsa de valores. (The company’s stocks were descending on the stock exchange.)
El agua descendía ruidosamente por la cascada. (The water was descending noisily down the waterfall.)
La pelota de tenis descendía lentamente después del saque. (The tennis ball was descending slowly after the serve.)
El globo aerostático descendía suavemente hacia el suelo. (The hot air balloon was descending gently towards the ground.)
La popularidad del cantante descendía después de su último escándalo. (The singer’s popularity was descending after their latest scandal.)
El nivel del río descendía después de las fuertes lluvias. (The river level was descending after the heavy rains.)
La moral del equipo descendía después de perder varios partidos seguidos. (The team’s morale was descending after losing several games in a row.)
Conjugations with English Translations
Conjugations of Descender (to descend) in the Imperfect Tense tense (Latin American Spanish) with English Translations:
| Spanish | English |
|---|---|
| Yo descendía | I was descending |
| Tú descendías | You were descending |
| Él / Ella / Usted descendía | He / She / You was descending |
| Nosotros / Nosotras descendíamos | We were descending |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes descendían | They / You all were descending |
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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.