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“Dibujar” (to draw) in the Imperfect Tense

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Understanding the Imperfect Tense of “Dibujar”

The Imperfect Tense of Dibujar is used to describe ongoing, repeated, or habitual actions in the past, for example: Cuando era niño, dibujaba animales todos los días. (When I was a child, I used to draw animals every day.)

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

How to Use Dibujar in the Imperfect Tense

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

Describing an ongoing action in the past: For example, Dibujaba un paisaje mientras miraba por la ventana. (I was drawing a landscape while looking out the window.)

Describing a repeated or habitual action in the past: For example, De niño, dibujaba mucho en mis cuadernos. (As a child, I used to draw a lot in my notebooks.)

Expressing an action in progress at a specific time in the past: For example, Anoche a las 8, dibujaba un retrato de mi abuela. (Last night at 8, I was drawing a portrait of my grandmother.)

Describing physical or emotional states in the past: For example, Dibujaba con mucha pasión cuando era joven. (I drew with great passion when I was young.)

Slang/Idiomatic usage: For example, Dibujaba unas líneas antes de salir del antro. (I was doing some lines [of drugs] before leaving the club.) ¡Dibujá, viejo, que te estoy mirando! (Draw [roll a joint], old man, I’m watching you!)

Real Life Examples of Dibujar in the Imperfect Tense

Cuando era niño, dibujaba animales en las paredes de mi habitación. (When I was a child, I used to draw animals on the walls of my room.)

Mi hermana dibujaba retratos de la familia en su cuaderno de bocetos. (My sister used to draw portraits of the family in her sketchbook.)

En la clase de arte, dibujábamos bodegones con frutas y flores. (In art class, we used to draw still lifes with fruits and flowers.)

Cada vez que dibujaba, mi abuela me decía que tenía talento. (Every time I drew, my grandmother told me I had talent.)

Los niños dibujaban con tizas de colores en la acera. (The children used to draw with colored chalk on the sidewalk.)

Antes de pintar, el artista dibujaba bocetos preliminares. (Before painting, the artist used to draw preliminary sketches.)

En la reunión, el diseñador dibujaba ideas para el nuevo logotipo. (In the meeting, the designer used to draw ideas for the new logo.)

Siempre que estaba aburrido en clase, dibujaba caricaturas en los márgenes de mi cuaderno. (Whenever I was bored in class, I used to draw caricatures in the margins of my notebook.)

La artista callejera dibujaba retratos de los transeúntes por unas monedas. (The street artist used to draw portraits of passersby for a few coins.)

Cuando éramos pequeños, dibujábamos superhéroes en nuestros cuadernos de dibujo. (When we were little, we used to draw superheroes in our drawing notebooks.)

En la terapia de arte, dibujábamos nuestros sentimientos y emociones. (In art therapy, we used to draw our feelings and emotions.)

El arquitecto dibujaba planos detallados de los edificios. (The architect used to draw detailed plans of the buildings.)

Cada vez que viajábamos, dibujaba paisajes de los lugares que visitábamos. (Every time we traveled, I used to draw landscapes of the places we visited.)

En la escuela primaria, dibujábamos nuestras familias y mascotas. (In elementary school, we used to draw our families and pets.)

Antes de comprar muebles, dibujábamos un plano de cómo queríamos organizar la sala. (Before buying furniture, we used to draw a plan of how we wanted to organize the living room.)

Conjugation Chart with English Translations

Conjugations of Dibujar (to draw) 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.