The Imperfect Tense of pescar is used to describe ongoing or repeated actions in the past, for example, Yo pescaba en el río todos los veranos. (I used to fish in the river every summer.)

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

Conjugations

Conjugations of Pescar (to fish) in the Imperfect Tense tense (Castilian Spanish):

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

Fishing: For example, de niño pescaba en el río todos los veranos (as a child I used to fish in the river every summer).

Trying to get or obtain something: For example, pescaba buenas notas en la escuela (I tried to get good grades at school).

Catching or trapping: For example, el gato pescaba ratones en el granero (the cat caught mice in the barn).

Colloquial usage: Pescaba las indirectas de mi amiga (I picked up on my friend’s hints, implying romantic interest).

Examples

Examples of Pescar in the Imperfect Tense

Cuando era niño, pescaba en el río con mi abuelo. (When I was a child, I used to fish in the river with my grandfather.)

Mis amigos y yo íbamos a pescar los fines de semana. (My friends and I would go fishing on weekends.)

Ella pescaba por diversión, no por necesidad. (She fished for fun, not out of necessity.)

Nosotros pescábamos en el lago todas las mañanas. (We used to fish in the lake every morning.)

Tú pescabas con caña de bambú cuando eras joven, ¿verdad? (You used to fish with a bamboo rod when you were young, right?)

Ellos pescaban truchas en el río de la montaña. (They used to fish for trout in the mountain river.)

Ustedes pescaban en el océano cuando vivían en la costa. (You used to fish in the ocean when you lived on the coast.)

Vosotros pescabais en el lago los domingos por la mañana. (You used to fish in the lake on Sunday mornings.)

Yo pescaba con mi padre en el río cuando era pequeño. (I used to fish with my father in the river when I was little.)

Ellas pescaban en el estanque del parque los fines de semana. (They used to fish in the park pond on weekends.)

¿Recuerdas cuando pescábamos en el arroyo detrás de tu casa? (Do you remember when we used to fish in the stream behind your house?)

Mi tío pescaba por deporte, nunca se comía lo que atrapaba. (My uncle used to fish for sport, he never ate what he caught.)

Antes, pescábamos con cañas de caña, ahora usamos equipo moderno. (Before, we used to fish with cane rods, now we use modern equipment.)

Cuando pescábamos en el río, a veces veíamos nutrias. (When we used to fish in the river, we sometimes saw otters.)

En su juventud, él pescaba en el lago con sus amigos todos los veranos. (In his youth, he used to fish in the lake with his friends every summer.)

Conjugations with English Translations

Conjugations of Pescar (to fish) 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.