Spanish Imperfect Progressive - Imperfect Continuous

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Spanish Imperfect Progressive ~ Imperfect Continuous

The Spanish imperfect progressive - el imperfecto progresivo - is very similar to its English counterpart (was + -ing). In both languages, the imperfect progressive expresses an action that was in progress in the past when it was interrupted by another event.


Estaba estudiando cuando llamaste.	I was studying when you called.
Lo vi cuando estábamos caminando.	I saw him when we were walking.
¿Estabas leyendo ahora mismo?	Were you reading just now?
Él estaba trabajando a las siete.	He was working at seven o'clock.

The imperfect progressive is similar in usage to the imperfect, but with an emphasis on the fact that the action was in progress at the moment it was interrupted.

The Spanish imperfect progressive is formed with the imperfect of estar + present participle of the action verb.

Progressive Tenses with Object Pronouns Compound Tenses Spanish verb index

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