Cocinar (to cook) - Pretérito imperfecto, indicativo (Imperfect Past, indicative) - Spanish

Cocinar (to cook) - conjugation and tenses - (Spanish)

Cocinar - Conjugation of to cook in Spanish: Conjugation table, examples and exercises in the imperfect past, indicative tense (Pretérito imperfecto, indicativo).

Pretérito imperfecto, indicativo (Imperfect Past, indicative)

All conjugations and tenses: Cocinar (to cook) - conjugation and tenses - (Spanish)

Syllabus: Spanish lesson - Cocinar (Cooking)

Conjugation of to cook in Pretérito imperfecto

yo cocinaba I was cooking
tú cocinabas You were cooking
él/ella cocinaba He was cooking
nosotros/nosotras cocinábamos we cooked
vosotros/vosotras cocinabais You cooked
ellos/ellas cocinaban They cooked

Example phrases

Cuando era niño, yo cocinaba galletas con mi abuela. When I was a child, I used to bake cookies with my grandmother.
Antes, tú cocinabas muy bien en la escuela. Before, you used to cook very well at school.
De pequeño, él cocinaba con su madre todos los fines de semana. When he was little, he used to cook with his mother every weekend.
Nosotros cocinábamos juntos todos los domingos. We used to cook together every Sunday.
Vosotros cocinabais platos tradicionales en las reuniones familiares. You all were cooking traditional dishes at family gatherings.
Ellos cocinaban para todo el vecindario durante las fiestas. They used to cook for the whole neighborhood during the parties.

Exercise: Conjugate the verbs - cocinar (to cook)

Instruction: Choose the correct word, read the sentence out loud and translate.

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Cocinar (Pretérito imperfecto, indicativo)

1. Vosotros ... platos tradicionales en las reuniones familiares.

Vosotros cocinabais platos tradicionales en las reuniones familiares.

(You all were cooking traditional dishes at family gatherings.)

2. Cuando era niño, yo ... galletas con mi abuela.

Cuando era niño, yo cocinaba galletas con mi abuela.

(When I was a child, I used to bake cookies with my grandmother.)

3. Antes, tú ... muy bien en la escuela.

Antes, tú cocinabas muy bien en la escuela.

(Before, you used to cook very well at school.)

4. De pequeño, él ... con su madre todos los fines de semana.

De pequeño, él cocinaba con su madre todos los fines de semana.

(When he was little, he used to cook with his mother every weekend.)

5. Nosotros ... juntos todos los domingos.

Nosotros cocinábamos juntos todos los domingos.

(We used to cook together every Sunday.)

6. Ellos ... para todo el vecindario durante las fiestas.

Ellos cocinaban para todo el vecindario durante las fiestas.

(They used to cook for the whole neighborhood during the parties.)