Protestar (to protest) - Pretérito imperfecto, indicativo (Imperfect Past, indicative) - Spanish

Protestar (to protest) - conjugation and tenses - (Spanish)

Protestar - Conjugation of to protest 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: Protestar (to protest) - conjugation and tenses - (Spanish)

Syllabus: Spanish lesson - ¡Esto es injusto! (This is unfair!)

Conjugation of to protest in Pretérito imperfecto

yo protestaba I was protesting
tú protestabas you were protesting
él/ella protestaba he/she was protesting
nosotros/nosotras protestábamos we were protesting
vosotros/vosotras protestabais You were protesting
ellos/ellas protestaban They were protesting

Example phrases

Yo protestaba porque el conflicto no era solucionado. I was protesting because the conflict was not solved.
Tú protestabas cuando la información transmitida no era verídica. You protested when the information transmitted was not truthful.
Él protestaba ante la propuesta durante la conferencia. He was protesting against the proposal during the conference.
Nosotros protestábamos antes de reunirnos para discutir la estrategia. We were protesting before meeting to discuss the strategy.
Vosotros protestabais cuando el programa en la televisión no era informativo. You lot were protesting when the programme on the television was not informative.
Ellos protestaban debido al desacuerdo sobre la agenda del participante. They were protesting due to the disagreement about the participant's agenda.

Exercise: Conjugate the verbs - protestar (to protest)

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

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Protestar (Pretérito imperfecto, indicativo)

1. Él ... ante la propuesta durante la conferencia.

Él protestaba ante la propuesta durante la conferencia.

(He was protesting against the proposal during the conference.)

2. Yo ... porque el conflicto no era solucionado.

Yo protestaba porque el conflicto no era solucionado.

(I was protesting because the conflict was not solved.)

3. Vosotros ... cuando el programa en la televisión no era informativo.

Vosotros protestabais cuando el programa en la televisión no era informativo.

(You lot were protesting when the programme on the television was not informative.)

4. Ellos ... debido al desacuerdo sobre la agenda del participante.

Ellos protestaban debido al desacuerdo sobre la agenda del participante.

(They were protesting due to the disagreement about the participant's agenda.)

5. Tú ... cuando la información transmitida no era verídica.

Tú protestabas cuando la información transmitida no era verídica.

(You protested when the information transmitted was not truthful.)

6. Nosotros ... antes de reunirnos para discutir la estrategia.

Nosotros protestábamos antes de reunirnos para discutir la estrategia.

(We were protesting before meeting to discuss the strategy.)