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Romperse (to break) - Pretérito anterior, indicativo (Anterior preterite, indicative) - Spanish

 Romperse (to break) - conjugation and tenses - (Spanish)

Romperse - Conjugation of to break in Spanish: Conjugation table, examples and exercises in the anterior preterite, indicative tense (Pretérito anterior, indicativo).

Pretérito anterior, indicativo (Anterior preterite, indicative)

All conjugations and tenses: Romperse (to break) - conjugation and tenses - (Spanish)

Syllabus: Spanish lesson - El cuerpo humano: lesiones y dolor (The human body: injuries and pain)

Conjugation of to break in Pretérito anterior

  • yo hube roto I had broken
  • tú hubiste roto you had broken
  • él/ella hubo roto He/she had broken
  • nosotros/nosotras hubimos roto we had broken
  • vosotros/vosotras hubisteis roto You had broken
  • ellos/ellas hubieron roto They had broken

Example phrases

  • Ayer, después de recibir la noticia, me hube roto de amor propio. I had broken myself out of self-love.
  • Tomar el sol en exceso te hizo daño, pero te hubiste roto mentalmente cuando lo supiste. Sunbathing excessively did you harm, but you had mentally broken when you knew it.
  • Después de fumar tanto, finalmente se hubo roto con el mal hábito. After smoking so much, he had finally broken the bad habit.
  • Nos hubimos roto el equilibrio al intentar adelgazar tan rápido. We had broken the balance by trying to lose weight so quickly.
  • Tras una larga carrera, os hubisteis roto con la meta justo delante. After a long race, you had broken with the finish line right in front of you.
  • Por suerte, con la vacuna prestada, se hubieron roto el ciclo de la enfermedad. Luckily, with the borrowed vaccine, they had broken the cycle of the disease.

Exercise: Conjugate the verbs - romperse (to break)

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

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Romperse (Pretérito anterior, indicativo)

1. Después de fumar tanto, finalmente se ... con el mal hábito.

Después de fumar tanto, finalmente se hubo roto con el mal hábito.
(After smoking so much, he had finally broken the bad habit.)

2. Tomar el sol en exceso te hizo daño, pero te ... mentalmente cuando lo supiste.

Tomar el sol en exceso te hizo daño, pero te hubiste roto mentalmente cuando lo supiste.
(Sunbathing excessively did you harm, but you had mentally broken when you knew it.)

3. Por suerte, con la vacuna prestada, se ... el ciclo de la enfermedad.

Por suerte, con la vacuna prestada, se hubieron roto el ciclo de la enfermedad.
(Luckily, with the borrowed vaccine, they had broken the cycle of the disease.)

4. Nos ... el equilibrio al intentar adelgazar tan rápido.

Nos hubimos roto el equilibrio al intentar adelgazar tan rápido.
(We had broken the balance by trying to lose weight so quickly.)

5. Ayer, después de recibir la noticia, me ... de amor propio.

Ayer, después de recibir la noticia, me hube roto de amor propio.
(I had broken myself out of self-love.)

6. Tras una larga carrera, os ... con la meta justo delante.

Tras una larga carrera, os hubisteis roto con la meta justo delante.
(After a long race, you had broken with the finish line right in front of you.)