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Terminar (to finish) - Pretérito anterior, indicativo (Anterior preterite, indicative) - Spanish

 Terminar (to finish) - conjugation and tenses - (Spanish)

Terminar - Conjugation of to finish 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: Terminar (to finish) - conjugation and tenses - (Spanish)

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Conjugation of to finish in Pretérito anterior

  • yo hube terminado I had finished
  • tú hubiste terminado you had finished
  • él/ella hubo terminado he/she had finished
  • nosotros/nosotras hubimos terminado we had finished
  • vosotros/vosotras hubisteis terminado you had finished
  • ellos/ellas hubieron terminado they had finished

Example phrases

  • Hube terminado de plantar las rosas en el jardín. I had finished planting the roses in the garden.
  • Hubiste terminado de alimentar la cabra antes de salir. You had finished feeding the goat before leaving.
  • Hubo terminado de mostrar la colina a los turistas. He had finished showing the hill to the tourists.
  • Hubimos terminado de viajar por el valle cuando empezó a llover. We had finished travelling through the valley when it started to rain.
  • Hubisteis terminado de subir la montaña justo a tiempo. You had finished climbing the mountain just in time.
  • Hubieron terminado de caminar por el bosque antes de la puesta de sol. They had finished walking through the forest before sunset.

Exercise: Conjugate the verbs - terminar (to finish)

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

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Terminar (Pretérito anterior, indicativo)

1. ... de mostrar la colina a los turistas.

Hubo terminado de mostrar la colina a los turistas.
(He had finished showing the hill to the tourists.)

2. ... de subir la montaña justo a tiempo.

Hubisteis terminado de subir la montaña justo a tiempo.
(You had finished climbing the mountain just in time.)

3. ... de caminar por el bosque antes de la puesta de sol.

Hubieron terminado de caminar por el bosque antes de la puesta de sol.
(They had finished walking through the forest before sunset.)

4. ... de plantar las rosas en el jardín.

Hube terminado de plantar las rosas en el jardín.
(I had finished planting the roses in the garden.)

5. ... de viajar por el valle cuando empezó a llover.

Hubimos terminado de viajar por el valle cuando empezó a llover.
(We had finished travelling through the valley when it started to rain.)

6. ... de alimentar la cabra antes de salir.

Hubiste terminado de alimentar la cabra antes de salir.
(You had finished feeding the goat before leaving.)