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Toser (to cough) - Pretérito anterior, indicativo (Anterior preterite, indicative) - Spanish

 Toser (to cough) - conjugation and tenses - (Spanish)

Toser - Conjugation of to cough 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: Toser (to cough) - conjugation and tenses - (Spanish)

Syllabus: Spanish lesson - Salud y Bienestar (Health and wellbeing)

Conjugation of to cough in Pretérito anterior

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

Example phrases

  • Después de la carrera, hube tosido mucho. After the race, I had coughed a lot.
  • Antes de que llegaras, hubiste tosido todo el tiempo. Before you arrived, you had coughed the whole time.
  • Para cuando llegó el médico, él ya hubo tosido varias veces. By the time the doctor arrived, he had already coughed several times.
  • Nosotros hubimos tosido por una hora antes de conseguir agua. We had coughed for an hour before getting water.
  • Vosotros hubisteis tosido tanto que llamó la atención de todos. You all had coughed so much that it drew everyone's attention.
  • Ellos hubieron tosido tanto que se quedaron sin voz. They had coughed so much that they lost their voice.

Exercise: Conjugate the verbs - toser (to cough)

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

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Toser (Pretérito anterior, indicativo)

1. Ellos ... tanto que se quedaron sin voz.

Ellos hubieron tosido tanto que se quedaron sin voz.
(They had coughed so much that they lost their voice.)

2. Antes de que llegaras, ... todo el tiempo.

Antes de que llegaras, hubiste tosido todo el tiempo.
(Before you arrived, you had coughed the whole time.)

3. Nosotros ... por una hora antes de conseguir agua.

Nosotros hubimos tosido por una hora antes de conseguir agua.
(We had coughed for an hour before getting water.)

4. Después de la carrera, ... mucho.

Después de la carrera, hube tosido mucho.
(After the race, I had coughed a lot.)

5. Vosotros ... tanto que llamó la atención de todos.

Vosotros hubisteis tosido tanto que llamó la atención de todos.
(You all had coughed so much that it drew everyone's attention.)

6. Para cuando llegó el médico, él ya ... varias veces.

Para cuando llegó el médico, él ya hubo tosido varias veces.
(By the time the doctor arrived, he had already coughed several times.)