The verb jugar, which means ‘to play’ in Spanish, is conjugated in the imperfect tense as follows:
- Yo jugaba – I played
- Tú jugabas – You played (informal)
- Él/Ella/Usted jugaba – He/She/You (formal) played
- Nosotros/Nosotras jugábamos – We played
- Vosotros/Vosotras jugabais – You all played (informal, mainly used in Spain)
- Ellos/Ellas/Ustedes jugaban – They/You all (formal) played
The imperfect tense is used to describe actions that were ongoing or habitual in the past. For example, Yo jugaba fútbol todos los sábados means ‘I played soccer every Saturday.’ This implies a repeated action rather than specifying a particular moment in time, which is the main function of the imperfect tense.