dormía

slept


Verb dormía

  1. First-person singular (yo) imperfect indicative form of dormir.
  2. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperfect indicative form of dormir.
  3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted) imperfect indicative form of dormir.

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Examples
  • Él trabajaba de noche y dormía de día.

    He worked at night and slept in the daytime.

  • Ella falleció tranquilamente mientras dormía.

    She passed away peacefully in her sleep.

  • Cuando llegó Marcus yo dormía.

    When Marcus arrived, I was sleeping.

  • El ciervo dormía sobre un lecho de hojas.

    The deer slept on a bed of leaves.

  • No me gustó que volviera a casa cuando yo dormía.

    I didn't like him to come back home while I was sleeping.

  • Roncaba ruidosamente mientras dormía.

    He was snoring loudly while he slept.

  • El bebé dormía profundamente en los brazos de su madre.

    The baby was fast asleep in her mother's arms.

  • Ella había matado a su primer esposo con la ayuda del segundo. Lo habían hecho con un clavo que, los dos juntos, habían clavado en su sien mientras él dormía.

    She had killed her first husband with the help of the second one. They had done it with a nail that they pushed together into his temples while he was sleeping.

  • La ciudad dormía.

    The town slept.

  • Mary dormía, todavía llevaba puesto su desgarrado vestido blanco, y su pelo, largo y negro, que descansaba alborotado sobre sus hombros, contrastaba con fuerza con la palidez de su rostro.

    Mary was sleeping; she was still wearing her torn white dress, and her long black hair, resting in a dishevelled manner upon her shoulders, contrasted strongly with the paleness of her face.

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