fui I went – pretérito indefinido fue it was – pretérito indefinido tuve I had – pretérito indefinido dijo he said – pretérito indefinido puso he put (se puso: he became) – pretérito indefinido pidieron they asked – pretérito indefinido durmió he slept – pretérito indefinido trajo she brought – pretérito indefinido leyó he read – pretérito indefinido hice I did – pretérito indefinido vino he came – pretérito indefinido dio he gave – pretérito indefinido cupo it fit – pretérito indefinido tradujo she translated – pretérito indefinido hablaba she used to speak – pretérito imperfecto comíamos we used to eat – pretérito imperfecto vivía I lived – pretérito imperfecto era I was – pretérito imperfecto íbamos we used to go – pretérito imperfecto hacía it was (weather) – pretérito imperfecto solía he used to – pretérito imperfecto cocinaba I was cooking – pretérito imperfecto llovía it was raining – pretérito imperfecto había there was, there were – pretérito imperfecto estaba I was – pretérito imperfecto sentía he felt – pretérito imperfecto pensaba I was planning to – pretérito imperfecto trabajaba she worked – pretérito imperfecto supe I found out – pretérito indefinido sabía I knew – pretérito imperfecto conocí I met – pretérito indefinido conocía I knew (someone) – pretérito imperfecto pude I managed to – pretérito indefinido podía I was able to – pretérito imperfecto quiso he wanted (no quiso: he refused) – pretérito indefinido quería I wanted – pretérito imperfecto tenía I had – pretérito imperfecto estuve I was – pretérito indefinido debí I should have – pretérito indefinido debía I was supposed to – pretérito imperfecto decidimos we decided – pretérito indefinido acostumbré I got used to it – pretérito indefinido interrumpió he interrupted – pretérito indefinido sonó it rang – pretérito indefinido llegaste you arrived – pretérito indefinido salíamos we used to leave – pretérito imperfecto caminaba I was walking – pretérito imperfecto empezó she started – pretérito indefinido esperábamos we were hoping – pretérito imperfecto ocurrió it happened – pretérito indefinido nevaba it was snowing – pretérito imperfecto rompí I broke – pretérito indefinido quedaba there was left – pretérito imperfecto discutían they used to argue – pretérito imperfecto creía I thought – pretérito imperfecto