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Uses of the Preterite and the Imperfect

Posted inSpanish Grammar | Updated: 3:00 pm, Jan 28, 2006 by
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Preterite vs. Imperfect in Spanish

There are two past tenses in Spanish: the preterite (pretérito), and the imperfect (imperfecto). While they are both used to express or discuss actions in the past, they are not interchangeable. The distinction between their usage is generally quite clear with only the occasional case where the distinction is subtle.

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