Suceder imperfect conjugation
Suceder in the imperfect: sucedía, sucedías, sucedía, sucedíamos, sucedíais, sucedían.
- to happen; to succeed (follow someone)
- regular
- Participle: sucedido
- Gerund: sucediendo
Imperfect imperfecto
| yo | sucedía |
|---|---|
| tú | sucedías |
| él/ella/usted | sucedía |
| nosotros | sucedíamos |
| vosotros | sucedíais |
| ellos/ellas/ustedes | sucedían |
How to use suceder in the imperfect
The imperfect is regular: sucedía, sucedían. Use it for background events in a story or for things that used to happen repeatedly: Eso sucedía mucho antes. It often appears with mientras: Mientras sucedía esto... The imperfect focuses on the event in progress rather than on its completion. Like pasar, it often sets the scene for a main event told in the preterite, as in a story or an incident report.
Examples
Antes sucedía mucho que se cortaba la luz.
The power used to go out a lot.
No sabíamos lo que sucedía en la planta de noche.
We didn't know what was going on at the plant at night.
Mientras sucedía el robo, la alarma no sonó.
While the robbery was happening, the alarm didn't go off.
Quick check: suceder in the imperfect
More suceder tenses
- All suceder tenses
- Suceder present
- Suceder preterite
- Suceder future
- Suceder conditional
- Suceder present subjunctive
- Suceder affirmative commands
Other verbs in the imperfect
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