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Worried in Spanish 🇪🇸


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worried se preocupaba
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Verb: preocuparse (to worry)

Tips to remember:
• Notice the root "preocupa" relates to "worry" and the ending –se shows it’s a reflexive verb.
• Associate “preocupado” with feeling worried; for example, think “I am always preoccupied (preocupado) about my work.”
• Connect similar-sounding words in English like “preoccupy,” which shares a common Latin origin.

Explanations:
• “Se preocupaba” is the imperfect tense form used with third person singular (él/ella/Ud.) or as a reflexive form with the pronoun “se” to express habitual or ongoing worry in the past.
• It indicates that at some point in the past, he, she, or you (formal) was in the process of worrying.

Other words with the same meaning:
• Angustiarse – to become anguished or distressed
• Inquietarse – to become uneasy or anxious
• Alarmarse – to get alarmed

Conjugations of “preocuparse”:

Infinitive:
 preocuparse – to worry

Present tense:
 yo me preocupo   (I worry)
 tú te preocupas   (you worry)
 él/ella/Ud. se preocupa (he/she/you worry(s))
 nosotros/nosotras nos preocupamos (we worry)
 vosotros/vosotras os preocupáis  (you all worry)
 ellos/ellas/Uds. se preocupan   (they/you all worry)

Preterite tense:
 yo me preocupé
 tú te preocupaste
 él/ella/Ud. se preocupó
 nosotros/nosotras nos preocupamos
 vosotros/vosotras os preocupasteis
 ellos/ellas/Uds. se preocuparon

Imperfect tense:
 yo me preocupaba
 tú te preocupabas
 él/ella/Ud. se preocupaba
 nosotros/nosotras nos preocupábamos
 vosotros/vosotras os preocupabais
 ellos/ellas/Uds. se preocupaban

Future tense:
 yo me preocuparé
 tú te preocuparás
 él/ella/Ud. se preocupará
 nosotros/nosotras nos preocuparemos
 vosotros/vosotras os preocuparéis
 ellos/ellas/Uds. se preocuparán

Conditional tense:
 yo me preocuparía
 tú te preocuparías
 él/ella/Ud. se preocuparía
 nosotros/nosotras nos preocuparíamos
 vosotros/vosotras os preocuparíais
 ellos/ellas/Uds. se preocuparían

Examples of sentences:
1. Ella se preocupaba por la salud de su abuela.
 Translation: She was worried about her grandmother’s health.
2. Cuando era niño, me preocupaba demasiado por mis exámenes.
 Translation: When I was a child, I worried too much about my exams.
3. Él siempre se preocupa por el bienestar de sus amigos.
 Translation: He always worries about his friends’ well-being.

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