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Pronunciation

Normal speech: mez-CLA-ba
IPA: /mez.’kla.ba/

7 months ago

Root

Indicative imperfect yo form of mezclar but the same spelling is also used for the él/ella/Ud. case

8 months ago

mezclaba info.

Tips to remember the word “mezclaba”:
– “Mezclaba” sounds similar to “mixed” in the sense that they both start with the letter “m” and end with a similar sound (“ed” in English, “aba” in Spanish, both indicating past action).
– Think of “me-z-cla-ba” as a rhythm or dance step to help memorize the word.

Explanations:
– “Mezclaba” is the imperfect tense of the verb “mezclar” in Spanish, which means “to mix.”
– It is used to describe an action that was happening repeatedly or was ongoing in the past.

Other words that mean the same thing:
– Combinaba (I was combining)
– Unía (I was uniting/joining)
– Fundía (I was melting/blending)

Conjugations of “mezclar”:
– Infinitive: mezclar (to mix)
– Present: mezclo (I mix), mezclas (you mix), mezcla (he/she/it mixes), mezclamos (we mix), mezcláis (you all mix), mezclan (they mix)
– Preterite: mezclé (I mixed), mezclaste (you mixed), mezcló (he/she/it mixed), mezclamos (we mixed), mezclasteis (you all mixed), mezclaron (they mixed)
– Imperfect: mezclaba (I was mixing), mezclabas (you were mixing), mezclaba (he/she/it was mixing), mezclábamos (we were mixing), mezclabais (you all were mixing), mezclaban (they were mixing)
– Future: mezclaré (I will mix), mezclarás (you will mix), mezclará (he/she/it will mix), mezclaremos (we will mix), mezclaréis (you all will mix), mezclarán (they will mix)
– Conditional: mezclaría (I would mix), mezclarías (you would mix), mezclaría (he/she/it would mix), mezclaríamos (we would mix), mezclaríais (you all would mix), mezclarían (they would mix)
– Present Subjunctive: mezcle (I mix), mezcles (you mix), mezcle (he/she/it mixes), mezclemos (we mix), mezcléis (you all mix), mezclen (they mix)

Examples of sentences that use “mezclaba”:
– Cuando era niño, siempre mezclaba los colores de las pinturas para hacer nuevos tonos. (When I was a child, I always mixed the colors of the paints to make new shades.)
– Mi abuela mezclaba la harina con el agua lentamente para hacer la masa. (My grandmother mixed the flour with water slowly to make the dough.)
– Todos los días, antes del anochecer, el cielo mezclaba los tonos de rosado y naranja. (Every day, before dusk, the sky mixed shades of pink and orange.)

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