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Question

'Because he used to celebrate it'

Answer 1

I would say that the presence of 'used to' definitely precludes the possibility of using the preterite "celebró", as it is clear it is a repeated or continuous action. Your two options are, "porque lo celebraba", or "porque lo solía celebrar" - "because he usually celebrated it".

My vote is for "porque lo solía celebrar." - webdunce, Nov 1, 2009

Imperfect tense - Seb79, Nov 1, 2009

Answer 2

That sentence could be translated as 'Porque lo celebraba' or 'Porque lo celebró.' It would depend on the context.

(btw, have you tried out the spiffy TRANSLATION link above in SpanishDict?)

I don't think tranlation links work. Would they? - Seb79, Nov 1, 2009

sorry- translation! (my keyboard is playing up again) - Seb79, Nov 1, 2009

Answer 3

Porque acostumbró a celebrarlo, however, as an intermediate grade, I would have thought you might have entered an example. Who knows, my example might be incorrect but at least I tried, hehe.