how do you say play in spanish in the past tense

Question

I need to know how to say play in the past tense. In english you would say played but how does played translate in spanish

Answer 1

I think you might be talking about the indicative mood, ¿sí?

Since there are two ways to express the past tense in Spanish, that depends on whether you are using the preterit or imperfect. Both are shown below.

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Here are the "past perfect" conjugations.

Había jugado: "I had played"

Habías jugado: "You (familiar) had played"

Había jugado: can also mean..."He/she/it/you (formal) had played"

Habíamos jugado: We had played

Habíais jugado: You plural (Spain) had played

Habían jugado: They/you all had played

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If this answer wasn't sufficient, feel free to look at a complete conjugation of jugar by clicking here.

Nice answer, sonrisa :) - GuitarWarrior, Jul 25, 2011

Thanks! - SonrisaDelSol, Jul 25, 2011

Thanks! That helped me out alot! - soccergurl, Jul 25, 2011

Answer 2

may also use the perfect tense...I have played = he jugado

That is the present perfect tense. You can use it instead, but it depends on what is being said. - GuitarWarrior, Jul 25, 2011

I was doing some homework of mine and the teacher told me what tense I had to use. I had to write about my childhood. Thanks for the information though. - soccergurl, Jul 25, 2011