"He used to be lazy."
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I'm not sure how to say this as i know "A la pereza" means "to be lazy" but the english word "used" implies the imperfect tense usually in spanish. my problem is Ser in imperfect i guess. How do you translate that sentence? ("he used to be lazy")
Thanks in advance. 
Oh, but then again there is always era... (so confused)
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updated May 23, 2012
edited by mejakola97
posted by mejakola97
Hola, Bienvenido al foro! How would you translate that sentence? Give your attempt. - rac1, May 23, 2012
el era perezoso? - mejakola97, May 23, 2012
or W/ se... rac1 se era perezoso - mejakola97, May 23, 2012
Very nice attempt!! - rac1, May 23, 2012
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Él solía ser perezoso. He used to be lazy. Era perezoso. He was lazy.
updated May 24, 2012
edited by kenwilliams
posted by kenwilliams
solía ser ...... - 005faa61, May 23, 2012
Thanks for that, I had a feeling I was missing something there, it was the verb. - kenwilliams, May 23, 2012
to be. - kenwilliams, May 23, 2012
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"Él era perezoso." You are correct!
"Él " isn´t necessary if it´s understood who you are talking about because of the verb conjugation.
You can also say "Era flojo" and in slang "era huevón."
updated May 23, 2012
posted by 005faa61
