era

A1Rank #72

he/she/it was, I was (imperfect form of ser); also: era, age

Part of speech
verb
Frequency rank
#72 of 5,000

Era mi mejor amigo.

He was my best friend.

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"era" in example sentences

"era" appears in 2,286 of 223,093 short Tatoeba Spanish sentences that have an English translation. Here are 3 of them.

¿Era eso un sí?

Was that a yes?

Tatoeba #6883783

¿Qué era eso?

What was that?

Tatoeba #1897838

No era eso.

It wasn't that.

Tatoeba #2536586

Example sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR.

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