admitíamos

Admitíamos is the first-person plural imperfect indicative form of the Spanish verb admitir. It corresponds to nosotros/nosotras admitíamos and signals a past action that was ongoing or habitual, such as actions we used to perform or descriptions of how things were happening over time.

The verb admitir has several senses in Spanish. It can mean to admit someone into a place or institution (to allow entry), to acknowledge or confess something (to admit a mistake), or to contain or hold something (a container can admit a capacity). In imperfect usage, admitíamos often conveys that the admission occurred regularly in the past or was in progress during a past timeframe.

Usage notes: Admitir is a regular -ir verb, so its imperfect follows the standard endings for -ir verbs in the nosotros form: admitía, admitías, admitía, admitíamos, admitíais, admitían. The meaning inferred by admitíamos depends on the surrounding context and the sense of admitir being used (entrance, acknowledgment, or acceptance).

Examples:

- Admitíamos a todos los estudiantes en el programa cada año. (We admitted all the students into the program each year.)

- Cuando discutíamos la propuesta, admitíamos que la decisión era arriesgada. (When we discussed the proposal, we admitted that the decision was risky.)

Etymology: Admitir derives from Latin admittere, from ad- “toward” + mittere “to send,” reflecting the sense of allowing or admitting someone or something to enter.