cambiabas

Cambiabas is a Spanish verb form. It is the second-person singular imperfect indicative of the verb cambiar, which can mean “to change” or “to exchange.” In this tense, cambiabas translates roughly as “you were changing” or “you used to change.”

In the imperfect, cambiabas expresses past actions that were ongoing or habitual. It is commonly used to describe scenes, routines, or repeated decisions in the past, often in combination with time markers or context. Examples include: “Cuando vivías aquí, cambiabas de opinión con facilidad” and “Antes, cada vez que había un plan, cambiabas de canal.”

Conjugation context: cambiar is a regular -ar verb, so its imperfect forms follow the standard endings: -aba, -abas, -aba, -ábamos, -abais, -aban. Therefore, cambiabas corresponds to tú. Other imperfect forms are cambiaba (él/ella/usted), cambiábamos (nosotros/nosotras), cambiabais (vosotros/vosotras), and cambiaban (ellos/ellas/ustedes).

Usage notes: cambiabas appears mainly in informal speech or writing where the subject is explicit as tú, though it can appear in narratives where the listener or reader is understood. It contrasts with the preterite cambié/cambiaste, which marks a completed past action, and with the present cambias, which refers to the present tense.

Etymology and related forms: cambiar comes from a Romance verb family and has derivatives such as cambio (noun) and cambios (plural noun). The verb is widely used across Spanish-speaking regions with similar meanings in everyday communication.