emocionaban

Emocionaban is the imperfect indicative form of the Spanish verb emocionar, used with the subjects ellos, ellas, o ustedes. Emocionar means to move someone emotionally, to excite, or to thrill. The imperfect form conveys a past action that was ongoing, repeated, or serving as background, rather than a single completed event.

In usage, emocionar expresses that something caused emotional or stirring reactions in people. It often takes a direct object representing the cause of the emotion (for example, a news item, a story, or a performance) and an indirect object indicating who was affected. The contrast with the preterite emocionaron emphasizes difference between a completed past event and a past that was habitual or lingering.

Examples include: Las noticias emocionaban a la población. Las historias de superación emocionaban al público. La película emocionaba a todos los presentes. These sentences show how the verb describes past situations in which people were moved or excited over time or on repeated occasions. The form can also appear in reported or narrative past contexts to convey ongoing emotional impact.

Related terms include emoción, the noun for emotion, and emocionar as a fuller verb meaning to arouse emotion, to move, or to thrill. A careful distinction is often made between emocionaban (ongoing past effect) and emocionaron (a completed past event that caused emotion). In English, emociones of this verb are commonly rendered as “they were moved,” “they were excited,” or “they moved (someone) emotionally.”