justificabas
Justificabas is a verb form in Spanish and Portuguese derived from the verb justificar, meaning to justify or to defend a position or action. In both languages, justificabas is the second person singular imperfect indicative form, corresponding to “you were justifying” or “you used to justify.” In Spanish, this form is commonly written as tú justificabas, with the pronoun often omitted in practice.
The imperfect tense expresses past actions that were habitual, repeated, ongoing, or not viewed as completed.
Justificar is a regular -ar verb. The imperfect endings for -ar verbs in Spanish are -aba, -abas,
Spanish: “Antes justificabas tus decisiones ante todos.” (Earlier you were justifying your decisions before everyone.)
Spanish: “Cuando era joven, justificabas cada error con excusas.” (When I was young, you used to justify
Portuguese: “Tu justificavas as tuas ações.” (You were justifying your actions.)
Justificar, Spanish verb conjugation, Portuguese conjugation, imperfect indicative.