molías

Molías is a verb form in Spanish. It is the second-person singular imperfect indicative of the verb moler, meaning to grind or pulverize. The form is used to describe habitual, repeated, or background actions in the past when addressing someone informally as “tú.” For example: “Tú molías el grano cada mañana.” The imperfect mood expresses ongoing or repeated past activity, in contrast to the preterite, which marks a completed single action.

Conjugation and usage

In the imperfect indicative, the full paradigm for moler is: yo molía, tú molías, él/ella/Ud. molía, nosotros molíamos, vosotros molíais, ellos/ellas/Uds. molían. The second-person singular form, molías, is distinguished by the acute accent on the í, which helps indicate the stressed syllable and the tense.

Etymology and related forms

The verb moler comes from Latin molere, meaning to grind or mill. Related forms in other tenses share the same root but differ in endings, reflecting mood and subject.

Notes

Molías functions primarily as a grammatical form rather than a standalone noun. It appears in prose, narration, and dialogues to indicate past actions that were ongoing or habitual for the subject addressed as tú. Correct accentuation is important for readability and proper pronunciation in written Spanish.

See also

moler, imperfect indicative, Spanish verb conjugation.