supervisaba

Supervisaba is the imperfect indicative form of the Spanish verb supervisar. It encodes ongoing, habitual, or background action in the past. Because the ending -aba is characteristic of the imperfect tense for -ar verbs, supervisaba can correspond to either yo supervisaba or él/ella/usted supervisaba, depending on the subject. The exact subject is usually indicated by the sentence context or explicit subject pronouns.

Usage: In narrative and descriptive contexts, supervisaba describes supervision that was happening over a period or repeatedly. It contrasts with the preterite forms like supervisó, which denote a completed instance of supervising, or with the present supervisa. It can also appear in indirect speech: "Dijo que el supervisor supervisaba los procedimientos."

Examples: "Durante la obra, yo supervisaba al equipo." "La dirección supervisaba continuamente el progreso de los trabajos." "El gerente decía que el supervisor supervisaba a los nuevos trabajadores."

Context: The verb is common in work, education, and project management contexts, but applicable to any situation involving oversight of people or tasks.

Notes: The form does not by itself fix the subject; subject and aspect are determined by surrounding words and the broader verb conjugation. Supervisar, as a verb of oversight, is widely used across Spanish-speaking regions to describe managerial or supervisory roles in various settings. See also supervisar for the base infinitive form and related noun forms such as supervisión.