veíamos

Veíamos is the first-person plural imperfect indicative form of the Spanish verb ver, meaning to see. It expresses past actions or states of seeing that were habitual, ongoing, or not completed at the time. In English, it is commonly translated as “we used to see” or “we were seeing.”

Usage notes: The imperfect contrasts with the preterite vimos, which denotes a completed past action (“we saw”). Veíamos is used for description, background, or repeated past perception, such as scenes in narration, setting the scene, or reporting dialogue. It often appears in storytelling and in clauses that describe ongoing perceptual states.

Conjugation: In the imperfect indicative, ver is regular for this form: yo veía, tú veías, él/ella veía, nosotros veíamos, vosotros veíais, ellos veían. The accent marks on each form indicate the stressed syllable according to Spanish orthography; the nosotros form remains veíamos.

Etymology and related forms: Ver comes from the Latin videre and is related to terms in other Romance languages that express sight or perception. Related forms include veo (present), vería (conditional), and viendo (present participle).

Examples:

- Cuando éramos niños, veíamos películas cada fin de semana.

- En aquella época veíamos la playa desde la ventana de la casa rural.

Veámosla como una forma gramatical que ayuda a situar acciones perceptuales en un pasado no finalizado, o que describen hábitos y contextos históricos.