llamaba

called

Verb llamaba

First-person singular (yo) imperfect indicative form of llamar.
Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted) imperfect indicative form of llamar.

Examples

Me dijo que se llamaba Tom.

He told me his name was Tom.

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Él me llamaba casi todos los días.

He called me up almost every day.

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Le pregunté cómo se llamaba.

I asked him what his name was.

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Uno de Apóstoles de Jesús se llamaba Pablo.

One of Jesus' disciples was named Paul.

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Ni siquiera sabía cómo se llamaba.

I didn't even know his name.

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¿Te acuerdas del nombre de pila de tu abuela? No, yo siempre la llamaba abuelita.

Do you remember the first name of your grandmother? - No, I just always called her granny.

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Ella se arrodilló a su lado y le preguntó cómo se llamaba.

She knelt beside him and asked him what his name was.

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En esa época todo el mundo me llamaba Tony.

Everybody called me Tony in those days.

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Dijiste que se llamaba Tom, ¿cierto?

You said his name was Tom, didn't you?

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¿Cómo se llamaba el hotel? No recuerdo.

What was the hotel called? I can't remember.

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