did

used to form the past tense of verbs in questions and negative sentences when the verb is not 'be' or 'have'

hizo, hizo (según el sujeto)

• Did you do something?
• I didn't go.

Collocations did not know · did not understand

• Did she come to the party?

  ¿Vino ella a la fiesta?

to do something; used in questions and negative sentences with 'be' or 'have'

hacer, realizar

• Did you have a good time?
• I didn't do my homework.

Collocations did some work · didn't do anything

• What did they do last night?

  ¿Qué hicieron anoche?

used to form the past perfect tense of verbs, indicating an action completed before another in the past

había hecho

• had done something

Collocations had finished · had started

• She had already left when I arrived.

  Ella ya se había ido cuando llegué.

used to form the past tense of verbs to describe repeated actions or habits in the past

solía hacer, acostumbraba a hacer

• Did you use to do something?
• I didn't go there often.

Collocations didn't use to like · used to play

• He used to live in New York.

  Él solía vivir en Nueva York.

used to form the negative past tense of verbs to describe actions or habits that did not occur in the past

no solía hacer, no acostumbraba a hacer

• Did you use to do something?
• I didn't go there often.

Collocations didn't use to like · used to play

• She didn't use to come here.

  Ella no solía venir aquí.

used to form the question past tense of verbs to inquire about actions or habits in the past

¿Solía hacer, acostumbraba a hacer?

• Did you use to do something?

Collocations didn't use to like

• Did he use to work here?

  ¿Solía trabajar aquí?

used to form the affirmative past tense of verbs to describe actions or habits that occurred regularly in the past

solía hacer, acostumbraba a hacer

• I used to do something

Collocations used to play

• We used to go there every weekend.

  Solíamos ir allí todos los fines de semana.

used to form the negative past tense of verbs to describe actions or habits that did not occur regularly in the past

no solía hacer, no acostumbraba a hacer

• I didn't use to do something

Collocations didn't use to like

• She didn't use to come here.

  Ella no solía venir aquí.