How to Say ‘Where did you work?’ in Mexican Spanish
¿Dónde trabajabas?
DOHN-deh trah-bah-HAH-bahs
[DOHN-deh trah-bah-HAH-bahs]
💬 Usage Tip: The -aba ending describes an ongoing past situation, like a job you used to have, rather than a single finished event. The same ending works for "I" and "he/she": trabajaba means "I worked" or "he/she worked."
Phrase Breakdown
Dónde
[DOHN-deh]
where
Question word asking about place; has an accent in questions.
¿Dónde vives?
Where do you live?
trabajabas
[trah-bah-HAH-bahs]
you used to work
Imperfect past of 'trabajar' for informal 'you'; describes ongoing past work.
¿Trabajabas los sábados?
Did you use to work on Saturdays?
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