Solia is correct for USED TO, but we tend to speak like the example you gave, i mean, we don’t include it too much when we speak in Spanish.
2026-09-29 00:22:46
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Alex :
“Estaba vivido en Chicago en el pasado” is that correct
2026-08-05 15:50:08
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PJ :
As a puerto rican I would say “Antes vivia en Chicago”
2026-08-05 07:41:48
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SidewaysKiAdiMundi :
Never in my life have i heard anyone use "soler" lmao
2026-08-05 15:45:26
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Bo Jacks :
Never heard of Solia in my life lol
2026-08-05 20:50:18
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Matthew :
“Solía vivir en Chicago” in English would be like “I would often live in Chicago” which doesn’t make a lot of sense
2026-08-06 20:33:41
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ron_oliver2 :
Solía vivir sounds horribly wrong and mistranslated. Solía is chiefly used for actions that imply a certain movement or activity, albeit with a few exceptions.
2026-08-05 09:26:58
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Elizaapr🇵🇷 :
Yo vivía o yo viví en Chicago… pero solía es también aceptable
2026-08-05 23:08:56
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sammiisammii_ :
"Solía" is also the imperfect tense though, no?
2026-08-05 05:47:04
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Tatiana Fortea :
Es totalmente correcto usar solía
2026-08-05 20:18:06
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izma :
Using “soler” in the past imperfect is not incorrect or uncommon in Spanish. It can sound more narrative or intense but it’s used. The important thing to understand is that in Spanish we don’t use it the same way as the “used to…” in English.
2026-08-05 09:15:31
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Salvador Damian :
Correcto 👍, me suena más natural ‘Vivía en Chicago’
2026-08-05 06:01:56
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Fiesta#Siesta :
It's the easiest way to tell if my students used Google Translate 😂
2026-08-05 20:20:18
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doctorvern6 :
I have never heard of this word in my life. 😅
2026-08-06 20:48:54
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Lehikos :
But solía is just used in other circumstances, like "it used to be way colder this time of year" to "Solía hacer mucho más frío en esta época del año"
2026-08-05 16:11:23
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Mariachi Viking :
as a Mexican I never have I ever said "solia" I'm ignorant about other countries to be honest.
2026-08-05 21:49:58
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rayovallecano9 :
I usually drink coffe in the morning!
2026-09-21 03:06:32
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Axel Ouris 🏳️🌈 :
🗿 llevo 3 años aprendiendo español y lo hablo fluente pero la palabra "solía" es mi primera vez que la escucho
2026-08-05 10:36:08
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Suki Yubee :
Thank you!
2026-08-22 09:01:28
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user877005377 :
Soler is tend to do or tended to do
2026-08-06 10:21:30
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We do use it a lot in Spain though
2026-08-06 01:23:05
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Happy_Pleb :
Never in my puertorican dog life have I used solia
2026-08-06 16:48:30
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🍂 :
as a native speaker you are right we don’t use solía in these cases, always imperfect
2026-08-05 12:13:15
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Adriana Cardona :
mi papá siempre decía "los perfumes finos suelen venir en frascos pequeños al igual que el veneno", la palabra soler al igual que otras no muy comunes, debían ser usadas en nuestro vocabulario de una manera constante para enriquecer nuestro vocabulario.
2026-08-05 21:01:20
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Ricardo Querido :
Never once used solia
2026-08-05 14:26:33
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