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Originally Posted by Suavemente
En el presente, se significa "to usually/generally" sobre todo cuando se intenta hacer algo.
Suelo ir a la playa cuando visito a mis primos en Brazil = I usually go to the beach when I visit my cousins in Brazil.
No nos solemos despertar hasta las nueve de la mañana = We don't generally wake up until 9:00am
En el pasado, se significa "to use to" básicamente al igual como se utiliza el imperfecto cuando se intenta hacer algo.
(Yo) Solíamos hacer ejercicios cada otro día = I use to work out every other day.
Ellas nunca solían cocinar = They never use to cook.
A veces es utilizado en vez del verbo "acostumbrar."
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Awesome, thanks. It's good to know how the meaning changes slightly across tenses. And by the way, shouldn't the verb in the second-to-last example be
(Yo) Solía instead of "(Yo) Solíamos"?
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Originally Posted by wrholt
Soler requires an infinitive as a complement, although it's possible for that infinitive to be implied rather than explicit. RAE describes this verb as a "defective verb", because it does not have forms for all tenses and moods. The conjugation page for it lists the infinitive, the gerundio, the present indicative, the present subjunctive, the imperfect indicative, and the imperfect subjunctive. The DPD also states that it it rarely used in the present perfect; that article gives a regular past participle. It does not have forms for the preterite tense, future tense, conditional tense, or imperative mood.
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Thank you. I hadn't known about "defective verbs" until now.
Can you give an example of an implied infinitive?