Translation examples
verb
Te estaban siguiendo.
You're being followed.
A todos nos estaban, ya sabe, nos estaban...
WE WERE ALL BEING, UH... WELL, YOU KNOW, WE WERE BEING, UH...
¡La estaban violando!
She was being raped!
La estaban vigilando?
Was she being watched?
Te estaban torturando.
You were being tortured.
Estaban siendo íntimos.
Were being intimate
Ellos estaban tranquilos.
Theywere being quiet.
Me estaban ahogando.
I was being drowned.
Me estaban golpeando.
I was being fought.
verb
He oído que estaban allí
I... hear they stay there.
¿Y por qué estaban juntos?
so why'd you stay together?
Estaban conmigo todos los días.
They stayed with me every day.
- Deberían quedarse donde estaban.
- They should stay where they are.
Las monjas estaban con ella.
The nuns were staying with her.
Me dijo dónde estaban.
He told me where they're staying.
Quédense donde estaban.
Stay where you are.
No estaban aquí para quedarse.
They weren't here to stay.
Sólo estaban jodidos.
They just stay screwed up.
¿No estaban juntos?
The two of you weren't staying together?
verb
¿Donde estaban parados?
Where were they standing?
Estaban... parados, mirando.
They were just... standing there, watching.
Todos estaban allí parados.
You were all standing there.
Estaban parados ahí.
They were just standing there.
¿Estaban durmiendo de pie?
Were they sleeping standing up?
Las bicicletas estaban ahí.
Cycle stand is over there.
Estaban aquí parados.
These brothers were just standing here.
- ¿Y estaban dónde?
- And where were you standing?
- Estaban paradas justo ahí.
You were standing right there.
Estaban fuera hablando.
When he was standing outside talking,
verb
Mientras que Sebastian estaba dispuesto a dejar las cosas como estaban...
While Sebastian was willing to let things lie...
¿Por qué mentir que no estaban en la calle 20...
Why did you lie that you were not on the 20th street..
Estaban drogados. ¿Por qué mentir en algo tan fácil de comprobar?
They were fucked up. Why would he lie about something that's so easy to check?
Algunas cosas en este mundo es mejor dejarlas donde estaban.
Some things in this world... are better left where they lie.
Estaban teniendo sexo con una mentira.
They were having sex with a lie.
Solía estar despierta por las noches imaginando que mis padres todavía estaban vivos.
I used to lie awake at night imagining my parents were still alive.
Bueno, si estaban en casa, ¿por qué mintió y dijo que vio el partido?
So, if they were home, why lie about watching baseball?
Abe dijo que sí estaban, entonces... ¿por qué mentiría sobre ello?
Well, Abe said that they were, so why would he lie about that?
verb
¡Estaban comprometiendo los restos!
They were trying to compromise the remains.
Marston y Hurley estaban fuera, limpiando lapas.
Marston and Hurley remained outside shelling limpets picked in the shallows.
Las tiendas estaban cerradas.
Many food shops remain closed.
Y durante siglos estaban separadas.
So he spread them. Hundreds of years they remained onverenigd.
Los restos aún estaban calientes.
The remains weren't even warm.
Aunque estaban en Hong Kong...
The fact remains that although these refugees were housed in Hong Kong...
Los restos ya estaban congelados en este punto.
The remains are frozen solid by this point.
- Sus restos estaban...
- Her remains were--
Las autoridades estaban desconcertadas sobre su origen.
Authorities remain baffled by their origins.
Las cosas pueden permanecer... como estaban.
Things can remain... as they were.
¿El presente? No hay tal presente.
The present? There’s no such thing as the present.
Estaba presente, no en grandes cantidades, pero presente.
Present, not in large numbers, but present.
verb
estaban como fríos.
they sort of hold cold.
- te la estaban sosteniendo?
-They were holding it?
¿Te estaban agarrando?
Were they holding you down?
Nos estaban retrasando.
They were holding us back.
¿Y estaban... haciendo manitas?
And they were... holding hands?
Estaban de la mano.
Were holding hands.
Me estaban reteniendo.
They were holding me back.
Lo estaban siguiendo.
And now they're holding me.
Me estaban sujetando.
They were holding me down.
Ann estaba de pie sin nadie con quien hablar.
There was Ann standing about with nobody to talk to.
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