stavo cercando

I was looking for

→ stare

phrase Uncommon #11,917

I was looking for Used for an ongoing search in the past. The object being looked for may follow or appear earlier in the sentence.

IT: Stavo cercando il mio telefono.

EN: I was looking for my phone.

Questo è proprio il dizionario che stavo cercando.

This is exactly the dictionary I was looking for.

Lo stavo cercando.

I was looking for it.

La stavo cercando!

I was looking for it!

— Effetto notte (1973)

Stavo cercando un lavoro.

I was looking for a job.

— Tutto su mia madre (1999)

Ah, questo libro, lo stavo cercando.

Ah, this book, I was looking for it.

— È arrivata mia figlia! (2015)

Mi avete visto che la stavo cercando.

You saw me looking for her.

— Manon delle sorgenti (1986)

Lei è l'uomo che stavo cercando.

You are the man I was looking for.

Non lo stavo cercando.

I wasn't looking for it.

Mi hai portato qui perché lo stavo cercando?

Did you bring me here because I was looking for it?

— Demon Slayer - Il treno Mugen (2020)

C'era qualcosa che stavo cercando.

There was something I was looking for.

— Tempo d'estate (1955)

Le stavo cercando.

I was looking for them.

Stavo cercando il mio dizionario berbero.

I was looking for my Berber dictionary.

Stavo cercando una cosa.

I was looking for something.

— Perfetti sconosciuti (2016)

Scusa, stavo cercando la luce del bagno, ho sbagliato interruttore.

Sorry, I was looking for the bathroom light switch—I flipped the wrong one.

— Un semplice incidente (2025)

Non è quello che stavo cercando.

That's not what I was looking for.

Io non stavo cercando niente.

I wasn't looking for anything.

Lo stavo cercando sul Bosforo.

I was looking for him on the Bosphorus.

— Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (2015)

Stavo cercando su Google.

I was searching on Google.

— Vi presento Toni Erdmann (2016)

Non stavo cercando loro.

I wasn't looking for them.

Questo è quello che stavo cercando.

This is what I was looking for.

Sei l'uomo che stavo cercando.

You’re the man I was looking for.

Stavo cercando un paio di forbici.

I was looking for a pair of scissors.

Questa è la chiave che stavo cercando.

This is the key I was looking for.

"Lo stavo cercando."

I was looking for him.

— La Forma della Voce (2016)

Non stavo cercando Tom.

I wasn't looking for Tom.

Ho trovato un libro raro che stavo cercando.

I found a rare book I was looking for.

Ehm, mi scusi, stavo cercando il tenente Singh.

Um, sorry, I was looking for Lieutenant Singh.

— Il paziente inglese (1996)

Stavo cercando il telecomando.

I was looking for the remote control.