was waiting
O que você estava esperando encontrar?
What were you expecting to find?
Ninguém estava esperando isso.
Nobody was expecting this.
O Tom estava esperando que a Mary fosse beijá-lo.
Tom was expecting Mary to kiss him.
Sami estava esperando na escuridão e Leila era a presa.
Sami was waiting in the darkness, and Leila was the prey.
Leila estava esperando na escuridão.
Leila was waiting in the darkness.
Tom estava esperando em frente ao prédio.
Tom was waiting in front of the building.
Não sabia que Tom estava esperando.
I didn't know Tom was waiting.
Quando você ligou, ela disse que estava esperando?
When you called, did she say she was waiting?
— Rebecca, A Mulher Inesquecível (1940)
Adormeci enquanto estava esperando.
I fell asleep while I was waiting.