pensava em

was thinking about

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was thinking about Imperfect tense of pensar em, used for an ongoing or habitual thought in the past. Before a verb, it can mean “was thinking of” doing something.
PO: Eu pensava em viajar para o Brasil.
EN: I was thinking about traveling to Brazil.

Como podíamos ser próximos se eu sabia que sempre pensava em Rebecca?

How could we be close if I knew she was always thinking about Rebecca?

— Rebecca, A Mulher Inesquecível (1940)

Você pensava em matar.

You were thinking about killing.

— Pacto de Sangue (1944)

Pensava em guerras civis ao gerar-me.

She thought of civil wars while conceiving me.

— Henrique V (1989)

Frequentemente você tem que gastar mais tempo do que pensava em algo.

Often you have to spend more time on something than you thought possible.

Mas ele só pensava em Jhilmil.

But he could only think about Jhilmil.

— Barfi! (2012)

Nem pensava em fazer isso.

I never even thought about doing that.

— Volver (2006)

Só pensava em ser o dono da favela.

All he thought about was being the owner of the favela.

— Cidade de Deus (2002)

Hae-mi pensava em você de um modo especial.

Hae-mi thought of you in a special way.

— Em Chamas (2018)

Ele não pensava em virar professor.

He wasn't thinking about becoming a teacher.

Não pensava em agradá-lo e só sonhava em vê-lo.

I wasn't thinking about pleasing him and only dreamed of seeing him.

— Azul É A Cor Mais Quente (2013)

Pensava em nossa adolescência.

I was thinking about our teenage years.

— Don Juan DeMarco (1994)