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estava vendo

was watching

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phrase Rare #30,852
was watching Also means "was seeing" depending on context. This is the past progressive of ver.
PO: Eu estava vendo TV quando você ligou.
EN: I was watching TV when you called.

Ninguém estava vendo.

Nobody was watching.

Tom estava vendo tevê quando cheguei em casa.

Tom was watching TV when I got home.

Estava vendo Ivan trabalhar.

I was watching Ivan work.

— O Operário (2004)

Logo depois ele estava vendo uma luta de boxe num canal mexicano.

Soon after, he was watching a boxing match on a Mexican channel.

— It's Such a Beautiful Day (2012)

Você estava vendo.

You were watching.

— Batalha Real (2000)

Ziri estava vendo coisas.

Ziri was seeing things.

Ela fingiu que não estava vendo.

She pretended she wasn't seeing it.

Tom teve um pressentimento de que a Mary estava vendo uma outra pessoa.

Tom had a feeling that Mary was seeing someone else.