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yo buscaba

was looking for

→ buscar
busc to look for, to search for + aba imperfect indicative/subjunctive: 1st-person singular or 3rd-person singular
verb · first singular · imperfect indicative Common #6,201
was looking for Imperfect past tense (yo/él/ella/usted).
SP: Buscaba mis llaves cuando me llamaste.
EN: I was looking for my keys when you called me.
Conjugation of buscar
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
First buscaba —
Second buscabas —
Third buscaba buscaban
Subjunctive imperfect
SingularPlural
First buscaba —
Second buscabas —
Third buscaba buscaban

Nuestra gente no buscaba comida en la ciudad en ruinas.

Our people were not looking for food in the ruined city.

— Atlantis: El imperio perdido (2001)

Eso era lo que yo buscaba.

That was what I was looking for.

La oportunidad que Senna buscaba y la tiene.

The opportunity Senna was looking for, and he has it.

— Senna (2010)

No pude encontrar la página que buscaba.

I couldn't find the page I was looking for.

Helen, te buscaba.

Helen, I was looking for you.

— El cielo sobre Berlín (1987)

Buscaba a Tom.

I was looking for Tom.

Fui a la librería pero no encontré el libro que buscaba porque estaba agotado.

I went to the bookstore but I couldn't find the book I was looking for because it was out of stock.

No se, buscaba una corbata.

I don't know, I was looking for a tie.

— Investigación sobre un ciudadano libre de toda sospecha (1970)

Esto es lo que buscaba.

This is what I was looking for.

Buscaba un libro, estará en la maleta.

I was looking for a book, it'll be in my suitcase.

— Rebeca (1940)

Esta mañana, vino otro tipo que también lo buscaba.

This morning, another guy came looking for him too.

No sabía qué o por qué quería pintar, buscaba mi estilo.

I didn't know what or why I wanted to paint; I was searching for my style.

— Nicky, la aprendiz de bruja (1989)

Lo buscaba, incluso.

I was even looking for it.

— Una segunda madre (2015)

No está aquí lo que buscaba.

What I was looking for isn't here.

— Comer, beber, amar (1994)

Le pregunté al chico del mostrador si tenían el libro que buscaba.

I asked the guy at the counter if they had the book I was looking for.

Me buscaba?

Were you looking for me?

— Rebeca (1940)

Tengo el personaje que buscaba.

I have the character I was looking for.

— Mi amigo Ivan Lapshin (1985)

Justo lo que buscaba.

Just what I was looking for.

No pude encontrar nada de lo que buscaba.

I couldn't find anything I was looking for.

Buscaba dónde esconderlo, y sólo había una caldera oscura.

He looked for somewhere to hide it, and there was only a dark cauldron.

— Blade Runner 2049 (2017)

Negoció duro y al final consiguió las condiciones que buscaba desde el principio.

He negotiated hard and in the end got the conditions he had been looking for from the beginning.

El descubrimiento que buscaba se logró.

The discovery he was looking for was achieved.

Él buscaba la reelección.

He was seeking re-election.

El espía buscaba puntos débiles.

The spy was looking for weak points.

Yo buscaba la llave.

I was looking for the key.

Esa es la respuesta que buscaba desde el principio.

That's the answer I was looking for all along.

Paparazzo te buscaba para hacer un reportaje.

Paparazzo was looking for you to do a story.

— La dolce vita (1960)

Pero eso no era lo que buscaba esta noche.

But that wasn't what I was looking for tonight.

Tom buscaba un trabajo.

Tom was looking for a job.

Buenas tardes, ¿encontró todo lo que buscaba?

Good afternoon, did you find everything you were looking for?

— Amores perros (2000)

Buscaba las llaves.

I was looking for the keys.

— SEND HELP (Enviad ayuda) (2026)

Él te buscaba, tesoro.

He was looking for you, darling.

— Pinocho (2019)

Esto era de Megumi, pero era esto lo que yo buscaba.

This belonged to Megumi, but this was what I was looking for.

— Battle Royale (2000)

Sólo buscaba a alguien que pudiera ver lo que yo veo.

I was just looking for someone who could see what I see.

— Todo a la vez en todas partes (2022)

Todo este tiempo, en todas las mujeres que he conocido, te buscaba sólo a ti.

All this time, in every woman I met, I was looking only for you.

— Cinema Paradiso (1988)

Mezcló el rojo con el blanco hasta conseguir el tono rosa que buscaba.

She mixed the red with the white until she achieved the pink tone she was looking for.

Sólo hace cinco días y ya lo buscaba en la morgue.

It had been only five days, and already she was looking for him at the morgue.

— Las diabólicas (1955)

Debe ser lo que buscaba mi padre.

This must be what my father was looking for.

Por más que buscaba el libro, no podía encontrarlo.

No matter how much I searched for the book, I couldn't find it.

Buscaba algo de emoción, así que decidí traer las esposas.

I was looking for some excitement, so I decided to bring the handcuffs.

Buscaba un sitio tranquilo.

I was looking for a quiet place.

— Tigre y dragón (2000)

Eso no es lo que buscaba.

That’s not what I was looking for.

Te buscaba.

I was looking for you.

— Kung Fu Sion (2004)

Eres el hombre que buscaba.

You are the man I was looking for.

Y no buscaba pan precisamente.

And he wasn’t exactly looking for bread.

— Carandiru (2003)

Bob buscaba alguien con quien hablar.

Bob was looking for someone to talk to.

Nina buscaba una salida de emergencia.

Nina was looking for an emergency exit.

— La asistenta (2025)

Es lo que buscaba.

That's what I was looking for.

— Cinema Paradiso (1988)

Esto es exactamente lo que buscaba.

This is exactly what I was looking for.

Mi padre no buscaba un libro sobre la tumba, sino la propia tumba.

My father wasn't looking for a book about the tomb, but for the tomb itself.

— Indiana Jones y la última cruzada (1989)

El padre Frances me ha conseguido un libro que buscaba hacía tiempo.

Father Frances got me a book I'd been looking for for a long time.

— La dolce vita (1960)

Tom buscaba a María.

Tom was looking for Maria.

Ojalá haya encontrado lo que buscaba en su nuevo trabajo en la capital.

Hopefully, she has found what she was looking for in her new job in the capital.

Buscaba la punta de la daga y la llave.

He was looking for the tip of the dagger and the key.

El general lo buscaba por todas partes.

The general was looking for him everywhere.

— Khrustalyov, mi coche! (1999)

No sabía que la policía buscaba a gente que no estaba en un lío.

I didn't know the police were looking for people who weren't in trouble.

— Psicosis (1960)

Tom encontró lo que buscaba.

Tom found what he was looking for.