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ellos buscaban

were looking for, were searching for

→ buscar
busc to look for, to search for + aban 3rd-person plural imperfect (indicative or subjunctive)
verb · third plural · imperfect indicative Rare #33,415
were looking for, were searching for Imperfect tense (they/you all were looking for).
SP: Buscaban sus llaves por toda la casa.
EN: They were looking for their keys all over the house.
Conjugation of buscar
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
First buscaba —
Second buscabas —
Third buscaba buscaban
Subjunctive imperfect
SingularPlural
First buscaba —
Second buscabas —
Third buscaba buscaban

Pero, ¿por qué te buscaban?

But why were they looking for you?

— Roma. Ciudad abierta (1945)

Buscaban la llave.

They were looking for the key.

— No se lo digas a nadie (2006)

Solo Dios sabe lo que buscaban, además de hacernos perder tiempo.

Only God knows what they were after, besides wasting our time.

— El laberinto del fauno (2006)

Dadinho y Bené se buscaban la vida.

Dadinho and Bené were trying to make a living.

— Ciudad de Dios (2002)

Sus ojos le buscaban a través de las olas.

Her eyes searched for him through the waves.

— Nosferatu (1922)

No, sólo buscaban a Pierrot.

No, they were only looking for Pierrot.

— Caché (Escondido) (2005)

Pero casi siempre buscaban dinero.

But they were almost always looking for money.

— Uno de los nuestros (1990)

Oye Reynolds, ¿por qué te buscaban los federales?

Hey Reynolds, why were the feds looking for you?

— El maquinista (2004)