was sick
Woodrow Wilson estaba enfermo de gravedad.
Woodrow Wilson was seriously ill.
No sabía que Tom estaba enfermo.
I didn't know Tom was sick.
Él estaba enfermo, así que no pudo venir.
He was sick, so he couldn't come.
Tom estaba enfermo la semana pasada.
Tom was sick last week.
Todos sabíamos que Don Calogero estaba enfermo del corazón desde hacía tiempo.
We all knew that Don Calogero had been suffering from heart disease for some time.
— Divorcio a la italiana (1961)
Él dijo que su padre estaba enfermo, pero eso fue una mentira.
He said his father was sick, but that was a lie.
I was sick and I recovered.
Aunque estaba enfermo, lo hice.
Even though I was sick, I did it.
Dijo que su padre estaba enfermo, lo cual era una mentira.
He said his father was sick, which was a lie.