estaba pensando

was thinking

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phrase Very common #1,193

was thinking Imperfect progressive form of pensar. It describes an ongoing thought in the past. Often followed by en to say what someone was thinking about: estaba pensando en ello = I was thinking about it.

SP: Estaba pensando en ti ayer.

EN: I was thinking about you yesterday.

No sé en qué estaba pensando.

I don't know what I was thinking.

— Hunting Season (2025)

Estaba pensando-¿si es posible de que entregues eso hoy?

I was wondering if it's possible for you to deliver that today?

La verdad, estaba pensando volver al derecho.

To be honest, I was thinking of going back to law.

— Atrápame si puedes (2002)

Nada más estaba pensando.

I was just thinking.

Sabía lo que ella estaba pensando.

I knew what she was thinking.

En eso estaba pensando.

That's what I was thinking.

Tom sabía lo que Mary estaba pensando.

Tom knew what Mary was thinking.

Yo sabía lo que Tom estaba pensando.

I knew what Tom was thinking.

Eso no es en lo que estaba pensando.

That's not what I had in mind.

Eso mismo estaba pensando.

That's what I was thinking.

Estaba pensando exactamente lo mismo.

I was thinking exactly the same thing.

— Piku (2015)

Estaba pensando y necesitamos a alguien para traducir si vamos a hablar con él.

I was thinking, and we need someone to translate if we're going to talk to him.

— El Extraño (2016)

Pero era lo que estaba pensando.

But that's what I was thinking.

Oh, era en el nombre del niño en el que estaba pensando.

Oh, it was the boy’s name I was thinking of.

— Chicago (2002)

No es lo que estaba pensando.

That's not what I was thinking.

— Titanic (1997)

Que estaba pensando en mí.

That he was thinking about me.

— El club de los poetas muertos (1989)

Justo lo que estaba pensando.

Just what I was thinking.

Eso es exactamente lo que estaba pensando.

That's exactly what I was thinking.

Lo estaba pensando.

I was thinking about it.

— Drive (2011)

Sí, eso es lo que estaba pensando.

Yes, that's what I was thinking.

No sé lo que yo estaba pensando.

I don't know what I was thinking.

Es exactamente lo que estaba pensando.

That's exactly what I was thinking.

No sé que estaba pensando para meterse ahí.

I don't know what he was thinking, going in there.

— Una segunda madre (2015)

Estaba pensando.

I was thinking.

— Lars y una chica de verdad (2007)

En qué estaba pensando Joe?

What was Joe thinking about?

— Reservoir Dogs (1992)

Te cuento lo que estaba pensando.

Let me tell you what I was thinking.

— Incontrolable (I Swear) (2025)

Y estaba pensando en mí.

And I was thinking about myself.

— El club de los poetas muertos (1989)

Es lo que estaba pensando.

That's what I was thinking.

Ni siquiera moví los labios y ella supo lo que estaba pensando.

I didn't even move my lips, and she knew what I was thinking.

— मुन्ना भाई एम बी बी एस (2003)

Estaba pensando enseñarle a Babita algunas cosas.

I was thinking about teaching Babita a few things.

— Dangal (2016)

Tom no podía adivinar qué estaba pensando Mary.

Tom couldn't guess what Mary was thinking.

Estaba pensando traerlo el sábado.

I was thinking of bringing it on Saturday.

— El agente secreto (2025)

Sí, en eso estaba pensando yo también.

Yes, that's what I was thinking too.

— Anaconda (2025)

Eso es lo que estaba pensando.

That's what I was thinking.

Sabes qué estaba pensando?

You know what I was thinking?

— El conformista (1971)

No estaba pensando claramente.

I wasn't thinking clearly.

Yo estaba pensando lo mismo.

I was thinking the same thing.

Estaba pensando lo mismo.

I was thinking the same thing.

— Anaconda (2025)

Eso es justo lo que estaba pensando.

That's just what I was thinking.