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estabas ahí

you were there

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phrase Rare #28,093
you were there The imperfect form of estar used with tú; it can refer to being physically present or being present at a particular time or event.
SP: ¿Por qué no estabas ahí cuando te necesitaba?
EN: Why weren't you there when I needed you?

Te sientes culpable porque no estabas ahí cuando tuvo su accidente.

You feel guilty because you weren't there when he had his accident.

— Incendies (2010)

Anoche soñé que estabas ahí con Terence Mann.

Last night I dreamed that you were there with Terence Mann.

— Campo de sueños (1989)

Le vi quince minutos este verano, estabas ahí.

I saw you for fifteen minutes this summer, you were there.

— Las invasiones bárbaras (2003)

No sabía que estabas ahí.

I didn’t know you were there.

Te sientes culpable porque no estabas ahí cuando ella murió.

You feel guilty because you weren't there when she died.

— Incendies (2010)

Estabas ahí.

You were there.

— Mike y Nick y Nick y Alice (2026)

Tú no estabas ahí.

You weren't there.

— Corre Lola, corre (1998)

Ah, estabas ahí.

Ah, you were there.

— Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios (1988)

Estabas ahí, siempre es igual.

You were there, it's always the same.

— Las invasiones bárbaras (2003)

Un instante estabas ahí, al otro habías desaparecido.

One moment you were there, the next you were gone.

No estabas ahí.

You weren't there.

— Masaan (2015)