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tú hablabas

you were talking, you used to talk

a ˈb l a b a s → hablar
habl speak + abas 2nd person singular imperfect
verb · second singular · imperfect indicative Uncommon #19,432
you were talking, you used to talk Imperfect tense (tú form).
SP: Cuando eras niño, hablabas mucho en clase.
EN: When you were a kid, you used to talk a lot in class.
Conjugation of hablar
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
First hablaba hablábamos
Second hablabas —
Third hablaba hablaban
Subjunctive imperfect
SingularPlural
First hablaba hablábamos
Second hablabas —
Third hablaba hablaban
hablara

Pensé que habías dicho que no hablabas francés.

I thought you said you didn't speak French.

Mira, hace poco hablabas de Jesús.

Look, you were talking about Jesus recently.

— Andrei Rublev (1966)

Hablabas de mí, ¿verdad?

You were talking about me, weren't you?

— Juno (2007)

Antes también hablabas mucho.

You used to talk a lot too.

— Andrei Rublev (1966)

Carajo, no sabía que hablabas ruso.

Damn, I didn't know you spoke Russian.

— Hermano 2 (2000)

Dime de quién hablabas.

Tell me who you were talking about.

Mientras hablabas con la policía, tus hombres se han unido a nosotros.

While you were speaking with the police, your men joined us.

— Kung Fu Sion (2004)

No hablabas en serio, ¿o sí?

You weren’t serious, were you?

Estabas inconsciente y hablabas de eso en sueños.

You were unconscious and you talked about it in your sleep.

— La historia interminable (1984)

En mi sueño hablabas conmigo.

In my dream you were talking to me.

Hablabas de la Tosca, no de mí.

You were talking about Tosca, not me.

— La diva (1981)

Quiero hacer todas esas cosas de las que hablabas.

I want to do all those things you were talking about.

Sabía que hablabas inglés.

I knew you spoke English.

— Avatar (2009)

No sabía que hablabas inglés.

I didn’t know you spoke English.

No hablabas de mí, ¿verdad?

You weren't talking about me, were you?

— El club de la lucha (1999)

Estando sola sentí la libertad de la que hablabas.

Being alone I felt the freedom you were talking about.

— Retrato de una mujer en llamas (2019)

Hablabas con un abogado.

You were speaking with a lawyer.

— Un profeta (2009)

Sounds similar to

hablaban a ˈb l a b a n hablaras a ˈb l a ɾ a s