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me estaba

I was

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phrase Common #8,917
I was Used with an action in progress in the past, often before a gerund: me estaba bañando = I was showering.
SP: Me estaba preparando para salir.
EN: I was getting ready to go out.

Me estaba conteniendo todo este tiempo.

I've been holding back all this time.

— Ne Zha (2019)

Me estaba helando.

I was freezing.

Me estaba muriendo de frío.

I was freezing to death.

No sabía que alguien me estaba siguiendo.

I didn't know someone was following me.

Ella me estaba consolando.

She was comforting me.

— Marty Supreme (2025)

Lo miré para ver si me estaba tomando el pelo.

I looked at him to see if he was pulling my leg.

No me di cuenta de que la nariz me estaba sangrando.

I didn't realize my nose was bleeding.

Sabía que me estaba engañando con algo.

I knew he was hiding something from me.

— Zeta (2026)

Llevaba años en esta guerra y ya me estaba cansando.

I had been in this war for years and I was getting tired of it.

— Tropa de élite (2007)

Solo me estaba dando una ducha.

I was just taking a shower.

Me estaba defendiendo.

I was defending myself.

Y me estaba pidiendo que fuera a Florida con Anthony a hacer un trabajo.

And he was asking me to go to Florida with Anthony to do a job.

— Uno de los nuestros (1990)

Parecía como que siempre me estaba mudando.

It felt like I was always moving.

— El hombre de la Tierra (2007)

Me estaba marchando.

I was leaving.

— No se lo digas a nadie (2006)

Me estaba muriendo, más de lo muerto que ya estaba.

I was dying—deader than I already was.

— Amores perros (2000)

Ella llegó justo cuando yo me estaba yendo.

She arrived just as I was leaving.

Me estaba quedando sin tiempo.

I was running out of time.

Me estaba yendo.

I was leaving.

No me estaba muriendo.

I wasn't dying.

— El club de la lucha (1999)

Me estaba asustando.

I was getting scared.

— La vida es bella (1997)

Me estaba cepillando los dientes.

I was brushing my teeth.

Quizá pensé que me estaba convirtiendo en él.

Maybe I thought I was becoming him.

Me estaba sintiendo muy bien, muy metida en las emociones.

I was feeling really good, very caught up in the emotions.

— Crazy Rich Asians (2018)

Ya me estaba preocupando.

I was already getting worried.

— Arco (2025)

Me estaba dando mucho miedo.

I was getting really scared.

— Marty Supreme (2025)

Me estaba muriendo de la risa por su apariencia.

I was dying of laughter at her appearance.

Ella me estaba observando.

She was watching me.

Me estaba volviendo loca sin ti.

I was going crazy without you.

— Drácula (2025)

Ella volvió justo cuando yo me estaba yendo.

She came back just as I was leaving.

Pensé que me estaba convirtiendo en él.

I thought I was becoming him.

— Mystic River (2003)

Sabía en lo que me estaba metiendo.

I knew what I was getting into.

No me di cuenta de que un mosquito me estaba picando en el brazo.

I didn't realize a mosquito was biting my arm.

Me estaba arreglando para mi cita a ciegas.

I was getting ready for my blind date.

— Kal Ho Naa Ho (2003)

Y yo me estaba ahogando en este problema en ese momento.

And I was drowning in this problem at that time.

— El agente secreto (2025)

Tenía la droga en un bolsillo y me estaba meando.

I had the drugs in my pocket and I was about to pee.

— Reservoir Dogs (1992)

Me estaba cansando.

I was getting tired.

— O Auto da Compadecida (2000)

Me estaba enseñando la manera adecuada de comerlos.

He was showing me the proper way to eat them.

— Tampopo (1985)

Él sólo me estaba ayudando a recuperarla.

He was just helping me get her back.

— P.K. (Peekay) (2014)

Decía que me estaba poniendo gorda.

She said I was getting fat.

— Love Actually (2003)