yo miraba

was looking (at), used to look (at)

→ mirar
mir to look at; to watch + aba imperfect indicative/subjunctive, 1st or 3rd person singular
verb · first singular · imperfect indicative Common #7,039
was looking (at), used to look (at) Imperfect tense (past habitual/ongoing).
SP: Miraba por la ventana cuando empezó a llover.
EN: I was looking out the window when it started to rain.
Conjugation of mirar
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
First miraba —
Third miraba miraban
Subjunctive imperfect
SingularPlural
First miraba —
Third miraba miraban

Ella miraba la película con los ojos rojos de lágrimas.

She watched the movie with red, tear-filled eyes.

Él miraba el cielo.

He was looking at the sky.

Él le miraba fijamente al escote.

He stared intently at her cleavage.

Al principio, pensé que me miraba a mí, pero creo que te mira a ti.

At first, I thought it was looking at me, but I think it's looking at you.

— TÁR (2022)

Sabes por qué Piripero te miraba?

Do you know why Piripero was looking at you?

— Por un puñado de dólares (1964)

Día tras día, él la miraba.

Day after day, he looked at her.

Yo creo que él te miraba a ti.

I think he was looking at you.

Sólo miraba.

I just watched.

— Love Actually (2003)

Un señor que los miraba lo preguntó a ambos.

A man who was watching them asked them both.

Tom sencillamente se paró ahí y veía como María se miraba fijamente al espejo.

Tom simply stood there and watched María stare at herself in the mirror.

Tom miraba fijamente a la pantalla del ordenador en blanco.

Tom stared at the blank computer screen.

Su perro lo miraba cada mañana mientras tomaba desayuno.

His dog watched him every morning while he ate breakfast.

Contuvo el aliento mientras miraba el partido.

He held his breath as he watched the game.

Me miraba como si yo no estuviera.

He looked at me as if I weren't there.

— Rashomon (1950)

Ella lo miraba como nadaba.

She watched him as he swam.

Miraba cómo daba vueltas y así me olvidaba de todo.

I watched it spin around and that's how I forgot about everything.

— Durante la tormenta (2018)

El otro lo miraba.

The other one was watching him.

— La venganza de Manon (1986)

Tenía curiosidad de saber por qué la gente me miraba.

I was curious to know why people were staring at me.

Tom se durmió en el sofá mientras miraba televisión.

Tom fell asleep on the sofa while watching television.

Ella le miraba hacer un dibujo.

She watched him draw a picture.

Durante la noche, ella miraba la luna.

During the night, she gazed at the moon.

Tom miraba con susto.

Tom looked frightened.

Viste cómo me miraba, se estaba riendo de mí.

Did you see how he was looking at me? He was laughing at me.

— Los lunes al sol (2002)

Tom miraba lo que pasaba en la pantalla del ordenador.

Tom was watching what was happening on the computer screen.

Ella miraba hacia la iglesia cada vez que las campanas tocaban.

She would look towards the church every time the bells rang.

— O Auto da Compadecida (2000)

Antaño la gente miraba el fuego como hoy la televisión.

In the past, people looked at fire the way they look at television today.

— La noche americana (1973)

Él miraba a su alrededor como si esperara a alguien.

He looked around as if he were waiting for someone.

Ella lo miraba.

She was looking at him.

Tenía curiosidad por saber por qué me miraba la gente.

I was curious to know why people were looking at me.

Tom se miraba bien.

Tom looked good.

Tom miraba el cielo perdido en sus pensamientos mientras se fumaba un cigarro.

Tom gazed at the sky, lost in thought, while smoking a cigarette.

De vez en cuando miraba hacia afuera para ver si seguía nevando.

From time to time he looked outside to see if it was still snowing.

Ella miraba por la ventana.

She was looking out the window.

Sólo fue la manera en que me miraba.

It was just the way he looked at me.

— Tampopo (1985)

Mientras miraba esa escena, se acordó de lo que ella había dicho.

As he watched that scene, he remembered what she had said.

Stefan miraba frenéticamente a su alrededor.

Stefan looked frantically around him.

Un policía miraba con los brazos cruzados.

A policeman watched with his arms crossed.

Parecía estar escasa de tiempo y miraba con frecuencia al reloj de la pared.

She seemed to be short of time and frequently looked at the clock on the wall.

Tom miraba con atención.

Tom watched intently.

Tom miraba la oscuridad impenetrable del cielo nocturno.

Tom stared into the impenetrable darkness of the night sky.

La gente me miraba de otra manera, y sabían que estaba con alguien.

People looked at me differently, and they knew I was with someone.

— Uno de los nuestros (1990)

Ella miraba a los pasajeros bajarse del bus.

She watched the passengers get off the bus.

Sami miraba a Layla como si ella hubiera hecho algo mal.

Sami looked at Layla as if she had done something wrong.

Me miraba.

He was looking at me.

— Rashomon (1950)

Ella lo miraba pintar una pintura.

She watched him paint a picture.

Cuando se miraba en el espejo, Sara no se reconocía.

When Sara looked at herself in the mirror, she didn’t recognize herself.

Y miraba la bailarina.

And the dancer watched.

— Durante la tormenta (2018)

Me di cuenta de que nos miraba un animalito gris.

I realized that a small gray animal was watching us.

Tom miraba desde la ventana frontal.

Tom was looking out the front window.