yo pensaba

I/he/she was thinking

→ pensar
pens to think + aba yo/él/ella imperfect
verb · first singular · imperfect indicative Common #3,704
I/he/she was thinking Imperfect past tense; used for ongoing or habitual actions in the past.
SP: Pensaba en ti cuando me llamaste.
EN: I was thinking about you when you called me.
Conjugation of pensar
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
First pensaba pensábamos
Second pensabas —
Third pensaba —
Subjunctive imperfect
SingularPlural
First pensaba pensábamos
Second pensabas —
Third pensaba —

Sí, eso es lo que pensaba.

Yes, that's what I thought.

Fui sincero desde el principio y le dije exactamente lo que pensaba sin rodeos.

I was honest from the beginning and told her exactly what I thought without beating around the bush.

Tom no pensaba hacerte daño.

Tom didn't mean to hurt you.

Eso pensaba.

That's what I thought.

— Casi famosos (2000)

Pensaba que era un buen libro, pero Tom pensaba lo contrario.

I thought it was a good book, but Tom thought otherwise.

Pensaba darte algo para que le echaras un ojo todos los días.

I was thinking of giving you something to take a look at every day.

— Volver (2006)

No soy tan buen guitarrista como pensaba.

I'm not as good a guitarist as I thought.

Pensaba enterrar a su mujer allí.

He planned to bury his wife there.

— Durante la tormenta (2018)

No son tan graves como pensaba.

They're not as serious as I thought.

— Atlantis: El imperio perdido (2001)

Pensaba irme a Roma a ver si estoy hecho para hacer cine.

I was thinking of going to Rome to see if I have what it takes to make films.

— Fue la mano de Dios (2021)

Yo también pensaba ahora en eso.

I was thinking about that too.

— Moscú no cree en las lágrimas (1980)

Tom y yo acabamos de saber que Mary no pensaba venir.

Tom and I just found out that Mary wasn’t planning to come.

Fefé, ¿sabes en qué pensaba?

Fefé, do you know what I was thinking?

— Divorcio a la italiana (1961)

Matias pensaba mucho antes de actuar.

Matias thought a lot before acting.

— Tropa de élite (2007)

Tom no dijo si pensaba ir o no.

Tom didn't say whether he planned to go or not.

Hubo una época en la que pensaba igual que tú sobre ese tema.

There was a time when I thought the same as you about that subject.

Yo pensaba coger autocracia.

I was thinking of taking autocracy.

— La ola (2008)

Quizás no eres tan fuerte como el Emperador pensaba.

Maybe you're not as strong as the Emperor thought.

Washington a menudo pensaba en el futuro.

Washington often thought about the future.

Yo pensaba lo mismo.

I thought the same thing.

Me di cuenta que la mujer que pensaba era enfermera en realidad era médico.

I realized that the woman I thought was a nurse was actually a doctor.

La moneda de oro valía mucho más de lo que se pensaba.

The gold coin was worth much more than people thought.

El sistema es mucho mayor de lo que yo pensaba.

The system is much bigger than I thought.

— Tropa de élite 2 (2010)

Tom le dijo a Mary lo que realmente pensaba de ella.

Tom told Mary what he really thought of her.

Pensaba en el caso de una joven china, cuyo esposo murió en las montañas.

I was thinking about the case of a young Chinese woman whose husband died in the mountains.

— Decision to Leave (2022)

Pensaba en ti como en un amigo, y te abrí mi corazón.

I thought of you as a friend, and I opened my heart to you.

— Kal Ho Naa Ho (2003)

No soy tan buena como ella pensaba.

I'm not as good as she thought I was.

— Cuentos de Tokio (1953)

No pensaba dormir toda la noche.

I didn't plan to sleep all night.

— Psicosis (1960)

Pensaba ir al cine, a la última sesión.

I was planning to go to the cinema, to the last showing.

— Chungking Express (1994)

En mi opinión era un buen libro, pero Jim pensaba otra cosa.

In my opinion it was a good book, but Jim thought otherwise.

No pensaba hacerlo.

I wasn't planning to do it.

— Volver (2006)

Pensaba lo mismo.

I thought the same thing.

— Black Phone 2 (2025)

No era tan estupendo como pensaba.

It wasn't as great as I thought.

— Kal Ho Naa Ho (2003)

Yo pensaba haber muerto y ido al cielo.

I thought I had died and gone to heaven.

Pensaba vender este trozo de desierto por su peso en oro.

I was thinking of selling this piece of desert for its weight in gold.

— Hasta que llegó su hora (1968)

Yo he cumplido con más de lo que pensaba.

I have accomplished more than I thought.

Eso pensaba yo.

That's what I thought.

Cuanto más pensaba, más quería llorar.

The more I thought, the more I wanted to cry.

— American Splendor (2003)

Pensaba comprar a mi esposa un abrigo de pieles.

I was thinking of buying my wife a fur coat.

— El brazo de brillantes (1969)

Eso es exactamente lo que yo pensaba.

That's exactly what I thought.

Solo pensaba.

I was just thinking.

— Victoria (2015)

Ah, pensaba.

Ah, I see.

— La strada (1954)

Pensaba ir en bicicleta pero comenzó a llover.

I was planning to go by bike but it started to rain.

Yo también pensaba eso, señora.

I thought so too, ma'am.

— Picnic (1955)

No pensaba tanto en eso.

I didn’t think about it that much.

Yo pensaba lo mismo de ti.

I thought the same thing about you.

No es tan cara como pensaba, al final me la puedo permitir.

It's not as expensive as I thought, in the end I can afford it.

Kyoko, yo a tu edad pensaba como tú.

Kyoko, when I was your age, I thought the same way you do.

— Cuentos de Tokio (1953)

Tom le preguntó a Mary si pensaba ir a nadar.

Tom asked Mary if she was planning to go swimming.

Ella no pensaba así.

She didn't think that way.

Tom no pensaba ir hasta que Mary se lo pidió.

Tom wasn’t planning to go until Mary asked him to.

Pensaba dejarlo ese fin de semana.

I was thinking of quitting that weekend.

— Jugada maestra (2026)

Entendía como un niño, pensaba como un niño.

He understood like a child, he thought like a child.

— Ghost in the Shell (1995)

No pensaba decirlo, pero dicho está.

I wasn't going to say it, but it's been said.

— Dolor y gloria (2019)

Pensaba enterrar a su mujer en un depósito que había allí.

He planned to bury his wife in a storage facility there.

— Durante la tormenta (2018)

Nunca preguntaste que pensaba de esta casa.

You never asked what I thought of this house.

El Sr. Johnson es más viejo de lo que yo pensaba.

Mr. Johnson is older than I thought.

Faltan menos ingredientes de los que pensaba para hacer la receta.

There are fewer ingredients needed than I thought to make the recipe.

Ah, eso pensaba.

Ah, that's what I thought.

— Las noches de Cabiria (1957)

No pensaba hacer tal cosa.

I didn't intend to do such a thing.

— ¡Kin-Dza-Dza! (1986)

Pensaba llevar a mi hermano a casa y recoger a Karen.

I was planning to take my brother home and pick up Karen.

— Uno de los nuestros (1990)

Yo también pensaba así antes y lo llevaba a los médicos.

I used to think that way too, and I took him to the doctors.

— Moscú no cree en las lágrimas (1980)

Me quedé más tiempo del que pensaba.

I stayed longer than I thought I would.

Yo pensaba entregarme, pero antes me pasé por donde la Paula, para verla.

I was thinking of turning myself in, but first I stopped by Paula’s place to see her.

— Volver (2006)

Pensaba regalarle el reloj de oro de papá.

I was thinking of giving him Dad's gold watch.

— Fresas salvajes (1957)

No cuesta tanto como pensaba.

It doesn’t cost as much as I thought.

Mi marido pensaba lo mismo.

My husband thought the same thing.

— La dolce vita (1960)

Tom dijo que no pensaba quedarse tanto tiempo.

Tom said he didn't plan to stay that long.

Pero no pensaba en ello todo el tiempo.

But I wasn't thinking about it all the time.

— Anatomía de una caída (2023)

Significa que no quieres a Naina tanto como pensaba.

It means you don't love Naina as much as I thought.

— Kal Ho Naa Ho (2003)

Pensaba cazar un poco en la temporada.

I was planning to do some hunting during the season.

Cuando era jóven, su padre pensaba muy bien de mi.

When I was young, her father thought very highly of me.

— Acantilado rojo (2008)

Sólo pensaba.

I was just thinking.

— Todo a la vez en todas partes (2022)

Tal vez pensaba acabar con todo el edificio.

Perhaps he planned to destroy the entire building.

— El profesional (Léon) (1994)

Pensaba en la calle oscura y en lo que iba a hacer.

I was thinking about the dark street and what I was going to do.

— Perdición (1944)

En qué pensaba?

What was I thinking?

— Los hermanos demolición (2026)

Eso es lo que pensaba.

That's what I thought.

— Do Not Enter (2026)

Pensaba en ti todo el tiempo.

I thought about you all the time.

Y pensaba para mí, ¡qué tontería!

And I thought to myself, what nonsense!

— Astérix y Obélix: Misión Cleopatra (2002)

Fuyur, aún es más bonito de lo que yo pensaba.

Fuyur is even more beautiful than I thought.

— La historia interminable (1984)

Los libros estaban en la biblioteca, no en la sala como pensaba.

The books were in the library, not in the living room as I thought.

No pensaba en ello.

I wasn't thinking about it.

— Mother Night (1996)

Pensaba ir al este con los niños.

I was thinking of going east with the kids.

No pensaba más que en volver a casa.

All I could think about was getting back home.

— Quieto, muere, resucita (1990)

Pensaba poner un teléfono.

I was thinking of putting in a telephone.

— Nicky, la aprendiz de bruja (1989)

Yo también pensaba eso y no me preocupaba.

I thought that too, and I wasn't worried.

— Deseando amar (2000)

Yo pensaba lo mismo de ellos.

I thought the same thing about them.

Pensaba venir a vivir aquí contigo.

I was thinking of coming to live here with you.

— El viento se levanta (2013)

Gracias, pensaba ir a ver una película.

Thanks, I was planning to go see a movie.

— Deseando amar (2000)

Como pensaba.

Just as I thought.

— Ahora me ves 3 (2025)