reconoció que estaba

admitted that he/she was

→ reconocer
phrase Rare #40,808
admitted that he/she was Used to report that someone acknowledged being in a particular state or condition. The verb and forms of estar change according to the subject, such as reconocieron que estaban for “they admitted that they were.”
SP: María reconoció que estaba cansada.
EN: María admitted that she was tired.

Ella reconoció que estaba molesta.

She admitted that she was upset.

Mary reconoció que estaba molesta.

Mary admitted that she was upset.

Tom reconoció que estaba molesto.

Tom admitted that he was upset.

Él reconoció que estaba molesto.

He admitted that he was upset.