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yo buscaba

was looking for, used to look for

→ buscar
busc to look for, to search for + aba Imperfect past (yo/él/ella/usted)
verb · 1st-person singular / 3rd-person singular, imperfect tense Common #6,859
was looking for, used to look for
SP: Buscaba mis llaves en la cocina.
EN: I was looking for my keys in the kitchen.
Conjugation of buscar
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
First buscaba —
Second buscabas —
Third buscaba buscaban
Subjunctive imperfect
SingularPlural
First buscaba —
Second buscabas —
Third buscaba buscaban

Tom buscaba un trabajo.

Tom was looking for a job.

La oportunidad que Senna buscaba y la tiene.

The opportunity Senna was looking for, and he has it.

— Senna (2010)

¿Encontró el terreno que buscaba?

Did you find the property you were looking for?

— 밀양 (2007)

Todo este tiempo, en todas las mujeres que he conocido, te buscaba sólo a ti.

All this time, in every woman I met, I was looking only for you.

— Cinema Paradiso (1988)

Le pregunté al chico del mostrador si tenían el libro que buscaba.

I asked the guy at the counter if they had the book I was looking for.

El espía buscaba puntos débiles.

The spy was looking for weak points.

Buscaba la punta de la daga y la llave.

He was looking for the tip of the dagger and the key.

Lo buscaba, incluso.

I was even looking for it.

— Que Horas Ela Volta? (2015)

Paparazzo te buscaba para hacer un reportaje.

Paparazzo was looking for you to do a story.

— La dolce vita (1960)

Fui a la librería pero no encontré el libro que buscaba porque estaba agotado.

I went to the bookstore but I couldn't find the book I was looking for because it was out of stock.

Buscaba a Tom.

I was looking for Tom.

Te buscaba.

I was looking for you.

— Kung fu (2004)

Eres el hombre que buscaba.

You are the man I was looking for.

Esa es la respuesta que buscaba desde el principio.

That's the answer I was looking for all along.

No sabía que la policía buscaba a gente que no estaba en un lío.

I didn't know the police were looking for people who weren't in trouble.

— Psicosis (1960)

Esta mañana, vino otro tipo que también lo buscaba.

This morning, another guy came looking for him too.

Pero eso no era lo que buscaba esta noche.

But that wasn't what I was looking for tonight.

Y no buscaba pan precisamente.

And he wasn’t exactly looking for bread.

— Carandiru (2003)

El general lo buscaba por todas partes.

The general was looking for him everywhere.

— Хрусталёв, машину! (1999)

Buenas tardes, ¿encontró todo lo que buscaba?

Good afternoon, did you find everything you were looking for?

— Amores perros (2000)

No está aquí lo que buscaba.

What I was looking for isn't here.

— 飲食男女 (1994)

Buscaba las llaves.

I was looking for the keys.

— ¡Ayuda! (2026)

¿Eran esos dos los franceses que usted buscaba?

Were those two the Frenchmen you were looking for?

— La Grande Vadrouille (1966)

Nuestra gente no buscaba comida en la ciudad en ruinas.

Our people were not looking for food in the ruined city.

— Atlantis: El imperio perdido (2001)

Él buscaba la reelección.

He was seeking re-election.

¿Qué, buscaba algo?

Yes? Were you looking for something?

— Nosotros los pobres (1948)

Buscaba algo de emoción, así que decidí traer las esposas.

I was looking for some excitement, so I decided to bring the handcuffs.

Esto es lo que buscaba.

This is what I was looking for.

Sólo buscaba a alguien que pudiera ver lo que yo veo.

I was just looking for someone who could see what I see.

— Todo en Todas Partes al Mismo Tiempo (2022)

Nina buscaba una salida de emergencia.

Nina was looking for an emergency exit.

— La Empleada (2025)

Yo buscaba la llave.

I was looking for the key.

Es lo que buscaba.

That's what I was looking for.

— Cinema Paradiso (1988)

Negoció duro y al final consiguió las condiciones que buscaba desde el principio.

He negotiated hard and in the end got the conditions he had been looking for from the beginning.

No sé, buscaba una corbata.

I don't know, I was looking for a tie.

— Indagine su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni sospetto (1970)

Él te buscaba, tesoro.

He was looking for you, darling.

— Pinocho (2019)

¿Qué es lo que buscaba Tom?

What was Tom looking for?

Me buscaba?

Were you looking for me?

— Rebeca (1940)

Eso no es lo que buscaba.

That’s not what I was looking for.

Buscaba un libro, estará en la maleta.

I was looking for a book, it'll be in my suitcase.

— Rebeca (1940)

Helen, te buscaba.

Helen, I was looking for you.

— Las alas del deseo (1987)

Por más que buscaba el libro, no podía encontrarlo.

No matter how much I searched for the book, I couldn't find it.

Tom encontró lo que buscaba.

Tom found what he was looking for.

Eso era lo que yo buscaba.

That was what I was looking for.

Debe ser lo que buscaba mi padre.

This must be what my father was looking for.

Tom buscaba a María.

Tom was looking for Maria.

El padre Frances me ha conseguido un libro que buscaba hacía tiempo.

Father Frances got me a book I'd been looking for for a long time.

— La dolce vita (1960)

Esto es exactamente lo que buscaba.

This is exactly what I was looking for.

Mezcló el rojo con el blanco hasta conseguir el tono rosa que buscaba.

She mixed the red with the white until she achieved the pink tone she was looking for.

No sabía qué o por qué quería pintar, buscaba mi estilo.

I didn't know what or why I wanted to paint; I was searching for my style.

— Kiki: Entregas a Domicilio (1989)

Buscaba dónde esconderlo, y sólo había una caldera oscura.

He looked for somewhere to hide it, and there was only a dark cauldron.

— Blade Runner 2049 (2017)

Tengo el personaje que buscaba.

I have the character I was looking for.

— Мой друг Иван Лапшин (1985)

Esto era de Megumi, pero era esto lo que yo buscaba.

This belonged to Megumi, but this was what I was looking for.

— Juego sangriento [バトル・ロワイアル] (2000)

Ojalá haya encontrado lo que buscaba en su nuevo trabajo en la capital.

Hopefully, she has found what she was looking for in her new job in the capital.

No pude encontrar nada de lo que buscaba.

I couldn't find anything I was looking for.

El descubrimiento que buscaba se logró.

The discovery he was looking for was achieved.

Mi padre no buscaba un libro sobre la tumba, sino la propia tumba.

My father wasn't looking for a book about the tomb, but for the tomb itself.

— Indiana Jones 3: La Última Cruzada (1989)

¡Que ella buscaba un terreno!

She was looking for a plot of land!

— 밀양 (2007)

Justo lo que buscaba.

Just what I was looking for.

Buscaba un sitio tranquilo.

I was looking for a quiet place.

— El tigre y el dragón (2000)

Bob buscaba alguien con quien hablar.

Bob was looking for someone to talk to.

Sólo hace cinco días y ya lo buscaba en la morgue.

It had been only five days, and already she was looking for him at the morgue.

— Las diabólicas (1955)