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ellos buscaban

were looking for, were searching for, were making a living

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busc to look for, to search for + aban 3rd-person plural imperfect
verb · 3rd-person plural, imperfect tense Rare #33,830
were looking for, were searching for
SP: Buscaban las llaves por toda la casa.
EN: They were looking for the keys all over the house.
were making a living Used with se in the expression buscarse la vida.
SP: Se buscaban la vida vendiendo comida.
EN: They made a living selling food.
Conjugation of buscar
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
First buscaba —
Second buscabas —
Third buscaba buscaban
Subjunctive imperfect
SingularPlural
First buscaba —
Second buscabas —
Third buscaba buscaban

Oye Reynolds, ¿por qué te buscaban los federales?

Hey Reynolds, why were the feds looking for you?

— El Maquinista (2004)

Solo Dios sabe lo que buscaban, además de hacernos perder tiempo.

Only God knows what they were after, besides wasting our time.

— El laberinto del fauno (2006)

Dadinho y Bené se buscaban la vida.

Dadinho and Bené were trying to make a living.

— Ciudad de Dios (2002)

Buscaban la llave.

They were looking for the key.

— Ne le dis à personne (2006)

No, sólo buscaban a Pierrot.

No, they were only looking for Pierrot.

— Escondido (2005)

Buscaban los archivos de Jonan.

They were looking for Jonan's files.

— Ofrenda a la tormenta (2020)

¿Qué buscaban?

What were they looking for?

— Indiana Jones 3: La Última Cruzada (1989)

Pero, ¿por qué te buscaban?

But why were they looking for you?

— Roma città aperta (1945)

¿Me buscaban?

Were you looking for me?

— Devdas (2002)

Pero casi siempre buscaban dinero.

But they were almost always looking for money.

— Buenos Muchachos (1990)