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yo contestaba

was answering, used to answer

→ contestar
contest to answer, to reply + aba Imperfect past (I/he/she/you form)
verb · 1st-person singular / 3rd-person singular, imperfect tense Rare #35,841
was answering, used to answer
SP: Nadie contestaba el teléfono.
EN: Nobody was answering the phone.
Conjugation of contestar
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
First contestaba —
Third contestaba —
Subjunctive imperfect
SingularPlural
First contestaba —
Third contestaba —

Pero yo siempre le contestaba que no, él vendrá a verme.

But I always answered him no, he will come to see me.

— स्वदेस (2004)

Kaveriamma me escribía cartas cada tanto y yo le contestaba.

Kaveriamma would write me letters every now and then, and I would answer her.

— स्वदेस (2004)

Llamé a tu tía, pero no me contestaba.

I called your aunt, but she wasn't answering me.

— Volver (2006)

He intentado llamarle varias veces pero no contestaba.

I've tried calling him several times, but he didn't answer.

— Audición (2000)

Ella dijo que si no contestaba podíamos llamar a este número.

She said that if she didn't answer we could call this number.

— La La Land: Una historia de amor (2016)

Y cuando él no estaba, ella contestaba.

And when he wasn't there, she would answer.

— Teléfono negro 2 (2025)

Nunca contestaba nadie.

Nobody ever answered.

— Cinema Paradiso (1988)

Oleg siempre contestaba las preguntas rápidamente.

Oleg always answered questions quickly.

Pero, el cielo siempre contestaba sus oraciones.

But Heaven always answered her prayers.

— El tiempo contigo (2019)