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estabas buscando

you were looking for

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phrase Rare #34,488
you were looking for Uses the informal singular form of “you” (tú) and describes an ongoing search in the past.
SP: Estabas buscando tus llaves.
EN: You were looking for your keys.

Este puede ser el libro que estabas buscando.

This could be the book you were looking for.

Éste es el libro que estabas buscando, ¿verdad?

This is the book you were looking for, right?

Estabas buscando trabajo desde hacía meses antes de encontrar ese puesto.

You had been looking for a job for months before you found that position.

Estabas buscando un nuevo hogar.

You were looking for a new home.

— El mundo secreto de Arrietty (2010)

¿Encontraste el libro que estabas buscando?

Did you find the book you were looking for?

¿Encontraste lo que estabas buscando?

Did you find what you were looking for?

¿Era esto lo que estabas buscando?

Was this what you were looking for?

¿No estabas buscando a alguien?

Weren’t you looking for someone?

— Yojimbo (1961)

Encontré la foto que estabas buscando.

I found the photo you were looking for.

Estabas buscando las llaves del sótano, ¿verdad?

You were looking for the basement keys, right?

— Devdas (2002)